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So I got all my July stash enhancements (aka, project yarn) now so I can share them.
First, I traded my Araucania Nature Cotton (in purple) for sock yarn (enough for 3 socks).
I have sent the Wildfoote off to another knitter as a random act of kindness (RAOK), I feel lucky to be able to buy [...]
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 finished object, knitting, resolutions, work in progress on Jul 3rd, 2008
I finished Ella’s B! YES, before she turned 2. That’s big, right? I’ll post pics later. I need to wash and block because seaming really stretched out the cotton squares. I’m hoping a wash and block will bring them to heel. So I don’t see little Ms. Ella dragging [...]
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 [...]
Uh, so I have no idea why I would sign up for a stash busting thing on the one hand and then 1) comb through every inch of my stash to document MORE stash that I didn’t count, 2) go to HCW’s and buy yarn and 3) Even look at the Elann and Little Knits [...]
Posted in knitting, ravelry, stash, work in progress on Jun 12th, 2008
So I signed up for June’s Bustin’ that Stash (Rav link), and of course the minute I agree to 1) knit 1000 yards of stash AND 2) not add to my stash I suddenly find all this yarn I haven’t counted. Another 1421.5+ yards unaccounted for to be exact…sheesh.
Here are the things [...]
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 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 [...]