The socks have heels and I'm making my way up the leg. I had Dirk try them on and asked "you just wanted anklets, right?"
I thought it was worth asking......
On the Central Park Hoodie project, I seamed the shoulders, picked up for the hood and have about 3 inches of the hood done. The sleeves are currently blocking on the dining room table.
On the 'Wisp' project I've completed 10 repeats; only 7 more to go and I'll definitely be using the second ball of the Pash-Mohair.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Project Updated
I finished the sleeves on my Central Park Hoodie, blocked the left front and the back currently on blocking wires (thank you Kristina for letting me borrow them!)
I have an ancient digital camera that I hope to some day replace. I promise that this sweater does have the beautiful cables on it, you just can't see them due to the shitty photos my camera takes.
I'm also 7 repeats into the "Wisp" from knitty.com that I started last week and it's really lovely. Again, the camera took pretty crappy photos and unblocked it looks pretty lame. However, if you do want to see a photo head over to my Ravelry account (PixieM). Definitely going to need to get my own blocking wires to show this one off!
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Knitty.com 'Wisp'
Apparently I have an illness that prevents me from finishing a project before I start a new one, but for this one I really had a good reason.
I got a phone call this morning to see if I could head over to YarnArts until someone else could get there to open the shop. When I got there I realized I didn't have a project with me to keep me occupied for the 45 minutes I would need to be there -- can you imagine the horror!?
Anyway, I grabbed some mohair and some needles that were floating around in my bag and started on 'Wisp' from Knitty.com in Mango Moon Pash-Mohair. You looking at how far I got before I left.
Central Park Hoodie Update: I'm almost to the sleeve caps! I plan to knock them out tonight while sitting on the couch.
I got a phone call this morning to see if I could head over to YarnArts until someone else could get there to open the shop. When I got there I realized I didn't have a project with me to keep me occupied for the 45 minutes I would need to be there -- can you imagine the horror!?
Anyway, I grabbed some mohair and some needles that were floating around in my bag and started on 'Wisp' from Knitty.com in Mango Moon Pash-Mohair. You looking at how far I got before I left.
Central Park Hoodie Update: I'm almost to the sleeve caps! I plan to knock them out tonight while sitting on the couch.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Central Park Hoodie Sleeves!
I feel like I'm heading around second on this project and can see home plate in my future.
This photo is for Judy -- you can see the blue removable markers that are holding the two sleeves together so that I can keep them organized and in the right spot on the needles.
This photo is for Judy -- you can see the blue removable markers that are holding the two sleeves together so that I can keep them organized and in the right spot on the needles.
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Cast on Sleeves for CPH
wooo-hoooo I finished the fronts this evening and cast on for the sleeves.
I'm on the home stretch....and terrified about seaming this whole project together.
I'm on the home stretch....and terrified about seaming this whole project together.
Friday, March 07, 2008
CPH Update
No photos at this time but I have finished the armhole decreases on the front and am making my way to the neck line. I haven't had much time to knit lately and have a LONG list of things I want to make.....I need to get this sweater done so that I can start something new.
The husband's socks are coming along slowly. I suppose they would be going quicker if I was knitting on them, eh? I take them to work every day with the intention of knitting while on break and I wind up not pulling them out. Maybe today will be the day.
The husband's socks are coming along slowly. I suppose they would be going quicker if I was knitting on them, eh? I take them to work every day with the intention of knitting while on break and I wind up not pulling them out. Maybe today will be the day.
Monday, March 03, 2008
Central Park Hoodie Back
The back is done. This is version II. Version I was completed all the way to the armholes before I decided I didn't like the how the size was coming out on the needle size I was using.
I'm now about 1/4 of the way done with each front.
I'm now about 1/4 of the way done with each front.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
YARN!
Spent the afternoon at YarnArt fondling the new colors of Cascade 220. Managed NOT to bring any home. However, when I got home I realized that balls of Rowan DK Cashsoft, 4 balls of Regia Bamboo Sock Yarn and 2 more balls of Rowan Tweed jumped in my car with me.
What in the HELL is wrong with me? I need more yarn like, well, like a yarn whore needs more yarn.
I can justify the Rowan Tweed, they are the "just in case I need more yarn " for my Central Park Hoodie. And I've never used Bamboo sock yarn....and well, Cashsoft 35% off? Need I say more?
What in the HELL is wrong with me? I need more yarn like, well, like a yarn whore needs more yarn.
I can justify the Rowan Tweed, they are the "just in case I need more yarn " for my Central Park Hoodie. And I've never used Bamboo sock yarn....and well, Cashsoft 35% off? Need I say more?
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Central Park Hoodie
If you scroll back a few posts, my sweater looks almost exactly like it did in that picture. However, please note that last Sunday after getting all the way past the armhole decreases I decided it looked smaller than I wanted so I ripped the entire thing out.
My husband gasped so loud the cat jumped.
I knitted all night on Sunday and got about 5-6 inches done and haven't knitted on it since then. For whatever reason, I haven't been knitting on the weeknights lately.
My husband gasped so loud the cat jumped.
I knitted all night on Sunday and got about 5-6 inches done and haven't knitted on it since then. For whatever reason, I haven't been knitting on the weeknights lately.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Highland Cattle
This was a lovely Highland bull that I met at the National Western Stock show a few weeks ago.
Yes, he was a soft and silky as he looks. And he was *very* sweet.
Yes, he was a soft and silky as he looks. And he was *very* sweet.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Central Park Hoodie
Here's how far I have gotten since last Friday. I'm aiming to have the back finished this week, but at the rate I'm *not* knitting on it, that isn't going to happen.
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Coronet Hat #2
This awesome Plymouth Tweed yarn has been hanging around my stash forever. Last time I made this hat, I really liked it but it was a store sample, so it wasn't mine forever.
So, what could I possibly not like about this hat? It's slightly too big for me, but as usual it fits my husband perfectly. He swears it matches his pajamas and wears it around the house.
So, what could I possibly not like about this hat? It's slightly too big for me, but as usual it fits my husband perfectly. He swears it matches his pajamas and wears it around the house.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Danica #2 - DONE!
And it was a HUGE hit with my husband. It will look a bit better with some blocking, so that is on the agenda for later this week.
I still haven't finished the husband's fingerless gloves. I worked on them for a bit two weeks ago before I threw them across the room, needles and all, in a fit of disgust when I realized I missed 4 stitches of increases 3 inches back when I started to divide the thumb gusset from the hand. I ripped it all back and crammed the whole project into it's little project bag and am trying to forget about them. Damn husband keeps asking about them though.
I'm starting my Central Park Hoodie on Feb 1 and am really excited about this Knit-A-Long with the rest of my YarnArts sisters.
No pictures for now, but I'll get one of the husband in his Danica this weekend!
I still haven't finished the husband's fingerless gloves. I worked on them for a bit two weeks ago before I threw them across the room, needles and all, in a fit of disgust when I realized I missed 4 stitches of increases 3 inches back when I started to divide the thumb gusset from the hand. I ripped it all back and crammed the whole project into it's little project bag and am trying to forget about them. Damn husband keeps asking about them though.
I'm starting my Central Park Hoodie on Feb 1 and am really excited about this Knit-A-Long with the rest of my YarnArts sisters.
No pictures for now, but I'll get one of the husband in his Danica this weekend!
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Quad Color Socks
- Size: Woman's Small
- Needle size used: Addi Turbo US 3 40"
- Yarn: Mission Falls 1824 -- I *love* this yarn!!
- Method; Toe-Up/Two at a Time
I was flipping through the book, 'Kristen Knits' at YarnArts last weekend and saw the socks in there and instantly knew why I had been coveting the Mission Falls 1824 Superwash Wool.
This yarn knits up like a dream and I already have 4 colors sitting in my knitting basket for another pair of socks. When I started this pair my husband of course asked "Are those for me?", so his pair will be cast on tomorrow in a white/medium blue/hunter green/red combo
- Needle size used: Addi Turbo US 3 40"
- Yarn: Mission Falls 1824 -- I *love* this yarn!!
- Method; Toe-Up/Two at a Time
I was flipping through the book, 'Kristen Knits' at YarnArts last weekend and saw the socks in there and instantly knew why I had been coveting the Mission Falls 1824 Superwash Wool.
This yarn knits up like a dream and I already have 4 colors sitting in my knitting basket for another pair of socks. When I started this pair my husband of course asked "Are those for me?", so his pair will be cast on tomorrow in a white/medium blue/hunter green/red combo
What NOT to do when knitting with beads....
No, that's not me. It's not my project. They aren't my beads and I wasn't involved in the accident -- but I've been there.
However, this is a perfect reminder of how NOT to knit with beads.
:)
However, this is a perfect reminder of how NOT to knit with beads.
:)
Friday, January 11, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Quad Colored Socks
Needle: US 4 40" Addi Turbo
Yarn: 4 colors of Mission Falls 1824 Superwash Wool
Pattern: Cast on 5, increase to 40 for standard sock for me. Short row heel.
I had been oogling this yarn for quite some time at YarnArts, then last weekend I flipped through the 'Kristin Knits' books while I was there and a vision for a pair of socks for me was born.
You can't see it in the photos, but yes the respective heels are contrasting with the sock and each other.
Yarn: 4 colors of Mission Falls 1824 Superwash Wool
Pattern: Cast on 5, increase to 40 for standard sock for me. Short row heel.
I had been oogling this yarn for quite some time at YarnArts, then last weekend I flipped through the 'Kristin Knits' books while I was there and a vision for a pair of socks for me was born.
You can't see it in the photos, but yes the respective heels are contrasting with the sock and each other.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Danica #2
My lovely husband requested his own Danica in the colors of his favorite English league football team -- the Wolverhampton Wolves.
The weaving in of all the ends due to the color changes may be the death of me, but I know that he knows how much work this is and loves to show off to all his pals what I make him.
He recently switched shops and the difference is night and day. At the previous shop, the guys would ask "Did your wife make that?" with a shitty attitude. Where he is now, the guys ask "Did your wife make that?" with total awe and a bit of jealousy in their tone. It makes me laugh. (Husband is a tattoo artist and all the guys that he works with now are totally into hand knit scarves)
The weaving in of all the ends due to the color changes may be the death of me, but I know that he knows how much work this is and loves to show off to all his pals what I make him.
He recently switched shops and the difference is night and day. At the previous shop, the guys would ask "Did your wife make that?" with a shitty attitude. Where he is now, the guys ask "Did your wife make that?" with total awe and a bit of jealousy in their tone. It makes me laugh. (Husband is a tattoo artist and all the guys that he works with now are totally into hand knit scarves)
New Years Eve 2007
We traditionally stay in on New Year's Eve, eat a nice dinner, drink too much really lovely wine and watch movies.
And this is how we spent New Year's Eve 2007.
5 Olive Bread
Roasted Acorn Squash stuffed with tomato, onion and basil
Roasted Squash with Rosemary
Rice with homemade gravy
We also celebrated our 11th Wedding Anniversay by watching the video of our wedding and reception. It was a stitch because we'd never really watched it before. I never knew that my brother-in-law borrowed money from my dad for the money dance. We called my dad last night to ask how much it was and if ever got the money back. The answer was "I don't know and no".
And this is how we spent New Year's Eve 2007.
5 Olive Bread
Roasted Acorn Squash stuffed with tomato, onion and basil
Roasted Squash with Rosemary
Rice with homemade gravy
We also celebrated our 11th Wedding Anniversay by watching the video of our wedding and reception. It was a stitch because we'd never really watched it before. I never knew that my brother-in-law borrowed money from my dad for the money dance. We called my dad last night to ask how much it was and if ever got the money back. The answer was "I don't know and no".
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Laceweight Yarn -- I have no plans....
Marsha asked if I had plans for this yarn yet. I don't and would love suggestions!
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