Stitch Whimsy

Loretta has a lovely craft blog that shows of fher cross stitching. There are lots of pictures of her work. I enjoy looking through all her projects. I have never had the patience to do any work smaller than latch hook. I am always impressed by how precise and beautiful her work is.

Tags: stitching+the+night+away

National Scrapbooking day is the 3rd of May, but you can celebrate all month long. There are a heap of sales going on around the net in honor of scrapbooking. If that’s your thing, make sure to check out all the major retailers for their specials. I would love to see what others are making in the world of scrapbooking, so please do share!

Tags: scrapbooking, national+scrapbooking+month, national+scrapbooking+day

I dont know what happened. I guess the overstimulation with fiber has left me high and dry now. I am still going to do more things, I just have not taken the initiative to do anything right now. I am getting back into my guitar and reading the Bible. I am doing my daily devotions and worshipping like I used to. I know that crafting will come back. I cycle through these things pretty rapidly. Please don’t leave me, bear with me in this. I adore all of you!

Until I am back to crafting on my own, I think I will start featuring crafters that I see doing cool things. Off to bound across the webosphere and find something I like so I can share!

I did finish I just didnt post it. i am not happy with it. The collar fit differently when I was trying it on in process. Now it’s too far back on my neck and I abhor it.

There was this weird gap under my armpit, so I fixed that. There was also a weird one where the V met in the middle…also fixed. I just DON”T like it. I am going to unravel the entire thing and do it over, or switch directions or something. It feels heavenly. The yarn is so nice. I am just overly displeased. It’s the only thing I can honestly say that I made and do not like.

Tags: raglan

HEHEHEHHEHEE This should be interesting. (thanks mom for the idea)

1. Cascade 220 - I want to know what all the hype is about.
2. Noro Kureyon - I want to know why people hate it so much.
3. Cashmere - because feeling it in the store is just not enough.
4. Silk - same as cashmere.
5. Malabrigo - too many people talk about it. It has to be good.
6. Merino - I have only touched it, but it seems to be the most popular yarn/fiber.
7. Soy -  It’s a more green yarn and is supposed to feel good.
8. Qiviuit - to find out why it’s so expensive.
9. Bamboo - might be interesting to wear.
10. Hemp - I know what this fiber is capable of, and it’s pretty awesome.
11. Linen - So many things are made from this, I have to see if I can make something comparable.
12. Corn silk - It is so shiny! I have to wonder wthat it feels like to work with.
13. Nettle - read about it in old story books, want to know what it’s like.

So that is my top 13 for yarn/yarn fibers!

Tags: thursday+thirteen

I am now finishing the first of the 2 sleeves on the sweater. I think it is going to be a quarter sleeve instead ofa long sleeve. It just doesn’t seem to be telling me it wants long sleeves. It is coming out really great. I did make one kind of annoying mistake on the underarms, but I will know not to do that again if I ever make this sweater in another color. I am contemplating making it out of the blue colorspun, since it seems to only be taking 2.5 skeins of yarn. That would be for my son, though.

Tags: sweater, raglan, knitted

I am about 4 rows from the suggested bottom ribbing. I don’t know that I will put THAT much ribbing at the bottom. It looks like a good 6 inches of ribbing *blech*. I will see what it looks like in a few more rows. It has been modified heavily to meet my size and taste requirements. Itlooks great though.

Tags: raglan, knitting, sweater

Okay so this was first thing this morning. I am now under the arms and working my way down to the next set of decreases. Joyful. I made some major changes, as in the yoke and collar. No way I was going to waste all that yarn for a collar to flap off the back of my neck. NOT happening. Not to mention, the weight of it on my neck would drive me BONKERS. So I am looking at probably 3 or less days of knitting if I continue to knit as fast as I am. I love doing this top down thing. so much easier to try on while knitting and fix the gauge really fast. I can’t wait to be done so I can WEAR it.

Tags: top+down+sweater, knitting

I said I was casting on the Shaded Tunic today, but I switched it over to the Knit It Down top down Sweater in the January 2008 issue. Why? Well I re-read the instructions and I need BULKY yarn with size 11 needles, the 10s are for the collar only. I decided to regauge the top down sweater to go with my size 10 circs and we will see if I did it right or not. I am currently working on the ribbed collar and am about 3 inches in.

So this is the beginning of the Shaded Tweed Tunic in the January ‘08 issue of Creative Knitting. I finally got the size 10 circulars I needed. They will come in handy for a few other projects that are on my list. I wonder if I will deviate from the pattern at all, since I like it so much as is. We shall see, I guess.

As it stands, I have made some progress on the Cabled tank I started on the 10th. The first side is nearly complete. I think I have one inche left to knit up before I get to the fun binding off and straps knitting. Then I get to work on the back side *oh joy*. It has been good, though, since I am eyeing the cables instead of doing them exactly to pattern or even in the direction the pattern says. I will take a picture when this side is done. The drape of it in cotton is already gorgeous. It’s like …dripping off the needles. Fantastic.