Finally my cold has abated and I feel more myself. Sunday we had our sock knitting class since the "teacher" was actually upright and conscious. Four friends dropped in for the party, I mean class...three wanna be sock knitters and one scarf knitter who wanted to be in on the fun part of talking just not the sock learning part.
Not sure what everyone expected out of the lesson and I hope they are not dissappointed in the progress made in a couple of hours. The socks did get cast on and placed in the round which was the hardest part for all. The size of the needles and the newness of knitting with 4 needles was a tad bit overwelming in the beginning for everyone. Not to mention how hard it can be to concentrate when you'd rather be talking with everyone else. In the end the 3 wanna be sock knitters have their socks cast on, joined in the round and a few rows of k2p2 done. The scarf knitter got a few rows on her scarf done. A whole lot of talking and laughing went on along with some drinking...tea of course.
Their homework is to complete the 2 inches of ribbing and then start the stockinette for the next 5 inches. We'll get together next Sunday and see how everyone's progress has been. Who know's maybe we'll be able to start the heel & get some pictures of the progress!
Monday, March 31, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Stupid Cold
Well wouldn't you know that I'd miss out of something fun while I was laying on the sofa with a box of Kleenex and a blanket. We were all set up to have a little "tutorial" on sock knitting amongst the neighbors when I busted the plans all to pieces by getting the cold of all colds.
I never get to a point when I have a cold that I feel the absolute requirement to lay down...except for this one. I cannot remember the last time a cold knocked me on my butt. My DH couldn't either...he kept saying things like 'gee you look like hell' and then he'd ask 'wanna go get a sub so you can get out of the house'. Why on earth would I want to leave the house if I looked as bad as he said ...I know I felt that bad. So the neighbors got together and knitted without me.
I think that was the worst thing about the whole weekend...I did not knit one single stitch for 3 whole days/nights. My head wanted no part to picking up the needles...hard to watch TV without the sticks I must say. What did I ever do before I discovered knitting? My neighbors learned a few new things from their knitting party...one learned how to do a yarnover, then another showed the wonders of a life line to save their knitting from the frog pond. Sorry I missed the whole thing...looking forward to our next "tutorial".
I never get to a point when I have a cold that I feel the absolute requirement to lay down...except for this one. I cannot remember the last time a cold knocked me on my butt. My DH couldn't either...he kept saying things like 'gee you look like hell' and then he'd ask 'wanna go get a sub so you can get out of the house'. Why on earth would I want to leave the house if I looked as bad as he said ...I know I felt that bad. So the neighbors got together and knitted without me.
I think that was the worst thing about the whole weekend...I did not knit one single stitch for 3 whole days/nights. My head wanted no part to picking up the needles...hard to watch TV without the sticks I must say. What did I ever do before I discovered knitting? My neighbors learned a few new things from their knitting party...one learned how to do a yarnover, then another showed the wonders of a life line to save their knitting from the frog pond. Sorry I missed the whole thing...looking forward to our next "tutorial".
Monday, March 24, 2008
New Yarn Pics & Possible Project Matches
Not much new on the knitting front due to amazingly not knitting for the last 5 days! A new record for me that I had no choice but to accept due to sickness. I always knit, every night, no exceptions....according to my DH I'm obsessed with my knitting and I guess I am. I just can longer watch TV without needles...it feels weird these last several days having all this time and cannot knit. I'm much better today and hope to feel up to a bit of knitting later.
So today I'm going to post some pictures of recent yarn purchases over the last few weeks. The Brown Sheep Cottton Fleece's Nymph will be used for one of Chicknits patterns called the ChicKami. I'm going to do the wide strap vesion and hope to start in the next 2 weeks so I can actually wear it during the war weather.
The Rowan Felted Tweed is beautiful...feels soft to the touch and the color is a very rich red with flecks of blues & pinks. I'm planning on doing the sweater in Rowan's Magazine #28 called Martha. Since there isn't much need for a sweater at the moment this one is on the back burner until a few other projects are completed. I could have waited, but there was a sale at the time and you just never know when the color will not be there when the mood strikes.
The Frog Tree Chunky Alpaca is just so soft! I discovered this yarn last fall, but didn't buy at the time. Then I saw a beautiful ruffled edge scarf at Mosaic made by D....I wanted the yarn bad. of course the dreaded "we've sold it all" wasn't what I wanted to hear. This past week I was in luck....lots of yarn in stock. I bought enough for the scarf, a hat, & maybe mittens. I'll be ready for Hokie football this fall!
Last but not least the Prism Lace Wool...just gorgeous. I'm leaning towards the a wrap in knitty called Jeanie or maybe a better choice would be Muir since the Prism is lace weight. Once I finish my current lace project one of these will be started. That's about it for future works at the moment....just need to feel well enough that my eyes can see the knitting!
So today I'm going to post some pictures of recent yarn purchases over the last few weeks. The Brown Sheep Cottton Fleece's Nymph will be used for one of Chicknits patterns called the ChicKami. I'm going to do the wide strap vesion and hope to start in the next 2 weeks so I can actually wear it during the war weather.
The Rowan Felted Tweed is beautiful...feels soft to the touch and the color is a very rich red with flecks of blues & pinks. I'm planning on doing the sweater in Rowan's Magazine #28 called Martha. Since there isn't much need for a sweater at the moment this one is on the back burner until a few other projects are completed. I could have waited, but there was a sale at the time and you just never know when the color will not be there when the mood strikes.
The Frog Tree Chunky Alpaca is just so soft! I discovered this yarn last fall, but didn't buy at the time. Then I saw a beautiful ruffled edge scarf at Mosaic made by D....I wanted the yarn bad. of course the dreaded "we've sold it all" wasn't what I wanted to hear. This past week I was in luck....lots of yarn in stock. I bought enough for the scarf, a hat, & maybe mittens. I'll be ready for Hokie football this fall!
Last but not least the Prism Lace Wool...just gorgeous. I'm leaning towards the a wrap in knitty called Jeanie or maybe a better choice would be Muir since the Prism is lace weight. Once I finish my current lace project one of these will be started. That's about it for future works at the moment....just need to feel well enough that my eyes can see the knitting!
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
More Yarn...
In about a week's time I have once again bought new yarn for the stash. Actually less than a week...first the Yarn Lounge 3rd year birthday sale. As mentioned before I did buy yarn that I wasn't actually seeking, but fell for once I saw the sweater all knit up. At least it all was on sale. No excuse for buying yarn on my trip to Blacksburg's Mosaic. I was only going to look and possibly buy yarn for the Purl Jam event in June. D mentioned that G was ordering all the colors so you'd think that would squelch the urge...no the need to buy anything. However in my defense they had more of the Frog Tree 100% alpaca in bulky weight...in HOKIE colors that I fell in love with last fall. It seems that the company dyed up a batch in chicago maroon & burnt orange last year after the tragedy. So now I have a ruffled edge scarf in the works thanks to D's help. That wasn't the end of the yarn purchases though because I also discovered some Prism Lace Wool in Alpine. The skein has over 1400 yds so who could resist...not me anyway. Now I'm on a "yarn diet" until the Purl Jam event. I don't need anymore because it's not likely that I will run out of projects in the next several months. Let's see how it goes...
Thursday, March 13, 2008
The Edge Update
The Shaped Edge Sweater is coming along...fairly slowly since my lace addiction is a fever pitch at the moment. Over the last couple of days I had more time with the Edge since the designer was looking over her lace pattern for the error.
I actually took the sweater on our recent ski trip thinking it was the easiest project for "mindless" knitting. Alot did get done once I sat...rather stretched out on the bed for knitting time. By the time dinner was done and coffee time was over I didn't have much time to knit before crashing. I did get the front done up to the decreasing for the sleeves...I only added about a quarter to half inch to the length. The pattern called for 13" before starting the decreases, but I thought I'd like it a t
ouch longer & since I needed to end on row 1 I added another repeat.
A night or so ago I finished up the decreases up to the top...the k1p1 knitting is rather mindless, but it's going well and I don't find it the least bit boring. I'm increasing my speed with the process and hope to have this project completed before too much longer. If I can stay away from the lace consuming all my brain power.
I've even cast on for the back and have about 2 inches done on that so it's moving right along. It won't get any wear until fall unless the weather suddenly turns cold again, but I'm loving the feel of this yarn , Sublime Cashmere Merino Silk Aran.
Of course yesterday a friend and I paid The Yarn Lounge a visit on their third birthday celebration. A 20 % off sale is hard to pass up and of course I bought more than I had originally planned. I wanted to order some Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in the color Rue, but didn't like the color compared to the Nymph already in stock. I did, however order a neutral color called Teddy Bear which is a nice shade warm shade of kahki for one of Chick Knits patterns called Aleita Shell...in the new Interweave Spring 2008 . I even bought enough Rowan Felted Tweed in Rage for a sweater that was on display...Martha from Rowan 28. The texure of the sweater is what I was attracted to...I hope I'm up to the challenge of actually pulling this one off.
Once again my eyes are surpassing what my hands can possibly do in any reasonable amount of time, but then again I love having several projects going at a time. For some reason I have never figured out I seem to finish them all within days of one another which is pretty cool.
I actually took the sweater on our recent ski trip thinking it was the easiest project for "mindless" knitting. Alot did get done once I sat...rather stretched out on the bed for knitting time. By the time dinner was done and coffee time was over I didn't have much time to knit before crashing. I did get the front done up to the decreasing for the sleeves...I only added about a quarter to half inch to the length. The pattern called for 13" before starting the decreases, but I thought I'd like it a t
ouch longer & since I needed to end on row 1 I added another repeat.A night or so ago I finished up the decreases up to the top...the k1p1 knitting is rather mindless, but it's going well and I don't find it the least bit boring. I'm increasing my speed with the process and hope to have this project completed before too much longer. If I can stay away from the lace consuming all my brain power.
I've even cast on for the back and have about 2 inches done on that so it's moving right along. It won't get any wear until fall unless the weather suddenly turns cold again, but I'm loving the feel of this yarn , Sublime Cashmere Merino Silk Aran.
Of course yesterday a friend and I paid The Yarn Lounge a visit on their third birthday celebration. A 20 % off sale is hard to pass up and of course I bought more than I had originally planned. I wanted to order some Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in the color Rue, but didn't like the color compared to the Nymph already in stock. I did, however order a neutral color called Teddy Bear which is a nice shade warm shade of kahki for one of Chick Knits patterns called Aleita Shell...in the new Interweave Spring 2008 . I even bought enough Rowan Felted Tweed in Rage for a sweater that was on display...Martha from Rowan 28. The texure of the sweater is what I was attracted to...I hope I'm up to the challenge of actually pulling this one off.
Once again my eyes are surpassing what my hands can possibly do in any reasonable amount of time, but then again I love having several projects going at a time. For some reason I have never figured out I seem to finish them all within days of one another which is pretty cool.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
All Signed Up
Yes, I am all signed up for Purl Jam 2008! Really looking forward to attending the weekend in Blacksburg. It will be the first time taking an official class...I hope I don't embarass myself.
I'm taking a couple of classes with Annie Modesitt (Knitting with Color, Tips & Tricks) and a few with Cornelia Tuttle-Hamilton (Finishing Techniques, Herringbone Block, and Swedish Socks). I so hope that by learning something about the Swedish Sock I can rescue Her Ski Socks and maybe even His Ski Socks. The ski socks just did not work out at all...to loose around the ankles & foot for skiing. Too much risk for blisters & rubbing in areas while skiing which would not have helped our ski trip.
As for the other classes...all seem to be things I need more instruction on. I'm not very comfortable finishing up seams, etc always nervous and fearful that I will mess of the knitting and not wear the item. My Mermaid turned out well, but I'm still not anywhere near comfortable seamibg up sweaters. Now I just need to stay out of yarn shops and save some cash for the event!
I'm taking a couple of classes with Annie Modesitt (Knitting with Color, Tips & Tricks) and a few with Cornelia Tuttle-Hamilton (Finishing Techniques, Herringbone Block, and Swedish Socks). I so hope that by learning something about the Swedish Sock I can rescue Her Ski Socks and maybe even His Ski Socks. The ski socks just did not work out at all...to loose around the ankles & foot for skiing. Too much risk for blisters & rubbing in areas while skiing which would not have helped our ski trip.
As for the other classes...all seem to be things I need more instruction on. I'm not very comfortable finishing up seams, etc always nervous and fearful that I will mess of the knitting and not wear the item. My Mermaid turned out well, but I'm still not anywhere near comfortable seamibg up sweaters. Now I just need to stay out of yarn shops and save some cash for the event!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
"Froggin is Knittin"...right?
Joined another group....mysticlightKAL. I had to since I have the recommended yarn in the stash so no reason not to, right? Ever since I started a lace test knit I seem to be drawn to lace projects. They seem to want to drive me crazy once they suck me into the vortex, but I do enjoy the challenge.
My current lace project is now in standby mode...found a glitch and now the designer is looking through her charts to see how far back I need to rip. It's a weird problem that didn't show up until I started a chart at least 40 rows past...what the heck could it be? The pattern sure looked great...the YO and chains all lined up perfect, until chart 10. Then the numbers went to pot and I could not figure out what my problem was...thought I was going crazy since everything lined up so well. Finally decided the pattern had to be off somehow. It will be gorgeous when it's done however this turns out..."froggin is knittin" is the motto around here anyway.
My current lace project is now in standby mode...found a glitch and now the designer is looking through her charts to see how far back I need to rip. It's a weird problem that didn't show up until I started a chart at least 40 rows past...what the heck could it be? The pattern sure looked great...the YO and chains all lined up perfect, until chart 10. Then the numbers went to pot and I could not figure out what my problem was...thought I was going crazy since everything lined up so well. Finally decided the pattern had to be off somehow. It will be gorgeous when it's done however this turns out..."froggin is knittin" is the motto around here anyway.
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