Monday, January 29, 2007

still alive

still knitting.
not blogging.
listening to a few podcasts.

I felted the clogs that Matty knit for me. They are great! No picture yet.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Finished Sweater in 5 days


cast on last tuesday night, finished Saturday. Knitting up at 1.875 sts/inch on a size 17 needle holding two (count them, two) Lamb's Pride Bulky!

It's the perfect sweater for my house temperature. I keep it at 60 degrees, so some good wool helps!

Tuesday, January 2, 2007

My recent knitting project is to the left. This is knit using the Baba Yarn that's from my stash. I made a vest using this yarn and was quite happy with the speed and the result. Because I used some of the yarn in that project, I might not have enough yarn to complete my sleeves. *sigh*

I am willing to pull out the vest to complete the sleeves.

Details: Knit in the round using a size 11 needle. It is a K2, P2 rib pattern of my own design. It is meant to be a comfy sweater. The ribbing will be nice after I block it. I've got just about 6 skeins left. I'm knitting the sleeves down in the ribbing except for the under arms. No one wants ribbing in their underarms, do they? I don't. I'll be able to hide the armhole decreases in the underarm area.

I like the zigzag purple pattern, don't you?

Socks that Rock

I got an email that surprised me! I thought I didn't make it as part of the Socks that Rock club. But apparently, I did. Back in October I "pre-registered" and it took.

My first shipment should arrive in February.

Nice. Very nice.

Welcome to 2007

Let's try this:

Can you post a comment?

I've been knitting quite a bit and have yet to complete anything over the last few weeks. I've been working on a two vests and have steeks to complete on one then finishing and running in ends on the other.