F.O. Arch-shaped Harry Potter

Pattern: Arch-shaped Socks (Ravelry)
Materials: Zwerger Garn Opal Harry Potter in Harry and Ron
Amount: 1 skein
Needles: 2.0 mm

Started: 20.12.2009
Finished: 24.09.2010

This pattern is very delightful. It produces a sock that fits like a glove and provides support where support is needed.

The yarn is... I don't know what to say. I love the theory of self-striping yarns, but the practice has proven problematic. They can't really be used to any sort of satisfactory results on anything except stockinette and not being a big sock knitter I find it a little boring to knit the endless yards of stockinette in fingering size yarn. Which is weird, because I don't mind so much doing the same on aran size yarn. The yarn itself is nice, pretty much what one would expect from a sock yarn.

I've been wearing these a lot and they've held up quite well under the abuse.

FO: The Big Damn Blanket

Pattern: Knitted Garter Stitch Blanket in Sheepsdown (Ravelry) - from Elizabeth Zimmermann's "The Opinionated Knitter"
Materials: Cascade Yarns Ecological Wool in 8087 (natural chocolate brown)
Amount: 10.3 skeins (roughly 4930 yards)
Needles: 10.0 mm

Started: 02.11.2009
Finished: 18.07.2010



This blanket is pure love. It's warm, but not too much so. It weighs a substantial amount (just over 2,5 kilos) so it feels more or less like a hug when I'm wrapped inside it. The pattern is simple yet elegant and the yarn is absolutely gorgeous; a chocolatey brown good, solid wool built to last. It's done in garter stitch all over which means this thing is all smooshy and soft. Because it was all garter stitch done on big needles, it knit up surprisingly fast and with seemingly little effort. This thing went with me all over. I knit it during long drives, when light was scarce, during movies in movie theaters and a hundred other places too.



Like I said; unadulterated love and tenderness.