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Posted in finished object, gifts, knitting on Apr 19th, 2008
I have finished the Monkey socks! Behold:
Pattern: Monkey by Cookie A.
Yarn: ShibuiKnits Sock in Jewel (#4401)
Needles: US 1 40″ circular (can’t remember brand)
Ravelry: More details here (Rav link)
Notes: This was a pretty easy and fast knit. The cuff seems a little tight, but other than that the fit [...]
Posted in finished object, knitting, life, work in progress on Apr 10th, 2008
So I realized this morning that I never did a wrap up post for March. So here it is.
I finished the Jitterbug socks, the Ovaltine cardigan, the Amelia Earhart hat (same post as Ovaltine), and the Brownie hat which I forgot to do a real FO post for.
So I finished 4 projects [...]
Posted in finished object, gifts, knitting, work in progress on Mar 21st, 2008
So wanted to do a real wrap up of the Jitterbug socks.
So here’s all the pics for the project, well all the good pics.
Pattern: Jitterbug Ballband Simple Sock Pattern (Colinette)
Yarn: Colinette Jitterbug in Tapis
Needles: US 1 40″ circular
Notes: Started off doing DPN’s, but decided against and frogged and did socks separate using [...]
Posted in fever, finished object, gifts, knitting, ravelry, work in progress on Mar 19th, 2008
Ok, really just one more. I finished my first ever socks! Woot. I finally realized that, yes “working one more stitch each row…” does mean row 1 is p5, row 2 is k6, row 3 is p7, etc. Sheesh. I guess I shouldn’t wait more than a week to cast [...]
Posted in finished object, knitting on Mar 10th, 2008
So I finished Ovaltine on Thursday night (I think I mentioned that).
Pattern: Ovaltine from Big Just Got Bigger (Rowan)
Yarn: Rowan Biggy Print (Thunder) and Rowan Big Wool (Smoky)
Needles: US 19 (body/arms), US 15 (all bands and cuffs), US 13 (collar)
Notes: This wasn’t a bad knit, it went pretty fast because of [...]
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 fever, finished object, knitting, stash, work in progress on Feb 12th, 2008
Ok, sorry for the lapse (for the like 2 people who might read this). I’m all better now and back on track.
So I finished the hat, finally! It turned out pretty good. I could’ve made it a little longer still, but it turned out nice and it’s very cozy. I do [...]
Posted in finished object, knitting, work in progress on Feb 1st, 2008
Ok, I’m still sick but I’m feeling better enough that I hope to take some photos after work to illustrate my week in knitting.
I have finished another square for Ella’s blanket, and started my almost last square.
I did the bind off for my sweater and cast on the left side, and I’m almost done with [...]
Posted in fever, finished object, knitting, ravelry, stash, work in progress on Jan 22nd, 2008
Ok, no pics right now (I’ll add them later I guess), but here’s what’s going on around these knitting parts.
I started my sweater workshop at HCW’s. There are 8 of us in the class and it seems like it will be pretty good. I realized in class that I am bad at [...]
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 [...]