Posted: August 28th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: bmfa socks that rock, koigu kpppm, projects: abandoned socks (anastasia), projects: abandoned socks (msf), projects: abandoned socks (rainbow), projects: abandoned socks (trekking), shibui knits, socks, things i knit, trekking xxl, yarn i use | Tags: craft, crafty, knit, knits in progress, knitting, second sock syndrome, sock knitting, socks | 1 Comment »
So, I go back to school in about a week, and to prepare I’ve been trying to clean my apartment and get rid of clutter, so that I start off on the right foot. (I am really, really bad at cleaning when I have schoolwork to do.)
One of the things I ended up doing was going through my shelves and tidying things up, which is when I discovered this:
Three pairs of socks, in various stages of seriously-almost-finished-ness, hiding in the bookcase. One of these pairs is finished except for the grafting, the other two consist of a full finished sock and a second sock knit to the heel. This is just embarrassing.
It also means that, for the next little while, I’m going to be putting my sweater projects on hold, and working on these pairs (plus the pair I started this month with my MSF yarn). My goal is to have them all finished and in my sock drawer sometime in the very, very near future. It’ll be great – I’ll have warm toes, a cleaner apartment, and I can start all the new projects I’ve been dreaming about (more on those later) with a clear conscience.
Posted: August 15th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: lorna's laces shepherd worsted, projects: garter yoke cardigan, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: crafty, garter yoke cardi, handmade, knit, knits in progress, knitting, lorna's laces shepherd worsted, sweaters | 2 Comments »
When I finished the body of my Garter Yoke Cardi, back in the middle of June, I knew that I wanted to set it aside for a while.
(Originally, this was because I thought I’d need my 4mm circular needle for other projects – namely, both my Ishbels and the Featherweight Cardigan. Since sitting down and organizing my circs, I’ve discovered that I actually have seven 4mm circular needles, in a shockingly wide range of sizes and materials. Oops.)
Uh, I don’t know if you know this, but worsted weight yarn on 4mm needles goes super, super fast. I am pretty sure I did not think this was the case when I first started knitting several years ago, but after working on fairly fiddly, small-gauge projects for the past few months, this was like heaven. Instant-gratification heaven. I can’t believe how little time it took for me to take this sweater from just one more unfinished project to very nearly done.
Song of the Entry: Miley Cyrus – Party in the USA (Listen)
Posted: August 11th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: malabrigo, projects: featherweight cardigan, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: blue, crafty, featherweight cardigan, handknit, knit, knits in progress, knitting, malabrigo, malabrigo lace, sweaters | 1 Comment »
Finally. The body is done.
(Well – it’s not actually done, I still have to pick up 124080 neckline stitches and knit that, but I’m repressing for now.)
This doesn’t look like that much knitting, but it took forever to finish – laceweight yarn on 4mm needles feels phenomenal, and it’s knitting up into the most beautiful, gauzy fabric, but that took me a solid month to get through. (I have knit full-sized cabled aran cardigans in that amount of time. That is very slow.)
However, the point is not that. The point is that the body is done, and now I get to start the next big adventure for this sweater: the sleeves.
Song of the Entry: Miley Cyrus – Party in the USA (Listen)
