FO Friday

Purple Iris 2012.05.25

FO

I have a few Finished Objects to share with you this week.

FO 1
I was working on an afghan square using Broomstick Lace for the Harry Potter Knit/Crochet House Cup Group  (HPKCHC) on Ravelry.  This was for the "Flying" class.  One choice of prompts for May was to crochet something using broomstick lace as a way to get to know your  broomstick.  I had heard of broomstick lace, but never tried it.  The group requires squares of at least 8 inches, so, I made four 6 in squares, and then joined them into one 12 in square that can be incorporated into one of the afghans I am already making.  I decided to use red, white, and blue yarn, and make it for my son, J's, University of Arizona Afghan.  The broomstick part was relatively easy, but I had a bit of trouble keeping the framing stitches, well, square.  Hopefully, it will block into a square.

FO 2
I finished the fish hat that will be a wedding gift for my nephew, A, in June.  I had already finished the gift for his bride to be, the pair of Better Than French Vanilla Socks that I made with the Liz Marino Gift Club, earlier this year.

I had originally thought to make them matching socks, and I am making another pair of socks with this pattern, but not for my nephew.  I decided that I would make him something completely different.

A hat that looks like a dead fish.

It seems a perfect wedding gift for a 30 something year old man.

FO 3
I also finished the MOCK (mystery sock) that I was knitting with the SKA (sock knitters anonymous) and SolidSocks Groups.

The challenge for the Potions Class in HPKCHC was a riddle:

What you see before you is this;
When one does not know what it is, then it is something;
but when one knows what it is, then it is nothing.

The answer to this riddle is "a riddle."  But, I thought that "Mystery" would also be a possible answer, so I have submitted my mystery socks to the group, hoping that I will get credit for them.  As far as I can tell, you only need to do one class every month, but in order to be "sorted" into a house, you need to accrue points, and you get points by completing assignments.  So, if there is a way to get points for something I am making already, I plan to submit and see how it goes.

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FO 4

My final finished object for this week is my laundry.

I folded all of the clean clothes on the love seat!  Only unmatched socks are left:

No Where in the World is f1bercat, today.  I spend the whole morning trying to organize our trip to California for my nephew's wedding.

Stay safe and well.

Yours,
f1bercat
shaping the planet 4 FO's at a time.

2012.05.25 Foxglove

Because I don't have enough to do...

2012.04.16

I've joined another group on Ravelry.    It's the Harry Potter Knitting & Crochet House Cup (HPKCHC) . I am still figuring this group out, but I am sure it will add tons of stress to my life with knitting/crochet projects that I must do!

As far as I can tell, we get "sorted" into houses, though you can stay in the "lobby" unsorted and still participate with no pressure.  The houses compete for the cup, and I'm not even sure how that works, though it might be points based on the projects you finish.

Anyway, the school is technically on vacation this month, and we are "traveling" around the world.  The first stop was Finland.  One of the "professors" gave a little travelogue in the thread with information and photos of Finland (gorgeous), and cooking recipes/crochet and knitting patterns you can attempt.

So, I made a Troll!

It is a Moomin Troll. by Samantha Evans, who is Samegirl on Ravelry.  It is a bit pigeon-toed, and doesn't really stand up.  Ok, it doesn't stand at all.  I might take the legs off, and resew them so he is sitting down. 

I cleaned out my queue (another of the challenges for this month).  I changed everything to "favorites" and just put in a few things that I am really planning on making next.

The next challenge is to organize my stash.  EEEEEEK!  that is a huge project for me because I have tons of random yarn from when I was a Camp Fire Leader all in a big mess in my office.  I hope to get that done next weekend.  Now that I have written it here. it must happen.

Where in the World is f1bercat?

Still with a hacking cough, sitting on the couch.  When I do get back to the bike, I am going to have to start over at 30 min.  Oh, well.

Stay well, wash your hands.  Watch out for trolls.

f1bercat
shaping the planet one Moomin at a time