I'm Batman! No not really, I have been working on several super hero squares throughout the past year and I finished another one this weekend. In the past, I made Aquaman, Green Lantern, and Superman. This is the fourth in the series for a Justice League Blanket.
These squares play into my idea for a Justice League Blanket. The blanket is made of 6 squares for super heroes, 6 solid color squares and 3 squares to represent The Big Bang Theory. At this time, I have 3 solid color squares complete and was able to join 3 squares in the design.
The Blanket Design
While, I designed some of the previous squares, this one had an existing chart and so I dove in. This square was relatively easy. There were only two colors and I was able to carry the colors on the back for the most of the design. I flubbed around the ears and had to do some quick recalculating to make it all work.
NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Batman!
I think this was easier than the Superman square but I needed some time to do other things before I was ready to work on this again.
Pattern - Batman Logo Chart
Needles - Size 7/4.5 mm with 24 inch cables
Yarn - Comfort Solids & Heathers, in Primary Yellow, and Liquorice
Duration - 2 days
Size - 60 stitches by 60 stitches
Gauge - 5 stitches per inch
I have been hard at work this week and weekend. I was off from work last Friday (and the rest of the weekend) and mostly spent the day doing laundry, reading and knitting. I got all of my laundry washed and dried but I still have baskets of clothes to fold and hang. I hate that step.
Since most of my weekend was spent knitting here is my update:
Lucky Shawl at Primanti Bros for the Pens/Sens Game 5
The shawl was out and in progress during Wednesday and Friday's games. As soon as the knitting bag was opened, they scored. I know it sounds crazy but us superstitious fans must do their part too.
Since I am in hockey withdrawal until Saturday (when the Pens take on the Bruins in the Eastern Conference Finals) I decided to save the lucky shawl until the new series starts. Those are going to be nail biters that will need the lucky shawl.
I did another section of Clue Two of my Juego. Now that all of the clues are out, the shawl looks really nice completed though I wonder where I will ever wear this shawl. It's really not to my taste. Perhaps I will give it away to my grandmother when it's done.
Since I was set aside my Leftie until the next series, I decided to work on the filler square that has been in progress since December (oops!). This was just a plain blue square of 60X60 stitches but they are very important for the Justice League Blanket I have planned. As of right now, I have the Red, Orange and Blue Squares complete.
Instead of jumping straight into another solid square I started to look at my plans and decided to put some squares together and see how the join would work.
A little bit of progress really motivates you
Once I started to weave in the seams I became really pleased with the result. This method as shown in the video above does not show the join and it just looks like I switched yarns. There is a bit of a ridge on the back but I am going to put a back on the blanket to hide all of the yarn tails and seams.
When this was done, I decided to start and ultimately finished another super hero square which I will show on Friday. Now all that's left of this column is one solid green square.
Anyway, that was my week. Hope yours is going well.
I often think of my blog on my way to work on Wednesdays. As I drive across a bridge, the colors often inspire what I start my post about. Today, the colors were just so vivid. The trees are finally at their greenest and the pale blue sky just made the color stand out. The bright orange of the construction sign contrasted with the blue steel of the bridge and the red car in front of me.
Anyway, these colors are great examples of why I love colorful projects. I love using the rainbow of colors at my fingertips to make something beautiful and bright.
Well my lucky Leftie got a bit larger this week and the Pittsburgh Penguins advanced to a 2-1 lead over the Ottawa Senators. I did knit on it during the third game but with a minute left I put it away because I thought we were going to win. Clearly it needs to be out and in progress during the entire game.
So I have mentioned this shawl when talking about Tropical Ginger Hitchhiker but I haven't had a chance to get a good picture or much work on it. Thankfully, I had a lot of time yesterday where I worked on at the Election Polls. We didn't have a great turn out for our local primary but I had 15 hours where I had to occupy myself and reading and knitting were my favorite options. I needed something easy that could be picked up and put down and this shawl fits those requirements. I also worked on a solid Justice League Square as well.
There was a part of me that wanted to finish the other hitchhiker but it is still benched. Honestly it had better be late June before that thing is worked on again. (read: Stanley Cup Finals are in the middle of June)
I am working on the Juego Knit-A-Long with SpaceCadetCreations in Celeste base. The colors are Endless Summer and Burnt Clay. The Endless Summer was a Yarn Alliance exclusive from last September. I love the green blue and orange that is weaving it's way around clue one and clue two is starting to grow on me. I wasn't too keen on the clue at first but seeing the later clues has enabled me to keep working on it. The burnt clay is really lovely and I just love squishing the ball I wound.
I have kept my swift and yarn winder in my car as well as my Maryland yarn to avoid the temptation to start all the projects but I really need to bring it in soon. Anyway, I put two large Pens tumblers on the floor and stretched the yarn around it to wind the ball for this project. It worked fairly well. I tried it again for Leftie and it was a bit messy (Huge honking knots)!
Anyway, that was my week. Hope yours is going well.
