Long Time No Blog

It's been a while since I last blogged, first for being busy and then for being sick. I'm back now though, to share some pictures of projects I have recently finished. First, here's the hat I knit for my boyfriend. The picture is not the best, but the hat is nice and looks great on him. The colour is just perfect as it fits nicely with a scarf I knit him earlier. The pattern is from Raverly, naturally, a free pattern by Shana Kreikemeier, published in her blog. You can find the pattern on Raverly here.

Then there are a couple things I made for presents, first a Lady Jessica cowl you can find under that name on Raverly, a lovely Victorian style pretty frilly thing and then a brooch I made from a crocheted lily of the valley made earlier from Lesley Stanfield's pattern. I was pretty happy with them both so it felt good to give them out.

Since finishing these presents, I have been working on my Kasha cardigan which is coming along nicely, I have finished left front, back and one sleeve.

I have also knit yet another pair of socks from Cookie A.'s Knit.Sock.Love, this time a sweet pair called Twisted Flower. Or as I call my pair, the Socks on Fire. They are named thus because the yarn I'm using resembles flames with its dark red, purple, burning hot orange and flickers of blue. I am also pretty hooked with the Hunger Games trilogy so I named the socks in honour of the girl that was on fire. I'll post pictures of the socks later as well as of my Kasha as soon as I knit further on. I really adore the socks, I was a little afraid that the complex cable pattern wouldn't look nice with the strong-coloured yarn but as it turns out, they were a perfect match. But now whenever I put the socks on, I'll always feel a little like Katniss when they first ignited her cape in the first book: anticipating the pain of the flame burning my skin. ^^ Well, maybe that is a bit of an overstatement but still, it brings a smile to my lips.

I really don't have much more to report at the moment. Other than that Joss Whedon's fans rated 12th on Vulture's list on most devoted fan bases. That was pretty fun, although I do not know if the list is really very reliable. Yet, it's fun to read, and some of the info on each fan base is quite funny.