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October 29, 2008 at 1:32 pm (Animals, Craft, FOs, Knitting, Knitting help, Music, Sewing, Stuff, WIPs)
Hogwarts Band Cuffs & Containers
July 11, 2007 at 10:28 pm (Craft, Knitting)
Yarn: Cleckheaton “Country 8 ply” 100% wool and Spotlight Basics 100% wool
Pattern: Band Cuffs
Yardage: 95M
Needles: 4.5mm
These are quick, fun and effective. I made them for the same Harry Potter Swap that I made the Gryffindor Lap Blanket for and again I am really happy with the end product. I rolled them up and sent them off in these little star containers I painted, decoupaged and varnished.
Calista’s McQueen Knock-Off Unprogress
June 3, 2007 at 12:40 pm (Knitting, WIP, WIPs)
I knit and I knit and I knit and I knit (and occassionally unknit) but I just don’t seem to be getting anywhere with my Calista’s McQueen Knock-Off! This sweater is going to take me forever and I have started to get a roaming eye… maybe I should do a Rusted Root instead, or maybe a Molly Ringwald, or even start on my Rogue…
Here is what is left of my first ball of Bendigo Woollen Mills Alpaca. It seems both the sweater and the yarn go on forever.
Basic Cable Beanie No 2
May 22, 2007 at 8:24 pm (FOs, Knitting)
Yarn: Noro Silk Garden #8
Pattern: Basic Cable Beanie - Stitch n Bitch Nation
Yardage: 100M
Needles: 4.5mm & 5mm circular; 5mm dpns
Not much to report with this very quick knit. The reason why I started knitting it is because I found that I had made a rather ugly mistake in my Calista’s McQueen Knock-Off and needed frog back quite a few rows. In an attempt to keep alive my love of the Calista’s McQueen Knock-Off, I decided to take a deep breath and knit something else for a little while. This Basic Cable Beanie took less than a day and it was a painless and relaxing process knit entirely while watching season 2 of the U.S.A. version of The Office.
The colours, oh the colours! The camera distorts all of the colours quite a lot, even with the flash off (as in these photos). Here is the most accurate photo that I could find on the web courtesy of Theresa at spellingtuesday.
Mystery WIP
May 15, 2007 at 3:05 pm (Knitting, WIPs)
A project that so far has been a year and a half in the making…
Live and Learn
May 14, 2007 at 2:00 pm (Knitting, WIPs)
I knit the half of the front of Knitscene’s Tweedy Vest with my non-tweedy Bendigo Woollen Mills Aran yarn in Woodrose and hated it. Rip, rip. Scrap that. The yarn is not suited to the vest at all. But it would make a fantastic Rogue.
So I cast on for Calista’s McQueen Knock-Off instead, as pictured below. I am really enjoying working with the Bendigo Woollen Mills Alpaca because my hands aren’t allergic to animal fibres – just the rest of me is. I plan to wear this with a long-sleeved singlet underneath.
Wicked FO
May 7, 2007 at 4:25 pm (FOs, Knitting)
Yarn: Patons Zhivago 50% Tencel 50% acrylic
Pattern: Wicked – Zephry Style
Yardage: 85M
Needles: 4.5mm circular needles
I tweaked the pattern slightly to make an inbetween size. It still came out a bit too big but I am very happy with the instructions and my Wicked. I am really glad I made it in two-tone… I think it loooks very effective. I also carried the mock-cable to the hem, rather than the seed stitch the pattern calls for. Horray for top-down raglans!
Under The Hoodie Progress Report 3
May 2, 2007 at 3:59 pm (Knitting, WIPs)
I think I may have put on too much weight for this to fit me when I finish it, a fact which has kinda disheartened me and does not make for fast knitting. But I still think it will look wonderful when it is finished. That is the finished back of the garment that you can see stuffed into the kangaroo pocket on the front.
Wicked Progress
May 1, 2007 at 8:16 pm (Knitting, WIPs)
Getting there. The top photo shows the colours most accurately. I am not sure about the size of it as I am not really experienced in sizes or fitting, but all in all, I am happy with how it is going. I hope to have it finished by Saturday to wear to my friend, Tony’s 40th birthday party.
