I finally received my invitation to RAVELRY! I am beyond excited.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
Finished Things!
Hooray, things are finishing! Jan's hat is done, turned out pretty snazzy, though I wish I'd used a different yarn. The slow gradation of Moda Dea's Tweedle Deeyarn in Blue Heather was not well suited to the hat I'd chosen for her, since it had a cuff knit separately that you pick up stitches on the side to make the top. Nice yarn though. The skein I got was mostly blue, with a leeeeettle bit of the purple in the middle. The skeins are more impressive in person. Unfortunately, I have no pics of this hat yet.
I do have two other hats to show, though: the emergency Cold Sister hat and Vaughn's Tychus is done ... which I plan on sending to him soon. You know, whenever I get to the post office. For some reason ... the gauge is horribly, horribly wrong somewhere between my knitting and the pattern. The pattern calls for 5 of these triangles ... I finished three and went "y'know ... this looks hat sized." Measured it ... remeasured ... and indeed, it was time to stop. So ... err ... it's a little pointier than it ought to be. Next time....I will not do it double stranded, as required by the pattern. It also says you don't have to wrap or anything on the short rows...err, hello? There's holes! Being my first short row project, I did not realize that this would happen. Well, you live, you learn.
On to the next hat. My sister has moved to Salt Lake City and with the oncoming winter, has realized she's cold. Somehow, when one becomes a knitter, one feels responsible for keeping loved ones warm. I received an emergency call for a brown hat. This was whipped up in a few hours or so, easy peasy. It's fast becoming my favorite hat pattern, modified from the Flame Head hat in Stitch'n'Bitchfor solid and now, in the round! This has two former incarnations; one for me *gasp* and the first for my Dad, which can be seen in action here.
I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on Mom's sweater. Speaking of sweaters...I need to do something with my first sweater. It isn't very flattering...should I rip it out? Add a cowl/turtleneck/some sort of collar? I love the yarn...but the the whole design of the sweater is too boxy.
I do have two other hats to show, though: the emergency Cold Sister hat and Vaughn's Tychus is done ... which I plan on sending to him soon. You know, whenever I get to the post office. For some reason ... the gauge is horribly, horribly wrong somewhere between my knitting and the pattern. The pattern calls for 5 of these triangles ... I finished three and went "y'know ... this looks hat sized." Measured it ... remeasured ... and indeed, it was time to stop. So ... err ... it's a little pointier than it ought to be. Next time....I will not do it double stranded, as required by the pattern. It also says you don't have to wrap or anything on the short rows...err, hello? There's holes! Being my first short row project, I did not realize that this would happen. Well, you live, you learn.
On to the next hat. My sister has moved to Salt Lake City and with the oncoming winter, has realized she's cold. Somehow, when one becomes a knitter, one feels responsible for keeping loved ones warm. I received an emergency call for a brown hat. This was whipped up in a few hours or so, easy peasy. It's fast becoming my favorite hat pattern, modified from the Flame Head hat in Stitch'n'Bitchfor solid and now, in the round! This has two former incarnations; one for me *gasp* and the first for my Dad, which can be seen in action here.
I can see the light at the end of the tunnel on Mom's sweater. Speaking of sweaters...I need to do something with my first sweater. It isn't very flattering...should I rip it out? Add a cowl/turtleneck/some sort of collar? I love the yarn...but the the whole design of the sweater is too boxy.
Friday, September 28, 2007
Still no Pics...
..but thought I'd offer an update. Mom's sweater is coming along slowly but surely. Vaughn's Tychus hat is about two triangles' worth done. Jan's hat is currently moving the fastest as my first real cable project (warmup for my sister's sweater) and I suddenly feel like I'm drowning in knitting. Did I mention I got stuff to make socks?? Oh yes. Some Trekking XXL in color #290, which has been calling to me ever since I stepped foot into The Needle's Eye, one of my local yarn stores.
Speaking of yarn stores, I also discovered Oodles Yarn & Bead Gallery today. They were super nice, even though I was just browsing, and were knitting, which made me happy. Lots of very nice yarn was to be had. Not so easy for me to get to as the Needle's Eye or Santa Fe School of Weaving/Miriam's Well, but I think it shall prove to be worth the traffic.
Lastly, the hydralisk is still in the creative processes. I have not forgotten.
Speaking of yarn stores, I also discovered Oodles Yarn & Bead Gallery today. They were super nice, even though I was just browsing, and were knitting, which made me happy. Lots of very nice yarn was to be had. Not so easy for me to get to as the Needle's Eye or Santa Fe School of Weaving/Miriam's Well, but I think it shall prove to be worth the traffic.
Lastly, the hydralisk is still in the creative processes. I have not forgotten.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Horse!
Just thought I'd let everyone see this picture of myself and one of our foals from work, Reggie. He's five months old and quite the gentleman.
On the knitting side, knitting is getting done and there's projects in the works. Pictures coming soon!
Friday, August 24, 2007
ChibiUnunnilium: You need more vespene wool.
Oh yes. Two words: KNITTED HYDRALISK. For those (all?) of you who have no idea what I'm talking about : Hydralisks are a unit in STARCRAFT and I was inspired by this.
I will make one. It will be awesome and I won't even have to spawn more overlords.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
More Pictures
Here is the drop stitch scarf (aka Super Secret Scarf) as my mom and I get the dropped stitches to run. She wanted me to promise to wait until she was here so she could assist in the process. We had an excellent time. This was perhaps one of the quickest projects I'd whipped up, and the results were fantastic! You can see the post here.
Pictures!
Bobblicious is done! Modeled on its recipient, my sister Barbara. She's just moved to Salt Lake City and this is her "happy moving, don't get cold" present. This thing has given me nothing but headaches, but look at that smile on her face. Worth it? I'd say so.
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