Norwegian Knits-Along: Week 2

It's amazing how word travels so quickly on the web. Say hello to Silja in Norway, who's keeping tabs on our KAL!

Updates moving forward will be done by category, the way it's organized in the sidebar. That way, fellow knit-alongers, you can see immediately who's knitting the same thing as you! Puh-leeze don't let this pressure you into starting *right this second*; it's just me keeping tabs as your knitalong host. In the meantime, let's see who's working on their projects:

Sweaters
◊ Rebekkah has finished knitting her Ingeborg swatch in beautiful red and grey.
◊ Sydney has posted pictures of her progress on the Christmas sweater. Take a look at her weaving, it's fab!
◊ Julia of Moth Heaven wants to finish her beautiful Poetry in Stitches sweater and figures our 6-month knitalong should be enough time to finish it. I hope so!

Socks
◊ Jenny of A Woman Obsessed is making a Christmas stocking for her boyfriend. See her progress here, she's done a nice job with the reindeer!
◊ Jessica is making good progress on her Norwegian stockings. She's using 2 circulars as opposed to dpns.
◊ Jess is swatching for her stockings and tryng to figure out which techniques work best for her: yarn in one hand, English and Continental; Magic Loop, 2 circulars or dpns. If you're still undecided, read her posts.

Headbands
◊ Jillian is still waiting for her headband kit. She's posted about how this knitalong evolved from a few emails between me, Andrea, and Angela to an international group!

Mittens
◊ Virtuella has decided to knit mittens; a pair of Selbuvotter mittens in black and white!
◊ Carie of Chatterbox is doing the Selbu mittens from Folk Mittens. Correct me if I'm wrong, but are Virtuella and Carie knitting the same mittens?
◊ Beth hasn't cast on for her mittens yet (yes, she's doing mittens and a sweater), but she posted a picture of a Poetry in Stitches kit that she found in a bin at her lys. I can't wait to see her progress on *that* sweater!
◊ Mary Beth of My Knitting Life has the corrugated rib completed for her mittens from Charlene Schurch's Marvelous Mittens.

Hats
◊ Susan of Knit and Spin with Susan, whom I met last weekend at the GLASG Show, has joined the hat brigade! She's making a BEK hat, Kirsten, in chartreuse and grape. Cool colors!
◊ Adrian's progress on the hat has gone on smoothly since she fixed her gauge issues. Take a look at the colors of her lovely Ufserud!
◊ Angela's hat kits finally arrived. Hmm. Those colors look familiar. Are you sure we weren't separated at birth? :-)
◊ Sarah hasn't posted any pictures of her Norwegian Star hats yet. Can't find what you want from Bea Ellis Knitwear or Nordic Fiber Arts? Try Sarah's book, Hats On! by Charlene Schurch.
◊ Andrea hasn't posted yet, but I just wanted to mention her because I missed her at the GLASG show. She does have some great pictures of the event. Her handspun yarn is terrific!
◊ Finally, your host. I had to rip last week's progress because as I started the 2-color knitting I thought I'd try it on. It slipped down to my shoulders. It. Was. Big. So despite the fact that I got gauge with #5, I was knitting way looser, for some reason. Oh well. Riiippppp!

So here's where I am. I reknit the cotton lining using #2 bamboo dpns, then switched to a #4 16" circular for the wool. The 2-color knitting? I hesitate to say "easy" because so far all I've done are the "lice" and a stripe. The more complicated parts are still to come!