Posted in In Progress, tagged Knitting, Miss Honeychurch, Sweaters, WIP on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am just about ready to really start knitting on Miss Honeychurch.
I’ve got my pattern, and my yarn, and my book. That swatch, sadly, is getting about 20 stitches to 4″. I swatched again on size US7s, and perplexingly got the same gauge. I’m not entirely sure how strenuously to block, either, [...]
Posted in In Progress, Toys, tagged Deadliest Crab, Knitting, Knitty, Toys, WIP on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I gave the orange Cascade 220 another shot after I got home from work last night. When I once again found myself short a couple dozen stitches, I finally did the math. Literally. As in, 75-34 does not equal 63. It wasn’t my mistake at all, but an error in the [...]
Posted in Baby, In Progress, Lace, Toys, tagged Beaded Knitting, Deadliest Crab, Entomology, Knitting, Lace, Mishaps, Projects, Shawls, Toys, WIP on June 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’m starting to wonder if this particular yarn is cursed.
Looks perfectly innocent, doesn’t it? Nice orange Cascade 220 all skeined up, waiting to be knit into a cute toy for Little Miss. My plan was a carrot from Amigurumi Knits for my daughter’s play kitchen. I popped the yarn onto my swift, wound it up [...]
Posted in Afghans and Blankets, Baby, In Progress, tagged Beaded Knitting, Blankets, Chicago Illusion, Entomology, Illusion Knitting, Knitting, Knitty, Mishaps, Miss Honeychurch, Shawls, WIP, Wollmeise on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m all set to get started on Miss Honeychurch (which I keep calling Miss Honeydew - perhaps I need more fruit in my diet), except for one thing.
My yarn is somewhere between Ohio and California. My copy of A Room with a View is also somewhere between a shipping center and my house, but I expect [...]
Posted in Afghans and Blankets, Baby, Finished, In Progress, Test Knitting, tagged Alphabet Blanket, Baby Knitting, Bibs, Blankets, Chicago Illusion, Debbie Bliss, Knit Picks, Knitting, Sanguine Gryphon, Test Knitting, WIP on June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In my long blog silence, there has been knitting. Last night, I finished off a blankie for Little Miss.
Specs:
Pattern: Alphabet Blanket
Designer: Debbie Bliss
Source: The Baby Knits Book, courtesy of my library system
Yarn: Patons Grace, hot pink, 9 skeins
Needles: Addi Turbo Lace, sizes US 2 & 3
Comments: Bliss suggests her own (now discontinued) Wool/Cotton Blend for this [...]
Posted in Project Ideas, tagged Annette, Deadliest Crab, Entomology, Franklin Habit, KALs, Knitty, Lace Sampler Scarf, Mermaid's Lagoon, Miss Honeychurch, Outside In, Project Ideas, Socks, Treetop, WIP on June 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The new issue of Knitty went up today, and it is full of cute things.
When I say cute, I mean really cute, too. Just look at The Deadliest Crab, who looks awfully cuddly for such a scary, scary name. I’m planning to knit one up for Little Miss just as soon as my orange Cascade [...]
Posted in In Progress, Socks, Stash Enhancement, tagged BMFA, Knitting, Knitty, Socks, Vog On, WIP, Wollmeise, Yarn on September 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I finished up the first ‘Vog On sock the other night during Palin’s speech. Yes, in this house, we watch both party conventions, although our politics are firmly left of center.
That picot bind-off gave me something else to focus on, at least. I’m not in love with the way it folds down at the top, [...]
Posted in In Progress, Socks, tagged BMFA, Knitting, Knitty, Socks, Vog On, WIP on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It seems that y’all need a little time to ponder the Wollmeise project. I understand. I feel the same way. But I think it’s going to be the Estonian socks. Unless I cave and buy a copy of Ornette, but I think that one might look better in a solid color.
In the meantime, I started [...]
Posted in In Progress, Socks, tagged Embossed Leaves, Frogging, Knitting, Lace, Mishaps, Socks, Tempted, WIP on August 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(Yes, I know that “sock” is not the French word for sock.)
That sad loop of yarn was once almost half of a beautiful skein of Tempted Hand Painted Bad Grrl in the Clover colorway. After that, it was a gorgeous Embossed Leaves sock that was, sadly, too big for my foot, and a little too [...]
