Wow, I wanted to post this earlier this week…but it’s been way too busy around here!
I know I promised to post new pictures of my works in progress last time, so here they are. I finished the body of my sweater late last week, did a 3-needle bindoff to sew the shoulders together, and now I’m on row 37 of the 82 rows needed for the hood.
After I finish the hood, I just need to run an applied i-cord up the front edges, put in the zipper, and sew the sleeves on. Think I can do that in the next 2 weeks, considering I’ve never done the i-cord thing before?
I also have a pair of socks for CBtY that are almost done (I just need to do 2 or 3 more rows of ribbing at the top), but I forgot to take pictures of them.
Instead, I have pictures of my yummy Blue Moon Fiber Arts sock yarn that I got at MD Sheep and Wool:
I think the first socks I make from this stuff are going to use that bright red/pink yarn (the color is called Lovers Leap, and as soon as I saw it I knew it was perfect for CBtE), and I’m going to use the stitch pattern from these Froot Loop socks, with modifications to fit CBtE’s foot.
Yes, he really likes those colors… 🙂
of your thoughts*…anything needling you this week?
*Boran2 coined that phrase.
I know I’ve talked about Ravelry here, and some of us are members there…well here’s an article from the Philly Inquirer about how people on Ravelry are mixing knitting and politics:
Most heartening thing about this: within the last 2 weeks, there’s been a new Ravelry discussion group started by both of the women mentioned above: “Mending Fences for the White House”.
I guess my idea of asking for a Rainbow afghan for my king size bed is out. I do love the craft and the beautiful pictures. Maybe some year I will try my hand at knitting again. I use to make scarves when I was a kid but always had to have someone else tie or finish them off. LOL
I’m all thumbs, don’t have the patience, would never be able to do knitting. I know an talian lady who imported a machine from Italy that makes nice knitted stuff – sweaters, lounge robes, scarfs, head gear -you name it.
I buy the materials and pay her to knit me up. Walla.
My passion: cooking and gardening.
Hats off to all of you.
I’ve been mainly working on hats & scarves for our charity project. I don’t think I posted these photos before.
The hats are all knit from worsted weight yarn on a 16″ 10½ circular. I cast on 66 stitches and work about 3″ of ribbing and then work in stockinette or another pattern until the total length equals between 7½ to 8″. The decrease for the top is one round of K2TOG, 2 rows plain and then another row of K2TOG onto two double pointed needles (see the top photo). The red, peach & blue hats are worked in Quaker stitch – knit 3 rows, purl three rows. They look a little short in the photos but stretch out to the correct height when worn. The blue scarf is worked in garter stitch on size 15 needles.
I’ll try to get a photo of my latest sock & the really nifty Vinca sock yarn I just bought on Esty and post them later.
You’ve been busy! I love the stripey blue and white hat with the scarf – the colors are so pretty.
I’m looking forward to your latest sock and new yarn pictures. I bet if I get busy, I could post some new sock photos tonight too…
BTW, have you seen any good tutorials on attached i-cord? I’ve looked, and haven’t really seen anything that made me go “a-ha!”
The stripes are the result of the variegated yarn. It’s a lot of fun playing around with tension while knitting with it.
I did a search on knitting I-cord applied how-to and found these sites:
There are videos here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mBzXYQU4bgg&feature=related
and here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJAzaa5bqZQ
And these have photos:
http://www.chicknits.com/tticord.shtml
http://craftyconservative.blogspot.com/2007/06/attached-i-cord-tutorial.html
I think it’s very similar to adding a lace edging knit sideways to a shawl. You knit the last stitch of the I-cord together with a stitch from the sweater.
Thanks for the links, it seems simple enough.
That bottom picture reminds me of this for some odd reason: 😉
Me too! {bg} It’s fun to see what variegated yarn will do by tightening up the gauge and then loosening it. I’ve also been playing with using it in slip stitch patterns combined with a solid.
I wanted to let you know how much I have enjoyed these diaries.
Long, long ago I tried crocheting – it was extremely frustrating. Being mostly left-handed for fine motor skills contributed to the confusion. Over the years I have gained a much better understanding of what I need to be able to do things when shown by right-handed people…so I am finding myself tempted to have a go at this.
The colors of the yarns and the finished (or in process) works you and others have shown are stunningly beautiful. I can understand looking at balls of yarn and imagining the possibilities. And then to see what can be created with some string and two sticks – wonderful!
Looks like there is a whole new vocabulary to learn too.
Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks, tampopo. I’ve been busy with other stuff lately, so I haven’t been posting them as regularly as I would like to. I guess it just gives me more progress to show in the next one. 🙂
The left-handed thing is challenging…I never realized just how right-hand-oriented I am until I showed my friend’s left-handed daughter how to knit.
You should give it a try again, though. There are so many how-to videos (for knitting, and I’m assuming for crocheting too) on youtube that every time I’ve wanted to try something new in the last year, I can find a couple different tutorials that make it pretty easy to follow.
I’ve seen some gorgeous crochet patterns lately that make me tempted to give it a try.
as a righty w/experience teaching a southpaw how to play a guitar, l stumbled upon a much clearer way to do it…you have to “face” each other….then it’s “mirror image”…simplifies things considerably for everyone involved.
just a suggestion.
l’m def not a knitter…:{)
I’m right handed but I’ve had a lot of luck teaching left handed students by putting a mirror in my lap and having them watch what I’m doing in it. In the mirror, it looks like I’m knitting left handed and it’s easier for them to follow.
I’ve been sewing this week (taking time off crocheting) and have made 3 tops so far. If this is still up tomorrow I will post some pics., too tired to do it now.
CG, I love your new yarn colors, the sweater and of course the socks.
Hi Diane,
I’d love to see your sewing if you have pictures. There’s cool little fabric shop that just opened up that has the prettiest fabrics and makes me want to pull out my sewing machine.
Then I look at my mom’s ‘quilting room’ and realize how dangerous that could be. 🙂
Hi CG, I just noticed this reply, I will post pics of the tops on the cafe, maybe today, now I am up to 5 tops, and looking around for more material.
I have been a bit slow with my knitting, but here are a few recent projects.
The Knitty Toddle keyhole scarf (blue one was for a friend’s little boy and the other is my little guy 🙂 ):
And here is a sweater I’ve been working on for over a year – and I REALLY need to get going on it so I can actually wear it this fall!
I am almost done with the back I’ve done more than what’s in that pic)!
Here’s what it will hopefully look like when I”m done:
And here’s all the yarn 🙂
Now I am inspired to get knitting today 🙂
Very nice scarves with the added appeal that they will stay on active little boys at play. I like your sweater too! It looks like it’s knit like a log cabin quilt block is put together.
Those scarves are adorable!
Your sweater is pretty too. Which reminds me, I’m trying to finish mine before next week, so I better go pull it back out again. 🙂
Happy knitting!
I finished my latest pair of socks while watching the Indy 500 yesterday.
The yarn is a Colombia Minerva “feather-weight” moth-proofed wool that I found at a garage-sale. I used size 2 dp needles and my usual toe-up pattern. The lace is a modification of the Feather & Fan or Old Shale pattern. The standard pattern is an 18 stitch repeat but I had 60 stitches so I modified it to a 12 stitch repeat.