Finished Objects for Friday

First off, thank-you to all the kind comments regarding my UFOlympic knitting! It feels good to not have quite so many UFO's lying around anymore.

However, I haven't felt like working on any other UFO's since then, nor have I felt like starting or working on any big projects.

These last couple weeks have been all about the quick, easy, & relatively mindless. I got a jump on "Single Skein September" & finished off two lovely hand-dyed DK-weight J.Knits skeins that I found on the clearance shelf at Chris' Needlecraft.

The first pattern I found on Jeanne Knits blog & decided it would be perfect for one of my single skeins. The yarn I used is J.Knits "Massachusetts" -- a single skein of the DK weight 100% superwash wool.

It's the Good Luck Cowl from Drop Stitch Knitter. I managed to use almost all of the entire skein, & was actually a little bit worried that I might run out of yarn on the bind off. This picture shows exactly how much yarn I had left when I finished.



This is the Easy Eyelet Gaiter pattern from the book Arctic Lace. I used about 30 grams of leftover Dyeabolical sock yarn, hand-dyed by Rachel in the "African Grey" colorway. I managed to use nearly every foot of yarn I had left of this skein also.

I had quite a bit of yarn left after finishing my African Grey socks during the UFOlympics. (I started them all the way back in August 2007.) It took me a year to finish the socks, but only about a week to finish the neckwarmer.

The last picture is a view of it turned inside-out. I like how the pattern looks on the wrong side nearly as well as the right side, which will be good if it gets folded over while wearing.

I finished a third neckwarmer using my second single skein of DK J.Knits. However, I'm in the process of writing up the pattern for it, so that Finished Object will have it's own post.