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Posted in finished object, gifts, knitting, ravelry, stash, work in progress on Jun 18th, 2009
Hey, I’ve been knitting. Surprise! I have been in slump, it happens when the weather starts getting really hot. I didn’t finish a damn thing in April, knitting blahs. However, I did finish my Lush and Lacy Cardigan (rav link) in May.
I think it turned out pretty good, even if the pictures [...]
Posted in finished object, gifts, knitting, stash, work in progress on Oct 24th, 2008
So since it’s been so long I have several project updates and a lot of stash enhancement to report…at least I have photos to make it more fun.
Pattern: Clapotis by Kate Gilbert
Yarn: Malabrigo Lace in Vaa colorway
Needles: US 8 (straight)
Notes: My first Clap, I liked the pattern. It was simple and the effect is [...]
Posted in finished object, gifts, knitting, ravelry on Aug 6th, 2008
I’m so behind with FO’s and WIP’s and stash busting counts, that I think I’m just going to add up my numbers and call it a day. No, I guess I’ll show what I finished in July, it was a busy month.
First, I finished Ella’s B, which I already blabbered about enough.
Then I finished [...]
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. [...]
Posted in gifts, knitting, stash, work in progress on Jun 30th, 2008
So I got my stash enhancements last week.
Remember, I got the Louisa Harding Nautical Cotton in #09 (Forest).
Elann’s Callista in black.
And Elann’s Coto Canapone in Medici Purple, the purple is much darker when not in direct sunlight like the photo.
So that’s all making me very happy. The Nautical Cotton is a great color as well [...]
Posted in gifts, knitting, ravelry, work in progress on Jun 9th, 2008
So one of the better ideas I’ve had was to create my own “sock club” a few months ago by taking the few sock yarns in my stash, pairing them with a pattern and putting them in a little tub so when I finish one pair I go pull another pair out. I’d been [...]
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 fever, gifts, knitting, work in progress on Apr 24th, 2008
Not much is going on actually, I have started/frogged/started a new sock project like 3 times. First it was going to be Jaywalkers, then the swatch looked like ass (completely my doing not the patterns) and it wasn’t doing it for me. Frog. So I found Charade and started that, then I [...]
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 [...]