Just a quickie to post these pictures:
The dreaded nupps. Can I just say that I am terrible at nupps? Because I am. :/
Posts Tagged ‘knitting’
Annis is done~
Thursday, June 17th, 2010More WIP wars
Saturday, June 12th, 2010I seem to have issues finishing things. Behold, exhibit A:
One shoulder seam, and the zipper, and I’m done! Sadly, that shoulder seam has languished in that state for about two weeks now.
However, in my defense, I present this.
The Sipalu bag that I started in January is off the needles. Now it, too, can languish in Finishing Purgatory until I get around to it.
I can’t be too hard on myself, though, because check out how awesome it is.
Anyways, I did in fact cast on the Annis shawl. Lace, especially long skinny lace like this, looks boring on the needles:
I have to set all of this aside for now, though, and do some major seaming work on SECRET PROJECT. It is at least easy, if not terribly interesting.
Status Update!
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010It’s been quiet here because I’m working on so many SECRET PROJECTS.
SECRET PROJECT #1 is done and just needs photos and wrapping paper.
SECRET PROJECT #2 is in the same state.
SECRET PROJECT #3, which is huge and has been spotted in the wild at knit night, just needs to be washed and blocked.
SECRET PROJECT #4 needs washing, blocking, and seaming.
This is the problem with gift knitting – I can’t write WIP reports! But boy, will I have some things to show off soon.
In the meantime, I am also finishing the Sipalu bag – it just needs two more rows of colorwork and a top welt. Then I need to figure out how I’m going to do the strap and closure, because I don’t like the originals. HMM.
After that, a certain Meg has convinced me to knitalong an Annis shawlette. Can I get it done before vacation? LET’S FIND OUT!
notes to self
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009Dear Self,
No, you may not start a shawl. You have two sweaters on the needles right now (remember that other one? Hmm?), and the laptop bag, and if you cast on another giant project you will go cukoobananas. Put that laceweight down right now, missy.
You may, however, cast on a new pair of socks if you want. I am not entirely cruel, and that yarn you got for that sekrit project is not going to work for said project but would make a lovely pair of socks.
Oh, and remember: you have 14 swatches to knit for TKGA! Yeah, you were hoping I wouldn’t say anything, weren’t you?
Love,
The sane part of your brain.
In other news, I made Monkey socks! They are, well, Monkey-like. But they fit! Huzzah!
over the river, through the woods
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
This time, I’m blaming my silence on Anime Expo! It was my first time in Los Angeles. I brought my Artist Alley table, which was not terribly successful, but I had lots of fun anyways. I had authentic LA experiences such as In-n-Out and getting in a car accident on the 110. (In a rental. *sob*)
I got a lot of work done on my Two-At-A-Time, Toe-Up, Magic Loop socks. That’s too hard to say, so I call ‘em the stripey socks. I have no picture, so just imagine some turquoise, stripey, stockinette socks. Knitting on the plane was an interesting experience… My balls of yarn kept wandering off, tangling, and generally being pains. I have a feeling that if I wasn’t dealing with two tiny, slippery balls of sock-weight yarn, it wouldn’t have been a problem.
Here are some things I do have pictures of!
ITEM THE FIRST: Aguona! The laptop bag is toddling along slowly, but surely. The yarn has been irritating my hands lately so I haven’t put a lot into it. Still, I’m almost through the orange stripe and moving back into red territory. This is me performing the dance of joy.
See that spot on the left of the second picture? The one that’s missing the top row of white dots? Yeah, they’re in there, but they’re totally buried. Oops. I’m going to need to duplicate-stitch over those.
Speaking of oops, I made a big one on my new project. Our knitting circle is doing a February Lady knit-a-long, and I’m going at it with gusto. Unfortunately, at one point some stitches fell off the needles, along with the stitch markers at the increase point. I put them back on in what I thought was the right order, but alas! This was not the case. And me being a super-duper-genius, I didn’t notice for oh, six or ten rows. That’s something like 1800 stitches I need to rip out. ARGH. Check out my amazing photo illustration at the left to see the oops.
Fortunately, I’ve been able to console myself with ten delicious balls of Rowan Felted Tweed. I’m gonna make my husband a sweater as a reward for putting up with me.
OM NOM NOM
the devil’s in the gutters
Thursday, June 25th, 2009
I am making a shrug! I based it off the Everybody’s Doing It pattern. I used garter stitch instead of seed stitch, though, and made as many border rows as I damn well pleased. As a person with extra-wide arms, wider bands tend to look more proportionate on me. Also, the yarn is so very, very soft.
I also picked up a hank of Noro’s Daria Multi in order to make some cute I-cord bracelets. Noro and I have such a love-hate relationship. This time around, I love the yarn but I hate how it absolutely refuses to become a ball. Honestly, I should go to JoAnn and ask for an empty trim spool – the sort with two posts – as I bet it would be the only thing that could properly tame this yarn. It’s more cord then yarn, anyways.
The other thing I’m working on is the TKGA Masters Program, Level I. I have heard tell that it can turn a normal knitter into a neurotic wreck, and it is SO TRUE. It’s for good reason, though; I’m learning how to really watch my tension and quality. The picture above is my billionth attempt at 2×2 ribbing. I am supremely unsatisfied with my ribbing skills. I am trying to tame the gutters that form in the second knit stitch, and so far I have not had much luck. Trust me, it looks worse in person. *sob*
In order to prevent myself from feeling completely inadequate, I knit Swatch 10, which deals with yarnovers. I discovered I also hate my yarnovers. Did you know that it’s possible to do them wrong? I mean, aside from wrapping the wrong way. I mean, mine were all sloppy. This did not help my feelings of inadequacy.
Finally, I turned to something I really can do: Swatch 4, bar increases. Bar increases! Easy peasy! I’ve done tons of those! In fact, it only took me about eight tries to get a decent swatch. I actually have to finish the top of that swatch, so there is no picture yet.
Yeah, I’m taking this program pretty seriously. How seriously? I knit a gauge swatch, which I then washed and blocked before I measured it. Doing things properly and by-the-book from the get-go? That’s serious business right there.
Picspam time!
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
The Fake Isle hat.
The Aguona laptop sleeve in progress. It looks way cooler than I actually am.
I am kind of irritated with Knit Picks, because they printed the two charts for the bag on two sides of the same page, meaning I have to pull the chart off my board every time I need to change charts – which is twice per row. If they were on separate pages, I could magnet them back-to-back. I ended up scanning them into Photoshop and following it on my laptop.
Things I done did
Monday, June 15th, 2009I realize I need to get photos for these things, but I’m just so lazy.
Recently finished objects:
- Fake Isle hat (needs blocking)
- Striped mat (needs ends woven in)
- 2, yes two, Clapotis-es
- Several dishcloths.
I also took the plunge and signed up for the TKGA Masters Course, level 1. I anticipate many learning experiences, and also tears, which are also learning experiences.
OFF THE NEEDLES
Thursday, April 16th, 2009My Flora Dress is off the needles! Finishing a knit is the greatest feeling in the world.
Of course, I still have a lot of finishing to do, but hey. It’s off the needles!
Pics later.
Tiny, tiny hats
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
I joined a knitting circle, and I’m super excited about it. They have a focus on charity projects, and so I knitted a teeny tiny preemie hat.
The pattern is Bev’s Baby Ribs and it’s just a little k2,p2 ribbed hat. Still, I quite enjoyed the company and the knitting! I didn’t finish up on Monday, so I finished it as “homework.” I wonder how many hats I can get out of one skein of yarn….
Oh, and I tried the Baylene needles. I like them! They’re grippy and flexible. They worked great for this project; I wonder if they would hold up to, say, sock knitting.
Pattern: Bev’s Baby Ribs
Yarn: I Love This Yarn! Sport Weight, soft blue
Needles: size 3 DPNs
And now, I’m off to figure out the difference between tags and categories. I feel a strange deja vu – yesterday I figured out the difference between sets and collections on Flickr, so.