this is his drycleaning bill (four sweater vests)

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: , , , , , , , | 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.

stripes!partsleeves

Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to sit down and write until today, and now I’ve knit this much.

stripes!fullsleeves

stripes!earlybody

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.


sometimes i just want to know what it’s like to be you

Posted: February 3rd, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: hats, mittens, project: andrea's mitts for me, scarves&shawls | Tags: , , , , , , | 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.

hpscarf03

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.

mittens

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


just kidding – unless you’re gon’ do it.

Posted: January 19th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: cascade 220, cascade eco wool, hats, scarves&shawls, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

I’m slowly knitting away at the work I’m doing for P-, and getting close to being done!

hpscarf02

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.

chapeau

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