June 2008 Archives

Blogging has been pretty slim in these parts lately. I'm having a lazy Sunday morning around the house (hooray!), so here's my effort to "catch up" on what I've been up to, knitting wise and otherwise.

First up - the Japanese Fan Scarf!

Project Details:

Pattern: 2 Weeknights with Warrick (basic feather & fan scarf)

Yarn: Diakeito Diadomina - just over 3 balls

Needle Size: Size 8 Denise needles

Pattern Modifications: None

Final impressions: This is my first entry in my attempt to knit some Christmas gifts way in advance.  I love this color-changing kind of yarn!

 

 

 

I have also started a few small, fairly midless projects, since that's what I like to work on in the evenings after work.  

This strange little blob will (hopefully!!) become a Baby Surprise Jacket for my friend Emily's baby.  I'm knitting it in Socks that Rock Lightweight (Banded Agate) on Size 5 needles.  My husband says I should have done it in brown and green, so it would look like camo.  (The daddy-to-be is really into hunting and fishing.)

 

 

 

 

My other easy project is a new pair of Monkey Socks - this time, the no-purl version. 

I'm using yarn I got in the Loop Ewe Spring Fling swap.  I've never seen it before in a yarn shop or online, but it's very pretty.  It's Three Waters Farm Handpainted Merino sock yarn. 

I don't normally knit socks with 100% merino (cause I think the stuff with 25% nylon or so holds up better, plus I'm too lazy to hand-wash socks), but I must admit that it is very nice.  =)

 

Remember this?

Although quite functional, these cabinets were the bane of every dinner party, where people inevitably ended up in the kitchen, crouching down to talk to someone on the other side.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm soooo happy to say, the cabinet project is finally complete! And just in time for the paella party, too.

Maybe it's just my family that has a tendency to start huge projects mere days before company is coming over, but at least I know I come by that trait honestly. (I seem to remember my parents deciding to completely re-landscape their yard about a week before my wedding.)

Thanks to out good friends Joe & Adrianna (and their son Soren, who supervised!) we were able to do this project fairly inexpensively. I love how it turned out!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 No "after" shot yet, as this little project is still in process.

 

 

This was a super-quick knit! I started it after I got frustrated with the Flutter Sleeve (sizing issues) and had to rip out big chunks of it. No such problems with this little cardi - although the fuzzy angora content probably means I won't be wearing it until fall.

Raveled here.

Get ready for a drive-by blogging. Two finished projects comin' atcha!

Details raveled here.

 

This is so fun!

The rules:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

1. What is your first name?  
2. What is your favorite food?  
3. What high school did you go to? 
4. What is your favorite color?   
5. Who is your celebrity crush?  
6. Favorite drink? 
7. Dream vacation?  
8. Favorite dessert?  
9. What you want to be when you grow up? 
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

I'm tagging Tammy (darthknitter), Kate (anxiousdog), Tammy (Pretty Pretty Bang Bang), and Anne (Shifting Gears - happy retirement, by the way!)

Yeah.... so I "finished" the Flutter Sleeve Sweater a couple of weeks ago. Except... who in their right mind would wear something that makes you look so dumpy? I mean, I've gained some weight since high school - but I swear I am not THAT wide.

I think the problem is that the top half of the sweater is too long. Plus, you can't really see it, but the way I did the neckline (converting this pattern from a cardigan to a pullover) didn't work very well, There's some very strange-looking spots right at the bottom of the V-neck. (Not exactly an area I want to draw attention to.)

What to do? LUCKILY this is knit bottom-up, so I can shorten the top without ripping the whole thing. The bad news is, with the neckline issues, I have quite a bit of reknitting to do.


Grrrr.......