March and April

I'm a couple of days late with my round up of my March projects, but I was busy knitting for http://sockmadness.wordpress.com/. And madness is the right term: One pair of socks knit in 47 hours, ~16 of those asleep, to the exclusion of such important stuff as cooking and packing away all the stuff I brought back from my parents on Sunday. But this is the result:


Knit with 2.5mm KnitPicks Harmony needles (who'd have guessed at my sudden love for wodden needles? - not me!) in Lorna's Laces Amethyst Stripe.

So, now on to the March goals:

(1) finish Child's French Sock
Done!


(2) finish Ella
Done!

I had planned to make this for me, but when I had it finished my mum tried it on and it fit her so perfectly that I gave it to her. I'd probably have been too small for me anyway, since it's knit in smaller yarn and I only increased one repeat each in the triangle and v-parts of the shawl. Not to mention my mum will get a lot more use out of it, since she's always freezing.

(3) 4 parts of the centre square of the Log Cabin Blanket (equivalent to 3 squares)
Done!

In fact I got more done than that. I also finished the small square I didn't manage last month and added an extra section and a half to the goal for this month (+ 1.5 squares since the sections are getting quite large for the center piece), which brings me up to

10 / 35 squares. 29% done!

(4) knit So-Called Scarf in Malabrigo
not done, but at least started

I only have a third of the skein of the bright pink left over, so I thought some stripes at the end and the middle in purple would be nice, but I'm not happy with the way it looks. I'm thinking about ripping it out and spacing the pink throughout the purple (probably 6 rows purple, 2 pink). I also need to do something about the edge since it looks messy and makes the scarf uneven.

(5) finish RPM socks
Done!


(6) finish Felted Tote
Done, as seen by last month's ETA to the goals post.

(7) knit first Estonian Sock
not quite done

I finished the cuff and am happy with it, but the heel keeps kicking my butt.

The travelling stitch pattern is continued in the heel flap and I just can't get it to work. I know I only need to sit down and change the chart to finally get it right, but I didn't have the patience when I was at my parents.

(8) rip back top of Column of Leaves Hat and make longer
Done!

So, all in all, a very successful month. Of course, I also got a boatload of yarn from my binge and a couple of things I bought when I was at my parents, so I don't know yet if I actually have less stash now than a month ago.

Goals for April:
(1) Third round of SockMadness, possibly fourth
(2) Finish centre piece of blanket
(3) Rip back So Called Scarf
(4) Finish first Estonian sock
(5) Start Gentleman's Sock in Noro sock yarn
(6) Start Candle Flame stole in Kauni