Shamrock Knits

Monster Bookcase

Happy Easter everyone! I ordered a glass covered bookcase from Wickes Furniture a few weeks ago. It came this weekend. I absolutely love it. It's huge, but it holds almost all of my collectible books. I collect first edition hardcovers, and get them signed by the author if I can. It's about 6 feet long and 7 feet tall, but she's a beauty.

I put it in my office where my desk used to be.  I moved the desk by myself and am paying for it now. I'm sore all over - legs, arms, back, you name it. It was worth it though. I prefer the desk where I have it now and the bookcase along the main wall.

Cheers!

Happy St Patty's everyone!

I've been working on a few different projects over the last couple of weeks. One of them is not the cable socks. Some people have second sock syndrome. I have turning the heel syndrome. I'm doing them both at the same time on one circular needle. I don't know what my hang up is, but I just didn't feel like doing the short rows for awhile. They're in my bag in case I ever get the urge.

A friend at work's been trying to adopt for almost a year now. A couple of weeks ago, she got the word that she'll be adopting a baby boy. I'm so happy for her. We had a shower for her at work last Thursday. I made her a knit hat in a simple 2 by 2 rib. Betty from my knit group made the pom pom for it. She's the best at those.

I also made this blanket. It's machine knit with rows of single crochet trim. I used Red Heart Sport that I had in stash. Gotta love that. This was the blanket that I was going to make my nephew when he was born, but I had issues with row counting and seaming. I think this one looks much better now. It's made on my mid-gauge LK 150 machine. The strips are made separately and seamed as the next strip is knitted.

Here's the progress on my vest. I'm finishing the second front and then have the back to do. We'll see how it turns out. I really like the colors though.

Third time's a charm

I received some answers to my questions at the KAL. I ripped out the second version and did another swatch. I counted 4.9 stitches to the inch instead of the 4.5 in the pattern. I decided to go down 2 sizes and make the 39". I had Friday off, so I did a lot of knitting over the weekend. I've just started the waffle stitch section.

It's just slightly tight, so I'm hoping when it's washed it'll loosen a little bit. I also used my shamrock stitch marker that I made last year. Maybe this one's is my lucky charm.