By Wendy on May 27, 2009
About yesterday’s mystery project — some of you are correct. It is a gansey.
To be more specific, it is a wee gansey, for a wee person. From this point forward it will be called “Finnian’s Gansey” because the wee person for whom the gansey is being made is named . . . wait for it . . . Finnian.
I’m working up the design myself rather than following a pattern. The chest measurement will be 26 – 27″ when all is said and done.
In yesterday’s blog I pictured the two (front and back) bottom bands which I worked in seed stitch. I worked them separately, and then joined them to knit the body in the round. This way, the bottom edge of the gansey has a little slit at each side.
The body of the gansey has an all-over pattern in seed stitch that is done in panels. You can’t really tell much by how it looks so far because I’ve done very little. I worked a couple of rounds last night before casting it aside to start a new sock.
Segue segue segue segue . . .
Behold my new sock-in-progress, which is at this point in time nameless:
This is being knit from Hazel Knits Artisan Sock yarn, in the “Euphorbia” colorway. This yarn is 90% superwash merino and 10% nylon and is one of the yummier wool/nylon blend sock yarns I’ve had the pleasure of flinging a needle into. In the immortal words of the LOLCats: “Nom nom nom!”
Why is there an emerald ring stuck in the ball of yarn in the above photo? No reason, except that I was wearing said ring today and it amused me to put it there. More evidence of my mad photo-styling skillz.
Here is the sock resting on my lap earlier today.
Betcha can’t guess my favorite color.
Lucy Sez
“My favorite color is catnip.”
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By Wendy on May 26, 2009
I had one of those days yesterday when I couldn’t settle down to anything remotely resembling productive knitting. I hate when this happens.
I had made good progress on my second sock so thought I’d start a non-sock project (shocking, I know) and save the sock for commuter knitting. (I finished the second sock on the way home today. Doncha love my photo-styling?)
I started a couple of lace projects and threw them aside. I’m just not in the mood for lace right now.
But I had something else planned. To be knit from this.
I started. Can you guess?
Can you guess now?
How about now?
I think I’ll stick with this non-sock project for “at-home” knitting for now. And start something for the commute.
This means another sock project is imminent.
Lucy wants to know if snacks are imminent.
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By Wendy on May 25, 2009
Lucy is just passing through to wish a good Memorial Day to all who celebrate it.
Normal blog activities will resume tomorrow.
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By Wendy on May 24, 2009
Behold the bag of loverly WendyKnits Sunrise sock yarn sent to me by the very generous Beth at Lorna’s Laces. There are eight skeins there, so four lucky winners, since it takes two skeins for a pair of socks.
The random number generator drew three names from the blog comments, and one from the Plurk contest I ran in parallel. (My Plurk-buds sometimes get an extra chance in my contests!) The winners are:
Linda Rich
Kelaine
Diana
and Plurker PlainJane.
Check your email — I’ve emailed each of you.
And thanks again to Beth at Lorna’s Laces for creating this lovely colorway and for sending me the bag of yarn for the giveaway!
Meanwhile back at the ranch, I’ve completed the first Muriel Sock.
And a close-up:
Love love love this yarn and colorway. It occurs to me that if I wanted to eat Cheetos while knitting these socks, no one would be the wiser. 
We are having a quiet day chez WendyKnits — just hanging out and chilling.
Lucy would like you to know that she still loves her sheepskin in the warmer months — particularly when the a/c is on!
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By Wendy on May 21, 2009
I’m glad to see that so many of you enjoy the Craig Ferguson Show as much as I do.
In answer to some comments questions — sometimes I watch it when it is on (starts at 12:35am). I always DVR it, so on the off chance I’m asleep, I watch it the next afternoon.
You may ask — how is it that this crazy lady is up watching Craig Ferguson at 12:35am when she gets up at 4:00am on weekdays?
I don’t sleep.
Well, that is not exactly true, but I don’t sleep normally. On weeknights I will usually fall asleep 10 pm-ish, but I invariably wake up between midnight and 12:30am. I will usually fall back asleep naturally about 2:00am and get a couple more hours of sleep. Experience has taught me that I might as well get up and do something for a while rather than lie in the dark and try to fall back asleep before I’m ready to because it just ain’t gonna happen. For years I tried that and stressed about it a lot. I tried over-the-counter sleep aids, prescription sleep aids, homeopathic remedies, etc., but I am impervious to drugs. (Seriously — it takes an elephant tranquilizer to knock me out.)
I recently just gave up and embraced my weird sleep patterns and find I’m much more relaxed and happy this way. While I almost never knit in the middle of the night, I do design and write sock patterns. It’s one of my most creative times.
As the Heel Turns
Don’t you think that would be a great name for a soap opera about knitting and knitters? Huh?
I am turning the heel. Excitement abounds!
Speaking of excitement, I’ll be announcing the winners of the WendyKnits Sunrise sock yarn giveaway next week.
Lucy can hardly stand the suspense. 
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