I’m excited! Since I’ve had to wait and wait and wait ever so anxiously to find Vogue Knitting and something I really really want to knit, I decided to take matters into my own hands. I’ve found a really cute cable pattern at Vogue Knitting (flirtation) and a pretty generic pattern for mittens. So my plan is to take generic mitten pattern and add the flirtaiton cables. Voila! Something fun & pretty! Then I also chose a few cable sock patterns via Ravelry. I found some warm fuzzy yarn, ordered it, and now all I have to do is wait. But this is a good waiting because it’s paid for, just need it to come in.
Where is Vogue Knitting?! August 29, 2008
I absolutely covet the Fall issue of Vogue Knitting and can’t seem to find it ANYwhere in my small tiny town. 😦 It’s frustrating and annoying because I want to knit those big fluffy mittens. I don’t think it would do me any good to subscribe now because I probably won’t get the Fall issue which is what I want in the first place! The local bookstore gets a peppering of crafting magazines and she says that they haven’t gotten any knitting/crochet ones in awhile and doesn’t think they will. I scoured the shelves of Wal-Mart and K-Mart and have come up with nothing. *sigh* I just hope I can find it somewhere next weekend when we visit our families in a REAL bookstore. Or either of the LYS.
My little model August 22, 2008
Jax is so good at being a model for my knitting. He helped me size this sweater up through all of its stages and I have to say, it turned out pretty good. It’s a toddler size 2 and is a little long on the arms and lengthwise, which will be good for growing toddlers! My husband joked that I should put a horseshoe on the front so it’ll be a Colts’ sweater. Even though I didn’t want to, I had to buy another skein of Lion Brand yarn so I could finish up the sleeves. So yet again, I’m stuck with 95% of a skein of yarn that’s too small for anything outrageous but too little for anything else (that I can knit anyway).
I definitely want to knit one of these for Jax, but it’ll probably be in a lighter cotton/linen yarn. Hardly any of us really wear sweaters anyway. But I think something light will be perfect.
Oooooh! August 19, 2008
I’ve decided that this is my next big project. My husband helped me pick out a color yarn (Dublin) at KnitPicks and I’m just dying to get started. Buuut, it may still be a little bit. Mostly because I want to check out the two yarn stores when we go visit our parents and see if they have anything I’ll probably fall in love with even more. So that’s that and I’m off to work on something that’s sitting in my bag!
Bday sweater! August 15, 2008
I’m surprised it didn’t take much tears to complete this sweater! It was fairly easy (although picking up stitches is a pain) and everything measured the same length. So I call it a raving success! Before it was completely finished I had Jax try on what I had knitted to test for size and it fitted pretty well.
Right now it’s pinned to a towel and sitting on top of the washing machine waiting to dry. Next week I’ll be sending off a care package to the Cities including this sweater for Carter who turned 2 yesterday and then socks and a hat for Fiona just for giggles.
Now that this is finished I’m hoping to get more work done on my pointelle shawl! Plus now that I know I can knit it, I’m sure there are a few more in the works!
Want to hear something funny? August 11, 2008
I stink at reading directions. No, that’s not the funny part. The funny part is that I spent the better part of Saturday night meticulously knitting and measuring 13″ of neckline. I’m not sure why it didn’t occur to me earlier that something wasn’t right. But I didn’t bother looking into it and waited ’til 13″ later and a couple inches into the otehr side to finally reread the directions. Note how it reads:
Cont in stockinette until work measures 10[12, 13, 14] inches, ending with a WS row.
*sigh* Luckily I wasn’t shy about cutting into my massive neckline and unraveling. So now it looks more like what I thought a sweater should look like. Jax had fun holding it up against himself and showing it off. It isn’t too short and looks just right. Which means it’ll be just perfect for his cousin who I am sure is not quite the toddler giant Jax is.
I’m hoping to be finished with it by the end of this week, so let’s cross our fingers!
By the way, the pattern is Scoop from Knitty under kid whimsies
Look! A picture! August 7, 2008
This is a tiny portion of my Little Birds blanket. It’s an inch or two longer than a CD and very wide. I’m almost out of yarn, but I think I can squeak out one more round of pattern before I wait to order more yarn! But now that I have a definite plan in my future, I feel a lot better about putting it on hold ’til the new yarn is in stock.
I was going to attempt to photograph my pointelle shawl, but it never turns out the way I want it to. So for the time being, I’ll paint a picture with words. 😀 The color is still gorgeous and it still takes me an hour per round to knit. I’m confident that the rest of the yarn will last me for the entirety of my project. Considering I’ve got about 1 1/2 feet knitted and you can barely see a dent in the skein.
Today we went to the local library and I was impressed with the knitting books they have! Last time I checked (only online though) I was disappointed to see such a small amount. Guess I was wrong! Looks like I’ll become a frequent visitor to the library now. It helps that I can distract Jax with a visit to the children’s room!
But where are the pictures?!?! August 5, 2008
They don’t exist. Well, that’s not true. A few weeks ago I attempted to take pictures of my wip’s, but they didn’t turn out very good. I think later today I will only stretch out a little bit of my Little Birds blanket and snap a few shots so you can get a feel for what I’m doing. Then with the pointelle shawl, well, that may have to wait ’til it’s finished because it’s terrible trying to showcase the intricacies of it. *sigh*
On a good note though I’ve decided what to do concerning the rest of my Little Birds blanket. At KnitPicks I found a few different shades of green that I can add into what I’ve started already. The only bad thing is that the color I would do next isn’t available until the beginning of September. But then at least I could buy some yarn to quick knit up the new knitting bag and I’d come full circle by September’s start to keep truckin’ on my blanket.
The other thing I’ve been working on but not real whole-heartedly is a cloche hat designed by Cirilia Rose. I’m thinking it’s me and my utter lack of being able to read through ALL of the instructions, but so far my hat does not seem as if it will be big enough for my head. Which is funny because usually hats that end up in my wardrobe are slightly too big. Hm. Maybe I will have to let out some of the hot air and then it’ll fit. 😀 Or I could just add it to the box of goodies that is becoming more and more fun stuff for my cousin Fiona than any birthday presents for Carter. Speaking of which (I know, I’m jumping ALL over the place today), the socks I started for Carter are pretty much a lost cause. I think I’m just going to knit him a toy lobster like Jax’s (except all the same color) and maybe another toy.
I hope to get a lot more done next week. This week my husband is working overtime (he didn’t get home ’til 7 last night!) so I’m not seeing a whole lot of knitting in my future. But starting this Friday (I think) I’m going to become a semi-permanent fixture on my friend’s couch watching the Olympics and knitting my heart away.
I need to knit a new bag August 1, 2008
As much as I love my original knit bag, my knitting obsession has outgrown it. Or, more accurately, the awesome huge knitting book I have is too large and heavy to be carried around in my svelte bag. Oh darn, I’ll just have to knit a bigger and better one!
The gameplan is this. Finish up my skein of yarn for the flying birds blanket and then pick out fabulous new yarn to cast on a lovely bag. So I’m totally stoked because in a few more rows, my skein will probably be out and I’ll be like a giddy kid in a candy store! The dilemma then will be this. Order it from KnitPicks or wait ’til our next trip to town and buy it at either Prairie Yarn Store or Boucle Yarn? Decisions decisions. While it will be more fiscally responsible to order it from KnitPicks, I’ll be able to soft all the yarn I want at either of the LYS’s.
And just where am I on my two longest projects ever to knit? I’m coming up fast on finishing my fifth repeat on the flying birds. It still isn’t that big, but the more I look at it, the more I’m thinking I’m glad I only ordered the 2 skeins of yarn because now I can transform it into a color change blanket. If it works out (I still to have to look at the colors available), I want it to start with the base green color and gradually lighten it to white. Or, if this doesn’t work out, I’m just going to crazy with random rainbow colors. My pointelle shawl is still sitting at approximately 12″ (maybe a bit longer or shorter; I haven’t measured it for awhile). Shame on me. 😦 Maybe sometime this weekend I’ll be able to steal a couple hours to get something done with it.
All summer long I’ve wanted to knit a big floppy hat. Yesterday I cast on for a cloche hat and an hour into the project read that it was a project to be felted. I’m not working with feltable yarn. *sigh* I’m sure it could still look cool, but my yearning to do anything productive is at a terrible standstill. But persevere I must, right? On the flipside of this, the other Brittany dpn’s I have are fabulous. They’re size 3 and wooden and amazing. They don’t feel as flimsy as the other ones and I can only guess it’s because they’re a bigger size and longer. Makes sense, right? Sure it does.
Well, I better busy myself with something to do while the little terror of the high seas is at peace. 😀
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