No pictures to post yet. Just posting a quick note from Ohio. I'm out here for the Longaberger Collectors Club Gathering event. No yarn here just lots of baskets! Plenty of pictures and sock updates next week.
PS. My secrect pal sent the best package ! Sock yarn... and chocolate and stitch markers too! More on that next time as well. Thanks Secret Pal your the best!!!
Friday, April 27, 2007
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Now she wants socks!
Conversation from Easter Sunday at my moms..........
Mom- "Who are you knitting those socks for?"
Daughter- "Me."
Mom- "Who are knitting those other ones for?"
Daughter- "Me too. I'm knitting both of these pairs for me."
Mom- "Oh........" ( in a clearly dissapointed tone)
Daughter- "You said you didn't think you could wear my knitted socks. You said they were too thick." (spoken in a "Mimic my Mother" voice only a daughter can pull off)
Mom- "Oh well, I think I might be able to wear them with my new wool clogs...I could wear thinner ones.... I think. "
Daughter- "Sure!!!!! Now you tell me. Now you want socks!"
Mom- "Who are you knitting those socks for?"
Daughter- "Me."
Mom- "Who are knitting those other ones for?"
Daughter- "Me too. I'm knitting both of these pairs for me."
Mom- "Oh........" ( in a clearly dissapointed tone)
Daughter- "You said you didn't think you could wear my knitted socks. You said they were too thick." (spoken in a "Mimic my Mother" voice only a daughter can pull off)
Mom- "Oh well, I think I might be able to wear them with my new wool clogs...I could wear thinner ones.... I think. "
Daughter- "Sure!!!!! Now you tell me. Now you want socks!"
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
All talk and no new pictures
I have no new pictures to post of my progress... so I'll just tell about it instead. I've finished one sock of my Monkey socks so far. Looks awesome. I've started the second one and I'm maybe about a third done on the top so far.
I had to rip back my other sock of the Lorna's Laces that I had started. I messed up the pattern and there really was no fixing, so I frogged back to the cuff. I've restarted the pattern. I thinking maybe a lifeline wouldn't hurt on this pattern.
I started another new project... actually there are two new ones that I haven't blogged about. At work on break I've been working in a Ribbed Turtleneck Pullover in the Silky Wool. So far so good. It seems kinda lightweight for a wool/silk blend. I should've washed the swatch to see how it would bloom up.
Also I started a new Crewneck Vest in the Peruvian Sierra Aran from elann. I'm about ready to start shaping my armholes on the back. I've been motoring along on that. The pattern is a combination of one from an old Family Circle Knitting and an Interweave Knits issue.
So those are my new projects... now I'm gonna recap on some old stuff thats been hanging around too long. I was looking at my knitting pile this Winter/Spring and decided there were some things that could be frogged. One in particular is a sweater I've mentioned before. I bought the sweater kit at one of the local craft shows. I had completely drooled over the yarn at previous shows. I finally decided to splurge and purchase one of the kits. It's a mohair boucle handpainted yarn. It's really a gorgeous colorway.. called Mixed Berries... raspberry, blueberry and a tealish green. The pattern in the kit was for a roll neck with ribbed bottom and cuffs. At that time I wasn't a fan of the ribbing.. I was stuck on making all my cuffs and hems in the roll. So I modified the pattern... casted on, frogged, and casted on a few times before I finally had something I liked. However as I knitted the body in the round the colors began to pool and pool and pool and I liked it less and less. It languished for extended periods of time before I finally got as far as I did last winter. I felt like I HAD to finish it... that I'd come so far.. sleeves finally done and attached. So close to the neck area. But after being mere inches away from complete last May, it went back to the WIP pile again. Nearly a year ago now. Now after some time thinking about it, I've decided that the pooling is whats holding me back. I don't like it. At least not on a sweater. I know if I finish it, it will only lay in the closet and never see the light of day either. I think it's time to let go of the sweater and the guilt that I should finish it because it was a "kit and thats what it was supposed to be." The pooling only happened on the bod
y and not on the sleeves. I'm wondering how it would be differant if I tried it on straights and maybe at a differant gauge. Either way I love the yarn, love the colors but this pattern isn't working for me!
I had to rip back my other sock of the Lorna's Laces that I had started. I messed up the pattern and there really was no fixing, so I frogged back to the cuff. I've restarted the pattern. I thinking maybe a lifeline wouldn't hurt on this pattern.
I started another new project... actually there are two new ones that I haven't blogged about. At work on break I've been working in a Ribbed Turtleneck Pullover in the Silky Wool. So far so good. It seems kinda lightweight for a wool/silk blend. I should've washed the swatch to see how it would bloom up.
Also I started a new Crewneck Vest in the Peruvian Sierra Aran from elann. I'm about ready to start shaping my armholes on the back. I've been motoring along on that. The pattern is a combination of one from an old Family Circle Knitting and an Interweave Knits issue.
So those are my new projects... now I'm gonna recap on some old stuff thats been hanging around too long. I was looking at my knitting pile this Winter/Spring and decided there were some things that could be frogged. One in particular is a sweater I've mentioned before. I bought the sweater kit at one of the local craft shows. I had completely drooled over the yarn at previous shows. I finally decided to splurge and purchase one of the kits. It's a mohair boucle handpainted yarn. It's really a gorgeous colorway.. called Mixed Berries... raspberry, blueberry and a tealish green. The pattern in the kit was for a roll neck with ribbed bottom and cuffs. At that time I wasn't a fan of the ribbing.. I was stuck on making all my cuffs and hems in the roll. So I modified the pattern... casted on, frogged, and casted on a few times before I finally had something I liked. However as I knitted the body in the round the colors began to pool and pool and pool and I liked it less and less. It languished for extended periods of time before I finally got as far as I did last winter. I felt like I HAD to finish it... that I'd come so far.. sleeves finally done and attached. So close to the neck area. But after being mere inches away from complete last May, it went back to the WIP pile again. Nearly a year ago now. Now after some time thinking about it, I've decided that the pooling is whats holding me back. I don't like it. At least not on a sweater. I know if I finish it, it will only lay in the closet and never see the light of day either. I think it's time to let go of the sweater and the guilt that I should finish it because it was a "kit and thats what it was supposed to be." The pooling only happened on the bod
y and not on the sleeves. I'm wondering how it would be differant if I tried it on straights and maybe at a differant gauge. Either way I love the yarn, love the colors but this pattern isn't working for me!
Friday, March 30, 2007
Secret Pal Goodies!
On Thursday I got a pacakge from my Secret Pal.
I got toally spoiled with a 4lb. jug of Jelly Belly jelly beans!!! A skein of handpainted Peace Fleece, Opal and Regia sock yarns and a mitten pattern to go with my Peace Fleece!! WOW.
Thanks Secret Pal you rock! The colors are perfect! I'm really going to have to watch those handfuls I grab of jelly beans.... they are soooo addicting!
I got toally spoiled with a 4lb. jug of Jelly Belly jelly beans!!! A skein of handpainted Peace Fleece, Opal and Regia sock yarns and a mitten pattern to go with my Peace Fleece!! WOW.
Thanks Secret Pal you rock! The colors are perfect! I'm really going to have to watch those handfuls I grab of jelly beans.... they are soooo addicting!
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
More new stash sock
I picked up some deals on ebay last week......a ten pack of Jaeger Trinity in Cornus and a ten pack of Rowan All Seasons Cotton in Purr.. yummy Spring colors. Makes me think of Easter eggs.
Also my Monkey sock is coming along. I'm working on the heel now. I had to do one less of the repeats to accomidate my leg.
Also my Monkey sock is coming along. I'm working on the heel now. I had to do one less of the repeats to accomidate my leg.
Saturday, March 10, 2007
Stash enhancements and New Socks
Last Saturday I went the LYS and checked out what she had left for her 1 day only Winter sale. I really didn't expect to find much as I arrived only 20 min before she was closing for the day. However I did manage to come home with 11 skeins of Classic Elite Skye Tweed in Dungeon which is charcoalish black tweed. Also I snagged one last skein (in this colorway) of Noro Big Kureyon in this amazing mix of colors. It looked so loney... I couldn't leave it behind!
Also sock progress.. or lack of it. I started another sock.. in some yarn I got from a swap in the Monkey pattern from Knitty. For once I'm actually knitting something that is currentish in the blog world. Imagine that. So far I have only accomplished one repeat but I think its looking cool.
I ran into a snag on my Columbine Peak socks... I had a moment of stupidness and instead of starting on row 7 of the chart (where I had left off the last time I touched it) I started at row 1... then after about 4 rows I wondered why all of a sudden it was looking strange. DUH! I figured it out and ripped back those rows but with the yarnovers and such I just couldn't seem to make it look right. I was only 1 1/2 repeats into the pattern anyway.. so I ripped all the way back to the ribbing and now I have to start it again. Maybe I should use lifelines on my socks! At least I hadn't gotten too far.. and what I did get done knit quick. So thats ready to start again. I definately learned something from that lesson.
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