Archive for November, 2006
I started a Pinwheel Baby Blanket for my Husband’s Brother and his wife who are having a baby. Due sometime in the next few days, I am told. I thought it was due in January. But no. It’s due at the end of November. Yikes. Definately not going to be done in the next few days.
I’m knitting it with Plymouth Encore Colorspun worsted yarn. Half Acrylic and Half wool. Washible and dryable. Which is good for babies, I would imagine. I am using the exact same yarn that I used for this baby blanket. The recient of that one, another niece on my husbands side, is now a little over a year old and she LOVES it. It’s her blankie. That makes me so happy. Something I knit for her is her beloved blankie. It’s the highest compliment for a knitter, I think.
November 27th, 2006
I made some convertable mittens to match my mobius scarf.
Pattern: The “Mom Mittens” from the Mitten Wardrobe article in Spun Magazine, Issue 4.
Yarn: Noro Silk Garden. Two balls.
Needles: Size 3 clover bamboo DPNs.
Started: November 12th 2006.
Finished: November 16th, 2006.
I love them! I desperately needed mittens. These were knitted with small needles so the fabric is very dense. I messed up the right “glove” part of the mitten.
I didn’t believe the directions and so didn’t follow them. I didn’t add enough body stitches after I was done with the ribbing, and then I didn’t follow the directions correctly for making the thumb. So I was left with not-enough stitches when it came time to making the fingers. So the pinky kind of sticks out like an afterthought. The left glove worked out better since I followed the directions correctly.
Incidentally, I think I have talked myself into reknitting my mobius scarf. ugh!
November 18th, 2006
Done and done. It curls in like a sonofabitch. I was tempted to frog and reknit in a pattern that would not curl, but I’m forcing myself not to.
Pattern: Simplest of all mobius scarves from 1st Treasury of Magical Knitting by Cat Bordhi.
Yarn: Noro Silk Garden. A tiny bit over one ball.
Needles: Denise size 8. I connected two cables together to get a 40″ cable.
Started: November 6th 2006.
Finished: November 11th, 2006.
I don’t recommend using the Denise Needles for this. I would go out and buy a long 47″ Addi Turbo circular needle if I were to do it all over again. I had a difficult time with the stitches flowing over the cable. I was constantly fighting them and pushing them to the other side.
I think I would also like a pattern that would not cause it to curl so much. My friend at work knit three rows and purled three rows so that It ended up in a kind of horizontal ribbing pattern. I think I would have liked that better. But this works for me. I like that I can wrap it around my head, if need be.
I have enough yarn to make myself a pair of flip top mittens to match. Yay! Stay turned!
November 13th, 2006
I thought I should post a progress shot of my mobius scarf since this baby’s going to be done this weekend.
yes, I loves me a quick knit. And it is taking not as much yarn as I thought it would. I’ve only used one ball of Silk Garden on this. I had to break the band on a second ball, but I don’t think I will need to use very much of it. I have about an inch to go before it’s the width I want it to be.
It’s hard to tell if I am doing this right. I am wary. I am having a hard time wrapping my mind around this thing. How does it work? Will it grow longer when I bind off? It’s a strange knit. It’s a nice break from the lace scarf that I’m knitting because I am just knitting and knitting and knitting and I don’t have to worry about row counting. Yet it’s engaging and weird enough to keep my mind occupied.
Perhaps I will have enough yarn left over to make some matching mittens!
November 11th, 2006
Here is some yarn that I spun with some blue and copper roving that I bought awhile ago. It’s two-ply and, since it’s my fourth hank of yarn ever made, it’s still thick and thin and not very evenly spun. I still barely know what I’m doing. I would really have liked this to turn out in a lighter weight because I see this being a shawl someday. In, like, a million years. But it is what it is. I do like the way it turned out, regardless
I had a bit too much to drink last night and today I am feeling the bad effects. I was hoping to do a FR10 when I went home from work. We’ll see.
November 10th, 2006
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