Goodbye Blue, White And Gray
For now.
3 comments March 30th, 2007
Archive for March, 2007
Anemoi Mittens
I finished my stealthily knit, Anemoi Mittens. Just in the nick of time for the end of the Blue and White months of Project Spectrum.
Pattern: Anemoi Mittens. Designed by Eunny Jang.
Yarn: The blue is Socks that Rock mediumweight in thier Stonewash colorway (which I don’t see on the website). The white was knit with Knitpicks undyed sock yarn. I used half a hank of each.
Needles: Size 1 . The first one was knit, according to the directions, with size 1 dpns. The second one was knit on two size 1 addi turbo circs. The cuffs for both were knit with size 0 dpns.
Started: Feb. 22nd 2007
Finished: March 21st 2007.
I was inspired to knit these after seeing Melissa’s. I’ve always wanted to make a pair of colorwork mittens, but have been kind of daunted. I saw this pattern and decided that I just had to try it. So I did. Melissa’s look sooo much better than mine 
. But I’m still kinda proud of my work. I’ve never done anything like this before. I had to teach myself how to knit with my left hand. I think I knit continental style, but I didn’t look it up in any books. I just kind of did what felt right to me. It’s interesting because on the first mitten I held the blue in my dominant hand (right) and the white parts really show up. On the second mitten the white was held in my dominate hand and the blue really shows up more. So they look a little bit different. I was kind of experimenting and playing so I’m okay with that. Since this is my first real colorwork pattern I didn’t expect it to turn out perfectly.
I knitted the first one with dpns and then decided, for the second one, I would try knitting it on two circs. I found that method to be much easier for me with this pattern. It worked out well since the front and back are evenly split. And I seemed to be knitting more evenly. AND it was easier to turn it inside out to do the three-needle-bindoff.
The yarn. LOVED knitting with the Socks that Rock. It’s a really good quality yarn. And it’s beautiful. The knitpicks yarn was kind of frustrating to knit with. It was awfully splitty and it kind unwound itself at times. Not the best yarn in the world. But you get what you pay for, I guess.
All in all, I am really happy with these mittens! I loved this pattern. It’s just beautiful. I will wear them proudly this next winter (which can take it’s sweet time to come).
5 comments March 26th, 2007
Sunrise Circle Jacket
I’ve got to say, it feels so good to have another F.O. Here is the finished Sunrise Circle Jacket.
Pattern: Sunrise Circle Jacket. Shown in the Spring 2006 issue of Inteweave Knits and found here for free. Design by Kate Gilbert.
Yarn: Rowan Summer Tweed. In the colorway, “Shark.” I used 10 hanks.
Needles: Size 3 (!!!) addi turbos. I had to really go down in needle size to get gauge. I have no idea why and it bothers me. But it worked. I don’t recommend knitting this yarn on small needles like this. It nearly killed my hands.
Started: Feb. 8th 2007
Finished: March 15th 2007.
Click here for the Blog Archive on this project.
I’m so glad this is done. I like how it turned out, for the most part. I didn’t sew on the buttons in the right positions because it is bunching up at the bottom. I will fix that. But it actually fits very well! I’m not a big fan of knitting with this yarn. It wears really nicely. It feels nice and it is a a good weight. It will be a nice little jacket for summer. The fabric seems to breathe really nicely. But knitting with it was hell on my hands (as another blogger put it). I couldn’t knit this for long periods of time. The combo of the yarn and the small needles made it difficult.
But, all in all, I do like it and I think I will wear it often.
11 comments March 17th, 2007
Queen Charlotte’s Crown
Since I’m on vacation I’ve had all kinds of time to do crafty things. Yesterday I finished up another quilt block from the Tuscan Sun quilt. This one is called “Queen Charlotte’s Crown.”
The Sunrise Circle Jacket is blocked. Today I will put the buttons on it.
2 comments March 14th, 2007
Sunrise Circle Jacket is blocking
Hey guys! I finished knitting the Sunrise Circle Jacket! And it’s Blocking!
I tried it on before I washed it and the good news is that it fits like a dream! The back is a bit baggy. Not too bad at all, though. This is because I didn’t follow the directions correctly when it said to seam the back and the front using 1 st. for the back and 1/2 stitch for the front. To be honest, I didn’t really understand what was meant by that very well. It seems kind of obvious, but didn’t make sense while I was doing it. But that’s okay. It all worked out in the end.
The only thing left to do is wait for it to dry (which might take awhile. it’s pretty wet) and do the buttons. Yay!
5 comments March 12th, 2007