UGH The front of this vest gave me such a hassle! I had to undo and redo the front b/c of the friggin cables TEN TIMES. Now I am on a roll with Grey Poupon:
That pink and blue thing in the picture is one of the point protectors I made with my homemade clay. I think my dog ate the other one *doh* I have more, though.
Tags: knitted+vest
PHEW!!! I finally got the back finished at 9pm tonight. I will probably start the other one either later tonight if I can’t sleep or tomorrow sometime. It is amazing to see something come together like this. Can you see the blue pyramid in the middle? I can. I love the colors. If the yarn that I like in wool and in this color wasn’t $9.50 per 2 ounces (plus shipping) I would make another in wool as well.
This could easily be converted to a dress pattern. I can see a heap of possibilities with this. Now that I know the basics of the pattern, there is no stopping the creativity. Next time, I might even try to knit this in the round. I can see how it would be easily converted to circular needles.
Tags: vest, knitted+vest
Last night I decided to experiment with a homemade clay that can be baked into any shape. It’s a simple mix of salt, flour, oil, and water and VOILA clay. I made a few different kinds of ends for my knitting needles to see how they would come out. I believe that next time I do this, I will add some elmer’s glue to hold it together better. They are a little soft, even after baking and setting overnight. Right now, they will do. I am well pleased with the results. When my son returns, we will work on some other things.
Well I am alone for 4 days (my kid is with his grandparent, the man has to work) so I have plenty of time to fiddle around with some fibers.
Here is Vestilence at around 13 inches long. I still have 5 inches and some yarn in my roll. I think I will need another roll for the other side and maybe one more just in case I need it. When I hit Walmart I will be sure to get 2 more.
Then there is my new crochet project that uses the extended single stitch. Now I have been using this stitch to even up things when they get wonky on my other projects but I never knew it had a name LOL. I am making a pretty top out of the brushed acrylic my mother so generously bought me.
I just learned how to throw English style yesterday while watching Knitty Gritty. Something about the way the lady on television was doing it just finally clicked for me. I have found that I enjoy purling continental and knitting English. It goes much faster for me than just knitting and purling continental. I am flying through this sweater. The only thing that will stop me is the end of the yarn:
This was the scene this morning. I was 7 inches up. Now I am 12 1/2 inches up. This is what nervous tension does to me. I don’t know what else to do. …
Anyway, what way do you prefer ? English or Continental?
Tags: knitted+vest, knit, english, continental
My newest project on the needles is this. It may have to wait to get finished as I only have one skein of the yarn I am using and I need to get at least 2 more. I wasn’t going to use this yarn for the project, but it works out better than the yarn I was going to use. I found another pattern I want to do with the other yarn:
This one is a crochet project. I will be using brushed acrylic in Navy Blue for that (as far as I know right now).
I found a yarn store 22 minutes from here in Delaware. I want to go there and feel up some more yarns soon. I hope I can either talk the Man into taking me or keeping his son with him so I can go alone and revel in the glory of fiber without being rushed.
Tags: crochet+sweater, knitted+vest, knitting, crochet
This was my interim project so that I didn’t just start another sweater right away. I was going to crochet it but I didn’t have enough yarn to do that so it ended up being knitted on my size 8 circulars. I wanted to try the magic loop method and I was pleased to find how well it works. I won’t be buying a heap of short cabled circulars anytime soon.
Tags: magic+loop+knitting
Well in terms of the pattern I was basing my work from, yes this sweater is done. BUT In my head, after trying it on, I find that my shoulders are FREEZING so I am going to make two bands to go across there
What do you all think?
Tags: sweater, knitted+sweater
Okay we are down to the most tedious part of this process to date. I am fighting my way through the last boring ribbing rows of this sweater and praying that it fits when I am done. I did all my measurements and calculations. I did all the adjusting and fixing. It’s nearly the moment of truth. Just 6 more inches of ribbing to go (more or less). Here are the front and back respectively:
Tags: sweater, knitting, knit+sweater, online+craft+club
Here we are in the last stages of the sweater I began on the 26th of December 07. I have about 6 inches more to go up the top and then I am supposedly finished. I had a few snags in the middle, like when I added the sleeve parts they left holes on either side of the cuff. LOVELY! So I asked for a little help and figured out how to make them non-existent. I can’t believe I am nearly finished this sweater.
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