Posts filed under 'Loll'
Did I tell you that I was planning on taking a yarn spinning class at Holy Threads? I didn’t? I guess it kind of slipped my mind. Guess what? I learned how to spin yarn! Actually, I re-learned how to spin yarn! To tell you the truth, I learned how to spin yarn way back in 2004 and then never picked it up again. I would try to practice on my own and get frustrated because I just wasn’t getting it.
Well. I finally get it! I was able to take this class and this is exactly what I needed. I needed an intructor to show me in person how to do it and how to do it proper. And she also explained what to do with the yarn when it’s all spun up on the bobbin and she explained what plying was and how to do it. It was fantastic! I feel like a whole new world has been opened up to me! Of course my yarn looks god awful but oh well. I’ll keep practicing and it will look better.
In knitting news…I decided that I needed to cast on for my mom’s Christmas gift. Let me just say that I hate knitting lace. I’m sorry. But that’s how I feel about it after this past week. I was trying this gorgeous lace stole pattern from, I think, this past issue of Interweave knits and it was going along swimmingly when all of a sudden the pattern tells me to Knit 7 together. Excuse me? Not only was I supposed to knit 7 figgen stitches together but I was supposed to keep them on the needles, yarn over, knit 7 together again, keep them on the needles, yarn over, and then stitch 7 together again, this time lettign them drop. I tried this and was successful for a few tries but then I kept losing stitches. It’s just not relaxing, either! I mean, if I am knitting lace anywhere around my husband and he talks to me I have to shush him. Poor guy! The only time I can knit lace is when I can have complete and total concentration which is never. Maybe, if I’m lucky, very early in the morning. So the pretty lace stole project that I worked on all of this week has been nixed. And I’m sorry there are no pictures of it. Instead, I’m knitting something else. And I can’t believe I’m knitting it AGAIN but what can I say. I just am. Sigh.
I’ve also been plugging away on Loll. Here’ s a boring progress shot of the back:
Oh, and my friend Judy sent me some lovely stitch markers!
Thanks Judy! I love them.
September 26th, 2006
I just want to say a big THANK YOU to Jenny from High Energy Knits for figuring out the gigantic mistake in the Loll pattern and putting it up on her website. I knitted up the left front with the new and improved waist shaping and decided that I couldn’t leave the right side looking the way it was. So I frogged down to the end of the fringe (thank god I don’t have to reknit that friggen fringe) and reknit the waist shaping. I’m going to do that with the back, too. I want this to turn out just right. The ribbing actually goes pretty quickly, at least when you compare it with the fringe.
I’m really enjoying this pattern so far, though. It’s really fun to knit up!
Here is that Blue Sky Alpaca Cotton sweater that I am knitting up in the round. So far so good! I love this stitch pattern! And the yarn is soooo soft and nice.
I’ve joined a couple of KALs.
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For socktoberfest I have some socks that I need to knit the mates to so I will do that, but I also think I will knit up the Rib and Cable pattern for IK fall 2005, thus, killing two birds with one stone (that’s really a horrible saying, isn’t it?). I am also really into vests lately and want to knit one. So I am thinking along the lines of Boogie or Veste Evereste (from the same issue of IK). We’ll see if I will get around to that. I really, really want to start getting on top of my gift knitting.
September 18th, 2006
I finished the back of Loll and am now working on the left front. I have noticed that I am not doing the waist shaping correctly and it’s irritating the hell out of me. In the picture the ribbing all comes together at the waist shaping. You can see how it’s supposed to go here at High Energy Knits. I knitted the waist shaping the way I interpreted the pattern. And it’s wrong. I thought about frogging and re-knitting. At least the left front panel. But fuck it. I’m so not in the mood to do that. Let’s just chalk it up to bad-reading-of-directions and leave it at that. I will try to be more careful next time.
So the Lotus Blossom Tank. . . Right after I finished my last post on that the mailman came and delivered my two balls of Bamboo Yarn. It seriously came to my front door in a flash! Kpixie rocks! The new yarn is actually a bit different from the old yarn. It most definately is the same brand and colorway. But the new yarn is much softer and the colors are brighter. I decided to start over and knit the tank using both balls of yarn, alternating each row. I got through two repeats and took a good look at it. I’m not so sure I like the way the colors together are knitting up. I really don’t want to start over AGAIN. So I am putting this aside for a bit to decide what to do. I may change my mind about it.
And finally I’m totally obsessing over this book. Knitted Babes. The copy in the picture I linked to is the library’s copy. Everytime I see it I check it out and fawn over the cute dolls. I even had dreams about them last night. I think I need to make one of these.
June 28th, 2006
Sachi requested a closeup of the fringe. There you go, Sachi! It looks kind of alien-like, don’t you think? But you can see how it would take forever to knit. Every two knits you have to fringe which takes 6 stithces. So you are knitting a hella lot of stitches when all is said and done. Right now I’m working on the arm-hole shaping. I got kind of sidetracked.
After seeing Jennifer’s beautiful Lotus Blossom tank I decided I had to have one too. Isn’t hers pretty? I looked at the pattern and noticed that it called for Southwest Trading Company’s Bamboo yarn. Hmm. That got me thinking a bit. The yarn that I knitted this little bag in was, indeed, bamboo. And it looks awfully similar to this color. I had quite a bit of that ball left over so I decided to “experiment” and cast on. I had to frog at one point because I screwed up the pattern, but the second time around I feel the zen of the pattern and it’s knitting up without a hitch. I went ahead and threw caution to the wind and ordered two balls of the SWTC yarn in the color Parrot, which I think is the same color. I know that the dye lot will be different, and, hell, it might not even be the same yarn. But I don’t care. I ordered two balls so that should be enough start over and knit the small if need be. I’m definately NOT in any way shape or form a size small, but thought that I would try the negative ease thing. It looks rather roomy on the model. We’ll see. Here’s a close-up of the lace pattern. I don’t know. maybe I just need to knit lace right now.
June 19th, 2006
I called the cable company today to transfer my internet service over to my new house. Our service is being shut off tomorrow. The cable guy isn’t coming to our new house until JUNE 7TH! shit! I guess that means I need to post. Which is a good thing. Because I have stuff to talk about.
So this is Loll. From the Rowan Calmer brouchure. I bought this yarn at Communknity last year on a whim. ahhh. and a lovely whim it was. Can you believe that Calmer has been sitting in my stash this long? I can’t. For it is the most loverly yarn to knit with. so soft. so, well, calming. And I’m loving the pattern so far. It’s just challenging enough to hold my interest. To be honest, I think I was feeling kind bummed out about knitting the past few weeks because I’ve been knitting on my husband’s slytherin scarf. b-o-r-i-n-g. I don’t know if I will ever finish that thing. ugh. Loll has kind of put a bit of spark in my knitting again.
Oh, and I decided to knit this project this month because it is blue! and you know what that means…Blue is June’s Project Spectrum color of the month. um, yeah. I am starting early. I can’t bear the slytherin scarf any longer.
Speaking of Project Spectrum, I made this adorable bag as a gift for my Sister in law’s b-day. It’s from “Last minute knitted gifts.” The yarn is a spare ball I recieved from Andrea (thanks Andrea 
). Isn’t it pretty? She said that it’s bamboo. There is qute a bit left over, too. definately enough for another one. I love it!
Oh, I forgot to take a picture of my latest book purchase. I was wandering around in this awesome little shop here in Spokane called Boo Radleys. Well, I didn’t have to wander around to find my purchase. I walked in the door and it was staring me right in the face. There was a table display of various knitting books in the “stitch-n-bitch vein. But then I saw “subversive cross-stitch” and I knew I had to buy it. I bought a “Happy Fucking Holidays” kit a couple of years ago (still working on it). totally love it. I mean, this is something I would have come up with if I was in the right place in the right time. The book is awesome. I totally want to do a nice little “rat bastard” cross stitch and send it along to my realtor.
Well, I suppose I will see you all after June 7th. sigh.
May 27th, 2006
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