7 "squares" worth of Lizard Ridge.
(Reminder to self: 4 balls of Kureyon = 5.5 "squares.")
I'm loving the garter ridges, really.
Monday, October 16, 2006
ridged pleasure.
7 "squares" worth of Lizard Ridge.
(Reminder to self: 4 balls of Kureyon = 5.5 "squares.")
I'm loving the garter ridges, really.
Thursday, October 12, 2006
more than lizard ridge
My grandma was a Knitter. Some may hem and haw if they can add that kapital K to their knitterly designation, but not gma. She's so Knitta that she wouldn't even think about it-- she just was. Every year everyone in my family (adults on up) would receive a handknit afghan from her. When I say afghan I mean it-- a queen sized bed afghan, usually knit in very very long strips and pieced together over the long folding leg table in the "dining room" (always draped with a rotation of cheery flannel backed plastic tablecloths, to which i spent quite a bit of time peeling apart under the table when sitting there -- but was never ever chastised for doing so.) There's this single moment I have in my memory, standing in the second/bottom floor of the five and dime in the run-down mall, my gma having me hold armfuls of yarn as she lifted and inspected each from the black vinylcoated wire display bin. "Why are you looking at those?" when she inspected each, turning them in her tiny hands. "To make sure the numbers match."
With that, she didn't teach me to knit. It wasn't for lack on her part, my sister sat at that dining table in front of the floor-to-ceiling window facing the olive tree in the backyard, learning knit and purl by natural light... the sun diffused by the "do it yourself" window tint coating on the window-- scratched and bubbling, a bit "wrong" where birds made their final flight into it. I greatly preferred watching westerns or Tora! Tora! Tora! with my grandpa instead, the tomboy in me cringing at the idea of craft. Every Sunday was spent with them (my father's day for visitation, but he worked graveyard and was often half or full on asleep on the couch these days, exausted from the night before and night ahead)... plenty of opportunities missed and caught.
With all that in my brain, I set out making the Lizard Ridge afghan for my grandma.
Lizard Ridge afghan
Fall Knitty, 2006
Started: October 11, 2006
Noro Kureyon color 116 Lot E
US 8 (5mm)
[just about 2 balls worth of Kureyon pictured-- about 2.5 "squares" worth]
When I decided to knit for my family, I knew I had to knit my gma an afghan. Not only because she was the only recipient who would actually, totally "get" the work that went into these projects... but because I'm ashamed and each stitch is a personal, silent atonement for me. I won't tell her this, but the anonymity of the internet lets me share this with yall... I threw away two of her afghans. I wish I could say with an honest heart it was because it was in the wake of cleaning out my closets from my college boyfriend who stomped on my heart and left me a shell, I really do. I can't. Bags and bags of things went to Goodwill and in them went those afghans I'd taken from my childhood home when I moved to go to school... I remember standing there over the bags of clothing and registering their weight with my arms (they were so big they filled my arms), trying to decide thru my own selfish tears and suddenly I shoved them in and I haven't seen them since. I just did it.
I'm ashamed. With clarity I see Sunday nights, gma sitting there at my grandfather's side at the end of the day after cooking and cleaning and errands and everything she did without a sound, clicking away on aluminum straights and miles and miles of dyelotted acrylic already knit in her lap for those afghans. I remember the seaming, the perfection it took. I remember how nonchalant she was about it, never boasting and never defining herself as a Knitter (she sewed, she crocheted, she gardened... she wasn't defined by one thing in my eyes except by being my grandma-- just what she was.) But even then, giving them away, I felt an inkling of wrong doing it.
It is almost overwhelming now, knowing what I know.
So if I seem a little manic about these holiday gifts, its because I *have* to finish Lizard Ridge for her (and the other ancillary gifts for my family, but this is really The One.)
I'm using only one colorway instead of seperate colors for the afghan, color 116. I was lucky to run into a 50% sale at Little Knits for it, I picked up 22 balls. This is my first time using Kureyon and I like it-- its just fascinating. I'd love to try spinning something like this, long non-patterned color runs.
I'm using 2 balls at once, instead of knitting from the inside and the outside of one ball. My LR is going to be a little different from everyone else's, can you tell? Another hint...
Instead of knitting the entire afghan in stockinette, I am knitting the non-short row portions in garter stitch (knitting every row). So, rows 1-3 garter, row 4 as written, rows 5-9 garter, row 10 as written, rows 11-12 garter. I really enjoy the texture of it, and also the delineation generally and specifically-- since I'm "only" using one colorway, and it is darkish-muted, the garter ridges are going to help seperate the color changes more readily.
The pictures show just about 2 balls worth of Kureyon-- about 2.5 "squares" worth. I'm also knitting it in long uninterrupted strips instead of squares, so I'll only have 4 strips to piece together. I think I'll be knitting this in the "background" of other projects, but perhaps not... even though I have other projects planned for the holiday, I haven't cast on for any others yet. I have finished the New Vintage Capelet in Noro Silk Garden though...
New Vintage Capelet, blocking
Noro Silk Garden, color 224 lot a
More pics when I get a brooch to secure it with. The Silk Garden did block to a much softer, drapier fabric, though I haven't taken it off the pins since wet blocking it to really see how much difference yet.
Thanks for listening, have a great weekend :)
With that, she didn't teach me to knit. It wasn't for lack on her part, my sister sat at that dining table in front of the floor-to-ceiling window facing the olive tree in the backyard, learning knit and purl by natural light... the sun diffused by the "do it yourself" window tint coating on the window-- scratched and bubbling, a bit "wrong" where birds made their final flight into it. I greatly preferred watching westerns or Tora! Tora! Tora! with my grandpa instead, the tomboy in me cringing at the idea of craft. Every Sunday was spent with them (my father's day for visitation, but he worked graveyard and was often half or full on asleep on the couch these days, exausted from the night before and night ahead)... plenty of opportunities missed and caught.
With all that in my brain, I set out making the Lizard Ridge afghan for my grandma.
Lizard Ridge afghan
Fall Knitty, 2006
Started: October 11, 2006
Noro Kureyon color 116 Lot E
US 8 (5mm)
[just about 2 balls worth of Kureyon pictured-- about 2.5 "squares" worth]
When I decided to knit for my family, I knew I had to knit my gma an afghan. Not only because she was the only recipient who would actually, totally "get" the work that went into these projects... but because I'm ashamed and each stitch is a personal, silent atonement for me. I won't tell her this, but the anonymity of the internet lets me share this with yall... I threw away two of her afghans. I wish I could say with an honest heart it was because it was in the wake of cleaning out my closets from my college boyfriend who stomped on my heart and left me a shell, I really do. I can't. Bags and bags of things went to Goodwill and in them went those afghans I'd taken from my childhood home when I moved to go to school... I remember standing there over the bags of clothing and registering their weight with my arms (they were so big they filled my arms), trying to decide thru my own selfish tears and suddenly I shoved them in and I haven't seen them since. I just did it.
I'm ashamed. With clarity I see Sunday nights, gma sitting there at my grandfather's side at the end of the day after cooking and cleaning and errands and everything she did without a sound, clicking away on aluminum straights and miles and miles of dyelotted acrylic already knit in her lap for those afghans. I remember the seaming, the perfection it took. I remember how nonchalant she was about it, never boasting and never defining herself as a Knitter (she sewed, she crocheted, she gardened... she wasn't defined by one thing in my eyes except by being my grandma-- just what she was.) But even then, giving them away, I felt an inkling of wrong doing it.
It is almost overwhelming now, knowing what I know.
So if I seem a little manic about these holiday gifts, its because I *have* to finish Lizard Ridge for her (and the other ancillary gifts for my family, but this is really The One.)
I'm using only one colorway instead of seperate colors for the afghan, color 116. I was lucky to run into a 50% sale at Little Knits for it, I picked up 22 balls. This is my first time using Kureyon and I like it-- its just fascinating. I'd love to try spinning something like this, long non-patterned color runs.
I'm using 2 balls at once, instead of knitting from the inside and the outside of one ball. My LR is going to be a little different from everyone else's, can you tell? Another hint...
Instead of knitting the entire afghan in stockinette, I am knitting the non-short row portions in garter stitch (knitting every row). So, rows 1-3 garter, row 4 as written, rows 5-9 garter, row 10 as written, rows 11-12 garter. I really enjoy the texture of it, and also the delineation generally and specifically-- since I'm "only" using one colorway, and it is darkish-muted, the garter ridges are going to help seperate the color changes more readily.
The pictures show just about 2 balls worth of Kureyon-- about 2.5 "squares" worth. I'm also knitting it in long uninterrupted strips instead of squares, so I'll only have 4 strips to piece together. I think I'll be knitting this in the "background" of other projects, but perhaps not... even though I have other projects planned for the holiday, I haven't cast on for any others yet. I have finished the New Vintage Capelet in Noro Silk Garden though...
New Vintage Capelet, blocking
Noro Silk Garden, color 224 lot a
More pics when I get a brooch to secure it with. The Silk Garden did block to a much softer, drapier fabric, though I haven't taken it off the pins since wet blocking it to really see how much difference yet.
Thanks for listening, have a great weekend :)
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
answering the age old question...
...can i get a pair of socks from one ball of yarn?
Plain Vanilla Footie Socks
Started: October 8, 2006
Finished: October 9, 2006
one ball of RYC Cashcotton, shade 906 (chintz)
50 gm/197 yd
US 1.5 (2.5mm dpns),4 -- 8 sts inch
64 st width, for 9.5" long foot
These are part of my mom's "slew of anklets" holdiay gift I'm planning. I "had" to see if I could coax a pair of footie anklets from one ball of the cashcotton, and I was able to (happily). Like I said before, she likes the footie socks so I'm thinking I'm going to try and knit as many pairs of them as I can between now and the winter holiday.
I was planning on using a variety of yarn, but I've got to say I really, really enjoyed working with the cashcotton... its so soft and feels decadent to knit with (angora & cashmere). Since I knit the socks at a tighter gauge than recommended (ball band says US 3's and 7 sts/inch, I used US 1.5's and 8 sts/inch) the fabric doesn't feel as luxe as the hand of the yarn itself, but I think that's a good thing for these socks.
This is the second time I've knit with cotton for socks-- my first evah real pair of socks was knit from 2 skeins of Rowan Calmer... I had no sock yarn in the stash (!!!!) and I had to start them *right away.* It was nice, I have no idea how they held up (given away) but this yarn is definitely a favorite for me and this type of sock now whereas I'd rather use Calmer for something else. (I want a daughter to knit a perfectly tiny sweater for in cashcotton, though! The lys didn't have boyish shades, or I'd do the same for my son... oh and the fact he's hating any handknits from me that aren't socks, too...)
I say, "this type of sock" because my mom doesn't get around a lot, so these won't see much hard shoe/walking wear... they'll likely be worn in slippers or alone indoors. I don't know if I'd like to knit these for myself for shoe wear, *but* they are so soft on the foot and they are also very warm-- a good thing on my hardwood floors. I'll think about knocking myself out a pair or seven once January rolls around.
I knit them toe up (using PGR's Simple Socks, Plain & Fancy toe & heel). I ended up with 64 sts, at 8 sts/inch for a 9" wide foot. I was aiming for a bit of a stretch since the cotton won't have the sproing back that wool does and also because even though I don't anticipate the socks gettting hard wear, I don't want them wearing thru because I knit them at too loose of a gauge. Mom's foot is 9.5" long, so I knit a 9.25" foot (from toe to folded heel), then 5 rounds even. I then knit 3 rounds of k2p2, and used a "regular" bindoff in pattern with a larger needle instead of my now-standard "faux kitchener cuff bindoff" for toe up socks. Mom complains of slippy anklets all.the.time (uh, so why wear them??) so I wanted a pair that actually *wouldn't* be stretchy and slip off easily-- since they're so low, I wasn't worried at all about having the bindoff be tight. I have to only work a little bit to get them over the heel, so they shouldn't slip off the foot at all and are still relatively easy to get on. (Plus, this bindoff uses less yarn!)
I took these photos outside to try and capture the halo of the yarn, yum. They could only be better if they'd been chocolate dipped. I'm definitely going to pick more colors of this yarn up for more footies. I don't think I could get a pair (with the same specs) out of Koigu, but maybe regia silk-- another yarn I was considering for the footie anklets that my LYS carries. (ps! thanks for the kind words about the class thing, i'm not going to teach but i am flattered they thought to ask and flattered yall think i'd not sputter and die on the attempt.)
I powered on thru these, taking 2 days of nothing else. Partly it was the race against the yarn, wondering if it'd run out. Partly it was me sleepless and excited at night with empty hands and a warm heart (left me sleepwalking the next day!) I think though its the holiday project thing-- both Erica and anne have written things about holiday gift giving that really touched me and echoed the urge I feel... the more gifts I complete, the more I want to tackle and start new things. I haven't worried (yet) about not finishing things, it almost feels like a given I will. Perhaps this holiday knitting is the cure to unfinished objects, at least for me.
Speaking of, the Noro Silk Garden capelet is on its repeat section...
New Vintage Capelet progress
I decided to stagger decreases every 6 rows instead of every 8, to make sure the length is on the short side I like. I hope the silk garden softens in the wash... when I picked it up again after finishing the angora/cashmere/cotton footies, it felt like sandpaper! :) I actually want to finish this soon as I have new project yarn winging its way to me and I know I'll want to dig in when it arrives :)
...about winging yarn, my internet archetype random.org would like me to send the koigu to megan, and I'll happily oblige. Thanks all for coming out of the woodwork, yall surprised the heck out of me with so many comments :)
taking a cue from dave re: bloglines freedbacking... yo quiero bloglines, really. i have over 400 blogs there in the sidebar and you help me connect with people and the news all over, all the time. for that, thanks. i am a little disappointed lately however with the new update-- namely, i hate hate HATE that i can no longer easily find posts i have marked "keep new" ... it used to be bold and i could scroll thru and find them but now! near to impossible with so many feeds. i also am disappointed at the lack of blogger images within your reader. i KNOW blogger is the one blocking external images, i KNOW that they prolly are doing it so i migrate on over to google's blog reader (all in bed and the little one said... i get it.) i don't want to switch though, i love you b1. can you somehow build a bridge and find some way to display blogger images, instead of just telling me "its them, not me"? we're an image-heavy community and even though i don't use their image hosting for my blog posts, lots of my friends do and i miss miss MISS seeing their pics and it may drive me away from you. thanks for listening, send my love to your mom.
Plain Vanilla Footie Socks
Started: October 8, 2006
Finished: October 9, 2006
one ball of RYC Cashcotton, shade 906 (chintz)
50 gm/197 yd
US 1.5 (2.5mm dpns),4 -- 8 sts inch
64 st width, for 9.5" long foot
These are part of my mom's "slew of anklets" holdiay gift I'm planning. I "had" to see if I could coax a pair of footie anklets from one ball of the cashcotton, and I was able to (happily). Like I said before, she likes the footie socks so I'm thinking I'm going to try and knit as many pairs of them as I can between now and the winter holiday.
I was planning on using a variety of yarn, but I've got to say I really, really enjoyed working with the cashcotton... its so soft and feels decadent to knit with (angora & cashmere). Since I knit the socks at a tighter gauge than recommended (ball band says US 3's and 7 sts/inch, I used US 1.5's and 8 sts/inch) the fabric doesn't feel as luxe as the hand of the yarn itself, but I think that's a good thing for these socks.
This is the second time I've knit with cotton for socks-- my first evah real pair of socks was knit from 2 skeins of Rowan Calmer... I had no sock yarn in the stash (!!!!) and I had to start them *right away.* It was nice, I have no idea how they held up (given away) but this yarn is definitely a favorite for me and this type of sock now whereas I'd rather use Calmer for something else. (I want a daughter to knit a perfectly tiny sweater for in cashcotton, though! The lys didn't have boyish shades, or I'd do the same for my son... oh and the fact he's hating any handknits from me that aren't socks, too...)
I say, "this type of sock" because my mom doesn't get around a lot, so these won't see much hard shoe/walking wear... they'll likely be worn in slippers or alone indoors. I don't know if I'd like to knit these for myself for shoe wear, *but* they are so soft on the foot and they are also very warm-- a good thing on my hardwood floors. I'll think about knocking myself out a pair or seven once January rolls around.
I knit them toe up (using PGR's Simple Socks, Plain & Fancy toe & heel). I ended up with 64 sts, at 8 sts/inch for a 9" wide foot. I was aiming for a bit of a stretch since the cotton won't have the sproing back that wool does and also because even though I don't anticipate the socks gettting hard wear, I don't want them wearing thru because I knit them at too loose of a gauge. Mom's foot is 9.5" long, so I knit a 9.25" foot (from toe to folded heel), then 5 rounds even. I then knit 3 rounds of k2p2, and used a "regular" bindoff in pattern with a larger needle instead of my now-standard "faux kitchener cuff bindoff" for toe up socks. Mom complains of slippy anklets all.the.time (uh, so why wear them??) so I wanted a pair that actually *wouldn't* be stretchy and slip off easily-- since they're so low, I wasn't worried at all about having the bindoff be tight. I have to only work a little bit to get them over the heel, so they shouldn't slip off the foot at all and are still relatively easy to get on. (Plus, this bindoff uses less yarn!)
I took these photos outside to try and capture the halo of the yarn, yum. They could only be better if they'd been chocolate dipped. I'm definitely going to pick more colors of this yarn up for more footies. I don't think I could get a pair (with the same specs) out of Koigu, but maybe regia silk-- another yarn I was considering for the footie anklets that my LYS carries. (ps! thanks for the kind words about the class thing, i'm not going to teach but i am flattered they thought to ask and flattered yall think i'd not sputter and die on the attempt.)
I powered on thru these, taking 2 days of nothing else. Partly it was the race against the yarn, wondering if it'd run out. Partly it was me sleepless and excited at night with empty hands and a warm heart (left me sleepwalking the next day!) I think though its the holiday project thing-- both Erica and anne have written things about holiday gift giving that really touched me and echoed the urge I feel... the more gifts I complete, the more I want to tackle and start new things. I haven't worried (yet) about not finishing things, it almost feels like a given I will. Perhaps this holiday knitting is the cure to unfinished objects, at least for me.
Speaking of, the Noro Silk Garden capelet is on its repeat section...
New Vintage Capelet progress
I decided to stagger decreases every 6 rows instead of every 8, to make sure the length is on the short side I like. I hope the silk garden softens in the wash... when I picked it up again after finishing the angora/cashmere/cotton footies, it felt like sandpaper! :) I actually want to finish this soon as I have new project yarn winging its way to me and I know I'll want to dig in when it arrives :)
...about winging yarn, my internet archetype random.org would like me to send the koigu to megan, and I'll happily oblige. Thanks all for coming out of the woodwork, yall surprised the heck out of me with so many comments :)
taking a cue from dave re: bloglines freedbacking... yo quiero bloglines, really. i have over 400 blogs there in the sidebar and you help me connect with people and the news all over, all the time. for that, thanks. i am a little disappointed lately however with the new update-- namely, i hate hate HATE that i can no longer easily find posts i have marked "keep new" ... it used to be bold and i could scroll thru and find them but now! near to impossible with so many feeds. i also am disappointed at the lack of blogger images within your reader. i KNOW blogger is the one blocking external images, i KNOW that they prolly are doing it so i migrate on over to google's blog reader (all in bed and the little one said... i get it.) i don't want to switch though, i love you b1. can you somehow build a bridge and find some way to display blogger images, instead of just telling me "its them, not me"? we're an image-heavy community and even though i don't use their image hosting for my blog posts, lots of my friends do and i miss miss MISS seeing their pics and it may drive me away from you. thanks for listening, send my love to your mom.
Friday, October 06, 2006
the kindness of strangers. (and koigu.)
Sometimes I forget how kind the world can be. Not that I think its terribly harsh for me (I live a charmed life here behind my keyboard, words and fingers) but sometimes you're just like, wow.
Joan left me a comment after reading my last post, asking me if I wanted her leftovers from the two fabulous sweaters she'd knit in the same colorway, same dyelot of Noro Silk Garden for my then-botched project. This was way awesome, since I was almost certain I was going to run out of yarn and was already checking dyelots on ebay... to top it off, I asked her to swap with me for some koigu but she said no, just to accept it as its close to my birthday.* Can you say, floored?
(photo courtesy of joan, i hope she doesn't mind)
I really didn't want to abandon the Noro project, because its part of a larger one for me... I've decided to knit holiday gifts for my family. This is a big deal for me, not just because I'm starting way late but because I don't give my knitting away. There are exactly one and a half people in this world with something handknit from me; one who cherishes and respects the work (love, obsession?) that goes into it and half who has to wear whatever I say for the next few years. Partly its selfishness, partly its attachment to my knitting... partly because I'm really nervous about it not being good enough, too hokey to outsiders. I don't give two shakes that my neighbors think I'm nuts for taking pictures of yarn in my pyjamas outside, but to put my knitting in someone else's (non-knitting) hands for them to scan and pick apart mentally is almost too much for me to even think about.
I'm doing it though, this year... my sister, my brother in law, mom, dad, aunt, uncle and grandma. October knitting in orange was almost solely for "me" projects, but I think most of those are going to be set aside for now.
The Noro Silk Garden is for my part of my sister's holiday present (no one irl really knows i blog about all this stuff, or take pics of yarn hanging out my windowsill, so i'm pretty confident about talking about all this stuff here)...
New Vintage Capelet
Spun Mag, Issue 1
Noro Silk Garden, color 224
US 7 (4.5mm) 24" circular, Addi
(re)started: October 5, 2006
I didn't really mean to be coy with my last post, not saying what it was-- I've seen a few of these and they all look much longer than the original pictured and seem to take much more yarn as well and I can't quite figure why.
Near as I can figure (I'm not so good at reading ahead!)... for the s/m size you work 18 rows even after lace panel, then work 48 rows to get from 169 sts to 49 sts (dec 2o sts every 8 rows) before starting the k1p1 collar.56 66 rows of straight panels, lace panel is 34 rows... guessing 7 sts/column inch (?) works to be about 11.5" (i'd guess the sample from the pattern is that) 14+"... but the ones I've seen knit up are much longer than that.
Anyhow, I need to figure it out when I get there, since even though Joan was kind enough to send me the extra Silk Garden, I want the capelet on the short side like the modelled picture.
Back to kindness, yesterday I found myself at my LYS, Article Pract in Oakland. Its kind of a rare occurance for me to go (my son invariably has a meltdown when we have to leave because he *loves* it there and as we take transit to get around = hollering toddler on a bus is not good, even when I come home toting yarn.) Yesterday though I found myself without the third arm and with some wakare burning a hole in my pocket... walked in and brought home some goodies.
RYC Cashcotton 4 ply
35% cotton, 18% angora, 13% viscose, 9% cashmere
50gm/196 yd
shade 906, chintz
For the holiday project, I'm going to try and knit my mom a slew of anklets (...anyone able to get larger sized footed anklets from 50gm of sock yarn? She wear a size 9-9.5 like me and loooves anklets. I don't get it, but to each their own.) This is my first experiment to see if I can do it. Mom doesn't need hard wearing socks as she has trouble getting around and out, she needs the kind to wear with feet propped up watching Project Runway marathons.
Koigu premium painters palette merino p624 (kpppm)
100% merino
50gm/185 yd
For Embossed Leaves Socks (Winter 2005 Interweave Knits) for my sister. I love this "speckling" thing Koigu's doing with their yarns, even if this isn't a "me" colorway.
Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock, Black Purl colorway
80% superwash wool, 20% nylon
50gm/215 yd
Distancing myself from avoiding purples :)
(double obliqueness, anyone?)
Anyhow... the lady on the floor saw me clutching the koigu and told me they just had a new shipment in, it was in the back... would I like to see it? (Yuh!!) They hadn't unpacked it yet though, so I'd have to come back tomorrow. Between all that we talked socks, and I mentioned I had a pattern in knitty an issue back-- suddenly, "can you teach a class?" :)
A big head moment, simple for her but made my day. (Could have been all the yarn, too!)
Of course I went back today, because koigu is crack and I wanted to see the new stuff... while I was invited into the inner sanctum, the holiest of holy (the back stockroom with *piles* of yarn to the ceiling), *another* saleslady told me she was supposed to convince me to teach a class there. I can't believe I was remembered :)
I saw and sorted thru BAGS of new koigu, of course offered a home to some of it...
Koigu premium painters palette merino p319 (kpppm)
100% merino
50gm/185 yd
(more grey/muted than the photo.)
Koigu premium painters palette merino p852 (kpppm)
100% merino
50gm/185 yd
(color's too bright on this, much more black/muted. it *immediately* reminded me of the fleece artist merino cosmic dawn colorway of my first pomatomus socks, had to have it.)
Koigu premium painters palette merino p338 (kpppm)
100% merino
50gm/185 yd
yowsa.
(edit, 10/13... the above koigu pics look a little brighter here than irl, almost unfortunately!)
I also signed up for their colorwork class this month... hopefully I'll conquer my fear of stranded knitting (let's hope!) :)
* wow, you made it thru all that^?!
i still feel like paying something forward for the silk garden joan's sending to me, so i'm going to give away this set of koigu skeins... i like this colorway, its light enough not to distract from lace but i immediately thought cables when i saw it. do what you will :)
leave me a comment if you're interested, i'll pull a name randomly. a quickie, so say leave a comment by this coming tuesday afternoon (pacstandard).
Joan left me a comment after reading my last post, asking me if I wanted her leftovers from the two fabulous sweaters she'd knit in the same colorway, same dyelot of Noro Silk Garden for my then-botched project. This was way awesome, since I was almost certain I was going to run out of yarn and was already checking dyelots on ebay... to top it off, I asked her to swap with me for some koigu but she said no, just to accept it as its close to my birthday.* Can you say, floored?
(photo courtesy of joan, i hope she doesn't mind)
I really didn't want to abandon the Noro project, because its part of a larger one for me... I've decided to knit holiday gifts for my family. This is a big deal for me, not just because I'm starting way late but because I don't give my knitting away. There are exactly one and a half people in this world with something handknit from me; one who cherishes and respects the work (love, obsession?) that goes into it and half who has to wear whatever I say for the next few years. Partly its selfishness, partly its attachment to my knitting... partly because I'm really nervous about it not being good enough, too hokey to outsiders. I don't give two shakes that my neighbors think I'm nuts for taking pictures of yarn in my pyjamas outside, but to put my knitting in someone else's (non-knitting) hands for them to scan and pick apart mentally is almost too much for me to even think about.
I'm doing it though, this year... my sister, my brother in law, mom, dad, aunt, uncle and grandma. October knitting in orange was almost solely for "me" projects, but I think most of those are going to be set aside for now.
The Noro Silk Garden is for my part of my sister's holiday present (no one irl really knows i blog about all this stuff, or take pics of yarn hanging out my windowsill, so i'm pretty confident about talking about all this stuff here)...
New Vintage Capelet
Spun Mag, Issue 1
Noro Silk Garden, color 224
US 7 (4.5mm) 24" circular, Addi
(re)started: October 5, 2006
I didn't really mean to be coy with my last post, not saying what it was-- I've seen a few of these and they all look much longer than the original pictured and seem to take much more yarn as well and I can't quite figure why.
Near as I can figure (I'm not so good at reading ahead!)... for the s/m size you work 18 rows even after lace panel, then work 48 rows to get from 169 sts to 49 sts (dec 2o sts every 8 rows) before starting the k1p1 collar.
Anyhow, I need to figure it out when I get there, since even though Joan was kind enough to send me the extra Silk Garden, I want the capelet on the short side like the modelled picture.
Back to kindness, yesterday I found myself at my LYS, Article Pract in Oakland. Its kind of a rare occurance for me to go (my son invariably has a meltdown when we have to leave because he *loves* it there and as we take transit to get around = hollering toddler on a bus is not good, even when I come home toting yarn.) Yesterday though I found myself without the third arm and with some wakare burning a hole in my pocket... walked in and brought home some goodies.
RYC Cashcotton 4 ply
35% cotton, 18% angora, 13% viscose, 9% cashmere
50gm/196 yd
shade 906, chintz
For the holiday project, I'm going to try and knit my mom a slew of anklets (...anyone able to get larger sized footed anklets from 50gm of sock yarn? She wear a size 9-9.5 like me and loooves anklets. I don't get it, but to each their own.) This is my first experiment to see if I can do it. Mom doesn't need hard wearing socks as she has trouble getting around and out, she needs the kind to wear with feet propped up watching Project Runway marathons.
Koigu premium painters palette merino p624 (kpppm)
100% merino
50gm/185 yd
For Embossed Leaves Socks (Winter 2005 Interweave Knits) for my sister. I love this "speckling" thing Koigu's doing with their yarns, even if this isn't a "me" colorway.
Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock, Black Purl colorway
80% superwash wool, 20% nylon
50gm/215 yd
Distancing myself from avoiding purples :)
(double obliqueness, anyone?)
Anyhow... the lady on the floor saw me clutching the koigu and told me they just had a new shipment in, it was in the back... would I like to see it? (Yuh!!) They hadn't unpacked it yet though, so I'd have to come back tomorrow. Between all that we talked socks, and I mentioned I had a pattern in knitty an issue back-- suddenly, "can you teach a class?" :)
A big head moment, simple for her but made my day. (Could have been all the yarn, too!)
Of course I went back today, because koigu is crack and I wanted to see the new stuff... while I was invited into the inner sanctum, the holiest of holy (the back stockroom with *piles* of yarn to the ceiling), *another* saleslady told me she was supposed to convince me to teach a class there. I can't believe I was remembered :)
I saw and sorted thru BAGS of new koigu, of course offered a home to some of it...
Koigu premium painters palette merino p319 (kpppm)
100% merino
50gm/185 yd
(more grey/muted than the photo.)
Koigu premium painters palette merino p852 (kpppm)
100% merino
50gm/185 yd
(color's too bright on this, much more black/muted. it *immediately* reminded me of the fleece artist merino cosmic dawn colorway of my first pomatomus socks, had to have it.)
Koigu premium painters palette merino p338 (kpppm)
100% merino
50gm/185 yd
yowsa.
(edit, 10/13... the above koigu pics look a little brighter here than irl, almost unfortunately!)
I also signed up for their colorwork class this month... hopefully I'll conquer my fear of stranded knitting (let's hope!) :)
* wow, you made it thru all that^?!
i still feel like paying something forward for the silk garden joan's sending to me, so i'm going to give away this set of koigu skeins... i like this colorway, its light enough not to distract from lace but i immediately thought cables when i saw it. do what you will :)
leave me a comment if you're interested, i'll pull a name randomly. a quickie, so say leave a comment by this coming tuesday afternoon (pacstandard).
Thursday, October 05, 2006
hubris for 100, alex.
quick post to show off a day's worth of negative knitting.
Noro Silk Garden, color 224 (lot a)
negative?
i mischarted the lace panel, and a yo is one spot off for 2 repeats. it bugs me... but what bugs me more is i'm not knitta enuf to drop down and fix it with a hook, so i'm taking pics and posting them to shame myself into ripping it out when i get back from my walk to the library with my little bumblebee.
(anyone know what i'm knitting? its a free pattern, available online. more info when it looks like its supposed to, if no one guesses...)
uh, the ORANGE?
there it is! :)
i'm not nearly as sour as i normally would be... wanna know why?
sweet georgia superwash sock yarn
100% superwash merino wool
185 yd/50 gm
black orchid colorway
alyson sent me this amazing yarn from her contest to collect sock/lace/one skein projects (check out her compilation HERE)... i have been drooling over sweet georgia yarns since forever (have you SEEN the kill bill colorway?? goodness, i need a sugar daddy)... so i'm super excited and so thankful (and already have a sock recipient in mind)-- thanks again alyson! :)
sherwood's slowed down, since i just worked on the noro project for the past day or so...
between you me and the chickens, i think the cabling looks weird and messy. my fault, but i'm hoping it looks better from far away/aka on a running toddler when done.
back with more noro next time, i'm wanting to get this project done fast (more on that later, too!)
Noro Silk Garden, color 224 (lot a)
negative?
i mischarted the lace panel, and a yo is one spot off for 2 repeats. it bugs me... but what bugs me more is i'm not knitta enuf to drop down and fix it with a hook, so i'm taking pics and posting them to shame myself into ripping it out when i get back from my walk to the library with my little bumblebee.
(anyone know what i'm knitting? its a free pattern, available online. more info when it looks like its supposed to, if no one guesses...)
uh, the ORANGE?
there it is! :)
i'm not nearly as sour as i normally would be... wanna know why?
sweet georgia superwash sock yarn
100% superwash merino wool
185 yd/50 gm
black orchid colorway
alyson sent me this amazing yarn from her contest to collect sock/lace/one skein projects (check out her compilation HERE)... i have been drooling over sweet georgia yarns since forever (have you SEEN the kill bill colorway?? goodness, i need a sugar daddy)... so i'm super excited and so thankful (and already have a sock recipient in mind)-- thanks again alyson! :)
sherwood's slowed down, since i just worked on the noro project for the past day or so...
between you me and the chickens, i think the cabling looks weird and messy. my fault, but i'm hoping it looks better from far away/aka on a running toddler when done.
back with more noro next time, i'm wanting to get this project done fast (more on that later, too!)
Monday, October 02, 2006
just shy of the curse
I scoff at the curse with aptly named and lovingly made socks.
Boyfriend Socks by Alice Bell (free pattern! w00t!)
Interlacements Tiny Toes yarn (overdyed)
US 1 dpns (2.25mm), 4
Started: September 16, 2006
Finished: October 2, 2006
These are really great, I've got to say. The ribbing is interesting with the cable detail, stretchy in a good way (these are for a 9.5" wide foot, mine is 8.25" and still comfy (i realized i like a slightly looser fit foot in handknit socks)-- the 9.5" foot says they fit like a glove. Alice's sizing and negative ease calculation seems right on as far as my "medium" sized pair went.
I think they make a good unisex sock, I'm thinking about a pair for my dad in the same yarn but a different color. I love them, but then again I have a bit of a soft spot for socks :)
I used the "cabling without a cable needle" method and it seemed to fly-- I was always put off by "learning" it since, well people always say they "learned" it and I never wanted to take the time to master something new since I knew how to use a cable needle :) I'm glad I did, I'll be using it from now on... just take a look at Wendy's link! If you've cabled before, there's nothing to "learn" really.
For those looking to knit this sock top down, it'd be easy just to switch out and reverse the cabling directions, c6f for c6b etc-- resulting in the same sock. I think its a great looking panel, don't let the toe up instructions stop you from knitting it. (I used the heel/toe from Priscilla Gibson-Roberts' book again.)
This was the first time I used the Interlacements Tiny Toes yarn. I liked it, a few things...
1) It seemed to have a lot of twist in it, not like the yarn was overly twisted, but that the nice looking and soft yarn kept twisting back on itself throughout the skein and knotting on itself at times. I noticed this in each of 4 skeins (I have an "on the go" sock I'm knitting in one of the variegated colorways). It wasn't where I had to let the work dangle and untwist (just once), but the twisting seemed almost odd since the yarn itself wasn't overplied. Maybe I'm thinking about this too much, reading the spinning books lately.
2) Another strange thing, the dye seems to not penetrate the "core" of the yarn in places. When I would (ahem) split the yarn accidentally, or when it was stretched in a high stress way (like cable crosses), or even just looking at the core where the plies meet when knitting, I could see the white where the dye didn't penetrate to the center where the plies overlapped. I don't think this is the dyer or the dye, especially because the colors are so saturated and I overdyed them as well-- white was just white in some core spots and not consistently. It didn't detract from the yarn, and I don't even think I'd notice it if the yarn color wasn't so deep, but it was weird since I've never noticed this lack of penetration in another yarn before. It wouldn't stop me from buying this yarn again, but I noticed it a lot more than I would have if I weren't knitting the cables. (Take a look at the cable crossing spots, you may see what I mean.)
3) The yarn feels great. It makes a thick, sturdy feeling fabric on US 1's at 8 sts/inch, and for those who like ironwear socks, a US 0 would get an even thicker result. I think it would hurt my hands to knit it tighter than a US 0, but that's just me. I like the 1's, and I also like how "heavy" these socks feel-- perhaps the cabling and ribbing makes the sock feel heavy for its size, but in hand they're soft and squishy. The cables look great in it as well, good definition on and off the foot.
4) The Interlacements Tiny Toes is about the standard price for luxury handdyed 100% merino superwash sock yarns nowadays ($12/skein), and runs right there in the middle for weight and yardage (50 gm/185yd). I think Interlacements uses great, bold colors-- I'll look to their solids again for sock yarn. The variegateds are really bold and contrasty too, deeply dyed. That's more of a personal thing (I'll take pics of the on the go project as it gets longer to show you what I mean, but it looks good in stockinette.) I don't know if now, personally, I'd look to their variegateds for texture work-- the colors are so deep cabling and lace may be lost in the depth and contrasting colors (again, a personal thing.)
I ran out of yarn :) I had knit the first with 6" to spare, but I had to cannibalize it as I ran short on the second sock. It was anathema to me, undoing the bindoff of the first, but had to be done. Each sock now is knit to row 4 of the cable pattern and have 4 rows of k1 p1 rib before binding off using the graft off top/faux kitchener bindoff I linked in my last post, with a 10.25" foot and a 7" cuff measured from where the cabling starts atop the heel. The k1 p1 rib looks a little short to my eye, but not so bad as to have me rip out a cable... I like ending it on that "closed" part of the panel. Like I said, the cabling and rib is tight enough to not really rely on the top k1p1 to keep it up and in place on the leg, its more of the aesthetic. Still love em though.
Previous posts with the boyfriend socks:
September 17, 2006
September 21, 2006
With all of that, I started a little Sherwood...
Sherwood from Fall Knitty 2006
Cotton Fleece, Wild Orange
Size 2
US 5 80cm/24" circular (3.75mm, Addi)
Started: October 1, 2006
I was able to get gauge on US 5's (I got it on 6's too, but weirdly the fabric was just a bit drapier and I didn't think I liked it as "open" as it felt). The 80cm/24" needle was fine for me-- the body size I'm knitting is 24" around so I started on 16" and it was just too much bunch. This way's not bad at all (I really didn't want to buy a 20" circular).
I am knitting the "2" (smallest) size, but am adding length to it-- once again I'm shocked that my genepool has produced a tall, skinny kid. I worked 1.5" rows of plain in-pattern (row 1 of chart) rib before starting, looks like I'm about 20 rows in the chart now.
One thing, maybe its me: I printed the body charts like a good girl and taped them together, but they don't line up evenly! The right chart is 2 squares taller than the left (over 100), so it minutely shifts upwards and I have to untape and retape as I move up the chart. So irritating, as the tape seems to pull up the print.
More later... trying to decide if I want to cast on for another sock and knit the sherwood sweater at the same time or not. We'll see! :) Have a good week yall.
Boyfriend Socks by Alice Bell (free pattern! w00t!)
Interlacements Tiny Toes yarn (overdyed)
US 1 dpns (2.25mm), 4
Started: September 16, 2006
Finished: October 2, 2006
These are really great, I've got to say. The ribbing is interesting with the cable detail, stretchy in a good way (these are for a 9.5" wide foot, mine is 8.25" and still comfy (i realized i like a slightly looser fit foot in handknit socks)-- the 9.5" foot says they fit like a glove. Alice's sizing and negative ease calculation seems right on as far as my "medium" sized pair went.
I think they make a good unisex sock, I'm thinking about a pair for my dad in the same yarn but a different color. I love them, but then again I have a bit of a soft spot for socks :)
I used the "cabling without a cable needle" method and it seemed to fly-- I was always put off by "learning" it since, well people always say they "learned" it and I never wanted to take the time to master something new since I knew how to use a cable needle :) I'm glad I did, I'll be using it from now on... just take a look at Wendy's link! If you've cabled before, there's nothing to "learn" really.
For those looking to knit this sock top down, it'd be easy just to switch out and reverse the cabling directions, c6f for c6b etc-- resulting in the same sock. I think its a great looking panel, don't let the toe up instructions stop you from knitting it. (I used the heel/toe from Priscilla Gibson-Roberts' book again.)
This was the first time I used the Interlacements Tiny Toes yarn. I liked it, a few things...
1) It seemed to have a lot of twist in it, not like the yarn was overly twisted, but that the nice looking and soft yarn kept twisting back on itself throughout the skein and knotting on itself at times. I noticed this in each of 4 skeins (I have an "on the go" sock I'm knitting in one of the variegated colorways). It wasn't where I had to let the work dangle and untwist (just once), but the twisting seemed almost odd since the yarn itself wasn't overplied. Maybe I'm thinking about this too much, reading the spinning books lately.
2) Another strange thing, the dye seems to not penetrate the "core" of the yarn in places. When I would (ahem) split the yarn accidentally, or when it was stretched in a high stress way (like cable crosses), or even just looking at the core where the plies meet when knitting, I could see the white where the dye didn't penetrate to the center where the plies overlapped. I don't think this is the dyer or the dye, especially because the colors are so saturated and I overdyed them as well-- white was just white in some core spots and not consistently. It didn't detract from the yarn, and I don't even think I'd notice it if the yarn color wasn't so deep, but it was weird since I've never noticed this lack of penetration in another yarn before. It wouldn't stop me from buying this yarn again, but I noticed it a lot more than I would have if I weren't knitting the cables. (Take a look at the cable crossing spots, you may see what I mean.)
3) The yarn feels great. It makes a thick, sturdy feeling fabric on US 1's at 8 sts/inch, and for those who like ironwear socks, a US 0 would get an even thicker result. I think it would hurt my hands to knit it tighter than a US 0, but that's just me. I like the 1's, and I also like how "heavy" these socks feel-- perhaps the cabling and ribbing makes the sock feel heavy for its size, but in hand they're soft and squishy. The cables look great in it as well, good definition on and off the foot.
4) The Interlacements Tiny Toes is about the standard price for luxury handdyed 100% merino superwash sock yarns nowadays ($12/skein), and runs right there in the middle for weight and yardage (50 gm/185yd). I think Interlacements uses great, bold colors-- I'll look to their solids again for sock yarn. The variegateds are really bold and contrasty too, deeply dyed. That's more of a personal thing (I'll take pics of the on the go project as it gets longer to show you what I mean, but it looks good in stockinette.) I don't know if now, personally, I'd look to their variegateds for texture work-- the colors are so deep cabling and lace may be lost in the depth and contrasting colors (again, a personal thing.)
I ran out of yarn :) I had knit the first with 6" to spare, but I had to cannibalize it as I ran short on the second sock. It was anathema to me, undoing the bindoff of the first, but had to be done. Each sock now is knit to row 4 of the cable pattern and have 4 rows of k1 p1 rib before binding off using the graft off top/faux kitchener bindoff I linked in my last post, with a 10.25" foot and a 7" cuff measured from where the cabling starts atop the heel. The k1 p1 rib looks a little short to my eye, but not so bad as to have me rip out a cable... I like ending it on that "closed" part of the panel. Like I said, the cabling and rib is tight enough to not really rely on the top k1p1 to keep it up and in place on the leg, its more of the aesthetic. Still love em though.
Previous posts with the boyfriend socks:
September 17, 2006
September 21, 2006
With all of that, I started a little Sherwood...
Sherwood from Fall Knitty 2006
Cotton Fleece, Wild Orange
Size 2
US 5 80cm/24" circular (3.75mm, Addi)
Started: October 1, 2006
I was able to get gauge on US 5's (I got it on 6's too, but weirdly the fabric was just a bit drapier and I didn't think I liked it as "open" as it felt). The 80cm/24" needle was fine for me-- the body size I'm knitting is 24" around so I started on 16" and it was just too much bunch. This way's not bad at all (I really didn't want to buy a 20" circular).
I am knitting the "2" (smallest) size, but am adding length to it-- once again I'm shocked that my genepool has produced a tall, skinny kid. I worked 1.5" rows of plain in-pattern (row 1 of chart) rib before starting, looks like I'm about 20 rows in the chart now.
One thing, maybe its me: I printed the body charts like a good girl and taped them together, but they don't line up evenly! The right chart is 2 squares taller than the left (over 100), so it minutely shifts upwards and I have to untape and retape as I move up the chart. So irritating, as the tape seems to pull up the print.
More later... trying to decide if I want to cast on for another sock and knit the sherwood sweater at the same time or not. We'll see! :) Have a good week yall.
Thursday, September 28, 2006
something about a saddle.
Still haven't fixed my pc yet (a combination of baby + open computer = bad and a project below); I'm still on borrowed time but I couldn't stay away :)
Instead of having any boyfriend pics to share (turned the heel, they need the cuff now), I have been furiously working on a little something for the "warm up the dutchicans" project. Kelli and Sarah are throwing a virtual handknit baby shower for Kristi and her 3 (!!!) babies to be, and I just couldn't resist.
(Link to in progress sweater here in case Kristi wants to not see just yet!)
I couldn't resist for a few reasons-- first and obvious, babies! Three!! (something snapped in me when i had my kid, i was never like this before... i mean, kids were cute and all but eh, you know? now, a kid gets within a 100 yards of me and i start squealing and making faces. can't help it, its not that bad of a vice to have except it makes me want to have more of my own.) Also, I recently thought a close female relative of mine was pregnant. She left a message on my answering machine-- call me! its important, big news!... me and my baby brain immediately jumped to the conclusion she was pregnant and I pored over baby patterns for days, waiting for her to call me back; I'd come up with an almost complete plan to swaddle the kid for the first few complacent years in handknits. Well, big news was a new *puppy*, letting the air from my sails just a little bit :)
Finally and selfishly, this was the first pattern I used to knit a sweater for my son, over 2 years ago now. I learned to knit (actually no, Debbie Stoller taught me to knit. if i ever meet her i plan to thank her, what a gift she's given me)... I learned to knit when I was pregnant, intending on making teeny tiny things for the life inside, well at least when he was clothe-able. Big pregnant, I dutifully learned knit and purl, made a garterstitch bookmark, and put knitting away til my son was born. When he (finally) decided he didn't need to be held 8 days a week, I picked it up again and decided he needed a sweater and that this pattern would be perfect. I double stranded some light fingering weight wool (non-machine washable, and i admit now a bit coarse) and pumped out the same sweater in about 3 weeks :) It was an ocean on my son, age 4-6 months then, and didn't fit him til he was 2+.
Anyway, I thought it would be a great trip down memory lane to knit it again and it was... its good to know where you come from and send on some good handknit vibes in the process.
(for the curious-- a link to the pic of that first sweater. it would fit my kid right now, but after i took this pic i held it up to him and asked him to try it on... he shook his head and hands, "nah. no. no baby, thanks." :))
***
Gearing up for the orange-only month ahead, I made a few purchases for projects I'm wanting to tackle...
Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece, 3 in wild orange
for Sherwood, Knitty Fall 2006
I *loved* this pattern when I saw it, like gasping freight train love. (just a little better, or maybe a different category, than eating mac and cheese naked love.) I ordered the cotton fleece from The Lorien Store, which has *the* best pricing on CF I could find online-- regular retail is about 8.50/skein, they sell it for 5.75 and are running a 10% sale on in-stock items. Really an amazing seller, quick and responsive. (The Sheep Shed Studio sells seconds --five times fast!-- of CF for 3.50/skein, only a few colors and i'm not sure what constitutes them as seconds... they're the same place with the cheeeep mill end rovings.)
I rounded out the order with something I've been coveting a while...
Black Louet Gems Pearl (and koigu I had in stash)...
I know I asked months ago if yall thought black and this colorway of koigu would look good together for Eunny's Chuck's Cabled Socks pattern and the majority said no, but I went ahead and ordered it anyway :) I don't have real plans to knit the pattern yet (and its locked away in my cold hard drive!), but I'd like to be able to on a whim. Seeing them together makes me like the black/gold combo even more (my big halfbaked plan is to knit the *cabled* portion in the variegated koigu!)
I hope to get a little more colorwork experience down in October though...
Knit Picks Gloss in Dusk and Pumpkin
(the dusk isn't coming true to color on this borrowed pc, its darker that what i see)
also a new set of 2.5mm dpns-- i like the weight! (but think i'll knit these on circs)
I'm planning on using the Gloss for Cookie's Red Herring pattern from the latest Knitty during October... I'll knit them as mirrors, one blue foot and one orange foot. Just because :)
l to right: Schaefer Anne, Socks That Rock lightweight in Fred Flintstone, Knit Picks Essential in pumpkin
The rest of the lineup... Not sure what will make it, but the Anne will make a great pair of toe-up tiger eye lace socks (eye of the tiger was my favorite song as a kid!), the BMFA socks that rock will be another (::cough::) pair of Pomatomus socks, and the KP Essential will be Cable Net from (yeah, again)-- the latest Knitty.
Phew. Off to try and finish off the boyfriends (hehe, i'm going to call all socks boyfriend socks! too fun)... I'm still without regular pc access so I'm still slow on getting emails and such back now. Hopefully soon! :)
Instead of having any boyfriend pics to share (turned the heel, they need the cuff now), I have been furiously working on a little something for the "warm up the dutchicans" project. Kelli and Sarah are throwing a virtual handknit baby shower for Kristi and her 3 (!!!) babies to be, and I just couldn't resist.
(Link to in progress sweater here in case Kristi wants to not see just yet!)
I couldn't resist for a few reasons-- first and obvious, babies! Three!! (something snapped in me when i had my kid, i was never like this before... i mean, kids were cute and all but eh, you know? now, a kid gets within a 100 yards of me and i start squealing and making faces. can't help it, its not that bad of a vice to have except it makes me want to have more of my own.) Also, I recently thought a close female relative of mine was pregnant. She left a message on my answering machine-- call me! its important, big news!... me and my baby brain immediately jumped to the conclusion she was pregnant and I pored over baby patterns for days, waiting for her to call me back; I'd come up with an almost complete plan to swaddle the kid for the first few complacent years in handknits. Well, big news was a new *puppy*, letting the air from my sails just a little bit :)
Finally and selfishly, this was the first pattern I used to knit a sweater for my son, over 2 years ago now. I learned to knit (actually no, Debbie Stoller taught me to knit. if i ever meet her i plan to thank her, what a gift she's given me)... I learned to knit when I was pregnant, intending on making teeny tiny things for the life inside, well at least when he was clothe-able. Big pregnant, I dutifully learned knit and purl, made a garterstitch bookmark, and put knitting away til my son was born. When he (finally) decided he didn't need to be held 8 days a week, I picked it up again and decided he needed a sweater and that this pattern would be perfect. I double stranded some light fingering weight wool (non-machine washable, and i admit now a bit coarse) and pumped out the same sweater in about 3 weeks :) It was an ocean on my son, age 4-6 months then, and didn't fit him til he was 2+.
Anyway, I thought it would be a great trip down memory lane to knit it again and it was... its good to know where you come from and send on some good handknit vibes in the process.
(for the curious-- a link to the pic of that first sweater. it would fit my kid right now, but after i took this pic i held it up to him and asked him to try it on... he shook his head and hands, "nah. no. no baby, thanks." :))
***
Gearing up for the orange-only month ahead, I made a few purchases for projects I'm wanting to tackle...
Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece, 3 in wild orange
for Sherwood, Knitty Fall 2006
I *loved* this pattern when I saw it, like gasping freight train love. (just a little better, or maybe a different category, than eating mac and cheese naked love.) I ordered the cotton fleece from The Lorien Store, which has *the* best pricing on CF I could find online-- regular retail is about 8.50/skein, they sell it for 5.75 and are running a 10% sale on in-stock items. Really an amazing seller, quick and responsive. (The Sheep Shed Studio sells seconds --five times fast!-- of CF for 3.50/skein, only a few colors and i'm not sure what constitutes them as seconds... they're the same place with the cheeeep mill end rovings.)
I rounded out the order with something I've been coveting a while...
Black Louet Gems Pearl (and koigu I had in stash)...
I know I asked months ago if yall thought black and this colorway of koigu would look good together for Eunny's Chuck's Cabled Socks pattern and the majority said no, but I went ahead and ordered it anyway :) I don't have real plans to knit the pattern yet (and its locked away in my cold hard drive!), but I'd like to be able to on a whim. Seeing them together makes me like the black/gold combo even more (my big halfbaked plan is to knit the *cabled* portion in the variegated koigu!)
I hope to get a little more colorwork experience down in October though...
Knit Picks Gloss in Dusk and Pumpkin
(the dusk isn't coming true to color on this borrowed pc, its darker that what i see)
also a new set of 2.5mm dpns-- i like the weight! (but think i'll knit these on circs)
I'm planning on using the Gloss for Cookie's Red Herring pattern from the latest Knitty during October... I'll knit them as mirrors, one blue foot and one orange foot. Just because :)
l to right: Schaefer Anne, Socks That Rock lightweight in Fred Flintstone, Knit Picks Essential in pumpkin
The rest of the lineup... Not sure what will make it, but the Anne will make a great pair of toe-up tiger eye lace socks (eye of the tiger was my favorite song as a kid!), the BMFA socks that rock will be another (::cough::) pair of Pomatomus socks, and the KP Essential will be Cable Net from (yeah, again)-- the latest Knitty.
Phew. Off to try and finish off the boyfriends (hehe, i'm going to call all socks boyfriend socks! too fun)... I'm still without regular pc access so I'm still slow on getting emails and such back now. Hopefully soon! :)
Monday, September 25, 2006
radar: off
No updates for a bit, my cpu fan has died and I'm sure I'll be able to fix it, but not soon-soon (its only been 4+ days? and I logged into bloglines for the first time since to find, wait for it, 1348 unread posts??! I hate to tell yall but I marked all as read, I'll need to just be out of the loop for a while! Someone send me some juicy gossip when I get back-- even though I already heard about the tilli tomas pure and simple at sarah's yarns for $20! I think it may work for Tamarah from the latest Knitty, think I'll need 2 skeins? What a score if not, even if I used KSH for the mohair/silk.) :)
In the meantime, go on and help Alyson find a perfect sock, lace and/or one skein pattern for her burgeoning stash. She's giving some of it away, even though I don't think you can really have too much sock yarn, can you? :) She's giving you til the 27th (yeah! soon!)
Also, if you've knit a project using a vintage pattern, help a purrl out and send her some pics! She's looking for non-published shots of handknit projects knit from og patterns, and is throwing around some yarny goodness for the best one. Her deadline's just a little later, friday the 29th.
And... by the time I get back, you may have been able to knit some booties or a baby sweater, so why not knit some for Kristi's *triplets*??! (can you imagine?? eeeee!!) Kelli and Sarah have teamed up (in this day and age, blogged up?) to "warm up the dutchicans" and get a bunch of handknits to the incubating darlings (did i mention, three?? at the same time?? so.much.baby.love!!)... and they're even making a contest of it, with entries for each handknit you send in to be forwarded on that can win you some rad knitting stuff.
Hope to come back with some finished boyfriend pics, and a preview of my "orange october" projects (i'm only knitting projects with orange in them for my birthday month, all new projects too!) before the first! :)
ttys, no comments needed!
In the meantime, go on and help Alyson find a perfect sock, lace and/or one skein pattern for her burgeoning stash. She's giving some of it away, even though I don't think you can really have too much sock yarn, can you? :) She's giving you til the 27th (yeah! soon!)
Also, if you've knit a project using a vintage pattern, help a purrl out and send her some pics! She's looking for non-published shots of handknit projects knit from og patterns, and is throwing around some yarny goodness for the best one. Her deadline's just a little later, friday the 29th.
And... by the time I get back, you may have been able to knit some booties or a baby sweater, so why not knit some for Kristi's *triplets*??! (can you imagine?? eeeee!!) Kelli and Sarah have teamed up (in this day and age, blogged up?) to "warm up the dutchicans" and get a bunch of handknits to the incubating darlings (did i mention, three?? at the same time?? so.much.baby.love!!)... and they're even making a contest of it, with entries for each handknit you send in to be forwarded on that can win you some rad knitting stuff.
Hope to come back with some finished boyfriend pics, and a preview of my "orange october" projects (i'm only knitting projects with orange in them for my birthday month, all new projects too!) before the first! :)
ttys, no comments needed!
Thursday, September 21, 2006
one point five.
Whew. These Ronald McDonald's took *way* too long...
Toe up 60 st DK socks, PGR style
Started: August 15, 2006
Finished: Sept 21, 2006 (!!)
Henry's Attic Kona Superwash dk, dyed with koolaid and easter egg dyes
US 2 dpns (2.75mm), 4
Not much to say but woo! they're done :) Oh yeah, and this (which totally eclipses my handknit pair):
Hang Ten 70's (?) vintage kneehighs
Sort of like that old girlfriend who's better at (insert here) than the current. My mom gave me this pair back from her heyday as a disco bunny (she had rhinestones on her glaases thru the 80s, too)... I actually have 2 pair-- the other's blue yellow & white, but I've lost a mate so there's only one of those. Currently the lonesome is a cozy for something special, I couldn't bear to not use it since its so fun. These socks are my kid's favorite socks, he hikes them up all the way to the crotch and holds onto their tops while slipping on the hardwood floor-- the closest we're going to get to thighhighs in the near future, Yahaira! ;)
Previous posts on toe up McDonald socks:
August 17, 2006
August 24, 2006
August 29, 2006
September 17, 2006
...point five?
new meaning to camel nevermind. color's closer but still not right, texture's blurry.
less blurry in the light of day, color much more off.
One boyfriend sock down, one to go. I knit until the skein was done (literally! ends woven in i had about 6" of yarn left over from the top). These are for a 10.5" long foot, and I started the heel after completing row 3 (i used the PGR heel & toe for these-- knit 5 rows even after completing the toe). I was able to knit the cuff all the way up to row 4, then ended with 7 rows of k1 p1 rib.
I love it, the cable and rib panel looks great, and I like Alice's pairing of k1 p1 at the top (i always default to k2 p2, but this sock is so fitted i'm not worried about it staying up and actually was hoping for it to be a bit looser that far up, which i think the k1 p1 does). I used the "graft off" top from SS: PnF to bind off the top, but here's a link to a photo tutorial of the same (they call it a "faux kitchener bind off"-- its really easy if you've got kitchenering down.) I used it for those dk weight socks, above-- I think it looks better on finer yarns (or maybe it was just me this time), but the bind off on the dk weight socks looks wonky. I've used it before on lighter weight socks and didn't see any slantyness like I did this time.
When knitting the short row heel, I took some pics because this always thrills me when I get here:
delicate little line inside the heel
outside of short row heel, no holes (i'm stretching the fabric).
I get such an icewater thrill when I see those stitches from the sole angling upwards.
But then again I'm a dork like that :)
Toe up 60 st DK socks, PGR style
Started: August 15, 2006
Finished: Sept 21, 2006 (!!)
Henry's Attic Kona Superwash dk, dyed with koolaid and easter egg dyes
US 2 dpns (2.75mm), 4
Not much to say but woo! they're done :) Oh yeah, and this (which totally eclipses my handknit pair):
Hang Ten 70's (?) vintage kneehighs
Sort of like that old girlfriend who's better at (insert here) than the current. My mom gave me this pair back from her heyday as a disco bunny (she had rhinestones on her glaases thru the 80s, too)... I actually have 2 pair-- the other's blue yellow & white, but I've lost a mate so there's only one of those. Currently the lonesome is a cozy for something special, I couldn't bear to not use it since its so fun. These socks are my kid's favorite socks, he hikes them up all the way to the crotch and holds onto their tops while slipping on the hardwood floor-- the closest we're going to get to thighhighs in the near future, Yahaira! ;)
Previous posts on toe up McDonald socks:
August 17, 2006
August 24, 2006
August 29, 2006
September 17, 2006
...point five?
new meaning to camel nevermind. color's closer but still not right, texture's blurry.
less blurry in the light of day, color much more off.
One boyfriend sock down, one to go. I knit until the skein was done (literally! ends woven in i had about 6" of yarn left over from the top). These are for a 10.5" long foot, and I started the heel after completing row 3 (i used the PGR heel & toe for these-- knit 5 rows even after completing the toe). I was able to knit the cuff all the way up to row 4, then ended with 7 rows of k1 p1 rib.
I love it, the cable and rib panel looks great, and I like Alice's pairing of k1 p1 at the top (i always default to k2 p2, but this sock is so fitted i'm not worried about it staying up and actually was hoping for it to be a bit looser that far up, which i think the k1 p1 does). I used the "graft off" top from SS: PnF to bind off the top, but here's a link to a photo tutorial of the same (they call it a "faux kitchener bind off"-- its really easy if you've got kitchenering down.) I used it for those dk weight socks, above-- I think it looks better on finer yarns (or maybe it was just me this time), but the bind off on the dk weight socks looks wonky. I've used it before on lighter weight socks and didn't see any slantyness like I did this time.
When knitting the short row heel, I took some pics because this always thrills me when I get here:
delicate little line inside the heel
outside of short row heel, no holes (i'm stretching the fabric).
I get such an icewater thrill when I see those stitches from the sole angling upwards.
But then again I'm a dork like that :)
Sunday, September 17, 2006
the thing about yarn.
I have this thing about yarn. (I know what you're thinking, you're reading *this* blog and saying to yourself, we all have a thing about yarn! :) I have *that* too, but this one's a little different.) I read where others collect souvenir yarn-- yarn they look at back home and think of rolling waves, arctic hinterlands, tennessee highways... As someone who Goes Nowhere, all of my yarn is souvenir yarn. I could easily tell you not only where I got it from, but what I was thinking when I bought it and even more... I could tell you about that moment in my life. Pawing the stash takes on an archeologic quality; merino hieroglyphics jump out at me as I start new projects.
When I bought this yarn, I really wanted the purple. I didn't buy it because it was too close to my heart... to the one whom the purple would have been perfect for, the one I couldn't knit for any longer. So I went with the blue, and when it arrived all I could think about was the purple not chosen. It didn't go away, the should have been purple echo, and I kept the yarn in the stash away from eyes not wanting to be reminded.
Fast forward to a few days ago, and I saw this pattern I *needed* to knit (Boyfriend Socks, by Alice Bell-- I popped on her blog by way of her Knitty Exchequered pattern) and figured that the yarn had lived indenial purgatory long enough *and* would be perfect for it.
As I went to cast on though, it just kept haunting me, the yarn that should have been purple. So I did as any knitter lacking sense would do-- I overdyed the perfectly good, professionally painted skeins. Purple. :)
(After all that, my camera can't capture purple. Bummer.)
So now its not blue, and its not purple... an in-between not-either. Just like it should be. Reclaiming it feels really good, and so does giving it new associations and a new story instead of the one of loss it had before. Plus, I think its going to make a really rad pair of boyfriend socks! :)
In other news, I was missing knitting socks-- a lot a lot. The stockings don't feel like socks anymore and just feel neverending, and spinning is great but there's nothing like socks. I want to finish these soon, they were supposed to be a quickie pair and they've languished now for more than a month...
Simple Socks, PGR style.
These are following PGR's "formula" from Simple Socks: Plain and Fancy exactly-- my first time using all of her pattern elements (extra rows after working heel before starting cuff ribbing, plain stockinette foot, etc.) Looking good, way bright but fun nonetheless. I even lined up the stripes as best as I could. I have to remember to shoot the sock that inspired these; I have a great vintage pair of non-handknit socks that Mom used to wear and were gifted to me during my teen years that I think you'll get a kick out of.
All these socks don't mean I don't still love spinning, of course :)
(undunked; twist not set yet)
I still have more on the bobbins of this roving and MUCH more to spin up, its fun but I had a heck of a time using the bottom bobbin holders on my Ashford Joy as a "lazy kate" for plying... they didn't spin easily and I kept having to jerk them a bit (and break my singles! ugh!) After a round of swearing I won't subject yall to, I went and wound the remaining singles into center pull balls and plied from them... which would be great except towards the end, they just started tangling and collapsing unto themselves and forced a few more choice words out of me. I think I may follow Theresa's tek and make myself a homemade lazy kate, someday.
Another reason I am working back up to spinning...
Soapy sent me a wonderful RAOK spinning present; a big box full of fiber for me to play with. So unexpected and sweet; I need to pick up more bobbins, I think :)
Speaking of RAOKs... I was thinking about how much easter egg dye I still have and that I probably won't use it-- anyone want some? I probably have 25+ 6-tab paas packs; enough for 2 people to get their easter egg dye on. First 2 who leave a comment and ask for it-- its yours :) I also have an extra copy of Spin It by Lee Raven (I received 2 copies, one from my swap with Heather and another from my mom who heard I was spinning)-- it mainly focuses on fleece prep & spindle spinning (instrux on making a cd spindle too), lmk if you're interested and I'll also send some of the brown sheep roving and superwash merino to play with too, if you want-- everything you need to get hooked like me. First comment again, I'm feeling unimaginative today :)
edit, monday afternoon-- everything's been spoken for :) i'll pop off emails to stariel, beckyboo and jen a little later today; knee deep in cereal, curious george and boyfriend socks at the moment.
Finally, filed under the "am i turning into one of those" department... the new threadless shirt I ordered. Sheep. That's all I have to say.
Threadless tshirt print, "insomnia" (and my affiliate id!) New this week (Sept 11).
I almost want to ask if its too much, but then again I don't want to know.
psst! anne! i haven't dropped off the face of the earth with my wheel attached, yet :) with all this spinning it just feels like i have "nothing" to say, but when i sit down to say anything i get these ginormous posts when i realize i do :) thanks to everyone who was worried, but no worries though! i need to post more often just so i don't have to run on for so long...
When I bought this yarn, I really wanted the purple. I didn't buy it because it was too close to my heart... to the one whom the purple would have been perfect for, the one I couldn't knit for any longer. So I went with the blue, and when it arrived all I could think about was the purple not chosen. It didn't go away, the should have been purple echo, and I kept the yarn in the stash away from eyes not wanting to be reminded.
Fast forward to a few days ago, and I saw this pattern I *needed* to knit (Boyfriend Socks, by Alice Bell-- I popped on her blog by way of her Knitty Exchequered pattern) and figured that the yarn had lived in
As I went to cast on though, it just kept haunting me, the yarn that should have been purple. So I did as any knitter lacking sense would do-- I overdyed the perfectly good, professionally painted skeins. Purple. :)
(After all that, my camera can't capture purple. Bummer.)
So now its not blue, and its not purple... an in-between not-either. Just like it should be. Reclaiming it feels really good, and so does giving it new associations and a new story instead of the one of loss it had before. Plus, I think its going to make a really rad pair of boyfriend socks! :)
In other news, I was missing knitting socks-- a lot a lot. The stockings don't feel like socks anymore and just feel neverending, and spinning is great but there's nothing like socks. I want to finish these soon, they were supposed to be a quickie pair and they've languished now for more than a month...
Simple Socks, PGR style.
These are following PGR's "formula" from Simple Socks: Plain and Fancy exactly-- my first time using all of her pattern elements (extra rows after working heel before starting cuff ribbing, plain stockinette foot, etc.) Looking good, way bright but fun nonetheless. I even lined up the stripes as best as I could. I have to remember to shoot the sock that inspired these; I have a great vintage pair of non-handknit socks that Mom used to wear and were gifted to me during my teen years that I think you'll get a kick out of.
All these socks don't mean I don't still love spinning, of course :)
(undunked; twist not set yet)
I still have more on the bobbins of this roving and MUCH more to spin up, its fun but I had a heck of a time using the bottom bobbin holders on my Ashford Joy as a "lazy kate" for plying... they didn't spin easily and I kept having to jerk them a bit (and break my singles! ugh!) After a round of swearing I won't subject yall to, I went and wound the remaining singles into center pull balls and plied from them... which would be great except towards the end, they just started tangling and collapsing unto themselves and forced a few more choice words out of me. I think I may follow Theresa's tek and make myself a homemade lazy kate, someday.
Another reason I am working back up to spinning...
Soapy sent me a wonderful RAOK spinning present; a big box full of fiber for me to play with. So unexpected and sweet; I need to pick up more bobbins, I think :)
edit, monday afternoon-- everything's been spoken for :) i'll pop off emails to stariel, beckyboo and jen a little later today; knee deep in cereal, curious george and boyfriend socks at the moment.
Finally, filed under the "am i turning into one of those" department... the new threadless shirt I ordered. Sheep. That's all I have to say.
Threadless tshirt print, "insomnia" (and my affiliate id!) New this week (Sept 11).
I almost want to ask if its too much, but then again I don't want to know.
psst! anne! i haven't dropped off the face of the earth with my wheel attached, yet :) with all this spinning it just feels like i have "nothing" to say, but when i sit down to say anything i get these ginormous posts when i realize i do :) thanks to everyone who was worried, but no worries though! i need to post more often just so i don't have to run on for so long...
Monday, September 11, 2006
i went to see the yarn harlot and all i got was...
A pair of clear clogs! :)
I have to say that Hollis and the staff of Full Thread Ahead really really REALLY did well in their hosting of Stephanie, you know... the yarn harlot :) From their odd sounding but fair check in system that gave you an idea when you could get your book signed (among 300+ people, this is a good thing!), to having plenty of chairs, setting up a "concierge" to hook people together, lists of eateries and just all around good planning-- oh yeah, and I'm not just saying all this cos I won a pair of clear clogs or anything ;)
Actually it was my socks but not my feet that won them-- the owner of my rainbow trekking 100 pomatomus socks won them in one of FTA's unnecessary but absolutely fun giveaways and graciously gave them to me (they didn't have honking men's sizes, i think he has more handknit socks to show off than i do!). I dunno, they're fun but will I wear them "out"? Not that I like to hide my socks or anything, but I just don't see myself wearing them much :) I loooove my socks, but mainly peeking out the tops of my cons. Maybe as the weather cools and I'm forced out of my stinky tevas (why i wasn't wearing handknits saturday! i'll be wearing them til there's frost in the afternoon, til i can stand it at least), I'll look to buy a pair of "girl's shoes" or something I can wear with a (gulp) skirt... I have lots of long socks on the brain for the cooler months ahead.
Proof I was there...
More proof? Perhaps you were one of the kind ones who didn't bodily turn around when they heard the braying donkey laugh behind them. I admit it, I laugh like a donkey... not all the time, but as I get going I don't realize it til I see people turning around, wondering who is choking on a chicken bone in the back rows. I forgot to bring a camera, glad I did... I think I would have just had a cf card full of tiny dogs and beautiful women from Los Altos on it to sort thru today.
Instead, I have some of the spooky, hippo spawn roving instead...
Loribird and Rachel suggested using stockings for dying the roving, which I will be forever grateful for and never ever would have thought of myself (the merino superwash is so soft, it just wants to float apart). I used the only stockings I had on hand, black thigh highs of course (not those, silly!), so I couldn't "see" the dye in the pot-- quite fun to open them up like christmas morning or that First Time with the one you love. I was glad to see the white as I always hope for some variegation when I dye "solids".
A little of it spun up....
Delicious. I felt myself squirming with "raspberry beret" playing in my head watching it work up... Prince makes me squirm, I admit. So does spinning from the fold-- there's no real "white" sections this way, just light cranberry and awesomeness. There's about 200 gm of roving that I'm going to attempt to spin thin and 2-ply for socks, maybe enough for long socks even :) We'll see.
I finished one "knuck" listening to Stephanie and half of one on the train ride home, they're going to be much shorter than written (pretty much the length you see here, I've run out of yarn-- not a big deal, its below the wrist, so its fine). The orange is the navajo plied merino superwash I showed last time-- it's quite dense and is making a very very dense fabric, much too much for the 3.0mm needles I'm using but in a good way. I had to put them down as my hand started to cramp a bit, being so tightly knit. I was going to save the orange yarn for October; did I tell you I'm going to only knit with orange yarn in October? It's my birthday month and a perfect present to myself, I think.
I'm debating on what to put/embroider on them... I don't want anything like "sock pr0n" or "knit xxxx" just cos. I'm really liking the idea of the word "make" but can't think of what to pair with it. I also like "hand made," really embracing the idea of that lately. What would you put on your pair of knucks? (If you're thinking about making them, do it! It goes really fast, is well written, and they're really cool. Pamela has a space on her forums just for knucks, a great gallery, and suggestions for knuckle words. There's also the Knucks KAL for inspiration. I did use glove length needles for the fingers, which saved my sanity a little bit.)
One more thing that made my Saturday spectaular (at least one thing I can share!!)
I received my threadless "recycling" tshirt! :) Socks, sheep, argyle y lightning... I love it. I also love all of yall that ordered thru my threadless affiliate link (there it is again, I admit!)... is it weird to order another of the same? For you know, when this one falls apart? :) They still have "plenty in stock" in my size... ahem, women's XL if you were curious. Killer thing? I ordered another shirt that was only available in men's sizing, that size? M. Its the same pretty much, women's fits better as its not a straight body and isn't as long, but still! Women's XL = men's M?! I hate shopping for clothes, I'm built like a linebacker around but I never feel like one til I have to go shopping.
have a week that was almost as good as my Saturday, and send me "finish your stockings" vibes! :)
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phinished 0bjects, 2009
All About Aran afghan, Knitty Gritty/Janet Szabo, Elann Superwash Worsted-- 3*4*09Woven alpaca/silk scarf, A Verb for Keeping Warm-- 3*09
Woven baby blanket with satin binding, Lana Gatto Wool Gatto-- 3*09
Handspun polwarth/silk Pixie Hood, cosymakes.etsy.com, fiber from aVfKW-- 3*09
Handspun yak/merino Pixie Hood, cosymakes.etsy.com, fiber from Tactile Fiber Arts-- 3*09
Handspun Thorpe hat, Through the Loops, fiber from A Verb for Keeping Warm
EZ Surplice Baby Jacket, Vogue Knitting Sp/Su 2007, Knitpicks Cotlin-- 1*09
Handspun Gentleman's Fancy Socks, Knitting Vintage Socks, fiber from zero.etsy.com-- 1*09
Sorenson toddler mittens, Kauni and Louet fingering-- 1*09
Ellen's Half Pint Farms socks, Simple Socks: Plain and Fancy-- 1*09
Handspun woven yak-silk/finn mushroom dyed scarf, fiber from A Verb for Keeping Warm-- 1*09
Woven Felted Tweed scarf, Rowan-- 1*09
Child's Placket Neck Pullover, Last Minute Knitted Gifts, Swish Worsted-- 1*09
phinished 0bjects, 2008
Stanley the Penguin (kit), KnitWhits, Louet Riverstone-- 12*08Thorpe hat and scarf, Through the Loops, Alpaca with a Twist Big Baby-- 12*08
Handspun camel-silk, weave-it woven lavender sachet, fiber from A Verb for Keeping Warm-- 11*08
Handspun woven cormo scarf, fleece from Cormo Sheep and Wool Farm-- 11*08
Woven Nature's Palette scarves, Hand Jive Knits-- 11*08
Woven STR scarf, Blue Moon Fber Arts-- 11*08
Woven wool/bamboo scarf, Regia Bamboo-- 11*08
Woven Sheep and Wool Co. scarf, Plain and Fancy dk yarn-- 11*08
Handspun Wisteria sweater (from fleece up), Twist collective Fall '08, fleece from Whitefish Bay Farms-- 10*17*08
Weave-It cat toys, assorted sock yarns-- 10*16*08
Cashmere yarn tasting kerchief, assorted cashmere yarns from Article Pract-- 10*12*08
Ten (!!) verb rolling hats for Knitters for Obama drive, Swish Bulky-- 8*23*08
Handspun RPM socks, knitty.com (pattern by me!), fiber from enchantedknoll.etsy.com-- 8*7*08
Verb Rolling hat, Knitpicks Swish Bulky-- 7*19*08
Handspun verb rolling hat, sw merino-angora-- 7*20*08
Verb Batt Roll hat, aVfKW silk-merino batt roll fiber-- 7*20*08
Velvet moon socks, Simple Socks: Plain and Fancy, Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock-- 7*19*08
Handspun SW wool/alpaca socks, Simple Socks: Plain and Fancy, roving from thewooloom.etsy.com-- 5*08
Ribs and Seeds socks, YoYo pattern and yarn-- 5*08
Handspun iPod Touch cozy, fibers from A Verb for Keeping Warm exotics tasting-- 4*26*08
Colinette yanr tasting kerchief, Colinette yarns from Article Pract yarn tasting
Handspun Hearts and Envelope (love letter in yarn), Closely Knit, yarns from article pract yarn tasting-- 4*21*08
Handspun Gesundheit, Magknits June 2006, roving from Ashland Bay-- 4*1*08
Imogen Jacket, Purl Grey/Fleece Artist, Noro Silver Thaw-- 2*23*08
Baby Surprise Jackets (twin set), EZ' Knitting Workshop, Colinette Jitterbug-- 1*28*08
Handspun American maid socks, Simple Socks: Plain and Fancy, roving from dyeabolicalyarns.etsy.com-- 1*24*08
Koolhaas hat, Malabrigo worsted, Interweave Knits Holiday 2007-- 1*16*08
phinished 0bjects, 2007
Handspun Unoriginal Hat, Yarn Harlot, roving from pigeonroofstudios-- 12*x*07Handspun Blackthorn socks, Simple Socks: Plain and Fancy, roving from pigeonroofstudios.etsy.com-- 12*x*07
Totally Autumn Throw, Knitty Fall 2007 by Anne Hanson - Knitspot, Interlacements Merino Worsted-- 12*x*07
Zimmermann Mystery Blanket, Knitter's Almanac, Malabrigo worsted-- 11*x*07
Garrterlac Dishcloth Washcloths (six), CriminyJickets.blogspot.com, Pakucho Organic Cotton-- 11*16*07
Sweet 16 Handspun scarf, zero.etsy.com superwash merino-- 11*14*07
Cable and Rib Scarf, KnitSpot.com, Patons Classic Merino-- 11*4*07
Noro Tasting Kerchief, various Noro yarns from ArticlePract.com-- 11*4*07
We Call Them Pirates hat, HelloYarn.com, Knit Picks Swish Superwash-- 10*26*06
Butterflies for Bairnes mittens, Knitting Fair Isle Mittens and Gloves, Louet Gems and Trekking XXL-- 10*6*07
Robin Hood Jacket, Adorable Knits for Tots, Rowan Cork-- 9*26*07
q Stockings, Knitty.com Fall 2007 (my pattern!), Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock-- 9*?*07
Twee fingerless gloves, magic-fingers.blogspot.com, handspun merino/silk-- 8*20*07
Hanami Stole, pinklemontwist.blogspot.com, Henry's Attic Carrera-- 8*19*07
Mystic Lake socks, Simple Socks: Plain and Fancy, Mountain Colors Bearfoot-- 8*11*07
Pomatomus #4 in handspun yarn, Knitty.com Winter 2005 by Cookie A, roving from pigeonroofstudios.etsy.com-- 8*5*07
Everlasting Bagstopper, Knitty.com Summer 2007, Louet Euroflax Linen-- 8*1*07
Handspun "the color" socks, Simple Socks: Plain and Fancy, roving from zero.etsy.com-- 7*20*07
ROBOT, Unusual toys for you to knit & enjoy, Patons Classic Merino & KP WOTA-- 6*5*07
Math Whiz socks, knitspot.com, PigeonroofStudios.etsy.com cashmere/merino/nylon-- 6*2*07
German Stockings, CookieA.com, Fearless Fibers Sock-- 5*20*07
Black Purl socks, Simple Socks: Plain and Fancy, Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock-- 5*19*07
Handspun Glass Ocean socks, Simple Socks: Plain and Fancy, roving from zero.etsy.com-- 5*7*07
Handspun CoL49 socks, Simple Socks: Plain and Fancy, roving from zero.etsy.com-- 4*12*07
Denmark socks, Knitting on the Road, Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock-- 3*18*07
Hypotenuse scarf, knitspot.com, Blue Sky Alpacas Alpaca Silk-- 2*28*07
Diagonal Lace scarf, midnightpurls.blogspot.com, Santa Cruz Handspun silk/merino-- 2*28*07
German Kneehigh Stockings, CookieA.com, Louet Gems Pearl-- 2*14*07
Red Herring socks, Knitty Fall 2006, Knit Picks Gloss-- 1*15*07
Toe up Baby Cable Rib Socks, Interlacements Tiny Toes-- 1*12*07
Mermaid Knit Wire Bracelet with Freshwater Pearls-- 1*11*07
bmp Space Invaders socks, Knitty 2007 (by yours truly!), Gems Merino-- 1*5*07
phinished 0bjects, 2006
Socks 101, knitalong.net/testalong, Malabrigo Merino-- 12*?*06One Skein Vanilla Footie Anklets #3 & #4, RYC Cashcotton-- 12*25*06
Center Square hat, Knitty Winter 2006, Patons Classic Merino-- 12*10*06
Sherwood toddler sweater, Knitty Fall 2006, Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece-- 12*2*06
Fuzzy Feet #2, Knitty Winter 2002, Patons SWS Soy Wool Stripes-- 11*29*06
Celtic Cable Cap, girlfromauntie.com, Patons Classic Merino wool-- 11*21*06
Boyfriend Socks #2, slippedstitch.blogspot.com, Interlacements Tiny Toes-- 11*18*06
Lizard Ridge afghan, Knitty Fall 2006, Noro Kureyon-- 11*16*06
Fuzzy Feet, Knitty Winter 2002, Patons SWS Soy Wool Stripes-- 11*12*06
One Skein Vanilla Footie Anklets #2, RYC Cashcotton-- 11*3*06
Mysterian Baby Sweater for Warm Up the Dutchicans -- 10*21*06
Knucks, Knitty Summer 2006, Handspun handdyed superwash merino -- 10*19*06
New Vintage Capelet, Spun Mag Issue 1, Noro Silk Garden -- 10*10*06
One Skein Vanilla Footie Anklets, RYC Cashcotton -- 10*9*06
Boyfriend Socks, slippedstitch.blogspot.com, Interlacements Tiny Toes -- 10*2*06
Ronald McDonald Easter Egg Dye Striped Socks, Henry's Attic Kona Superwash -- 9*21*06
Toddler Top Down Handspun Earflap Cap -- 8*31*06
Nautie, Spring Knitty 2006, Knit Picks Wool of the Andes, 8*7*06
Toddler Simple Sock, "Simple Socks: Plain & Fancy," Opal Krokodil -- 7*29*06
Yarrow Ribbed Socks, "Knitting Vintage Socks", Opal Krokodil -- 7*26*06
Pomatomus Socks #3, Knitty Winter 2005, Trekking XXL -- 7*26*06
Perdita beaded cuff, Knitty Summer 2006, Schaefer Anne -- 7*10*06
Felted Space Invaders postcard, knitmygrits.livejournal.com, Knit Picks Wool of the Andes -- 7*6*06
Sunburst Sling Bag, JustOneMoreRow.com, YarnPlace Sari Silk -- 7*2*06
Pomatomus Socks #2, Winter Knitty 2005, Lisa Souza Sock! -- 6*25*06
Toddler fingerless gloves, Blue Moon Fiber Arts Mediumweight -- 6*9*06
Shimmer Shrug, Knitty Winter 2003, Cascade Pima Tencel -- 6*4*06
Evening Stockings for a Young Lady, Knitting Vintage Socks, Schaefer Anne -- 6*1*06
Dream Swatch Headwrap #2, knitandtonic.typepad.com, Koigu PPM -- 5*19*06
Hedera Socks, Knitty Spring 2006, Cherry Tree Hill Supersock -- 5*19*06
5" sqaures for Warming Grace (Justin), Interlacements Toasty Toes -- 5*18*06
Handspun DNA sock (single), SantaCruzHandspun.com romney handspun -- 5*14*06
Dream Swatch headwrap, knitandtonic.typepad.com, Cherry Tree Hill Super Glitz -- 5*12*06
Molly's Headband, IK Summer 2006 online, Crystal Palace Creme -- 5*7*06
Basketcase Socks, criminyjickets.blogspot.com, Kona Superwash DK -- 5*3*06
5" squares for Warming Grace, various yarn -- 4*29*06
rpm socks, Knitty.com Summer 2006 (by me!), Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock-- 4*14*06
Womb, Knitty.com Winter 2004, Knit Picks Wool of the Andes -- 4*7*06
Child's First Sock in Shell Pattern, Knitting Vintage Socks, Lisa Souza Sock! -- 4*1*06
Night and Day Fingerless Gloves, SantaCruzHandspun.com merino/tencel handspun -- 3*27*06
Baby Cable Rib socks, "Sensational Knitted Socks", Blue Moon Fiber Arts "Socks That Rock" -- 3*15*06
Cable and Rib Sweater with Hood, "Baby Knits Book", Knit Picks Merino Style -- 3*14*06
Henry the Bear, "Unusual Toys for You to Knit and Enjoy", Knit Picks Wool of the Andes -- 3*12*06
Odessa Hat, Magknits Feb 06 by Grumperina, Brooks Farm Four Play -- 3*1*06
River Rapids Socks, sockbug.blog-city.com, Henry's Attic Kona Superwash -- 2*15*06
Odessa Hat, Magknits Feb 06 by Grumperina, Rowan Calmer with 8/0 beads -- 2*2*06
Mini Felted Mitred Bag, Malabrigo 6 ply bulky merino -- 1*29*06
Wyvern Socks, MarnieMacLean.com, Henry's Attic Kona Superwash -- 1*25*06
Jaywalker Socks, Magknits Sept '05, Interlacements Toasty Toes (pair #2) -- 1*20*06
Chutes and Ladders Toddler Socks, Yahoo Groups Six Sox Knitalong, Wildfoote Handpainted -- 1*14*06
Jaywalker Socks, Magknits Sept '05, Interlacements Toasty Toes -- 1*9*06
Pomatomus Socks, Winter Knitty '05, Fleece Artist Merino -- 1*3*06
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