05.16.08
Posted in accessories at 1:13 pm by pauline
I don’t even know if this counts as a knitting project, it seems more like one of those mom projects I’ve been tasked to do over the years like Halloween costumes, prom dress strap alterations, and doll repairs. Anyway, Katie just started classes at FIDM in San Francisco and it involves carrying a lot of stuff back and forth on BART. She found a sturdy bag that can accomodate her laptop and some notebooks and binders. The problem was that the handle was scratchy and uncomfortable.
I just happened to have some yarn in my stash that worked out quite well, both visually and comfort-wise as handle covers!
I just made a couple of garter stitch rectangles, wrapped them around the handles, whipped stitched them on and tacked the ends to the lining.
Yarn: Knit Picks - Swish Superwash - Coast Grey
Needles: US #6
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05.10.08
Posted in socks at 11:09 am by pauline
My April socks are done! BMFA STR March 2008 Club socks, Leafling, by JC Briar.
The fit is great and I like the way they look. I opted to do the Symmetrical Toe because it will fit my feet better. I like the slipped stitches on the underside of the heel since I tend to wear socks out there first.
These socks took 120 grams, Emmett’s baby Leafling socks took 33 grams, and I have a small ball of yarn left over.
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts -Socks That Rock- mediumweight- colorway:Lucky ( 2008 sock club)
Needles: Addi Turbo Lace Needles size US 1.5 - 2.5mm
Started: April 4, 2008
Completed: May 7, 2008
Cast On: 60 Stitches
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05.01.08
Posted in shawls, stoles, and wraps at 10:18 pm by pauline
I queued Eunny Jang’s “Print O’The Wave Stole” about a month ago on Ravelry. This is my 4th try at knitting a lace stole. Hope I can persevere this time. I must overcome my short attention span. I just have to keep telling my self, “you will soon have a beautiful stole.”
I’m going a road trip to Southern California and back this weekend. Hopefully, I can get some knitting done in between babysitting Emmett and sleeping.
Eunny mentioned that the lace yarn version of the stole is huge so I’m knitting the body with 3 repeats instead of 4 repeats and cutting the length by 25% as well. I think that come out to 13 or 14 repeats on each of the body halves.
Yarn: Jagger Spun Zephyr Wool Silk - Sage Green
Needles: Addi Turbo Lace needles - size 4
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04.25.08
Posted in socks, baby stuff, shawls, stoles, and wraps, FO sightings at 12:32 pm by pauline
Since last August, I’ve been tracking the number of unfinished objects in hopes of gradually decreasing or at least maintaining the UFO count at the end of each month. I’ve been pretty successful so far except I had to fudge it a little by moving the end of the month a few days into the following month.
So, here are my UFOs as of April 3 (which is the end of March, according to my twisted rules). The official UFO count is 8. The goal is to maintain or decrease the count at the end of each month.
Since April 3, I’ve casted on BMFA Sock Club Leafling socks . I should be done with these soon.
And I joined the Mystery Lace Knit Along. Here’s Clue 1 completed.
So, I have about a week to finish 2 objects, either one of the new ones or something from the UFO list, in order to reach my monotonically decreasing ( my inner math geek is coming through ) UFO count goal. It’ll likely be the Butterfly Baby Cardigan and the Leafling Socks. The Mystery Lace won’t be done for at least 6 weeks.
On the FO sightings front, here’s Emmett wearing his new Baby Leafling socks! We will soon have matching socks.
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04.03.08
Posted in socks, yarn at 10:42 am by pauline
Well, it ’s already April, but here they are, my March socks!
It’s Mingus, by Cookie. The yarn is Dream In Color Smooshy, Cocoa Kiss colorway. After I finished them, I weighed them and they came in at 60 grams. I guess it’s all the lacy goodness that runs throughout the whole thing! I have 55 grams of yarn left over, almost enough to do the whole thing over again! (not that I will)
The pattern is full of the Cookie sock genius. I was drawn to it by the meandering ridges and the lacy panels. It was a pleasure to knit.
Here they are on my new sock blockers from Blue Moon. I can’t believe I’ve gone for this long without sock blockers. I finally got around to using the “bank error” coupon from 2007.
The best part is that I get to wear them!!!!
Pattern: Mingus by Cookie A.
Needles: US size 1 Knit Picks Circular Bamboo 2.25 MM
Size: Small - cast on 64 stitches
Yarn: Dream in Color - Smooshy - Cocoa Kiss - purchased from Purlescence
Started: Feb 14, 2008
Finished: April 2, 2008
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04.01.08
Posted in socks, booties, baby stuff at 2:40 am by pauline
I got my March Rockin’ Sock Club yarn in the mail last week. I was never much of a fan of this color until now. It is so cheerful and soothing to look at. Elaine was over and took this picture of the yarn because the sun was shining through the window just right:
Nate mentioned that Emmett was outgrowing all his socks so I couldn’t resist making a pair of baby socks out of the Leafling pattern that came with the yarn. I usually have plenty of yarn leftover when I make socks for myself anyway.
Pattern: Baby sock adaptation of Leafling by JC Briar - Rockin’ Sock Club
size: Cast on 32 stitches
Needles: size 2
Yarn: medium weight Socks that rock - Lucky colorway
Started: March 28 2008
Finished March 29 2008
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03.26.08
Posted in socks at 7:18 pm by jst
After several attempts of trying to knit a pair of socks, I finally got somewhere using a very basic pattern. I did not make the leg part very long because I did not think I had enough yarn. Good thing. I did not have enough yarn to make the leg 7″, instead I only made that part about 2″. Isn’t this cool! Of course, this is nothing compared to the more elaborate socks that PWW made. But this is a start.
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03.14.08
Posted in yarn, scarves, shawls, stoles, and wraps, accessories at 1:40 am by pauline
Last Sunday, we switched back to Daylight Savings Time. It meant losing an hour of sleep, but it also meant an extra hour of photographic opportunities in the afternoon and evening!
I convinced Katie to come straight home from work to model my Clapotis scarf!
It’s knit from two skeins of Fiber Fiend’s brilliantly hand-dyed Superwash Merino Sock Yarn. I made it 5 “ladders” wide and 25 “ladders” long.
When the scarf was a little more than half-way done, I blocked it so that Margit can display it at her Fiber Fiend booth at Stitches West. This scarf helped me (as well as many others at Stitches, I’m sure) realize the possibilites of sock yarn beyond socks. This doesn’t mean that I won’t knit any more socks but hey, I’ve got way more sock yarn stash that I have a need for socks.
The colors looked so different once it was wound up in a ball and then knitted up into a scarf.
Here is the finished scarf before I re-blocked it to get it out of its half-blocked half-unblocked state. The left is unblocked and the right is is blocked.
It wasn’t hard to decide that I wanted to block the scarf even though Kate Gibert, the pattern’s author, prefers it unblocked. Blocking in this case really showed off the colors in the yarn.
Hmm… just a few more months of scarf weather but much more daylight to come!
Materials:
US Size 4 needles
Approximately 430 Yards of Heavy Weight Sock Yarn
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03.02.08
Posted in hats, baby stuff, FO sightings, accessories at 2:21 am by pauline
Emmett is growing so fast! He’s outgrowing his hats. Nate showed me a picture of a Stegosaurus hat that someone was selling on ebay. I took some measurements of Emmett’s head, looked through my stash, and voila!
Here’s the view from the front
and from the side.
At last, he’s here to try it on. (minutes after he arrived and seconds after his dad put a cuties tangerine sticker on his cheek)
Pattern: Baby Stegosaurus Hat - by me (I’ll write it up soon)
Yarn: Some worsted weight from my stash
Gauge: 17 sts = 4 ”
Needles: sz 8
Cast on: 72 sts
Measurements: 16.5″ (unstretch) circumference and 6″ tall.
Feb 25-26 2008
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02.19.08
Posted in sweaters, baby stuff at 12:58 pm by pauline
Last week I knitted a baby sweater from Fiber Fiend’s new and soon to be available baby sweater pattern, Trees. Here’s Emmett modeling it for me just minutes before the sun went down yesterday.
The construction is easy and the Fair-Isle tree pattern is really fun to knit.
I even found some acorn buttons to complete the whole Hug A Tree, Hug A Baby look!
Pattern: Trees by Fiber Fiend
Yarn: Lion Brand Cotton Ease in Lake and Taupe
Needles: Size 5 for the ribbing and Size 8 for the body.
Size: 6-12 months.
Photography by Nate. Modeled by Emmett.
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