Blogathon, Potterthon, and a Horcrux
Have you heard about Blogathon? It’s a way for bloggers to band together and raise money for charities. This year I’m part of a group blog called Potterthon — you guessed it, all about Harry Potter. Don’t worry, though: we have a strict spoiler-free policy for Deathly Hallows!
We’re going to take shifts during Blogathon to entertain the masses while we raise money for First Book. Here’s the mission of First Book, straight from their website:
First Book is a nonprofit organization with a single mission: to give children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books. We provide an ongoing supply of new books to children participating in community-based mentoring, tutoring, and family literacy programs.
You can still support Potterthon by going here and registering to sponsor us.
I’ll start adding my posts in later today, and I have a feeling that I’ll be focusing on knitting patterns. I do love knitting patterns, you know.
Speaking of knitting patterns, I did NOT get my Horcrux socks finished in time for the big ol’ Harry-fest in the middle of this month. I have one sock finished and the other sock started, but there just wasn’t enough time to get the second one finished. Maybe I’ll work on that today as part of my Potterthon …
I’m also tempted to whip up some sort of knit wizard hat and slap it on Clive, just to see what the poor cat would do!
Horcrux Socks: Crazy shot
I am amazed by one thing right now: how something as seemingly simple as Ravelry can make me want to update my knitting progress records, keep knitting, and find pictures from three years ago to upload back to Flickr. Yes, I have been hunting down old knitting pictures, posting them to Flickr, and then entering a project with those pictures. All because I just want to remind myself that my knitting HAS accomplished something! It kind of gives a girl hope, if you know what I mean.
Some of that hope spilled over into the Horcrux socks. I’ve been picking this up and knitting a while longer while I’m reading for school or watching television. I’ve almost finished the first one (yay!) and now just have to keep going so I get the pair done for July 21st. (SQUEE!)
[Aside: Stupid school. I’m glad that I should finish in December so I can concentrate on important things like knitting more.]
As for these socks, I think I like how they’re turning out. I probably should have gone down another needle size, to a at least a 1. i’m using a US 1.5, and I think this might have a little too much stretch. We shall see, though …
Eris: Hmm, ends not woven in.
While I had a two week break between classes, I pulled out some of my knitting projects and got started on them again. One of those projects was my much-loved but oft-neglected Eris. I meant to have Eris finished for my April 2006 trip to France. I missed that deadline, then got engaged and had a wedding to plan, so pretty much all knitting went by the wayside. So, about six months after our wedding, I pulled it back out. We’re planning an August/September trip to Sydney, Australia, and I think this could be a really nice thing to carry along for a bit of warmth in their early spring. (If I’ve done my math correctly. We shall see.)
I love Eris, though. I still don’t like wool very much because it makes me itch and sneeze. The teeny fibers hurt my eyes when they fly up after lots of knitting. I know that my yarn for this project (Elann’s Highland Wool in Raspberry) isn’t necessarily the best quality wool, but it’s good enough for me. It’s a beautiful color, and I like how the fabric looks. I’ve finally finished ALL of the body hem, so I only have sleeves and finishing left to do. That’s kind of hard to believe!
Guess what?!
Guess who finally got her invitation to Ravelry? Guess who has been taking pictures and uploading projects all night? Guess who is actually knitting again but keeps forgetting to update the blog?
ME!
You win. :-) Updates to come soon, I promise.
