Posted: January 22nd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: dream in color, hats, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: dream in color classy, gifts, handknit, hat, knits in progress, knitting, toque, wool, yarn | No Comments »
This latest project definitely falls into the category of “fun to knit, boring to photograph,” and I apologize. This is yet more knitting for my family – my dad is turning 60 at the end of the month, and after sitting down with him and asking him what he wanted me to knit him for the special occasion, he decided on a hat. So we went through Ravelry together, and I picked out a few candidates, and he decided to go with this one.
The pattern is “That Chocolate’s Gone Straight to Your Ribs Hat” (Ravelry), and it is almost but not quite the most boring hat my dad could possibly have requested. (It’s K4p2K2p2 rib, instead of plain old k2p2. That is crazy.) Still, it’s knitting up very quickly, and I’m sure he’ll like it – which is the important thing.
Song of the Entry: Alan Jackson – Drive
Posted: November 2nd, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: cascade 220, projects: saddle-shoulder aran cardigan, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: aran, eps, handknitting, hat, knitting, meg swansen, saddle-shoulder aran cardigan, swatch, toque | No Comments »
Alright. So one of the things I’ve decided to do this month – in addition to a lot of schoolwork, which obviously takes priority in the event that I can’t actually find the time to do both – is NaKniSweMo. Basically, it’s a knitting companion project to NaNoWriMo – the idea behind the original is to write a novel (roughly 50,000 words) during the month of November. The idea behind NaKniSweMo is to knit a sweater (roughly 50,000 stitches) during the month of November. I. . .have no idea if this will actually pan out or not.
But anyway. Even if I don’t, the sweater I’m planning on starting this month is the Saddle-Shoulder Aran Cardigan, made internet-famous by brooklyn tweed’s brilliant iteration. The first step, as in anything, is a swatch, which is what this is. The idea behind this kind of sweater is that you knit up a “swatch hat” (I took that suggestion literally, because I like hats) with all of the different cables you’re going to use, wash the swatch, and then use that to plan out the way you’re going to knit the cardigan.
It’s a little daunting having to put this much planning into a project, but I think it’ll work out. Looking at the pattern and reading things to the effect of “put whatever cable you feel like using on the arms” and “knit it until it’s long enough,” I realize that’s pretty much how I like to knit things anyway, so. I’m optimistic.
Song of the Entry: Joshua Radin – Winter
