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Posted in crochet, finished object, knitting, stash, work in progress on Feb 4th, 2009
So I know the posting around here has been pretty sparse. I’ve been thinking about this blog and trying to figure out how to either maintain two blogs (one for crafty stuff, one for everything else) or how to better make this a blog about me and not just my knitting. So I’ll [...]
Posted in crochet, finished object, gifts, knitting, ravelry, stash, work in progress on Jul 7th, 2008
So. I finally totally finished Ella’s blanket. I’m very disappointed in how this project turned out. It’s a little sad because I put so much into that project and I basically didn’t really think the use of cotton + wool together through. I also got lazy at the end and threw [...]
Posted in crochet, finished object, gifts, knitting, stash, work in progress on Jul 1st, 2008
So I did manage to finish one thing in June (w00t).
I give you my Charade socks
Pattern: Charade by Sandra Park
Yarn: Claudia Handpainted Yarns Fingering in Plumlicious
Needles: US 1 40″ circulars (Magic Loop)
Notes: These took me forever to get started, which is why it took me about 2.5 months to actually finish them. [...]
So not much knitting in May. I didn’t finish anything at all. I started the Charade socks (like 5 times) and a crochet shrug, but other than that not much movement.
I did manage to get my garden started in May though and now I’m ready to really start busting out the [...]
Posted in crochet, finished object, knitting, life, work in progress on May 12th, 2008
So here’s my rehash of the April knitting, it’ll be short, and my update on life in general.
I only finished one project in April, the Monkey socks (Rav link), which used about 286.5 yards of yarn not from my stash really since I bought it in March for these socks as a gift.
The gift was [...]
I could do something in crochet instead. I really hadn’t thought about that, but there are a couple of patterns I found on Ravelry that might work for either my Louet (I’ll have leftovers from the $1.50 Cardi anyway) or the Tilli Tomas. First, there’s Short and Sweet from Stitch ‘N Bitch Crochet: [...]
Posted in crochet, finished object, gifts, knitting, ravelry, work in progress on Mar 3rd, 2008
First things first: the hat situation…So I talked with my sis on Friday and she told me that if I made something handwash it wasn’t a big deal. She also said she didn’t think something covering her ears would be practical. I’m still making the Earhart hat anyway though-to give her options. [...]
Posted in crochet, finished object, knitting, ravelry, work in progress on Jan 17th, 2008
I finished my little glovettes. They came out a little big even though I did the small size, but then again I can barely grasp gauge in knitting, much less crochet.
I finished another blanket square and started a sixth one…
I bought my yarn for the upcoming sweater workshop:
In other news my neck is [...]
Posted in crochet, finished object, knitting, work in progress on Jan 10th, 2008
Ok, so I got one of my Harmony Guides yesterday and while I didn’t find the exact stitch I was looking for I did figure it out with the help of looking at the diagrams and then trying to diagram/chart out my pattern. After reading it, crocheting the first row and paying attention to [...]
Posted in crochet, knitting, work in progress on Jan 1st, 2008
Hmm, so I’m working on this new project (fingerless gloves) in crochet and I seriously don’t think I’m doing it right. Check it out:
It’s done in blossom stitch and it just doesn’t look right. I think I don’t really understand what I’m doing and none of my crochet books has blossom stitch so [...]