Archive for August, 2006
Not much to say about Butterfly. Been there, done that. Knitting the small size this time so that it will fit. Am currently working on the right front panel. I am on vaction this week and we are going back over to the coast on Wednesday (W00T! Yay for the ocean!). Road trip, baybee! That means lots-o-knitting time. So I will most definately bring Butterfly with me to work on and finish. So I can move on with my life and to other things. I have MAJOR gift knitting to get to and I feel like I am procrastinating it. I mean, can you believe it’s going to be September in a few days? Christmas will creep upon us before we know it!
Um. Yeah. That procrastinating thing.
It’s going to be a Purl Scarf from the book “Last minute knitted gifts!” I saw my pal Judy’s and was inspired to make my own with some stash yarn. I am using some “Steadfast Fibers Wonderful wool” held together with Kidsilk Haze and some other mohair that I can’t remember the name of. So soft and pretty. I’m deciding if this will be a gift for someone for Christmas.
Speaking of inspiration. . .
Okay. I am not a regular reader of the blog “Wendy Knits.” However, every once in awhile I will surf on over there to see what she is currently knitting. Not long ago I saw that she was knitting up a Log Cabin Blanket out of scraps of sock yarn. I thought it was a fantastic idea! I love “Mason Dixon Knitting” (the book that is the cause of all of this log cabin knitting craziness on the web). I’ve already checked it out from the library twice. So I give props to them. We’ll see how far I can stand to go with this sock yarn blankie, tho. I might just very well get bored and stop. But I’ve been trying to figure out what the hell to do with my scraps of sock yarn. I can’t bear to throw it away!
That is all from this little corner of internets. Take care! and have a wonderful week.
August 28th, 2006
I finished these on Thursday night. Weaved in the last end and ceremoniously put them on my feet. I turned to my husband and asked, “Like my new socks?” His response was, “Did you buy those?” I said, “No. I’ve been sitting here working on them for the past two weeks.” He couldn’t believe that I knitted them.
Here are the specs:
Pattern: “Evening stockings for a young lady.” From the book, Knitting Vintage Socks by Nancy Bush.
Yarn: Knitpicks Essential. About two and a half balls.
Needles: Clover size 1 bamboo dpns.
Started: August 1st, 2006
Finished: August 17th, 2006
I really enjoyed knitting these socks. I almost suffered from 2nd sock syndrome but cast on for sock #2 before I could really even think about it. That cured The Dreaded Syndrome. I love “Knitting Vintage Socks.” I almost can’t wait to start on another pattern from the book. But I think I will wait until Socktoberfest since I’ve got lots of other things to finish up.
Like this:
I had tucked this disaster in the closet and forgotten about it. When I looked in there for some yarn I saw it and realized that this was, indeed, a neutral project. So what the hell. I thought I’d finish it up for August.
Yes, I have frogged and restarted. I was going to try knitting it as a seamless sweater but as I thought about what the hell I was going to do about the arms I realized I should just start over and follow the directions. I’m not skilled enough yet to figure this shit out on my own.
So there you go. Happy Monday.
August 21st, 2006
I havent’ posted yet this week. Sorry about that..I didn’t have access to the internet all weekend. Plus I didn’t have anything interesting to show you anyway. I will check in again this weekend. Hopefully I will be done with my stockings!
August 17th, 2006
I knitted on these:
Knee-highs from the book, Knitting Vintage socks. I’ve just turned the heel.
I also went to an art festival in Coeur D’Alene. Art on the Green. I bought these:
Made from an artist in ID. They will go on some yet-to-be-determined cardi that I will knit. How fucking cool is that? Some handmade cedar buttons, made by a local artist will go on a sweater that I will make with my very own hands. I love that.
Speaking of cool, I also saw this:
The piece is called “Bike Sweater.” I feel bad because I didn’t write down the name of the artist. Yarn was even hand-spun!
I also saw this:
WOW!
And finally, today I made a friend at the park:
He came and hung out with me while I knitted. At first I thought he was looking for food but there were (really obnoxious) people all around me feeding the birds and this little guy just hung out close by.
I snapped this before I helped save a dog’s life! Seriously. A dog got stuck in the duck pond and almost drowned right after this was taken. I will probably write about it over on Blatherskite if I can ever get around to it.
Happy Monday!
August 7th, 2006
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August 3rd, 2006