Monday, March 28, 2011
Saturday, March 5, 2011
A first pattern
I managed to post my very first design on Ravelry. It's been featured on my friend's blog this week *squee!*
Check it out :D
Check it out :D
Friday, March 4, 2011
February Sock and Other Stuff
Well I finished the February socks with 1 day to spare! Originally I wanted February to be the Fiber Festival Socks by the Tsock Tsarina but unforunately loop stitch and I had a disagreement. I opted to put those off till at least this month and knit a pair of vanille socks instead in a lovely striped sock yarn given to me by a lovely friend almost 2 years ago. I haven't taken a picture just yet...they're at the bottom of the laundry basket ready for washing and blocking at the moment.
I have yet to start March sock stuff yet. I'm focusing on the sleeves for my hubby's sweater that was supposed to be a xmas present. But if he hadn't complained that the sleeves were too tight for his comfort, I wouldn't have had to rip both sleeves back practically to the underarms and redo them. *sigh* I am almost finished one sleeve again. DH has tried it on and it is now acceptable.
On another note...March is the month of Sampras!
And speaking of months...thanks to my unorganizedness I start my count for at least one blog post every month yet again.
I have yet to start March sock stuff yet. I'm focusing on the sleeves for my hubby's sweater that was supposed to be a xmas present. But if he hadn't complained that the sleeves were too tight for his comfort, I wouldn't have had to rip both sleeves back practically to the underarms and redo them. *sigh* I am almost finished one sleeve again. DH has tried it on and it is now acceptable.
On another note...March is the month of Sampras!
And speaking of months...thanks to my unorganizedness I start my count for at least one blog post every month yet again.
Monday, January 31, 2011
The January Sock
One pair of socks a month has begun! I finished my first pair of socks and they count towards finishing my WIPs! I started this pair of socks at the end of last year but didn't get past knitting each leg as I knit them two at a time. I knit them in Madelintosh in the delicious colourway Crumble. The pattern is Through The Loops Mystery Sock 2010:
Coming up in February: Fiber Festival by Tsarina of Tsocks!
Coming up in February: Fiber Festival by Tsarina of Tsocks!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Lost Lost Lost
I just about finished all the Christmas knitting I had planned. I do have to rip out the sleeves of the Hamilton Tigers sweater so I haven't marked that as complete. The sleeves were a bit tight. I didn't do the gnome gloves I was planning for my MIL because it was cutting it too close but I will make her those gloves eventually....maybe this year. I have the pattern bought and all.
After Christmas day I had to get back to the knitting for those we were seeing on New Years. I managed to get the hat and backpack done and they were well received. I was super pleased with how the backpack came out.
The Bowser Backpack!
Last year I was talking to the recipient of this lovely bag about baby knits. Hubby thinks that the baby link outfit is a little ridiculous but would approve of a baby mario outfit...go figure! Anyways, during the conversation she mentioned that she thought a bowser backpack would be awesome. I tucked that away in the back of my mind and when I got home I started writing down my ideas. I searched patterns and didn't find one. It kept getting put aside for other projects for a while but I finally finished it. Of course now that I would like to write up the pattern in case anyone else is ever looking for a bowser backpack I CAN'T FIND THE NOTE BOOK! :S *sigh*. I had other lists, knitting ideas and various notes in that book and its gone. I've looked all over the house. I'm still in the middle of cleaning my yarn room. My dad dropped off a huge amount of stuff that I still had at my parents house and I've been trying to get through it all. I'm getting rid of a lot of stuff. I'm still a little hopeful that book is going to show up but I can't imagine where. My last idea is that our ghost, Lenore has taken it and will reveal it when she feels like it. If she doesn't, I guess I remember how to do most of the bag so I should be able to recreate it. I'm giving it until the yarn room is clean.
After Christmas day I had to get back to the knitting for those we were seeing on New Years. I managed to get the hat and backpack done and they were well received. I was super pleased with how the backpack came out.
The Bowser Backpack!
Last year I was talking to the recipient of this lovely bag about baby knits. Hubby thinks that the baby link outfit is a little ridiculous but would approve of a baby mario outfit...go figure! Anyways, during the conversation she mentioned that she thought a bowser backpack would be awesome. I tucked that away in the back of my mind and when I got home I started writing down my ideas. I searched patterns and didn't find one. It kept getting put aside for other projects for a while but I finally finished it. Of course now that I would like to write up the pattern in case anyone else is ever looking for a bowser backpack I CAN'T FIND THE NOTE BOOK! :S *sigh*. I had other lists, knitting ideas and various notes in that book and its gone. I've looked all over the house. I'm still in the middle of cleaning my yarn room. My dad dropped off a huge amount of stuff that I still had at my parents house and I've been trying to get through it all. I'm getting rid of a lot of stuff. I'm still a little hopeful that book is going to show up but I can't imagine where. My last idea is that our ghost, Lenore has taken it and will reveal it when she feels like it. If she doesn't, I guess I remember how to do most of the bag so I should be able to recreate it. I'm giving it until the yarn room is clean.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
December Knitting
I'm almost finished my december knitting! There are two last small projects to complete before New Years Day when I go to the last Christmassy party and give them away. One is a hat and the other is a secret project and will be revealed soon. For Christmas this year I got a wheel! Its beautiful and I was able to start spinning with it right away! The only difficult part was putting it back together. I kinda wish it had a dvd or more Ikea-like instructions because it may as well have been in another language for me. I seem to require pictures to compare things to, now just one that points to items on the finished product. I looked at the first line of the instructions I don't know how many times before DH sat down to help. Once he started reading out the instructions I felt a little less overwhelmed and was able to concentrate on the parts and found what the first line was referring to...it was sitting beside me the whole time. I spun up 4oz of some Waterloo Wools beauty and now I'm working on 4oz of the corridale fibre that came with the wheel. Its a little difficult to draft at first but I do find that its easier to draft when I draft really really thin. No complaints there :)
My goals from earlier in the year:
1) Learn to crochet...turn out at least 1 crochet item.
2) Fill my sock drawer with hand-knit socks or, to be more specific, have at least one pair of hand-knit socks for each day of the week.
3) Now that my stash has grown quite larger than I expected - use what is in the stash and only buy at special knitting events (needle emporium tent sale, knitter's frolic, knitter's fair). Disclaimer: yarn bought with gift cards doesn't count :D
4) Knit another sweater for myself
The 1st I completed! I crocheted a few things. I worked on one of the adorable dolls from Creepy Cute Crochet. I didn't finish the stuffing and putting it all together but other than that it is done. I also crocheted a few baby bibs that were given away as gifts. I'm told they are loved. :) I failed on the 2nd but I'm going to transfer that over to the new years goals. The 3rd I did ok. I bought some extra yarn for gifts and I did buy fibre but I don't know if I'm going to count that because while it will become yarn, it wasn't yarn when I bought it :D I also failed on the the 4th...but I did start one! Really I did. I would have finished it if October hadn't come by so fast with the Christmas knitting. Ah well.
New goals for next year - knitting & spinning!
1) Knit a pair of socks each month
2) Spin a sweaters worth of yarn
3) Spin a sock weight yarn
4) Yarn dieting - same as last year, buy yarn only at special knitting events
5) Participate in the Rare Breeds Challenge with the Spin Doctor Podcast group
6) Knit myself a sweater
7) Learn to spin woolen and worsted
My goals from earlier in the year:
1) Learn to crochet...turn out at least 1 crochet item.
2) Fill my sock drawer with hand-knit socks or, to be more specific, have at least one pair of hand-knit socks for each day of the week.
3) Now that my stash has grown quite larger than I expected - use what is in the stash and only buy at special knitting events (needle emporium tent sale, knitter's frolic, knitter's fair). Disclaimer: yarn bought with gift cards doesn't count :D
4) Knit another sweater for myself
The 1st I completed! I crocheted a few things. I worked on one of the adorable dolls from Creepy Cute Crochet. I didn't finish the stuffing and putting it all together but other than that it is done. I also crocheted a few baby bibs that were given away as gifts. I'm told they are loved. :) I failed on the 2nd but I'm going to transfer that over to the new years goals. The 3rd I did ok. I bought some extra yarn for gifts and I did buy fibre but I don't know if I'm going to count that because while it will become yarn, it wasn't yarn when I bought it :D I also failed on the the 4th...but I did start one! Really I did. I would have finished it if October hadn't come by so fast with the Christmas knitting. Ah well.
New goals for next year - knitting & spinning!
1) Knit a pair of socks each month
2) Spin a sweaters worth of yarn
3) Spin a sock weight yarn
4) Yarn dieting - same as last year, buy yarn only at special knitting events
5) Participate in the Rare Breeds Challenge with the Spin Doctor Podcast group
6) Knit myself a sweater
7) Learn to spin woolen and worsted
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Cutting it close
So its the last day of November and I'm finally doing the blog post. Its been a looooong month. I'm almost done my current contract, so soon I will have a ton of time on my hands to finish Christmas knitting! I'll also be able to go out and buy buttons for presents that are done minus the button(s). And maybe, just maybe I'll have time for a long post!
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