Posted: February 21st, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: projects: treeline striped cardigan (ravelympics), sweaters, tanis fiber arts green label, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: cardigans, crafty, handmade, knitting, knitting olympics, ravelympics, sweaters, treeline striped cardigan | No Comments »
I was all set to post on Thursday, and talk about how my sweater was going and how excited I was. I’d finished this much.
Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to sit down and write until today, and now I’ve knit this much.
I just really, really like this project, and the stripes are looking so cool as I knit them up. I’m excited to see how much I can get done before next Sunday.
Posted: February 15th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: projects: treeline striped cardigan (ravelympics), sweaters, tanis fiber arts green label, things i knit | Tags: cardigan, knitting, knitting olympics, ravelympics, stripes, sweaters, tanis fiber arts, treeline stripe cardigan | 2 Comments »
So, like every other knitter on the entire internet, I’ve signed up for a Ravelympics* team – mine is headed up by Julie. What this really means is that you guys had better like the way this project looks, as you’ll be seeing a lot of it in the near future as I try to finish it before the 28th.
I got a bit of a late start, waiting for the postman to bring my yarn, but I cast on while Mike Robertson was winning his silver medal for Canada, which I think made up for it.
The goal, for me, is to knit myself a sweater that I will wear often, and with a lot of things, which is why I’m making the Treeline Striped Cardigan, in boring blue and tan. I’ll look a little bit like Where’s Waldo, but hopefully in a cute way, and it’ll match most of the stuff in my wardrobe.
The goal is also to treat myself a little bit, which is why I’m knitting it with Tanis Fiber Arts’ Green Label Aran, something I’ve been secretly pining for after working with her sock yarn a few times. Rad.
*The Ravelympics, for the uninitiated, are a totally dorky challenge where you try to begin and end a knitting project over the duration of the Olympic Games. It’s more fun than it sounds.
Posted: February 9th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: dream in color, projects: sparkle socks, socks, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: dream in color, dream in color starry, gentleman's socks, handknit, knitting, sock knitting, socks, spring tickle | No Comments »
Life has slowed down, at least for a couple weeks, which is lovely. I feel like I’ve got nothing but free time and delicious freedom ahead of me. This is – not strictly true, but good enough. I’ve got enough free time that, at least, the sock knitting is continuing apace.
I’m also doing lots of planning, because I’m going to be starting a project this weekend as – well, we’re going to say it’s part of the Knitting Olympics, but I have no real commitment to finishing “on time,” as long as it gets done. More on that later.
Song of the Entry: The Game – Shake (Listen) (No seriously, do it. It just makes me want to dance.)
