Oh so many goodies!

After a little mis-shipment, I got my knitpicks package. I got a set of Harmony Interchangeables 5-11 with 3 different lengths of cables. I also got the Harmony Cable needles and the ID tags. I bought some sock yarn for me and E (my first real sock yarn purchase!) and the Harry Potter Knits book.

The Harmony Needles are great, and so far no issues. One had a rough spot where you put the key, but I got out metal fingernail file and fixed that in a matter of seconds.

I finished knitting (but not seaming) one of the girls' hats, and started the mod blanket from Lionbrand. Little thing about that...they took it off their site. I had started on it and was only working on it when I needed some mindless garter stitch time, but when I went to pick it back up again I couldn't find my printout. I wrote them and could luckily give them all the info since I have my lovely ravelry account and they sent me the pattern through email. I was quite impressed, I got the email super fast and with all the info I needed. I couldn't be happier.

I got some cash for a Christmas present, so I went to Sheep's Clothing today since they were open for a couple hours.
I bought:
2 skeins of Blizzard


2 skeins of Cascade 220


2 skeins of Encore Chunky


Some sz 3 dpns & flex needles, a row counter, and Knit Socks!

Sadly (?) I have and will have more gift money to spend, and it's really hard not to want to spend it on knitting stuff. I really need to go through my yarn and donate what I don't want anymore to the girl (I do still want to buy her a knitting loom). Well, I should probably wait to do that until after I make my afghan. I want to use up as much of my old acrylic as I can on the afghan and maybe some toys.

Still waiting on my Knitpicks box

I ordered last Tuesday and was excited that by Friday night, my package had left Wisconsin and I assumed would be on it's short little way down here- I even thought it might make it here before the estimated delivery date of today. Well, the package left Friday night and so far hasn't been tracked to anywhere else. I find it incredibly hard to believe that a package that made an 8 hour trip through half of Ohio, across Indiana (and through my county), and into Wisconsin still hasn't made it back to Indiana in those 4 days. I'm disappointed, I'm bummed, and I have no urge to knit. Good thing I got Dale's hat finished over the weekend. Mom's Christmas package goes out tomorrow once I buy one more thing to stick in there.

Dale's Hat from a Lionbrand pattern, slightly altered.

Oops, It's Been Awhile!

Unfortunately some things have kept me away from knitting, but everything is back to normal now.

I had to completely frog my Tempting, but I have the notes around here somewhere when I'm ready to cast on again. I'm currently trying to finish all my Christmas knitting, particularly things I have to ship out. I made this little beauty for my mom:


Now I'm working on a hat for her boyfriend and trying to finish up the girls' hats and the washcloths, but I have until the 30th to get those done.

My MIL gave me a visa gift card today and I of course ran to purchase the Harmony Interchangeable set, but it is backordered until next month. I ended up buying everything separately plus some extras. Price ended up about the same, but I wont have the pouch to put my stuff in, I'll have to find something to take care of that problem. I will be sure to put up a pic when I get the goods. Keep your fingers crossed that it gets here before X-mas! I doubt it will, but a girl can dream.....

Some finished, some started, and some in between....

I've started making Tempting for the Tempting KAL on Ravelry. The picture makes the color look brighter than it is, but I don't think I'm going to have enough so I'll probably start over with some clearance yarn this weekend.


I've also started some washcloths for the holidays to make some gift baskets. It gives me a way to try out some different stitch patterns and not get bored.


And I picked up some yarn at Joann's yesterday that I love. I started making My So Called Scarf. I don't get bored with the pattern, but I had to use some metal needles to get the pointy help. Hopefully I can push through achy hands and get it done decently soon.


I finished my test mitt for the Fingerless Mitts. I really like it and with some minor alterations it should fit my hands.


Hopefully I can get this all balanced out and get myself going to make the kids some mittens. Last year they lost them a lot and that makes me a wee bit nervous about taking the time to make them....

My Ughs!

UGH!

Click to view the atrocities :P

They're horrible, ugly things that will hide away forever. Enjoy, laugh, cackle, or share the frustration!

My Newest Hat

It's super duper comfy. I made it large enough to completely snuggle my head and any hair I decide to tuck underneath.

Unfortunately I can't find my notes at the moment, but as soon as I do, I will post the pattern.

It was made with recycled yarn from a chunky knit shrug. The ribbon was purchased at Hobby Lobby about a year ago.

My Newest Knits

I finished Cece's scarf, but I won't be posting a picture of that until I can take one with her wearing it. It's just a stockinette stitch scarf, if she wants fringe or tassels, I'm sure she can manage that without me.

I did do Jess's Hat:

It looks adorable on her, but she was pukey so I decided to crop the pic, and I'll get a better one when I see her next.

I also made two different Calorimetry headbands. The first was made on 8s with a 90 st cast on and barely any repeats that were called for. It's still rather large, but is definitely more of a headband.


The second was on 6s with the full 120 CO. I did apx 15/12 of the repeats called for. It's a lot larger and will cover my ears and keep them snuggly when a full hat isn't necessary or desired.

Oh the FOs

I've made to calorimetries (hmm, not sure of the plural on that one) and some random hats. I'm pretty satisfied with both and I even got myself to completely finish them. I will definitely post pics tomorrow.

I'm nearly done with Cheryl's scarf, so after that is done I will make her cabled hat. I'm afraid to give it to her this weekend. I made mine when I was sick, Jess got sick the night I gave hers to her, no cursing Cheryl. Not before her first date in many a year.

Will do updates with photos tomorrow after the horribly weekly grocery shopping is done!

Ear Warmth

It's chilly here, chilly enough to pull out coats, hats, and scarves. Last night I got a little obsessed with warmth (I've been wearing 2 pairs of socks this week). I made a prototype I guess of my own headband/earwarmer. It's nice, cute, but needs tweaking. I made it on circs and am now debating changing how I did it to accommodate some things I don't like. Needless to say I'll try other varieties, (I do finally have calorimetry in my queue) but I want to finish my own first. One other thing I would change is using wool instead of acrylic. There's just something too lightweight about it.

Ok, tried again and much better fitting. End result is about 21", but I haven't measured the gauge yet.

I used 2 yarns, both red heart super saver. The Main Color is Country Rose, CC is Med Thyme.

I did a CO of 80 with the MC and knit for 5 rows
Beg with a purl row, do stock st for 3 rows
Change to CC and continue stock for 6 more rows
Change back to MC and cont for 3 more rows
Next row, BO 10, purl across
Next row, BO 10, knit across
Bind Off, weave in ends and seam.

If you're concerned about size you could add I cord, CO additional stitches, or do another closure.

October and Pink

I've been desperately trying to go through my stash. It's not like I have money to buy new if I do use it up, but one day I will, and I would like to get through all this regular acrylic I have. I don't mind the blends, and the acrylics I do have are soft when knit particularly (not to0 tight and not too bulky) but I have some garments I'd like to make and none of my yarn is what I want, but I don't have the needles to do it anyway. I was hoping for the knit picks harmony set for my birthday or x-mas, but they're so backordered that I don't think it will happen even if anyone did do their shopping well in advance.

So onto the projects..... I wanted to use up some of my recycled yarn. I have some ideas for certain things, but others were proving difficult. So, it's October which means YAY for Breast Cancer Awareness month, so I pulled out a couple of different pinks and went to town on something fun, easy, and a bit funky. No pattern, no sameness, just some random knits.

Blue Matching Snarf

I decided to make the Holey Rib scarf found here as Lacy Scarf 2.0.

I didn't want an entirely holey scarf, so I changed some things. I started and ended the scarf with 3 sections of the 2(x2) stitch repeat followed by 6 rows of stockinette. About halfway through the scarf I added another single repeat of the stitch pattern. I also had one end 4 stitches wider than the other. It's a shorter scarf and I seem to like it better when you tie it and a narrower end lays on top of a wider end. Maybe it's some throwback to a reverse necktie....

In the pictures I don't have the scarf blocked, so it's curled, but the close up of the stitch is hand flattened so it looks much wider than the rest of the scarf. It's not, just the lack of blocking for the rest.

Another Hat FO

I pounding out hats like no bodies business lately. There are a few garments that I would love to make, but as of now, no money to get the yarn needed and I don't have the needles either. I always felt like I was swimming in knitting heaven. Now my knitting has advanced and I don't have the means to do what I want. And what I wouldn't give to fit into these small sizes so I wouldn't have to buy 3 sheep worth of yarn. I'm not sure I could have ever fit into a piece that only went up to a size 36 bust.

and more hats probably to come. I really want to get rid of a good chunk of my stash. I'd like to be able to fit everything into the drawers that sit by the couch.

Christmas Gifs

Money's tight around the holidays, so this year I'm going to knit for the kids and then the adults if I have time. If you're friends don't like your hand mades, who will?

I'm thinking of making bags and headbands for the girls and no clue what to do for the boys. A. might make do with a toy better than anything else so I'll have to see what I can come up with. Might have to make another Furryness.

And boy do I really need to start writing up patterns for the stuff I make. It sure is simple, but it would be nice to remember exactly what I did.

Cheryl's Hat & Scarf

Cheryl mentioned not having time to knit her hat and scarf so I offered up my services if she brought over her yarn. I have the hat finished, and am slowly getting through the scarf. I made it pretty wide since it isn't a very dense fabric that way she'll get a good wrap and some warmth.

Kid Hats

I started a hat for myself, the only things I've made myself were a garter stitch hat and scarf that were my first knitting projects. Of course new hat didn't work out well either. I had bought some Nob Hill Jewel sparkle yarn when ordering some needles online and decided to pull them out all these months later. I was disappointed to say the least. It was a thick n thin yarn and hat some green dye on it. No where on the package or the website did it say that it was thick n thin, just bulky, and the green parts looked like a marker had bled all over the pink yarn. I managed to pull most of the green parts off (they seemed to only be located on the 'thick') and knitted up the bulky hat pattern with the only sometimes bulky yarn.

It really is a cute hat, good for beginning fall or spring, but it just didn't go as far down on my head as I wanted it to, so I gave it to the girl and started working on a scarf to match it. As soon as the little weasel figures out where she put it, I'll take and post a picture.


Mason's Hat started out as a hat for me too. Thought I'd improvise and didn't plan any part of it out. Yeah, as usual I ended up with an oval with a flat top. So I added crocheted earflaps and gave it to the boy.

Lori's Sweater

Lori's Birthday sweater is probably my proudest so far. I had to knit the entire thing twice, but it was well worth it and despite being done with an acrylic/wool blend, it's actually quite soft. I just hope it holds well enough over time.

I made the Stepping Out Coat from Hip Knits and I have to admit I'm not a fan of the way the patterns are written. The paragraph form kind of annoys me (which is just personal preference) and I find it harder to keep my place. The sizing didn't work out, even though the final measurements did which is what resulted in the frogging and second knitting of it. I ended up making the XL for a size 4-6 woman, but it fits so all should be well.

I used appx 7.5 skeins of Lionbrand Thick N Quick in Charcoal and did change the 1x1 rib to a 2x2. The pockets and collar were custom sized because they just weren't big enough in the written dimensions in my opinion. The picture below doesn't show the pockets because I hadn't added them yet.

Time to Catch Up

Most of my knitting information is on ravelry now. I keep pretty updated there (my account) with pics and project information, not to mention how well I've kept up with my stash. I've all but completed the pieces for Lori's Birthday Coat, I'm currently blocking the pieces while I finish the knitting the collar. I've reorganized my stash and put almost all of it away in the closet with the exception of the yarn for ongoing projects and hat/scarf/mitten yarn. I'd like to make enough for me and the kids and then make additional sets for the winter donation they will have at Aes' school. Speaking of school, it resumes wednesday, so the days will be a bit calmer to get the housework done and spent some time knitting! Yay!

Ravelry consumed my day....

So ravelry ate my day, but all my yarn is now in my stash... I think. After awhile it all seemed to run together. I still have some WIP to add, but I'm so tired of my camera and flickr that it can wait until tomorrow.

I started a group for newer knitters, didn't think I'd have any members until Jess showed up, but I woke up with quite a few. At least it won't be a lonely wait!

Yay for Big Things!

Got my computer back from the shop on the 4th but because of my finger I still couldn't do much knitting. I finally picked up the other day and knitted Baby Matney a new blanket (I just didn't like the old one, maybe I looked at it too long). It's 3 strands of off white virgin acrylic (garage sale stash) along with a strand of red heart symphony in blue, and a light green yarn on size 35 needles (I'll edit specifics in later). I was always a little intimidated with the big needles thinking what could possibly look good on them and didn't people just use them for a quick way out. But I love them! While the blanket certainly went by fast, it allowed me to add quite a few strands without being too tight or bulky and give it a lot of color and texture which I think is great for a baby blanket. Plus while it's heavier it's also a loose knit so little fingers can just grab on anywhere and drag it around. I'd never been able to accomplish this blanket with those strands on smaller needles, it just wouldn't have given me the look I wanted. So I had some black sparkly, bulky acrylic that I just didn't know what to do with along with some nobby fun fur type stuff I had been given as a gift. Never knew what I'd do with either so I threw them on the 35s and started a scarf. With the bigger stitches, the fur isn't too overwhelming and the black glitter business isn't so thick that it's uncomfortable or tight. Definitely not a winter scarf to keep you warm, but will be a nice accent to an outfit somewhere on someone.

I also got my invite for ravelry.com today. Quite made my day with all the stress over E's party. Once all that business is over I'll definitely start updating all my stuff. Not so happy that you have to use Flickr since I have a photobucket account I pay for, but it will hopefully only mean some double uploads. I don't have any desire to pay for two photo sites and I believe I prefer PB.

Pictures will soon follow along with details!

Updating

I'm finished with the sweater vest for now, I did the edging on the neck and messed up by binding off too tight, and picked up stitches on the wrong side of the arm so I just cant bring myself to finish it right now.

At a later date I'll get myself to finish the other arm and do all the seaming and weaving. Now is definitely not that time.

I made a baby sock and it turned out really well, but it hurt my left ring finger and it's making knitting pretty uncomfortable today.



I found a cardigan pattern that I think I'd like to try, I have enough yarn if I do it in a stripe pattern, at worst, I waste 7 bucks of yarn, so I think I'll try it out.

Bebe Sweater

So here's the picture from the book


Here's my front

and back,

all I have left to do is the edging and seaming and weaving.

Sorry for the blurriness, used the scanner instead of the camera

Oh The Jackpot

I went to Hobby Lobby Today to get some ribbon and decided to take a peek and see if they had any of lionbrand's microspun. On my way back to the yarn I noticed an out of place aisle that had yarn in it, by golly it was clearance! So I went back to get a cart and then got quite a bit of goodies!

• I got a pr of Lionbrand us 35 needles for 3.33 (i always see afghan projects for these needles but never wanted to spend 12 bucks on them)
• pr of balene 14" #6 needles for 1.49
• pr of susan bates 14" #11 for 1.15
• 3 skeins each moda dea dream in airforce,leaf,& waterlilly for .59@
• 3 skeins each moda dea lazy daisy in wavy navy, bubblegum & sea grass for .59@
• 1 skein lion brand wool ease in wood 232 for 1.48
• 1 skein lion brand watercolors in sunset rose for 1.06
• 1 skein lion brand landscapes (no color listed) for 1.06
  
• 1 skein yarn bee soft delight in red for .49

regularly all that would have been 70.96 but I only paid 20.68

I'm quite the happy camper today :)

When the computer dies.....

Big Bob's screen ran into a lighting problem, so I'm unfortunately stuck on wee bob with none of my files at hand.

I've recently finished a scarf made from yarn from two sweaters I ripped apart. I took two strands of the pink/white yarn and added a strand of the maroon and it came together quite nicely.

I'm currently trying to finish the baby matney blanket as well as work on a baby sweater vest from Knits, Knots, Buttons, and Bows. Right now it's looking damn cute and it will be my first attempt at a garment. I'm hoping I can use it to feel comfortable with armhole shaping for when I make Lori's sweater this fall.

Hopefully I can get Big Bob fixed soon and get back to posting pictures!

I Confess.....

I admit it, I haven't got much knitting done lately, but I have frogged 3 adult sweaters and 2 kid sweaters. E thinks I'm more into destruction now instead of construction...lol It's been so hot lately and I just haven't felt like doing much. I have 2 books on the way that I ordered from an online bookstore, and the final day of delivery window should be tomorrow, so hopefully they actually mailed them when they were supposed to.

I also ordered some bamboo needles (4 prs) and 3 skeins of yarn, for 20 bucks (including shipping), and I'm really excited to get that as well. I will be a really happy camper when I don't have any metal needles anywhere but in storage.

Another Library Trip

This library trip was much more fruitful than before, probably because I just looked at what they had instead of depressing myself about what I couldn't find.

I came home with 5 knitting books, 2 of which were good enough that I ordered used copies online. One being a baby book, and the other a 'gift' style book. I'm not so sure that I know a lot of people who would want such gifts, but the patterns and charts were just too nice to pass up.

Monster Update

Ok, I still wasn't able to make antennae, so I had pig tails installed.


So I made myself get on it and I sewed up the monster, got her eye on and embroidered her mouth (very hard to see with all the fluffy yarn). The only thing I can't seem to manage are the antennae. I'm not sure if it's my newness to the dpn's, or just my stiff fumbling hands, but either way I've yet to accomplish it.

Project Update

So I'm about half way done with Baby Matney's blanket, and 99% done with the pieces of the Monster. All that's left is the antenna and sewing all the pieces together (which I'm not so looking forward to now.) I'm trying to find some projects to use up the stash, though I've frogged two of Aes's sweaters, so I'm kind of adding to it. At least it's free, right? Unfortunately some other sweaters that I would like to dismantle have horrid seams, so I'm not so sure they can be taken apart without just making a mess and having tiny pieces. Hopefully I'll find more when I finish going through my clothes.

Library Made Me Sad :(

Looked online at the library's catalog and wrote down books I wanted to get.... Got there and found 2 out of 10. Mind you I am quite capable of using the library system to find what I want, especially in the teeny library we have here. There wasn't even room for the books I couldn't find, nor is anyone there friendly enough for me to personally ask any questions of. So I'll put in an email request for the books and hope that works. What I wouldn't give for a decent library.....

Monster Butt!

I started my first dpn project last night. Rupestur of Livejournal has created some cute items, and I completely adore the monsters. So far the only project that made me pick up the dpns.

I've generally been a little fearful of the dpn's and this took me three tries before I got the hang of it (yes, too stubborn to look up the details). First time I was holding two strands together as the pattern calls for, but my knitting is too damn tight. I tried again with one strand and got myself all screwed up...but the third time was the charm and the monster butt has begun. I've already messed up a time or two but all fixable screw ups.


The Monster Butt Has Begun!


Monster Body Complete!

I also started teaching the girl how to knit. I always thought I'd wait until she was 10 or so, but almost 7 seems to be the right age to introduce the needles. She's doing a lot better than I thought and also knows when she messes up, which means even if she does do it wrong she knows as she does it instead of looking at the piece and finding mistakes later. Of all the wrong ways to hold needles, I swear she's found them all. But I realized that she doesn't do a lot that requires much of her hands, so perhaps this is a good thing. I remember when we used to be practicing routines in high school and there were girls who never paid attention to hands and you'd end up with 1/3 of them looking like they were making puppets instead of dancing.....

The Pictures I Promised

Here is the blanket for Baby Matney, Knit on 13's with Lionbrand in blue and grey.



Here's my test fish, this one is about 10 inches long, but I bought Lionbrand Microspun today and plan on making them on different sized needles to give me different sizes.

And more projects....

I'm still working on the pink and green scarf, but my hands became incredibly tired of the 6s so I started making some other things and I swear the list keeps growing. I started a small blanket for Baby Matney as well as some knitted fish to decorate his present at the baby shower. Though I don't really know what could be done with them afterwards, they're easy to make and will look cute hanging from a basket handle or some other present wrapping.

I'm in the process of making a lapghan for my grandma, though it's getting warmer out, she's in a nursing home now, so she has to sit in her wheel chair and sit in line for dinner and what not, so I thought that might be a nice little blanket to keep with her. I just need to find a yarn that won't be so hot, and a stitch that will be aesthetically pleasing enough for her to realize that it's not just a scrap of fabric.

I don't have any FO's at the moment other than my one test fish, but will get some pics up of the wips when the camera's batteries are recharged.

Past and Present

While bored, I made this drop stitch and garter scarf. Made on 19s with the same yarn as the slippers except green. I like the way it curls so I have no plans to block it.





One of my current projects is a chevron scarf. I found a few chevron stitches that were completely wrong (either people can't count or have no idea what a chevron is) but I found one in a stitch handbook I purchased at Half Price Books.

It's made from the slipper yarn in pink and green.



and I started the bottom and cut off one row of purling to create a chevron ridge. It added a bit of texture and has stopped it from curling. Next thing to figure out is if I want to do the other end the same way and just deal with the overlapping yarn line.



I think this is my favorite scarf and I'd love to make a blanket out of these two, but I don't think I could stomach doing it on 6s. I'd probably have to go up to 8s at least.

Wavy

Finished the Wavy Snarf today. It knit up very quickly and is so soft.

Currently....

My fingers got incredibly sore from the slippers so they are going to have to wait until I buy bamboo needles in the size and length I need. The aluminum ones are making me feel like I have the hands of an 80 year old.

So I started the wavy scarf from Stitch N Bitch Nation. I used the creamy colored soft delight yarn with two strands held together and so far it looks nice and feels even better.

I also need to get myself going on Ember's birthday present. I'm kind of torn between two things and I'm afraid of screwing up either one.

My Yarn Stash

That's most of my yarn stash, I still haven't discovered any better way to store it, but I did rearrange it and baggie it by color. At least now I can see how many different textures and styles I have in each color instead of just having it sorted by brand/style.

I definitely need new baggies, so we'll be off to the dollar store soon to get some baggies and snacks to make it through our organizing day.

So the slippers didn't get done....

The slippers didn't get done in time unfortunately, but the viewing ended up being a day earlier than I thought it would be, so they'll go in the mail with some papers I have to send my aunt.

On the way back home, I stopped to get my mom a book she was trying to locate for a friend and ended up buying myself Stitch N Bitch Nation, I felt like I deserved a little treat. I looked through it today and found confirmation that the other drop stitch scarf I tried to make was wonky. At least I don't feel so crazy now.

I need a better solution for storing my yarn stash. As soon as I transferred it to a new container it was already at the top, so my additional purchases are still sitting in a bag. I'd also like to make them decently accessible but not necessarily in the spot they are now. Later this evening I think I'll lay them all out take some pics and then try to get them packed up better. I'm also hoping to finish the slippers tonight so I can maybe start on something else. The only other thing I have going right now is a needle case that is going take forever since it's just 3 feet of stock that I have to felt.

Slipper Fun

I made my slipper and it is so freakin cute, not to mention incredibly soft.


I started the second one last night and will hopefully finish it tomorrow. My uncle died today and since I will be going back home presumably this weekend, I would like to be able to take my aunt a pair of slippers as well. It's not a lot of consolation, but hopefully it will give her a little bit of snuggle.
When I gushed about the sale at hobby lobby today, Erik handed me a 20 and sent me off to the store. I bought some more of the slipper yarn and also what I needed to make Ember's Birthday present.

And on to the current projects

Now I'm working on slippers. I found a pattern here and since I'm afraid of double pointed needles, I was happy to find a two needle version that would seam up nicely.
So I dug into the stash for some of last years left over red heart and set about making a test model. Although my guage was right, something somewhere went a little wrong. I ended up with a cute looking little shoe, but definitely not the size or stretchiness it was supposed to be.


I didn't seam it up all the way, but you get the general idea. Somehow mine ended up looking like a colorful wooden shoe.

So I decided to use some different yarn (Yarn Bee Soft Delight Fushia), knit a little more loosely, and use 9s instead of 8s. So far it's looking like it's going to be one comfy slipper for someone. Hopefully it will be for me instead of my daughter.

I'm also going to make this when I can afford the yarn for it. I love the green and it looks so comfy!

My mother in law requested a sweater from Hip Knits for her birthday (September), so once she picks her colors and I have the money, I will definitely be starting that. It uses a super bulky yarn, so hopefully the hardest part will just be understanding the pattern. I really like the garments in the book, but I'm really not fond of the way they are displayed. All the patterns are written in a paragraph form and I'm a line by line girl. Give me the stats and I'll go for it. No need for rewording or making a pattern look like literature... it should look like some cryptic math.

And lastly, a birthday present (May) for Ember. I have the plans all drawn out and the math finished, I just need to purchase the yarn and a longer circular needle.

Erik's Imperial Logo Hat

I used Lion Brand Jiffy Yarn True Black 1 Skein, Natural Cream 1 Skein
Size 9US Needles


Guage 24 st/ 28row = 4"


Rows 1-6: Rib (k2, p2)
Begin Stockinette
Row 7: knit
Row 8: purl
Begin Pattern:
1: 34B, 8W, 34B
2: 32B, 12, 32B
3: 30B, 4W, 3B, 2W, 3B, 4W, 30B
4: 29B, 3W, 5B, 2W, 5B, 3W, 29B
5: 28B, 2W, 4B, 8W, 4B, 2W, 28B
6: 27B, 3W, 2B, 12W, 2B, 3W, 27B
7: 26B, 24W, 26B
8: 26B, 2W, 1B, 8W, 2B, 8W, 1B, 2W, 26B
9: 25B, 2W, 2B, 8W, 2B, 8W, 2B, 2W, 25B
10: 25B, 2W, 2B, 3W, 2B, 3W, 2B, 3W, 2B, 3W, 2B, 2W, 25B
11: 24B, 2W, 2B, 3W, 4B, 2W, 2B, 2W, 4B, 3W, 2B, 2W, 24B
12: 24B, 2W, 2B, 4W, 12B, 4W, 2B, 2W, 24W
13: 24B, 2W, 2B, 5W, 10B, 5W, 2B, 2W, 24B
14:24B, 2W, 2B, 6W, 8B, 6W, 2B, 2W, 24B
15: Repeat ROW 14
16: Repeat ROW 13
17: Repeat ROW 12
18: Repeat ROW 11
19: Repeat ROW 10
20: Repeat ROW 9
21: Repeat ROW 8
22: Repeat ROW 7
23: Repeat ROW 6
24: Repeat ROW 5
25: Repeat ROW 4
26: Repeat ROW 3
27: Repeat ROW 2
28: Repeat ROW 1
Continue Stockinette until 8 inches long ending on purl
Begin descrease
knit 2 tog through row
purl row
knit 2 tog through row
purl

*If I did this again, I would probably decrease another row but I had stitches so I stopped*

cut off substantial tail of yarn to pull through loops and seam



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Up Until Now....

Ember taught me how to knit this last fall, and for once it seems I have stuck with a hobby. I learned to crochet when I was 10, and continued doing it off and on until I learned knitting. I could never pick up crocheting enough to make anything other than scarfs and small blankets, so I'm pretty impressed at how well I've done with knitting and moved beyond those two projects.

The first thing I made was a scarf for Aeslin. Plain ole garter stitch scarf, it's not the most attractive thing, but if she ever gives it up, I'll probably hole it away somewhere as a point of reference. I've made the kids each scarfs and hats and the first nicer thing I made was a scarf for my friend Steff. Unfortunately I don't think I ever took any pictures of it, or else I'd post those for reference as well.


After making Erik a scarf (which he rarely wears), I decided to make him a hat.... and one he would actually wear. I found some Star Wars charts, but nothing he liked, so I had him make me one. Our first attempt was an interesting one. The chart was way too big and I was trying to adjust a hat pattern to go with it. We ended up with a gigantic hat that looked like it belonged on King Kong or some other appropriate sized primate.



Since the logo itself was too big, I ended up cutting the hat short (which really didn't help any) and it just made it look all crumpled at the top. And after giving myself a chart reading break, I had Erik make a new downsized chart which worked out a whole hell of a lot better. I made my own pattern for the hat based on the way he wanted it to fit him, and that made both of us happier. He's actually worn it other than when I took the pictures. In fact he wore it around the house for a few days after I made it.



I'll post the pattern and the chart in a different Entry for anyone who wants to use it. I'm quite sure my husband isn't the only Star Wars geek out there.

I haven't really made anything else that was too substantial. I made my mother in law a scarf to match her new winter coat, and have also made some scarfs out of some random yarn I had purchased.





this one worked out so fun, i just played with the number and stitches and needle sizes until it worked out into something that looked happy and since the yarn is so funky, it didn't really matter how many times I frogged it.

This bag was unfortunately my own pattern and I set myself up for way too much seaming, so the very last handle hasn't been sewn on yet because I'm quite tired of looking at it.


Made with Lion Brand Chunky.... little less than one skein.

Since I'm now on to projects I'm currently working on, or plan to start when I have the money, I'll put those in a different post.