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 3rd, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: hats, mittens, project: andrea's mitts for me, scarves&shawls | Tags: andrea's mitts, crafty, fingerless mitts, gryffindor scarf, handknit, harry potter knitting, knitting | 1 Comment »
I feel as though I haven’t knit in months. Probably it’s only been a week, but I’m tired, and Sleepy Me is a lot less rational about this sort of thing.
I’ve finished the commission work I started at the beginning of the month, and it’s off in the mail today.
I also started these, for myself. They are ridiculous, and insanely fiddly for what is, essentially, a pair of fingerless mittens, but I’m in love. The pattern is Andrea’s Mitts (
), and you’re going to have to trust me that mine look like the ones in the pattern – it’s surprisingly hard to photograph stitch patterns in dark purple yarn, on yourself, left-handed.
Back in July, when I did the TTC Knitalong, I was given a single skein of – I think it’s Plymouth Mainland. This wool is gorgeous alpaca/silk, but each skein is only 65m, so I ended up using it as the CC in these mittens, along with some leftover purple yarn from a vest I knit last year. It was an excellent decision.
Song of the Entry: Fall Out Boy – Of All The Gin Joints In All The World
Posted: January 19th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: cascade 220, cascade eco wool, hats, scarves&shawls, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: cables, crafty, handmade, harry potter, harry potter scarf, hat, hogwarts, knitting, lucky 7 hat, poa scarf | No Comments »
I’m slowly knitting away at the work I’m doing for P-, and getting close to being done!
This is off the needles, although all the finishing – sewing down the ends and adding fringe – is still on the go, but I’m very excited about it. I’ve also started on the second piece I need to get done, and it is flying off the needles like nothing.
I started this yesterday (it’s a hat – the Lucky 7 Hat, to be exact) and I’m already close to the crown. I think there’s something about cables that just makes me knit faster.
Song of the Entry: Jenny Owen Young – Hot in Herre
