Well I finished my dad’s birthday scarf with about 30 minutes left to spare!  I finished it at 2:00 on Sunday afternoon, and we were leaving to meet  them for dinner at 2:30. Dad loved it. Those it’s hard to tell by his cheesy picture! My FIRST “Manly Knit1″ I’m really happy with how it came out.  It is done in mistake rib, 4 skeins of the yarn…but duh I threw out the tags so I can’t tell you about it!

Bigger news I finished my V-neck sweater!  Hooray! OK so not a good picture.  I’ll get better when it’s dry and I can put it on! Here’s Abby helping with the sleeve! I’ve washed it and blocked it, now I’m just waiting on it to dry.  I used Rowan chunky print and size 13 needles so it went fast.  I cast on for it on Jan 1, and finished sewing in the ends on Jan.15th!  A record for me!  I added a little bit of waist shaping, but other than that I followed the pattern.  Just a nice cozy weekend sweater. 

Then since I finished that and the scarf I started Wicked!  with the Sexy Knitters Club. I’m using Andean Silk from Knit Picks in Sangria. I would have loved to have bought the teal yarn(Artyarns super-merino) they used in their pict on the pattern, but I am trying to knit from my stash..and I had bought the knit picks yarn for another project that I’d tired of..but the yarn is really nice, and is so soft! Speaking of knit picks…I LOVE my options needles, but I keep poking a hole in my index finger with them! Any thoughts on how to avoid that? I love the tips but eek! I know I should try not to push on the needles with my index finger, but I can’t help it!