Posted: July 3rd, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: malabrigo, projects: bellevue cardigan, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: cat pictures, delicious bread, knitting, pb and j, summer | No Comments »
After a month of going back and forth between my city and the place I was doing my internship-ish work, and a lot of weeks being very highly scheduled, I’m finally done. And settled in my apartment. With my cat, who really enjoyed herself at F’s but is absolutely beside herself with excitement at being back in the apartment with the nice big windowsills.
I had delicious, awesome bread for breakfast, made by a friend of mine.
And I’ve got new knitting on the needles, the beginnings of a Bellevue cardigan.
In other words, I’m really, really excited that I finally get to treat summer like summer, and spend a solid few weeks relaxing.
Posted: June 27th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: mittens, projects: squirrel mittens for f, st denis nordique, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: fairisle, friends, mittens, squirrels | 1 Comment »
I’ve been a little preoccupied, lately, in my knitting. I’ve got a couple of July birthdays coming up, and so a lot of my time has been spent on gift knitting that I can’t really share. This is awesome for me, because I love giving handknits to people who appreciate them, but kind of lame for the blog.
In the meantime, this is what I’ve been working on that I can share.
This past month, I’ve been living in a smaller city about an hour away from home, doing an internship-ish thing for school. In planning for this, I quickly realized that my cat – I’m sure you all remember, she’s the fuzzy one – wasn’t going to be able to come with me.
Fortunately, my good friend F now lives in the same city as I do. She loves cats, and she said she wouldn’t mind letting mine stay with her and her boyfriend for a little while. In exchange for doing me that amazing, awesome favour, she asked for mittens.
I asked her what kind of mittens, and she said that she wanted whatever kind I wanted to make. Then I asked her what colours she liked, and she told me that she liked. . .well, she gave me a list, but it was pretty well all possible colours. Finally – after a few hours of Ravelry browsing and some ambitious mitten plans swirling in my head, I asked her if she preferred birds, or squirrels.
She was very clear on that: she preferred squirrels.
Posted: June 5th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: projects: arabella shawl, things I spin, things i knit, triangular shawls | Tags: arabella, handspun, knitting, lace knitting, shawls, spindle spun, spinning, sweetgeorgia | 1 Comment »
Oh man, I forgot how sometimes, even though I’m not in school, time off can be spent doing lots of things that tire me out. I’ve started lots of new things, including some new spinning.
This is a new kind of fiber for me, sweetgeorgia panda. It’s merino-bamboo-nylon, and I figured that since the merino content is still 60%, it wouldn’t be that different to spin from 100% merino. I have since learned my lesson. It’s for sure a more challenging fiber blend for me – it spins finer, and it’s so so so so so shiny, but I tend to break my singles and drop my spindle and make frustrated noises a bit more often.
I’ve also started a new knitting project.
This is Arabella, and my first time working at serious-business, all over lace. It’s not a technically challenging knit, but it definitely isn’t mindless, either – the blue threads are lifelines, which I decided I needed after hopelessly screwing up the first two repeats and having to frog the entire shawl.
What new things have you guys been up to?
