no new knitting yet

Well, it's the end of October, and I haven't worked on any projects at all!! My yarn stash hasn't even made it to my new place yet. (It's still in storage...*sigh*)

Because of my move this year, I had decided that I wouldn't try to knit (or crochet) and Christmas gifts this year-I'd probably be stressing about them right now! But I do miss knitting....

My new place is coming along-and I can't wait for my yarn to come home! LOL. :)

Quick note-the magazine I subscribe to, Creative Knitting is really on the ball-when I went to change my address, and discovered it had already changed!! (I am curious how that happened, I thought I had to change magazine subscriptions. I wonder if my Kraft Foods magazine will do the same thing... ) ;)

summer knitting and moving!

Yikes-I didn't post at all in August. I have a good excuse-really I do!! I am moving at the end of the month-so I've been packing like crazy.

Of course, since I haven't had time to post, I haven't had much time to knit (or crochet-still working on that Dalek!) either. I'm still working on a K-9 and a Dalek-progress is slow, but I think the pieces of K-9 are coming along nicely. The jury is still out on my Dalek, though-it's head kinda looks like a hat for a very tiny baby. LOL It's weird, I think it may be inside out...but I'm going to wait to see what it looks like when I get to the popcorn stitches before I frog it (if I decide to frog it) I've been working on my projects at the crochet club Perseph and I go to every month, and at Starbucks (we try to have a weekly gathering at starbucks, just to hang out). I haven't worked on anything at home practically all summer. In fact, about 95% of my yarn stash is all packed up now. LOL ;)

Well, it's getting late-dont' know when i'll have time to update this again. Pictures will have to wait until after I move. (sorry!)

A midsummer's night update!

I'm back from vacation! Well, I've been back for a week now, just didnt' have time to update this blog.

I didn't do any knitting at all while I was away-I brought a couple of projects, but didnt' work on them. (That was usually happens when I go on vacation). So all of my current knitting projects are in the same state as they were before I left. ;)

However, my Mom did teach me how to do more than just single crochet, so we both started a crochet Dalek. She is much farther along than I am-I only have about half of the head -a few rows after the eye piece-done. I'm not sure how far my Mom is now, but she was farther than that the last time I saw her Dalek. LOL.

I discovered that I am a very tight crocheter-Mom and I were using the same size hook, same type of yarn, but her Dalek was much bigger than mine. I have to work on easing up on the tention a bit-either that, or get used to using a larger sized hook.

Hey, I'd like to give a shout out to Persephone!! While I was on vacation, she learned to knit!!! I"m so excited-she showed me the scarf she's working on, and it looks beautiful! I'm so proud. :) She asked me to help her with ribbing-she says everytime she tries it, it looks funky. I told her no problem-as long as she helps me with some of the more difficult crochet stitches. ;) She agreed!! :-D

Well, that's about all for now-hopefully I'll get some pictures up of my progress soon.

Summer knitting projects!!

My [new] summer projects (so far) are as follows: K-9 toys, Daleks (crochet), and a lace scarf (pattern from my calendar). I was thinking about adding an afghan that I want to make for my sister, but that might be bumped down to a fall project. I have no idea if I'll be able to finish what I have on my plate (especially since I haven't gotten any crochet help yet! LOL) I've already told my mom I'm bringing my yarn and crochet hooks and the pattern up north with me-I asked her if she'd help me with the Dalek pattern. :-D

Speaking of up north-I'm heading up to Minnesota this weekend! YAY! Finally!!! I've been looking forward to my vacation for a long time now. I just need to figure out what projects I'm going to bring with me.

I've already started working on one of the K-9s. I finished the first side on Thursday and started the second one Saturday night at Starbucks (Perseph and I decided to try to get together every Saturday night at a coffee shop to work on our projects-like a little mini stitch-n-bitch. As excited as I am to go to MN, I'm a little sad that I'll be missing it for the next few weeks). I doubt I'll have time to post pictures before I leave (it's not all that exciting yet!)

TAFN!

pictures!...of completed projects!

It's June!!! I meant to post these some time ago. Yikes!! LOL. Click on the thumbnails for a slightly larger pic, if you like. :)


my slouching socks
Okay, I started these ages ago-they were the first pair of socks I ever attempted to knit. My pearl-ribbed slipper socks were actually the third pair of footwear I've attempted-and the first ones I finished, all three pairs!
The skinny on the socks:
Pattern: from Easy Knitted Accessories by Jeanette Trotman
Needles: size 5& 6, straight needles
Yarn: Lilly Sugar&Cream, 100% cotton. Salt-n-Pepper print
Started: late 2004; Completed: January 2007

I started these way back in late 2004-I liked the pattern because it didn't require knitting in the round-since I was still fairly new to knitting when I started these. Other projects kept coming up-and since these were low on the priority list, they kept getting moved into the UFO box. Every once in a while I'd take them out and work on them, but something always came up, and back in they'd go! They are a little big-I started these before I had learned the fine art of yarn weights. If you're not gonna use the same yarn as the pattern-you should at least try to match the weight!! ;) I actually finished these this past January-see? even when they are completed, the pics don't make it to the blog for nearly 6 months!!

My Strata Hat
Taa-da!

The skinny:
Pattern: Knit Cap from the back of the yarn label
Needles: size 6& 8, straight needles
Yarn: Red Heart Strata yarn: Cascade
Started: Feb. 3rd, 2007; Completed: April 27th, 2007

I was dying to try out this yarn ever since I saw an ad for it in one of my catalogs back in January. Self-patterning yarns-fair isle like pattern? Sweet! So I bought some, and had no idea what I'd make with it. Then I noticed the pattern for the hat on one of the yarn labels-yay!!!

slightly more detailed pic:

Hopefully I'll get around to making a scarf to go with it by next fall/winter.

Coming soon: summer of scifi...projects! ;) LOL

New to the yarn stash...

Hey, hey! Not only two posts in one month, but two posts in the same week! Yay!!!

I finally uploaded some more pictures-I've got another post for a couple of completed projects (hey, three posts in one month! Woo-hoo!)

I broke down and ordered some yarn to add to my yarn stash. Last week, Mary Maxim was having a sale on Bernat Galaxy yarn, so I bought some of this:

Sorry about the quality of the pic-the color is Neptune. :)

This will eventually be turned into a lapghan...a crocheted lapghan. I can do the basic crochet stitch, but that's about it. I'm going to have to check out the Happy Hooker, and ask my Mom and Perseph (since classes should be over for her soon!) for help. ;)

I also purchased some of this:

Which will eventually be turned into 3 K-9s (one for me, two for Orville). :-D yay, Doctor Who knitting projects! ;)

April knitting- a month in review

I finished my Strata hat!! Now I just have to get pics up. LOL. I'm planning on making one for one of my coworkers-no hurry. She just wants it done by next winter. *hee*. I want to make a scarf to go with the hat-I just have to come up with a pattern...

Speaking of knitting for people-a while ago someone who found my main blog, Wandering Through E-Space discovered not only was I a Doctor Who fan, but enjoyed knitting as well. He asked if I'd be interested in knitting a K-9 for him. *hee* What a great excuse to try a new pattern!!! :-D I just ordered the yarn-so hopefully I'll be able to get started on it soon. I also ordered some Bernat Galaxy yarn (Mary Maxim had it on sale for 97 cents/ball!) There's a crochet pattern that I want to try. I would like to broaden my crochet skills.

Oooh! Speaking of crochet, Shigella, over at LiveJournal, should have her Dalek pattern out soon!! I can't wait! I want to make an army of soft, cuddly Daleks. *heeheeheee* >:-)

I started another prayershawl-using a standard pattern and some pretty yarn. This one has an unusual story behind it that I'm not quite ready to share...

TAFN-still working on trying to update this blog more often than I do!!! ;)

holy smokes-a new entry-with a picture!!!

I have really neglected this blog-and that was never my intention. :(

Oh, well, enough lamenting over the past-time to move forward!! ;)

First of all, a picture! I've finally posted a picture!! These are the slipper socks that I knitted for my mom, my sister, and myself for Christmas:

(well, at least a picture of the pair I knitted for myself)
I know it's a little gray-sorry about that. My digital camera isn't the best in the world-but it'll do. ;)

Unfortunately, I lost my digital camera just 2 days before Christmas (I actually was able to track it down-thanks to the nice people of Perkins in Blaine, MN-it's now home, safe and sound)so I don't have any, what I like to call, 'instant gratification' pictures of the other gifts I knitted for Christmas-but there were other cameras on the scene-so hopefully I'll be able to track some pictures down.

I have to take a couple more pictures-one of the slouching socks I finally finished, and another of a hat I'm currently working on. :)

I'm creating a new section on my sidebar. There have been several patterns that I've really wanted to try, but just didn't have the time for-so I've decided to create a 'future projects' section in the sidebar. If I see a pattern I really, really want to try, but don't have the time for, I'll list it in the future projects section-the name of the pattern, and where I found it, so I can find it again. :)

Speaking of templates, this template is kinda boring-simple, but boring. I really need to think about finding a new one-or ways to spruce this one up a bit. Ahh...so much to do, so little time. ;)

another project finally finished!

Yay!! I finally finished my slouching socks!!! They've been in the UFO pile for so long-it's about time I finally got them done!

Now that I got my digital camera back (llloooonggg story...) I'll have to take a picture of them-and actually post them. (yeah, right.) ;)

I know I should probably try to finish more in my UFO pile, but I have some new yarn and a new pattern I'm dying to try...

I am so bad. ;)

yay! slipper socks done!

Ha-ha!!! I have finished all three pairs of slipper socks!!!! And they were finished before I head up north! Yay! Less work I have to do while I'm there!

Actually, some of my other projects aren't doing too badly. I just need to add fringe to Boo's purse, and T's only needs a few more rows before I can sew it up and add the strap and fringe. Mellon's purse still needs to be felted, but I'm hoping I can do that at my sister's. Shan's is the only project I'm worried about. I still need to add a few inches to the headband, and I haven't even started the scarf yet. Hopefully the scarf won't take too long. I purchased a pair of size 15 plastic needles-only 10 inches long. I'm going to try to take them on the plane with me, and work on it while I'm waiting to board, and perhaps while in flight. I know knitting needles are allowed now, but I've heard stories about things being confiscated which were on the okay list. Even though the plastic needles are Boye's Balene II (my favorite plastic needles-I love the way they feel when you knit with them), if I were to loose them, it wouldn't be a huge loss. (I'd be disappointed, but thanks to the weekly Jo-Ann's coupons, they weren't that expensive.)

Hmm...I think that's all for now. I already have a New Years resolution in mind, concerning this blog-post more than once a month, and POST MORE PICTURES! lol. :)

Christmas projects

Yikes! I meant to post during the month of October...oops! I also need to get on the ball and post some pictures. I'm terrible about that-terribly lazy. ;)

My Christmas projects are coming along nicely. I have one more slipper sock to complete and then they will be finished. I sort of slacked off a little-my mom was visiting in October, and I couldn't really work on her Christmas present right in front of her! ;)

I've also almost completed my first crochet project-I am making purses for the older girls-Boo's is complete except for the fringe. I'm currently working on T's. I haven't decided if I'll sew in snaps or velcro so they can shut them-so I decided to hold off on the fringe of Boo's until T's is ready for fringe as well.

I've started another purse for Mellon (hey, she may only be almost 2, but she's old enough to want what her big sisters want.) I'm knitting a bag that needs to be felted (my first felting project!). It has thicker handles that she can grab onto. This project knits up real fast-so I think the thing that will take time will be the felting. If I have enough time to knit this weekend, I may actually get all the knitting for it done.

I'm also working on a headband and scarf set for Shan-she saw T and Boo's scarves I made last year and really liked them. I promised her awhile ago that I'd make her something, so hopefully I will have this completed before Christmas, too. ;)

Well, I guess that's all for now-maybe I'll get around to posting some pics before I leave next month! ;)

Slipper socks done!

Yay! Saturday I finished my first pair of slipper socks! I'm so excited! They were really easy to knit(and they are so comfy!)-I've already started on my second pair. At this rate, I'll be done well before Christmas! Must post pictures...

Unfortunately the socks leave behind quite a bit of yarn. If you're using the Lion Brand Chunky yarn (which is what the pattern calls for), one ball is not quite enough for two-so you need an extra ball. I wondered what I was going to do with all the extra yarn, so I decided I'm going to try to attempt to make some wristwarmers that use bulky yarn. I found a pattern that looks simple enough, although I need to get a new set of double pointed needles-the pattern calls for 9s, and the biggest I have are only 7s. I see a 50% off coupon from Micheal's in the paper, so I'm going to get a set of bamboo needles (I know I said I wasn't too fond of bamboo, but my first bamboo needles were 3s, and I was using sock yarn-larger needles and thicker yarn makes a better bamboo experience.) ;)

I've also taught myself to crochet-I can only do single crochet, but it's enough to make a couple of simple purses for my neices for Christmas. (again, I need to post pictures).

Even though I forgot to report it, I reached all my goals Labor Day weekend-I knitted/shaped the heel for my slouching socks, started the Christmas projects, and taught myself basic crochet. I was so proud of myself! Now if I can just keep knitting the slipper socks at the same pace I've been doing-it'll all be good!

pick up knitting...

Ahh, the end of August-and I haven't posted here! I really need to get back into the habit of posting my progress...what little of it there is. ;)

I actually picked up a project I had put on hold last year for Christmas knitting-I've been slowly working on my slouching socks-knitting a few rows here and there. I'm almost ready to start the shaping of the heel on the second sock-hopefully I'll be able to do that this weekend-even though St. Rocco's festival is this weekend-I'll have Monday off-perhaps that'll be the day to just sit back and knit. ;)

Speaking of Christmas knitting-a couple of weeks ago I picked up some yarn for a couple of Christmas projects. Here's one:

Pebble Rib slipper socks from Creative Knitting magazine.
My goal? 3 pairs by Christmas. HA! We'll see how far I get. ;)

I also picked up some yarn for a scarf (and possibly hat)for another friend of mine in Minnesota-she really liked the scarves I made for the girls last Christmas, so I'm going to make a similar one for her.

Well, that's all for now-my goal this weekend is to shape the heel on my slouching sock, and get started on my Christmas projects. Knowing me, though-I probably should've started them in June! ;)

LAzy summer knitting....

Uff-da! It's been so long since I posted here-one would think I'd forgotten how to knit.

Nope, that's not the case-I've just been incredibly lazy-lazy about posting here, lazy about knitting. I haven't been doing much this summer-although I finally straightened out my Mom's prayershawl (yay, correct number of stitches!) and I picked up a project that I had put in my UFO basket. I decided to put my slouching socks back on the needles-it's a fairly easy pattern, and can be done while watching tv or chatting with people-without the fear of loosing my place if I get too distracted. Of course, with every new issue of Creative Knitting I get, I find several more patterns that I'm just dying to try out!!! NEED TO FIND TIME TO KNIT!!! ;)

This Thursday Persephone and I are going to the Crochet Club meeting-this week it's going to be a potluck, and I'm really looking forward to it. Apparently one of the members of the club brought their knitting while I was away on vacation, and asked where I was. *heehee* It's nice to be remembered. *sshhh* don't tell them, but I've been contemplating bringing a crochet hook and some extra yarn and asking someone to teach me how to crochet (well, reteach me-my Mom taught me how when I was in junior high, but I didn't do it enough so I forgot how. ) I think the only thing I made was a scarf for one of my Barbie dolls. LOL.

scarf finished!!!

I finally finished T's scarf! Yay!! Now that it's getting warmer, however. I hope she doesn't mind saving it until next winter.

My two major projects right now are my afghan and my Mom's prayershawl (which I broke down and told her I was making it for her-she said it made her feel loved! :) )

I'm used to the pattern for the afghan, now-I don't have it memorized 100%, but I can work on a row without double checking the instructions every 4 or 5 stitches. However, since the afghan is being made in one big piece, instead of several different panels-each row takes forever to knit. I think I get one or two-sometimes 3 rows done before I have to set my needles down and give my hands a rest.

My mom's prayershawl is a different story-sometimes I can only knit one row-maybe two, if the first row hasn't frustrated me to the point of dropping my needles on the ground. I was able to make a swatch of the snowflake pattern without any trouble-but I went from 24 stitches per row to 125 stitches-and sometimes even the slightest distraction will make me loose my place in the pattern. I"m constantly counting my stitches to make sure I can knit the next row without a problem. *sigh* I'm determined to finish it though-it just may take a while.

Speaking of the prayershawl-Peresph and I attended our second crochet club meeting a couple of weeks ago. This time it was held at Yarn Knits by Sue over on the West Side. They had some balls of the yarn I'm using for the prayershawl, so I picked up a couple more (I was afraid I might not have enough) Well, I know I took a chance-as soon as I got home I checked the dye lot-and it was the same as the yarn I bought over a year ago from a catalog! Talk about luck! ;) While we were there I also picked up a couple of balls of Sisik by Dale of Norway. Oooh, wool and mohair...I'm thinking of making a couple of hats with it. :)

Now, the question of the day: Will Ro ever post pics again? Time will tell! LOL.
(I have every intention to-reallly I do...) ;)

Inventory time!

I know, I know, I know-I need to post pictures. I'll get around to that someday. ;)

Well, the stitch-n-bitch that Perseph and I went to on the 6th turn out not to be at stitch-n-bitch, but a crochet club meeting. That was cool-they said I could stay. ;) It was at River Yarns in Rocky River-they have a crochet club and a knitting club that meets once a month. Also, during the club meetings you get a 10% discount at their store. It was really cool-everyone was really nice, and the owners didn't try to push us into buying their stuff. They were all friendly and informative-I even got a tip on an easier way to rip out a row and to place the stitches back on the needle. Yay! (since I had to do that on the project I was working on.) We loved it and hope to be able to attend both the crochet and knitting meetings. (We would have attended the knitting club meeting, but it was on Holy Thursday, and Perseph's sister was coming into town-YAY!) :-D

I started an inventory on all my knitting supplies-I started off with my needles and crochet hooks. I got a knitting pocket reference from Creative Knitting which has a page for hook and needle inventory-now when I start a new project, I'll know if I need new needles or not! (without digging through my stuff) ;) I also started to organize all of the patterns I had collected and printed out-most are in file folders with the pattern and the creator listed on the front of the folder...too many cool patterns, not enough time! I still need to do a yarn inventory-not that I have much, since I've only bought yarn to go with a pattern...although I do have the yarn from 'Mom's closet stash' that I got last year... (yay, Mom!!)

Speaking of too many patterns, the other day I got a new issue of Creative Knitting and a catalog from Mary Maxim at the same time. I had to throw both of them under some throw pillows just so I wouldn't look through them so I could finish my household chores! So many cool patterns...*sigh*

Actually knitting is going slowly at the moment-I do a couple of rows here and there, rip out a few rows here and there...knit them back up again-hopefully correctly the second time around. ;) Maybe I need to pick up a few projects that are in my UFO basket. I might get something done and feel as though I've accomplished something! ;) LOL.

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This is just a test-I can't post to Wandering in E-Space, so I'm checking to see if it's blogger or just my blog. This is no April Fools joke-ah...how I wish it was though. grrr!

Stitch-n-bitch report 1

Hello! Ok, no pics in this post-mainly because, well, the pictures are still in my camera-I have to download them, edit them, then upload them... I'll get around to posting them though-at least I hope I will! ;)

The stitch-n-bitch was alot of fun! We 'grazed' on snacks, worked on our projects, sent Dawn's husband out for pizza, then watched a couple of movies while working on some of our projects. We had 1 knitter, 2 crocheters, 2 cross-stitchers, and 1 person who was learning to crochet. (hey, we aren't picky about what you stitch! ;) ) So far, at these gatherings, I always seem to be in the minority. LOL. Even the kitties and the dog got into things (literally got into things.) ;)

I started an afghan for myself and worked on T's scarf. For some reason, the kitties really liked my needles and yarn, and no one else's. Why is that? LOL. Kim finished a baby blanket she was working on for a friend-it's really cute! I must get those pictures up. A couple of days later, Kim and I were talking about trying to make this a regular thing-maybe once a month, or once every two months at least (since we all seem to be very busy-but hopefully we'll be able to work something out). Perseph, we missed you! We hope you can make it to the next one. :) :)
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I've also started working on a prayer shawl for my Mom-I'm using a snowflake pattern that I really liked in the little pattern book I have. I'm using the yarn I bought from Patternworks last year-it feels so good! I really like working with cotton and cotton blends. :)

Perseph and I are going to a stitch-n-bitch that's being hosted in a yarn store on April 6th-I've forgotten the name of the store, but Perseph knows where it is, and since she's the driver, it's all good. ;) We can't wait!

TAFN...

checklist...

1. Block scarf *check*
2. Take pictures of scarf *check*
3. Download pictures from camera to computer hmmmm...

Kyle's scarf is finished! Blocked and ready to go! Yay! Now I just need to finish T's scarf so I can send them to my sister.

Still haven't decided what I'm going to work on at Saturday's Stitch-n-Bitch. 4 days to go...

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I still need to block Kyle's scarf-I'll probably try to do that tonight, and while it's blocking, I'll take some pictures. :)

I have an idea of what I want to work on at Saturday's stitch-n-bitch...well, ok, I have it narrowed down to three things: Rustic Panels afghan, snowflake prayer shawl, or an afghan for myself...if I can settle on a pattern. LOL. There's a big Red Heart yarn sale at JoAnn's this week that Perseph and I are going to try to hit. I'm also going to make use of my 40% off coupons-I need a couple of circular needles for some of my future projects. :-D