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	<title>A Tale of Two Yarns &#187; Dove Vest</title>
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		<title>Narrowing down the UFO pile</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ithilwyn</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dove Vest]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spanish Moss Coat]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I got the Dove Vest finished and delivered.  It&#8217;s pretty, but not something I&#8217;d wear myself.  I loved the stitch pattern though, so I&#8217;m kind of toying with the idea of trying to modify the pattern to better flatter my shape.  I probably won&#8217;t act on that thought, but I wouldn&#8217;t be opposed to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, I got the Dove Vest finished and delivered.  It&#8217;s pretty, but not something I&#8217;d wear myself.  I loved the stitch pattern though, so I&#8217;m kind of toying with the idea of trying to modify the pattern to better flatter my shape.  I probably won&#8217;t act on that thought, but I wouldn&#8217;t be opposed to making this up for someone as a gift&#8230;now to find the friend that actually has the right figure for this.</p>
<p>I also finished my stash buster kitchen towel.  I even got it washed and put away with my other kitchen towels, so it is now ready for a true test.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve got one baby blanket waiting to be mailed off and another waiting for the baby shower.  Thankfully, both are finished and one even got washed!</p>
<p>So, at this point, I&#8217;ve down to three projects that I really should finish before starting something new.  One is the Spanish Moss Coat that I&#8217;ve been working on forever!  I really should focus my attention on that, since it will be perfect once spring really does start.  I currently have the back finished, one side of the front, and half of the other side.  There is still a lot to do, since the assembled coat also gets a knitted edge, but if I quit getting distracted by other projects, there&#8217;s still hope.</p>
<p>I am very close to having the Veronica sweater finished.  It still needs the clasps sewn on; that sort of got put on hold as I tried to race through the Dove Vest and then a major sewing project, but I should be able to get that done as soon as I have an evening free this week.</p>
<p>Finally, I frogged my one Ambrosia sock and started knitting the yarn into a Mojo sock.  It&#8217;s not that I didn&#8217;t like the Ambrosia pattern&#8211;I just didn&#8217;t like it with that yarn nor did I like the modifications I made to it.  (While the mods looked fine on a flat sock, they did not look fine on my fat calf.  I ended up with saggy socks that were that annoying &#8220;almost&#8221; knee length.  So sad.)  So, while it kills me to have all that leftover yarn, I&#8217;m sticking with a shorter sock length this time.</p>
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		<title>Project Distractions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:46:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ithilwyn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crochet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Knitting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dove Vest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hoodie Baby Blanket]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got way too many projects going right now.  The good news is that the Veronica sweater is nearing completion, though I will have to stick with short sleeves.  I found the perfect hooks to use as closures for the front and even started sewing then on only to decide that I want to reverse [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve got way too many projects going right now.  The good news is that the Veronica sweater is nearing completion, though I will have to stick with short sleeves.  I found the perfect hooks to use as closures for the front and even started sewing then on only to decide that I want to reverse them.  Oh, well.  I&#8217;ll probably sit down and finish that up sometime in the coming week.</p>
<p>Today I finally managed to finish winding that 900+ yards of yarn for the sample I&#8217;m supposed to get finished in a couple of weeks.  I&#8217;ve actually got another skein of the stuff, but I&#8217;m not even going to think about winding it unless I absolutely have to!</p>
<p>Then there is the hoodie baby blanket that I&#8217;m still plugging away at.  (Why, oh why, do I fall in love with the knit baby blankets?  This is what I&#8217;m supposed to know how to crochet for.)  At any rate, I think I&#8217;m just going to knit to the end of my current skein before binding off and starting on the hood part.  I&#8217;m hoping that will go quickly because I know for sure that the border will take forever.</p>
<p>And finally, I&#8217;m working on knitting a kitchen towel out of leftover cotton yarn from my Log Cabin baby blanket.  It&#8217;s actually looking kind of cute for something I&#8217;m just winging, so I&#8217;m feeling a little proud of this project.  (Plus, I just got passed the halfway point, so it&#8217;s starting to look somewhat finished, which always feels good.)</p>
<p>At this point, I can pretty much pick up a project no matter what room I&#8217;m in, which keeps me wonderfully busy, but it means that my progress on all of them is starting to feel a little slow.  Fortunately, after this coming week, I have a week off of work.  I&#8217;ll be using some of that time to work on a sewing project, but I&#8217;ll at least get some pictures uploaded of all this other things I&#8217;ve been working on.</p>
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