While I did not, in fact, finish both the projects mentioned in my last post (and certainly not that night), I did finish one of them. True, it was only 8 hours ago that I did so, but an FO (and a Christmas 2009 gift, to boot!) is an FO.
Voilà!
(As always, click to embiggen.)
I love it! As to the colors in this photo, they’re a bit bluer than they appear above. The towel behind the scarf is a lovely light blue, not grey, so it would seem the whole thing has been “grey-shifted” in the transition from real to digital.
Sure hope the intended recipient (my MIL) finds it wearable and to her taste.
Still to do: wash and block it, along with the first potato-chip scarf (still waiting to be given to my FIL from last Christmas), so the Noro can bloom. Any suggestions as to what to wash it in? (Yes, water. And yes, a sink or basin. Ha-ha-ha. But what washing solution should I use? I’ve never washed Noro before and dunno what to use.
As for the Baby Einstein (Baby Albert?) sweater, I made some progress there, too.
Check it out:
Note to self: don't cast shadow on picture while taking it!
Obviously still needs work. Specifically, the shoulder seams are unsewn, the contrasting neck/bodice trim is missing, the buttons are unchosen. Oh, and there are loose ends to weave in.
As I have several choices of button in the stash closet that should work nicely, I should be able to finish it in an evening/morning, whenever I get down to it.
Not today, alas. Gotta sleep. Sorry.
Probably not tomorrow either. Gotta pull some OT at the end of my shift.
Maybe Thursday?
But one day soon, for sure.
