Yes, I still have no batteries in my camera. *sigh*. However:
1) Remika's scarf - done. Pink and girly, long and warm. To be posted ASAP.
2) My striped scarf - uh, hiding? I can't find the bag it's in. Oops. SO...
3) My new soft boucle tube scarf. About an inch done. Because I got distracted by...
4) Peter's sweater. Growing slowly but daily. This may take a while but I'm loving it (and knitting it with love). Maybe it'll be his wedding present... that give me until May!
5) Blanket. Uh, still in progress. But I don't love knitting it, which makes it difficult.
6) Alison's scarf. One of my coworkers scored an amazing deal on some Moda Dea aerie, the same stuff I used for my fuzzy blue shawl last year. She got three balls each of a dusty pink and tangerine-orange, and wants a long, wide scarf. Easy peasy - 15mm needles, 21 stitches. However, it may take awhile because big needle knitting hurts my hands lately. *sigh*
AND - I really need to get the camera back up, because I have stuff to take pictures of. Namely, SEA SILK! and GREAT BIG SEA SILK! Yes, I splurged at Inspirations on Friday and now have no yarn budget left (who am I kidding, I never HAD a yarn budget!). Seriously - $100 on yarn in one day? I have to stop now. Knit knit knit, but don't buy. Not 'til after Christmas... oh dear, it's another yarn fast. Yup!
Pictures soon I hope!
Oct 29, 2006
Oct 15, 2006
Still no photos, another update
God, two weeks gone and no post... things have been busy! First up in news is - Peter and I have set a wedding date! Yay!!! Sunday, May 20, 2007. Much to do between now and then, but it will be small and simple so hopefully low-stress and reasonably low-cost. That's the big news.
Now the knit-news:
1) Remika's scarf is coming along GORGEOUS. It's Freshisle Fibers softspun in cochineal pink, carried along with a strand of Vespa (colourway #1644), and it's super-warm-sparkly-girly fun. I'm hoping to finish it this week to send to her at school because it's getting darn cold out! Which brings me to...
2) My scarf. Striped denim and natural Mission Falls wool , 2" wide stripes in 2x2 ribbing, and I think it's about 4" wide. I'm into the second ball of each colour and I'm loving it - but oh, all those ends to weave in later! I'll think about it later. ;) Again, needs to be finished ASAP because it matches the toque and it's getting windy and damp in the mornings and evenings here.
3) The blanket - stalled. BUT - we're getting our furnace installed this week (YAY!) so it's a less pressing issue.
4) Fuzzy Feet - decided against. Will probably make socks of the dye party yarn, when the sock mood strikes again.
5) Uh... what else? Peter's sweater. Still to be started. I need to write out the pattern and make some adjustments and then re-swatch (Actually, I should swatch first, shouldn't I?). I am going to start it soon, honest!
6) N8an and Dan's blanket - well, I've got the yarn...
7) Sandy's shawl - in progress but slowly. Not for lack of love or interest, just really don't like the green. But she does. So it must be knit. I'll have to watch hockey while I knit it. (oh darn!)
And that's about it. OH! Yumi's shawl. That's in progress as my travel-with-to-work and such knitting. It's growing steadily but slowly. Yumi, when's your birthday again? (eep!)
Lots of other "want-to" projects in the bins but I think this is plenty for now... I have a term paper to research and write and other things to do (like, plan the wedding!), so may need to knit a little less. Dagnabit.
However, Ottawa SnB is Wednesday night - YAY! - so I get my quality estrogen time in. Love the SnB gals, they put things in such wonderful perspective for me. Now, back to the books and my scarf. Study an hour, knit half an hour. That's my plan and I'm sticking to it!
Now the knit-news:
1) Remika's scarf is coming along GORGEOUS. It's Freshisle Fibers softspun in cochineal pink, carried along with a strand of Vespa (colourway #1644), and it's super-warm-sparkly-girly fun. I'm hoping to finish it this week to send to her at school because it's getting darn cold out! Which brings me to...
2) My scarf. Striped denim and natural Mission Falls wool , 2" wide stripes in 2x2 ribbing, and I think it's about 4" wide. I'm into the second ball of each colour and I'm loving it - but oh, all those ends to weave in later! I'll think about it later. ;) Again, needs to be finished ASAP because it matches the toque and it's getting windy and damp in the mornings and evenings here.
3) The blanket - stalled. BUT - we're getting our furnace installed this week (YAY!) so it's a less pressing issue.
4) Fuzzy Feet - decided against. Will probably make socks of the dye party yarn, when the sock mood strikes again.
5) Uh... what else? Peter's sweater. Still to be started. I need to write out the pattern and make some adjustments and then re-swatch (Actually, I should swatch first, shouldn't I?). I am going to start it soon, honest!
6) N8an and Dan's blanket - well, I've got the yarn...
7) Sandy's shawl - in progress but slowly. Not for lack of love or interest, just really don't like the green. But she does. So it must be knit. I'll have to watch hockey while I knit it. (oh darn!)
And that's about it. OH! Yumi's shawl. That's in progress as my travel-with-to-work and such knitting. It's growing steadily but slowly. Yumi, when's your birthday again? (eep!)
Lots of other "want-to" projects in the bins but I think this is plenty for now... I have a term paper to research and write and other things to do (like, plan the wedding!), so may need to knit a little less. Dagnabit.
However, Ottawa SnB is Wednesday night - YAY! - so I get my quality estrogen time in. Love the SnB gals, they put things in such wonderful perspective for me. Now, back to the books and my scarf. Study an hour, knit half an hour. That's my plan and I'm sticking to it!
Oct 1, 2006
No photos today but an update
First, big thanks to J. for the dye party yesterday! Whenever I get together with the local knitting gals, I always enjoy myself and this was a terrific afternoon. I brought two balls of Patons Classic wool to dye, but first they needed to be skeined. One was taken over by Jo's daughter (a precocious nine-year-old who spins and knits and knows more about fleece than I ever hope to). She niddy-noddy'ed it whilst I wrestled with the other. Note to self - you suck at skeining. Leave it to those who know. Big thanks to Jo for getting me untangled.
So we did Kool-Aid dying, which is fruit-smelling fun. As per my usual impatient mode with dye things (generally, tie-dye tshirts), I did not make nice stripes, or interesting patterns. I squirted on blue, green, purple, and pink and then smooshed it all in to a kind of muddy mauve. However, it's dry now and rather pretty - I'll take a picture and post it later. I was thinking socks, but now it may become Fuzzy Feet slippers because I think the felting will make the coloration look even better.
Peter's neckwarmer, which I had mentally designed last winter, is now knit up and ready for this winter - I just need to sew on the velcro closure. Basically it's a variation on a triangle shawl - I cast on 20 stitches (Patons classic wool, doubled) on an 8mm needle and knit in 2x2 rib, knit two rows, increase one stitch each end for the next two rows, knit two rows, and so on until it was deep (long) enough, then doubled and redoubled all the ribs (with a few work-even rows interspersed) until it was long (wide) enough to wrap 'round his big ol' manly neck. Only problem is, the ribbing makes it kind of... ruffly. Like an Elizabethan ruff. BUT - I knit it deep (long) enough to actually fold over at the top which pretty much flattens out the ruffle. Anyway it's for warmth not looks. :)
Still working away on Kid's shawl, which she made ooh-ahh noises over this evening - that's my "in the bag" knitting. And slow but steady progress on the blanket - White Buffalo, for our queen-size bed. This may be a long WIP, folks...
Now I have a NPD - New Project Dilemma. I want to make a ribbed/striped scarf for me, to match my new toque. I also want to make a pair of the aforementioned Fuzzy Feet slippers because our floors are very cold and we won't have a furnace for at least another three weeks (grumble). AND I have an idea for a pretty pink scarf for a friend who's gone off to school - it'll be chunky weight, with the Freshisle Fibers softspun held together with a strand of Vespa shiny boucle. Supergirly and super warm. Besides, R. is one of the few people I know over the age of sixteen who actually looks good in soft pink.
So I'm torn three ways - I suppose I could start them all and rotate through them an hour at a time or something. Actually that might be wise because they're all different needle sizes and my hands would like that. I should swatch up the LB Homespun I got today for Sandy's shawl too so she can pick which colourway she likes. Thank heavens there's a long weekend coming up! Although I have course readings to do too... okay, here's the plan: For every hour of reading, I get a half-hour knitting break. That's fair, right? Right.
Pictures later in the week, I promise. I'm not working nights at the store right now so I have more time (yay!) for blogging, and reading, and knitting. Life is good.
So we did Kool-Aid dying, which is fruit-smelling fun. As per my usual impatient mode with dye things (generally, tie-dye tshirts), I did not make nice stripes, or interesting patterns. I squirted on blue, green, purple, and pink and then smooshed it all in to a kind of muddy mauve. However, it's dry now and rather pretty - I'll take a picture and post it later. I was thinking socks, but now it may become Fuzzy Feet slippers because I think the felting will make the coloration look even better.
Peter's neckwarmer, which I had mentally designed last winter, is now knit up and ready for this winter - I just need to sew on the velcro closure. Basically it's a variation on a triangle shawl - I cast on 20 stitches (Patons classic wool, doubled) on an 8mm needle and knit in 2x2 rib, knit two rows, increase one stitch each end for the next two rows, knit two rows, and so on until it was deep (long) enough, then doubled and redoubled all the ribs (with a few work-even rows interspersed) until it was long (wide) enough to wrap 'round his big ol' manly neck. Only problem is, the ribbing makes it kind of... ruffly. Like an Elizabethan ruff. BUT - I knit it deep (long) enough to actually fold over at the top which pretty much flattens out the ruffle. Anyway it's for warmth not looks. :)
Still working away on Kid's shawl, which she made ooh-ahh noises over this evening - that's my "in the bag" knitting. And slow but steady progress on the blanket - White Buffalo, for our queen-size bed. This may be a long WIP, folks...
Now I have a NPD - New Project Dilemma. I want to make a ribbed/striped scarf for me, to match my new toque. I also want to make a pair of the aforementioned Fuzzy Feet slippers because our floors are very cold and we won't have a furnace for at least another three weeks (grumble). AND I have an idea for a pretty pink scarf for a friend who's gone off to school - it'll be chunky weight, with the Freshisle Fibers softspun held together with a strand of Vespa shiny boucle. Supergirly and super warm. Besides, R. is one of the few people I know over the age of sixteen who actually looks good in soft pink.
So I'm torn three ways - I suppose I could start them all and rotate through them an hour at a time or something. Actually that might be wise because they're all different needle sizes and my hands would like that. I should swatch up the LB Homespun I got today for Sandy's shawl too so she can pick which colourway she likes. Thank heavens there's a long weekend coming up! Although I have course readings to do too... okay, here's the plan: For every hour of reading, I get a half-hour knitting break. That's fair, right? Right.
Pictures later in the week, I promise. I'm not working nights at the store right now so I have more time (yay!) for blogging, and reading, and knitting. Life is good.
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