Trying to finish the Earl Grey Sock

I shall probably finish the one sock, but it is extremely unlikely I'll be able to finish a second one before the end of the Tour.  I still have hope that I will finish the other before the end of summer though.

The tour has turned out to be a great excuse to just sit and knit.  Watching the riders has made me want to tune up my old bike, so I think I shall and it will be waiting when I return from vacation.  I shall ride in the mornings before traffic is bad and get a relaxing ride...hope springs eternal, hey it could happen, I finished the vest after 12 years!

There is rejoicing in the land

Done, but for the blocking :)

In the home stretch

Well, I am down to the last sleeve facing and then on to blocking. I have a friend with a wooly board, but I'm going to try to block it on a board.  We shall see. As for the KAL, after this vest is on the blocking board, I will try to sprint to the finish with completing the Earl Grey socks.  I have one at the heel and the other still not started, but that is what the KAL is about, challenging myself.  Thank goodness it is Saturday and I've allotted today to knitting.

Knitting Along

I have no pictures but a note to say I've finished the outside of the armhole bands and can start working on the "facing" to encase all of the ends that are there from the steek.  May I say, or even gush, that this KAL has been a lovely way to finish a project that I loved once and have come to love again.  I am so confident that I am close (tempting the knitting gods I know) to finishing that I'm borrowing a wooly board to block this vest this weekend.  Once it is on the board, it will be time to finish one and start and finish my other project, the Earl Grey sock for my DH, who recently got a DBA and the socks were for his graduation, better late than never.

I may get sidetracked by an unforeseen (whoops, I guess since it is only Wednesday and the trip isn't until this weekend it might not be unforeseen since I now foresee it) trip out of town to help out with my father-in-law, but the thing about blocking is once it is on the board I don't really have to stand there and watch it dry as exciting as that may be.  If we do go up to visit my father-in-law we will bring bikes since he lives in an area with great bike paths (the temp is in the 100's, but maybe in the early morning...)

Intermediate Sprint

Well here is the beginning of my Intermediate sprint project, I'm working on it when the vest just becomes too much.  It is a small project, and started out to be wrist warmers, but will probably end up being fingerless gloves.  I will use fingerless gloves, but probably not wrist warmers.

Has anyone else noticed that while TDFing they are not actually getting any exercise, that said I'm off the couch now and moving toward my bike!

Front Band Done

I never thought I'd get done, it was more than a billion-trillion kitchener stitches, but I finished it. 



The one thing about encasing an edge on a Fair Isle vest or sweater, is that there a billion-trillion ends that don't have to be woven in, and you get really really really good at kitchener stitch.

For the TDFKAL, I feel like I am more than a third done with finishing the vest. What makes it a challenge for the Polka Dot Jersey is that I added on finishing a pair of socks, I'm a little behind, but still hopeful. One thing about finishing projects is the feeling of that hey, look at what I can do. Not a bad feeling at all.