Mitten - A - Long Update

2 posts in 3 days! The heat must be getting to us, or maybe it is just all the excitement over our Summer Mitten-A-Long! Here is the update from this weekend's knitting.

I took the early lead on Friday and Saturday morning.

Some say it was only because I was kind of cheating. Smallest Mittens, Biggest Needles, and No Fair Isle, I say good planning, not cheating.

But then... I decided to do Fair Isle, and not even in the round! that slooooowed me way down.

Stephanie's progress seemed slower than it was.

Knitting both mittens at once was a great idea.

She became the favorite by Saturday night.

Erika made great progress on Friday, making it to the Coffee Bean section.

On Saturday, she took to the two handed knitting like a pro.

Her tension is so perfect, we are all jealous!

Kiki started off slow on Friday, commenting that 88 stitches is sometimes enough for a sweater!

Saturday we began to see words appear.

By Saturday night, she feared she might run out of yarn and realized knitting mittens for me, was not going to win the race.

Illanna, also sported some words by end of day Saturday. Showing a lot of progress using the top-down approach.

Today I finished one back side and started on the other. That Fair Isle purl side is kicking my ass!

Stephanie made great progress today. Her snails seemed to be the fastest around.

Kiki continued to write on her mittens. She might have room for a novella, as big as these are. I think I heard her say "11 inches, are you freakin' kidding me!" I tried them on, and they fit, no room for lining. Sorry dear, but you know what they say, big hands... big mittens!

We don't have pictures for the end of today for Illanna or Erika. Word on the street is Illanna is smokin' the rest of us with both mittens & linings at the thumb. She will probably be done before I finish typing this post! Looks like it is a race for second.

UPDATE:

Progress photos from Erika.Damn! Those stitches are perfect!

Also an updated photo from Illanna.

The rumors are true, she is running away with this KAL!

In other news, I recently purchased a digital camera that shoots infrared. Below are a few shots, and you can see more here. The red sky and water look like it feels out here these days.

Steve