Update on Projects

I've finally finished the afghan I was working on (pictures after the recipient receives it) and have moved on to making Knitty's Fuzzy Feet out of some Cascade 220 in rainier heather I bought at WEBS (yay for sales!)

This will be my first sock-like thing. It also gave me my first opportunity to use my swift and ball winder. I followed some good advice I found on the L&V message boards about not winding directly from the swift, but pulling some yarn off of it and winding it that way - reduces the tension on the yarn as it's winding. That worked really well, and my center-pull balls are working well.

I'm using my Denise interchangables for this, at least to start. I haven't decided how I'm going to handle the parts that call for DPNs - I may either see how long of a loop I can make with my Denises and try Magic Loop, or I may use the two circular method. I have a few more inches of stockinette to do before I have to decide.

This is also my first project in the round (but not in using my circular needles - I've been using them for everything because they're so compact) and I like how it's turning out.

Since I feel like death, however, I'm not sure how much I'll get done today. I'm hoping to have at least the first one completed before I leave for Portland in 2 weeks.