Well I am keeping on keeping on. Making a little progress here and there on the sweater - and a little progress here and there on the shawl. Mostly LITTLE.
However I have been enjoying my spinning wheel a lot of late. Spinning some fun fiber and plying some singles that have been sitting here waiting for love.
I will try to post some pics after Thanksgiving.
I am going out of town for an extended holiday til after then! Yeah!
Hopefully I'll get plenty of knitting done because it is THIRTEEN days and counting til the sweater is due....eeeeeek!!!
Friday, November 11, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Plus one to...fail. Oops.
So just in case any of you were not aware...it is a BAD idea to knit while you're tired. I continued knitting on the test knit last night past the point where I was so tired I was brainless and today I'm paying for it by having to undo a row and drop and pick up several stitches to fix them. Ooops.
So be warned...do not knit tired. It's never a good plan. Consider this my public service announcement for the day.
So today I think I will spend fixing that and hoping to make some progress, because I have a LOT of repeats ahead of me. A 400+ yard skein of yarn...knit knit knit knit. Not sure how much I'll use.
I might also spend some time going through my fiber, reorganizing it a bit, trying to make heads or tails of it...my craft room really needs some work. I'm starting to get the destash bug - makes me want to get rid of all the clutter around me.
Well, back to my un-knitting...if I get around to sorting my spinning fiber I'll try to take a picture to post.
So be warned...do not knit tired. It's never a good plan. Consider this my public service announcement for the day.
So today I think I will spend fixing that and hoping to make some progress, because I have a LOT of repeats ahead of me. A 400+ yard skein of yarn...knit knit knit knit. Not sure how much I'll use.
I might also spend some time going through my fiber, reorganizing it a bit, trying to make heads or tails of it...my craft room really needs some work. I'm starting to get the destash bug - makes me want to get rid of all the clutter around me.
Well, back to my un-knitting...if I get around to sorting my spinning fiber I'll try to take a picture to post.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Weekend full of knitting.
I set a goal for myself this past weekend of finishing the front of Darling Hubby's sweater and starting the sleeves. Thanks to a friend who gave me a push by offering to race on our knitting I made my goal with flying colors! The front got finished and I am now 11 inches into the sleeves. I'm knitting both of them at the same time - on the same cable. I'm a little less than halfway done with their length. I'm pretty happy with that progress. Still plenty to do of course but it is a good dent in what needed to be done.
With 17 days left to finish the sweater I am still going to have to really work it but I feel better about how much is done.
As a reward (and a rest for my hands & wrists) I decided to work on the test knit I am doing. Can't forget that I have to have it done before the end of the month as well!
Last week I spent a bit of time working on going through all my yarns stash. Wow - that's a lot of yarn. I pulled quite a few things out to destash and hopefully help me clean up and better organize my craft room. I've got a giant basket of fiber for spinning that I need to go through too. I really want to spend more time with my spinning wheel. Need to make that a priority I guess. Perhaps after I get the two time sensitive things off of the needles I'll be able to.
Anyway, that is all for now. Hope everyone had a fun knitting weekend.
With 17 days left to finish the sweater I am still going to have to really work it but I feel better about how much is done.
As a reward (and a rest for my hands & wrists) I decided to work on the test knit I am doing. Can't forget that I have to have it done before the end of the month as well!
Last week I spent a bit of time working on going through all my yarns stash. Wow - that's a lot of yarn. I pulled quite a few things out to destash and hopefully help me clean up and better organize my craft room. I've got a giant basket of fiber for spinning that I need to go through too. I really want to spend more time with my spinning wheel. Need to make that a priority I guess. Perhaps after I get the two time sensitive things off of the needles I'll be able to.
Anyway, that is all for now. Hope everyone had a fun knitting weekend.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Missing..one beautiful bag!!
I am so beyond saddened. I have a wonderful friend. She knit and designed a wonderful bag.
A little back story if you will...
My friend Trisha from TAAT Designs designed and knit a most beautiful bag that she named Fulfillment. The design was published by Sanguine Gryphon.
Here is the bag:
An amazing work of art isn't it?
Well, as is the custom with these things, the finished bag traveled hither and yon and made appearances wherever Sanguine Gryphon went to sell their yarn. The most recent place it visited was Rhinebeck for that lovely fiber arts festival. However for some unknown reason Fulfillment did not return home. I know not if it went home with someone who was so taken with it they could not resist or if it got misplaced and ended up in a lost and found box somewhere. But if you have this bag or if you have seen this bag and know where it is could you PLEASE return it to Sanguine Gryphon? This bag is the rightful property of the designer and she is deeply saddened and hurt that it will not be returning home. It would mean more to her than I can possibly say to have it back.
A little back story if you will...
My friend Trisha from TAAT Designs designed and knit a most beautiful bag that she named Fulfillment. The design was published by Sanguine Gryphon.
Here is the bag:
An amazing work of art isn't it?
Well, as is the custom with these things, the finished bag traveled hither and yon and made appearances wherever Sanguine Gryphon went to sell their yarn. The most recent place it visited was Rhinebeck for that lovely fiber arts festival. However for some unknown reason Fulfillment did not return home. I know not if it went home with someone who was so taken with it they could not resist or if it got misplaced and ended up in a lost and found box somewhere. But if you have this bag or if you have seen this bag and know where it is could you PLEASE return it to Sanguine Gryphon? This bag is the rightful property of the designer and she is deeply saddened and hurt that it will not be returning home. It would mean more to her than I can possibly say to have it back.
Countdown to Thanksgiving...20 Days!
Twenty days!
Yes, 20 days. Twenty days til the sweater I promised my husband must be done.
I have the back done and a bit over half of the front done.
So I must finish the front, do both sleeves, seam it and do the hood. In 20 days. Totally doable.
Of course I'm also doing the test knit for A that needs to be done and evaluated by the end of November.
Yeah, I think I need to spend less time on the computer and more time knitting for the next 3 weeks...
Yes, 20 days. Twenty days til the sweater I promised my husband must be done.
I have the back done and a bit over half of the front done.
So I must finish the front, do both sleeves, seam it and do the hood. In 20 days. Totally doable.
Of course I'm also doing the test knit for A that needs to be done and evaluated by the end of November.
Yeah, I think I need to spend less time on the computer and more time knitting for the next 3 weeks...
Knitting goals.
Every year I see people set their knitting goals and making these grandiose plans about what they are going to knit in the coming year. There are groups and threads on Ravelry for different things - 11 sweaters in 2011, 11 pairs of socks in 2011, 11 in 2011 (for 11 goals apparently), 11 in 2011 (for spinning), 11 shawls in 2011, 11 hats in 2011 - the list goes on and on and on. I always wonder how many people complete the goals. I know some do. I've got friends doing the 11 pairs of socks in 2011 that have completed that goal already (Not me! I have completed 2 pairs).
That leads me to wonder how they have the power to stick to it. There are so many things I want to make, and so many new things that will come along in the next year. I don't know how I'd stick to it. I know that there is already talk of what the 2012 goals will be - 12 of this or that in 2012. I wonder what this people will do when it is 2020 *laugh*.
This train of thought came about from watching old episodes of the knitgirllls podcast (trying to catch up but I'm at 31 so I have a ways to go - maybe that should be my goal). Leslie and Laura were discussing goals for the coming year (would be this year since they are last years videos). What they would knit or participate in. Very shortly after watching that a friend on a group started talking about doing 12 pairs of socks in 2012. Of course that is mind boggling to me because I have TWO pairs done. Yep, just two pairs. One of those pairs was for my 3 year old daughter (shhh, don't tell!). I don't think I could commit to making 12 of something...I want to be able to knit lots of different things, ya know? And I'll be honest, as soon as I say, "I'm going to make this and this and this." I want to do something else. I think I have knitting commitment phobia.
That leads me to this: what will my knitting goals be for the coming year.....I don't know. I am tossing some ideas around though. I have recently gone through my stash and looked at all my yarn. I've moved some of it to my destash on Ravelry to sell and others I've lovingly fondled and started dreaming about all the things I want to make with it. Since I have so much fingering weight/sock yarn (it seems like a TON) and yet am so slow on the socks I think I should use it for other things - sweaters for little girl, shawls, whatever. I also have the Sock-Yarn One Skein Wonders book that has lots of cute ways to use a skein of sock yarn. Seems like a perfect combination to me. I think I will go through it and pick out lots of things I love and that are pretty....and then maybe I'll knit a few of them. Or not. Maybe I'll think about knitting a few of them. I do, after all, have a year long subscription to Three Irish Girl's Sock Yarnista sock yarn club. So I should really do something with all those gorgeous sock yarn's sitting there waiting to be loved.
Of course I also have a ton of unspun fiber sitting here giving me sad puppy dog looks. It has been sorely neglected. I really need to practice my spinning and get to know my wheel better - why it does what it does, and why it doesn't always do what I want it to. So maybe I should have a spinning goal.
And I did find the Stash Down A- Z group on Ravelry. That looked like a fun way to really use your stash and knit some of the things sitting in the ginormous queue I have.
See, just too many things to do, too much fun to be had. But the more I commit to the more likely I am to run the other way and be overwhelmed by it all.
I guess I will think on it for a bit and see what sounds the most fun.
What are your knitting goals going to be for 2012? 12 shawls, 12 pairs of socks, 12 pounds of spun fiber....or just knitting and having fun with it? Or perhaps you love a challenge and your list contains all of the above?
That leads me to wonder how they have the power to stick to it. There are so many things I want to make, and so many new things that will come along in the next year. I don't know how I'd stick to it. I know that there is already talk of what the 2012 goals will be - 12 of this or that in 2012. I wonder what this people will do when it is 2020 *laugh*.
This train of thought came about from watching old episodes of the knitgirllls podcast (trying to catch up but I'm at 31 so I have a ways to go - maybe that should be my goal). Leslie and Laura were discussing goals for the coming year (would be this year since they are last years videos). What they would knit or participate in. Very shortly after watching that a friend on a group started talking about doing 12 pairs of socks in 2012. Of course that is mind boggling to me because I have TWO pairs done. Yep, just two pairs. One of those pairs was for my 3 year old daughter (shhh, don't tell!). I don't think I could commit to making 12 of something...I want to be able to knit lots of different things, ya know? And I'll be honest, as soon as I say, "I'm going to make this and this and this." I want to do something else. I think I have knitting commitment phobia.
That leads me to this: what will my knitting goals be for the coming year.....I don't know. I am tossing some ideas around though. I have recently gone through my stash and looked at all my yarn. I've moved some of it to my destash on Ravelry to sell and others I've lovingly fondled and started dreaming about all the things I want to make with it. Since I have so much fingering weight/sock yarn (it seems like a TON) and yet am so slow on the socks I think I should use it for other things - sweaters for little girl, shawls, whatever. I also have the Sock-Yarn One Skein Wonders book that has lots of cute ways to use a skein of sock yarn. Seems like a perfect combination to me. I think I will go through it and pick out lots of things I love and that are pretty....and then maybe I'll knit a few of them. Or not. Maybe I'll think about knitting a few of them. I do, after all, have a year long subscription to Three Irish Girl's Sock Yarnista sock yarn club. So I should really do something with all those gorgeous sock yarn's sitting there waiting to be loved.
Of course I also have a ton of unspun fiber sitting here giving me sad puppy dog looks. It has been sorely neglected. I really need to practice my spinning and get to know my wheel better - why it does what it does, and why it doesn't always do what I want it to. So maybe I should have a spinning goal.
And I did find the Stash Down A- Z group on Ravelry. That looked like a fun way to really use your stash and knit some of the things sitting in the ginormous queue I have.
See, just too many things to do, too much fun to be had. But the more I commit to the more likely I am to run the other way and be overwhelmed by it all.
I guess I will think on it for a bit and see what sounds the most fun.
What are your knitting goals going to be for 2012? 12 shawls, 12 pairs of socks, 12 pounds of spun fiber....or just knitting and having fun with it? Or perhaps you love a challenge and your list contains all of the above?
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Trying something new - a photo share.
Okay, I really want to be able to share pics of fiber/yarn purchases, things I make, etc. But I do not want to overwhelm people with 10 photos at a time.
So I'm trying to learn how to make a cute little mosaic out of the photos. I'm hoping that will load faster/easier for people.
So if this works there will be more in the future (probably the very near future).
This picture is of 4 braids of fiber that I recently ordered from Unwind Yarn Company on Etsy. Beautiful colors, soft fibers...I'm really looking forward to playing with them.
So I'm trying to learn how to make a cute little mosaic out of the photos. I'm hoping that will load faster/easier for people.
So if this works there will be more in the future (probably the very near future).
This picture is of 4 braids of fiber that I recently ordered from Unwind Yarn Company on Etsy. Beautiful colors, soft fibers...I'm really looking forward to playing with them.
A test knit revealed!
In late September a wonderful friend had a pattern that she needed test knit. I was given the chance to test it! Julie (Jaia on ravelry) frequently designs beautiful socks. This time around she designed an adorable mitten pattern - Sugarboo Mittens. They are so quick, cute and easy, sized for children 12 months to 6 years. I knit up a pair of them in Three Irish Girls Springvale Super and just loved how they worked up. I fully intend to knit up a couple more pairs of them this fall/winter for my two smallest monkeys.
If you have little ones you would like to make mittens for or need a quick gift, etc you should definitely check this pattern out - it is well written, works up quickly and is cute! :)
Here is the first one I did...I don't have a picture of the pair of them together for some reason.
If you don't have a need for little mittens then check out the sock patterns Julie has available on Ravelry - some beautiful worsted weight socks as well as fingering weight ones!
If you have little ones you would like to make mittens for or need a quick gift, etc you should definitely check this pattern out - it is well written, works up quickly and is cute! :)
Here is the first one I did...I don't have a picture of the pair of them together for some reason.
If you don't have a need for little mittens then check out the sock patterns Julie has available on Ravelry - some beautiful worsted weight socks as well as fingering weight ones!
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