Posted: May 3rd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: lorna's laces shepherd worsted, projects: worsted owl cardigan, sweaters, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: coffee, crafting, crafts, creativity, handknitting, knitting, knitting patterns, purple, stress, studying, swatches, sweaters | No Comments »
This would be the stack of notes I need to learn for my latest exam, coming up this week. I’ve been a little on-and-off about knitting while I study, despite the fact that knitting really really helped back in November, when I was working on that sweater I love for NaKniSweMo. But I think a lot of that has been because, when exams roll around, I don’t always have a project that I’m in love with. That, apparently is the trick.
I’ve had six skeins of Lorna’s Laces Worsted sitting in my stash for a few months now, waiting for the Holy Grail of Sweater Patterns. I thought maybe that pattern was going to be Francis, or this button-sleeve raglan (without the dorky Harry Potter lettering), but then I saw elevenstitches’ cardigan adaptation of Owls, and thought to myself, “. . .aha.”
A few swatches and a lot of math later, and I think I have something to help me destress while I’m studying this time around.
Song of the Entry: Lil’ Wayne f. Juelz Santana and Starr – Rockstar (Listen)
Posted: May 2nd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: berocco ultra alpaca, projects: ms marigold vest, things i knit, vests, yarn i use | Tags: alpaca, handknit, kittens, knitting, purple, sweater, sweater vest, yarn | No Comments »
I took a several-month vacation on this vest, and I won’t lie – the big stumbling block was that I hadn’t wound the last skein of yarn yet.
I finally got around to that this week, and my vest is finally almost-done. (Just in time for spring, of course, but that’s beside the point.) I still have to weave in all of the ends and block it, but I’m really, really excited about this. You have to picture it under a white button-down with some dress pants, but trust me, it’s going to be adorable and make me feel like a pretty, pretty princess.
And, because I can, a picture of my cat. The logic here was that if she tried to drag the yarn away very, very slowly, I wouldn’t see. (Unfortunately, I am not the T-Rex in Jurassic Park, so it didn’t go so well.)
Song of the Entry: Jack’s Mannequin – Spinning (feat. Stacy Clark) (Listen)
Posted: December 5th, 2008 | Author: admin | Filed under: hats, things i knit | Tags: earflap hats, finished knits, handknits, hats, knitting, purple, takhi donegal tweed, thorpe hat | No Comments »
This is the project I decided to knit up after I cast off for my sweater, that I first blogged here. It’s a hat. A purple, tweedy hat with garter stitch (and really, there are few things in life I find more satisfying than working with good quality tweedy yarn. I may start sucking it up and paying the stupid-expensive prices to use it for bigger projects.) and earflaps and stupid goofy braids, because it is cold out and I wanted to wear something that felt warm, you know?
It’s a little large on me – not length-wise, but circumference-wise. I definitely could have worked it up with fewer stitches and been okay. That said, I was sort of winging it anyway – the pattern I used is Thorpe (on Ravelry here), which is very well-written but for chunky yarn on large needles. I worked this hat up on Takhi Yarns Donegal Tweed (in purple, obviously) on 3.75mm needles, so I had to make some modifications. I also opted to not do the half-crochet along the edges, partly because I’m not actually that good at crocheting, partly because I didn’t have an appropriately-sized crochet hook around the house and I wanted to have a finished hat more than I wanted pretty edging.
I forgot how satisfying it is to knit toques. I really should do it more often.
Song of the Entry: Sufjan Stevens – Sister
