Rogue progress and wee baby knits

The above was taken yesterday morning just before I finished knitting the hem and body together. So far I am absolutely loving the yarn I am using - Jaeger's Shetland, 80% new wool, 20% alpaca, in black, because I like to live dangerously. ;) I also, in my need to not follow directions exactly, made the hem much shorter than the recommended 12 rows.

I am glad I gave up on the original Rogue Yarn (KnitPick's Main Line), it was way too thin for this sweater, but it will eventually get used, probably as a SKB.

I think I will most likely be working on only this for the remainder of the summer (I don't need to rush it since it's not hooded sweater weather right now), or at least until my sister finds out in about 8 weeks whether she will have a girl or a boy so I can then do some baby knitting.

OMG. I never did mention that anywhere. My sister, who thought she's never have a child of her own, is due sometime right around the Winter Solstice. Yay for baby knitting! I have already found a ton of patterns I'd like to make, but want to wait for gender confirmation so I can decide what color(s) to invest in.

Ravenclaw update - final

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Originally uploaded by blackraynecloud

The socks are done. Technically they've been done for several days, but I hadn't gotten a chance to photograph them until earlier today. They really do match up stripe-wise, but they were on my model (who's 11 year old feet are smaller than the intended recipient's) somewhat crooked.

I will hopefully finish getting everything else I plan to include in this swap package this week so these will be on their way to their new home soon.

I am anxiously awaiting my Slytherin socks as well - I think I figured out who my sender is, I guess I will find out if I am correct soon. ;)

Ravelry updating

I was beyond bored earlier (can't sew, need trim for a corset I am stuck on, need to draft other corset patterns, need to cut skirt fabric, etc.) so I started updating my Ravelry stuff. Of course, when it came time to add yarns to my stash I completely forgot what yarns I have in my stash. A few got entered but not many and none have photos yet because I haven't ever been in the habit of documenting my stash, but maybe I will start soon.

I officially created a Flickr account to use with Ravelry - I did have one from a while ago, but never used it other than to comment on a photo one time. Thankfully I remembered the login info for it, and it now currently hosts one photo, a slightly better version of the most recent Ravenclaw sock photo, which I edited in Picnik. Unfortunately, Picnik runs horridly slow on the iBook (which is chugging along with 256mb of ram, the poor thing), so I doubt I'll use it much, but it is a nifty program, especially if you don't have access to regular photo editing software.

The second sock is nearing the end of the cuff. No heel yet, I guess it really will be an afterthought heel afterall.

Another pictureless sock update...

Updating when I have no photos to share sucks.

Sock #2 is past the heel finally. Once I get the ankle further done (it's only a few rows past the heel point currently) I will do the not-so-afterthought heel, then get the remainder of the ankle finished up. Right now I am guessing it will be late next week when it's finished if I don't keep screwing around on the GameBoy all day like I have been. Hopefully there will be more than one working computer in this house late next week too. If there is, the next update should be complete with photos.