Posted: February 7th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: dream in color, projects: sparkle socks, socks, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: dream in color, dream in color starry, glitter, handknit, knitting, sock yarn, yarn | 1 Comment »
So, as you guys may have noticed, I haven’t been knitting a lot lately. This – as always – is largely due to this sort of thing.
My cat is about as impressed as I’m sure all of you are. However, earlier this week, in a moment of weakness, I wound some yarn and cast on for a sock.
Guys, look how nice it is. Look how the sparkle is spun right into the yarn, so that it’s subtle but glittery but awesome. Look how pretty the subtle variegation in this colourway (Dream in Color, Spring Tickle) is going to be.
I’m pretty stoked.
Posted: October 28th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: cascade eco wool, projects: my sweater, projects: purple stockinette socks, self-designed, socks, sweaters, tanis fiber arts blue label, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: crafty, handmade, knitting, sock knitting, sock yarn, sweaters, tanis fiber arts, yarn | 1 Comment »
I have a bit of a mishmash of things to talk about, today. First of all, this sleeve.
It rose from the ashes of the sweater I started a few weeks ago, which I worked on for a solid eight or nine inches of body before I decided that really, it wasn’t going to look that good on me at all. I was so confident that I didn’t even take a picture – I just gave up, frogged, and drew a whole bunch of sketches. So, now I’m making up a sweater from scratch. (Give or take. I have an EZ book and a couple of tutorials that I’m hoping will guide me.)
I’ve also started a sock. This one is purple,, and really that’s the only exciting thing it’s got going for it. The yarn is (more) Tanis Fiber Arts, and at this point my affection for her yarn is probably starting to seem a little creepy, except that, okay. So, remember all of this wool, the sock yarn I bought that was going to be a pair of stripey socks and maybe an Ulmus?
I was really excited about it, and took it everywhere I went, and knit three-quarters of a pair of lovely striped socks, and then. Uh. Possibly I left it in class in a bag (with my spare Addi and a couple of spare sets of sock needles) and have yet to track it down. Possibly it has disappeared into the ether, forever. I’m still kind of in mourning.
So, when I was at the Creativ Festival a couple of weekends ago, I picked up some more yarn at the Purple Purl booth (a skein of sock yarn and a Fiddlehead Mitten Kit), and I’m making myself a new pair of socks that I definitely, definitely, for suresies won’t lose.
They’re purple.
Song of the Entry: Michael Bernard Fitzgerald – Brand New Spaces (Watch/Listen to the best music video ever.)
Posted: October 8th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: projects: stripey socks, socks, tanis fiber arts blue label, things i knit, yarn i use | Tags: crafty, handknit, knitting, sock, sock knitting, sock yarn, stripes, tanis fiber arts | 2 Comments »
So, school is back in swing, now that our exam is behind us, which means I’ve started a fresh round of projects to work on during lectures.
This is the first sock from the Tanis Fiber Arts Blue Label that I bought a few weeks ago. I sort of fell in love with this yarn after knitting my second Ishbel with it over the summer, and I’m really happy that I found a place to buy it in Toronto.
Striped socks are just the beginning, here – with two skeins, I’ve got enough yardage for a couple of projects, and I’ve got all of these big plans for it. I’d love to be able to knit a pair of striped socks and then maybe an Ulmus, or another Daybreak, or maybe a striped Ishbel. The blue and the grey look really lovely next to each other, I think, and I’ve also got a lot of blues in my wardrobe – if I turn the sock leftovers into a scarf, it’ll go with everything, and that’s always a nice feature.
Song of the Entry: Jesse McCartney – Body Language (Listen)
