Finished: Red Vest & Little Things

Turns out that time flies whether you're having fun or not! The absence of posts here does reflect quite well the absence of any serious knitting or other interesting life highlights in the last few weeks. There has been more swatching, a decision to unravel and restart (with a completely different pattern and yarn) my Ravelry Scarf Exchange scarf, and a half-hearted attempt to make (garter rib) socks to match Dad's vest for Father's Day.

I am pleased to report, however, that not all of my labours (limited though they may have been) were fruitless. A couple of meetings ago, a fellow Knit Ranger, Kristie mentioned that a friend had delivered a tiny baby boy before he was expected, and that any little knitted things would be appreciated. Having a fair amount of baby wool left after knitting my nieces' kiddies, I cast on a pair of little booties.

That took very little time and effort (they definitely qualify as easy), so I then started on a bootie and mitten pattern from Sheperd Yarns. A week later, I'd finished one bootie, and barely cast on for the second. So, this morning I woke up determined to get them finished. And I did!

In the after-glow of satisfaction that follows from completing something (particularly something that has been languishing), I picked up the will-it-be-a-jersey-or-will-it-be-a-vest project, and yep, now that's completed, too. And it's a vest.

So, that's three completed projects for my Ravelry projects page. Now I still have my blanket, some socks "in progress", so I'm not quite on top of things, but I'm getting there! I've pruned my queue a little, and reordered, and I'm feeling "on top" of things, rather than feeling like I'm playing catch up.

Now, back to Dad's socks! And the bright tweed socks, and the brown ribbed socks for me. Oh, and that blanket...