Knitting, Sci-fi and other stuff...

     I never said I was normal.  So I melted the cube this round, oh yea.  Its my first time so I'm pretty excited.  "Melting the cube" is when someone completes all six challenges in a round.  I credit my cube meltage to the week of "vacation" I had.  So my last challenge submission was for Giving Geeks.  I donated 7 hats to St. Josephs Hospital Health Center.  They were all baby hats, so they'll be given to newborns.  The two pink/yellow ones, the turquois and red and white striped one were what I had lying around.  The true blue, brown and purple/pink ones, I knit over the weekend. The brown one is Baby Bear Newborn Hat, and I love it.  I nearly kept it for myself.  I dont have enough of that color to make another.  I do have more yarn, in a lighter brown.  The purplish one is just a basic hat.  I've done several if these now.  I used that hat in particular for my team tie in.  I had Daniel take it over to the Wells' with the teddy bear for ba

     I've finished and posted two more challenges.  For Nerd Culture, the Wormhole Hat. I used the Hurricane Hat pattern and Spud and Chloe sweater.  I enjoyed knitting with it.  Its a cotton/wool super wash blend.  Now that its finished its starting to shed.  I'm not sure how I feel about that.  Perhaps I'll check out these super wash qualities and see if it holds up to $14.00 a skein.  I love the drape of the finished fabric.  Its very sweater like.  Its great yarn, but... we'll see.       For the Technical challenge, Schrodinger's paw: This one I've done before.  It will be a set, now that I have two.  I want to use this pattern to make a double knit potholder too.  I haven't exactly figured out the logistics of that yet.  I think if I do the pattern on just one side and follow the established stitches on the other side it should work.      As promised Liberty Wool:   Very pink!  With some purple and I think green.  I cant wait to try this.  I probab

     Tournament 4 has begun.  I just posted my second project and am nearly finished with a third.  I really want to try for all six.  So for the Scientific challenge, I made Jared Flood's Turn a Square.  It is a tad long for me, but I've been wanting a beanie that would cover my ears better.  I also have enough yarn left over for a second one.  Its a really great pattern, I will be doing more.      The project I just posted was for the Intellectual challenge.  I made a set of dishcloths suitable to aid in Jack and Maybourne's survival on the Utopian moon.  Paradise Lost in season 6 is one of my more favorite episodes.  Once I found the survival mnemonic S-T-O-P, I had the challenge in the bag.       I actually knit these in the dark, and from memory.  I've knit so many of them at this point its muscle memory.  I'll get back to why I was knitting in the dark.      I've made good progress on those cursed mittens, or I would have if I haddnt run out of yarn