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I haven’t made an update in a couple of days because I had a really busy week. I spent a lot of time preparing for a super fun beach and BBQ day at my house and actually getting knitting done.

Let’s start with the good stuff first, then we will go to … well, something that is not good.

Good: I actually took finished pictures of some knits I did recently and some I did a while back so I could add them to Ravelry. Out of the older knits I only took pictures of some of my favourites (and I still have some more to do).

Something not for myself, Norwegian Baby Hat. Isn’t it cute? Totally love how the Hand Dyed Yarn worked up. Scrumptious! I have some other pieces in the set to make and can’t wait to cast on with the delicious yarn.

Donkey Mitts! God I love these mitts. I bought a pair almost just like these and wore them out so I had to re-create them. Heee-haw!

Lucky Wrap. This was actually knit about a year ago and sat lounging around with imperfect finishing for far too long. I did the last five minutes of work on it yesterday and am now satisfied enough to actually wear it. I have to say that the pattern is a bit odd, the front pieces are not as large as the back ones for some reason? But it’s good enough to wear now that it has enough modifications to choke a horse.

Wicked! Okay, this was done a bit ago but I was being lazy about taking finished pictures. But here it is, and it’s one of my favourite sweaters I have ever knit.

Random Sweater. Just something I made up as I went along for some mindless circular knitting. It actually came out pretty cute, surprisingly. It looks better on.

Cherie Sweater. I like this a lot. I needed just a plain black sweater for the winter, and now I have one. I have really been focusing my knitting time on things for myself lately and I can’t say that I regret it one bit.

I had actually waited on showing these projects because I wanted to take pictures of myself actually wearing the sweater. But a day after BBQ and beer is NOT the day to take pictures.

So what is the bad part? Well, remember the grey cabled socks that I was sooooo excited about nearly finishing? I worked on them last night and this morning while on the train. I nearly got to the toe decreases when I noticed something. Something horrible. Apparently because I spent too much time in between the socks I couldn’t remember how many rows I did before the heel shaping. To figure it out I counted the cables. Let’s just say that that is NOT an accurate way of counting rows. I basically messed up and did one more cable before the heel shaping on the second sock so they are NOT THE SAME HEIGHT. By like, four rows. I know it doesn’t seem like much and it probably won’t matter once I am wearing them but on the inside I just HATE IT.

Tonight I am going to meet up with new knitting people! I am nervous and excited at the same time. Maybe they can help me think of a way to magically fix the uneven socks.

I know I need to annouce the winner of the Mystery Knitting, which will be done on the next update, along with what the Mystery Prize is. Betcha can’t wait!