You should learn something new every day... here's mine:
Two Handed Fair Isle Video
My only response? Oh. my. god. If you don't knit, this isn't all that interesting. But I *totally* understand how to do fair isle now!!!! WOWEE!!!! And I know how to knit Continental!!! WOWWWWWW!!!! It makes so much sense!!!!!
I can't try it on this stocking though, because the tension will probably change now I know how to do it right. But incredible! I want to make a fair isle sweater like mad now. Wheeeeee. And to have no floats, just beautiful woven fabric... and so warm! I'm in love.
The Fair Isle I'd like to make
Or maybe in these colors
And one final option- BRIGHT
I know a lot of ladies who have been working on Philosopher's Wool sweaters. Since basically all the projects I have on the needles are afghans and the soon-to-be completed stockings... yeah. I so very much want to get a kit. And the price isn't so bad- only 88 for the yarn (sigh, still cheaper than for my woman-on-stag one). And um, I would have to buy the needles. So that's 30 bucks. Oh well, you only need to buy the needles once, and then ah, the fair isles I could make....
By the way, if you have a suggestion as to which sweater to choose, please do comment... I know someone must read this blog. :-p
Friday, June 10, 2005
Thursday, June 09, 2005
Christmas Stocking
I keep talking about it, but not posting progress pics! This is partly because it knits up SO INCREDIBLY FAST. Check it out...
Name area (you duplicate stitch the name on after) and the snowflake motif:
Candy canes and double hearts:
Bells and girlies:
The heel is an afterthought heel (my first one!), so it will actually be between the bells and the girls. But I have one more small motif to go, and the toe, before I can pick up stitches for the heel. Both toe and heel will be white, to match the name area.
SO CUTE! I should be able to have finished the whole project in 5 days, despite packing my guts out (just about done!). And I think after I do Mike's, I'll actually make two in blue and white. Rather, two shades of blue and white. And then I could always give away the red, white, and green ones. :)
Name area (you duplicate stitch the name on after) and the snowflake motif:
Candy canes and double hearts:
Bells and girlies:
The heel is an afterthought heel (my first one!), so it will actually be between the bells and the girls. But I have one more small motif to go, and the toe, before I can pick up stitches for the heel. Both toe and heel will be white, to match the name area.
SO CUTE! I should be able to have finished the whole project in 5 days, despite packing my guts out (just about done!). And I think after I do Mike's, I'll actually make two in blue and white. Rather, two shades of blue and white. And then I could always give away the red, white, and green ones. :)
Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Sock-sock
Started the first "Christmas Sock" tonight. This one will be mine, since I haven't done much colorwork and this way if I screw it up it won't really matter much. The name gets duplicate stitched on later. My version has a white background with mostly red and just a bit of green... so it really does look girly. I think Mike's will be mainly red, if I get around to it. I have to say I enjoy knitting a sock that takes me about 3 hours to knit FIVE INCHES as opposed to knitting 5 rows in about the same time. Or close, anyways. mm worsted weight yarn is my friend. The designs are all very traditional- I think I'll put hearts and little girls and maybe candy canes on mine. So girly!! Mike can have Santas and Christmas trees and other more Christian-y symbols. For the record, it's absolutely adorable so far and the colorwork is très facile.
Haven't been doing much knitting, been too ill. But I'm down to only SIX repeats left in the lavendar baby blanket of DOOM which is pleasant. At this rate I really might finish before the first member of the KAMP breeds... whoever that is. I guess now half of the boys are getting married the odds are going up. mm... booties! layette sets!! I just can't wait.
Haven't been doing much knitting, been too ill. But I'm down to only SIX repeats left in the lavendar baby blanket of DOOM which is pleasant. At this rate I really might finish before the first member of the KAMP breeds... whoever that is. I guess now half of the boys are getting married the odds are going up. mm... booties! layette sets!! I just can't wait.
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
I have to get up so soon
I would like to note that I do the stupidest things late at night.
I keep Mike on the phone way past both of our bedtimes. I look for possible housing in the Frederick/ DC metro area. I think about what kind of wine I'd like to bring back to MD with me, and for whom as gifts. I search for yarn, incessantly.
The yarn one is a bad one. I never really buy it online, I just put the things I want in a shopping cart and say "someday." And then forget what the yarn was for, and delete it later. This is an economical way to shop, as I never spend anything, but it makes me sad. I usually buy yarn from a LYS (Local Yarn Store) because I like supporting real people and real face-to-face business when I can. Today's unhappy shopping note is that I can find wool for about 2 bucks a skein to make a crazy Peer Gynt sweater (we're talking woman-on-reindeer motif on a beautiful fair isle sweater here)... but that still makes it a 50-60 dollar sweater, not even counting if I wanna make the matching hat and socks. If I were to buy the recommended superwash wool, it'd be at 4.50 a pop, minimum. I'm sure you can do the math. 50 gram balls are tiny! Why do they not sell affordable, nice, superwash wool for these sorts of projects?? I'm all about the washable, because I have in fact shrunk sweaters before, though never one of my own creation. I can't afford to make a hundred dollar sweater, no matter how graphic the image is or how adorable it would look up in the slopes.
I don't ski, mind you, but I'm an awesome snow bunny. And I snowshoe and cross country ski... where you can't wear a jacket anyways (too hot!), but you could use a nice sweater. Hmm. In an ideal world I'd have the money and time to make Mike and me matching ski sweaters (maybe without the woman on reindeer action), classy with snowflakes for a motif and matching hats and mittens. At the moment (post-packing) I have the time... but alas, not the money. Once I have the job I'll have the money... but not the time. Ain't that always the way.
In other news, today I picked up yarn and a pattern for Christmas stockings. I've decided that if I'm going to be in a Christian household I want *all* the perks. Besides, what better gift for "our" first Christmas than matching stockings? Mine will probably have neutral motifs: snowflakes, little girls, etc. His can have the candy canes and Santa Clauses or something. I'm getting into the holiday thing, but I'm still not jumping on the Santa wagon.
I wish I remembered to take photos more often. Still to be photographed/posted, or things I've actually been working on lately:
-Engagement sweater (can't post until after I gift it, but it's donedonedone)
-crazy kid hat (big enough for adults, but only Mikaiya would wear it)... I need to weave in the five trillion ends first
-nice artistic photos of the honeymoon cami
-update on the baby blanket (still purple after all these months... you'd think it would be done, but no. Turns out this is an ENORMOUS BABY BLANKET of DOOM, I think I still have 8 repeats left!)
-progress has been made on the Ecclesiastes sampler as well
-I also finished a sock... but it's mateless. Just like me, in a sad sort of way. I sincerely hope that everything works out with my boy, I would hate to be just another victim of the Sweater Curse... Whatever happens with him, I can certainly make myself a second sock. Sockotta yarn is delicious!
Now I've added another of my procrastinatory measures to the list. Blogging!
I keep Mike on the phone way past both of our bedtimes. I look for possible housing in the Frederick/ DC metro area. I think about what kind of wine I'd like to bring back to MD with me, and for whom as gifts. I search for yarn, incessantly.
The yarn one is a bad one. I never really buy it online, I just put the things I want in a shopping cart and say "someday." And then forget what the yarn was for, and delete it later. This is an economical way to shop, as I never spend anything, but it makes me sad. I usually buy yarn from a LYS (Local Yarn Store) because I like supporting real people and real face-to-face business when I can. Today's unhappy shopping note is that I can find wool for about 2 bucks a skein to make a crazy Peer Gynt sweater (we're talking woman-on-reindeer motif on a beautiful fair isle sweater here)... but that still makes it a 50-60 dollar sweater, not even counting if I wanna make the matching hat and socks. If I were to buy the recommended superwash wool, it'd be at 4.50 a pop, minimum. I'm sure you can do the math. 50 gram balls are tiny! Why do they not sell affordable, nice, superwash wool for these sorts of projects?? I'm all about the washable, because I have in fact shrunk sweaters before, though never one of my own creation. I can't afford to make a hundred dollar sweater, no matter how graphic the image is or how adorable it would look up in the slopes.
I don't ski, mind you, but I'm an awesome snow bunny. And I snowshoe and cross country ski... where you can't wear a jacket anyways (too hot!), but you could use a nice sweater. Hmm. In an ideal world I'd have the money and time to make Mike and me matching ski sweaters (maybe without the woman on reindeer action), classy with snowflakes for a motif and matching hats and mittens. At the moment (post-packing) I have the time... but alas, not the money. Once I have the job I'll have the money... but not the time. Ain't that always the way.
In other news, today I picked up yarn and a pattern for Christmas stockings. I've decided that if I'm going to be in a Christian household I want *all* the perks. Besides, what better gift for "our" first Christmas than matching stockings? Mine will probably have neutral motifs: snowflakes, little girls, etc. His can have the candy canes and Santa Clauses or something. I'm getting into the holiday thing, but I'm still not jumping on the Santa wagon.
I wish I remembered to take photos more often. Still to be photographed/posted, or things I've actually been working on lately:
-Engagement sweater (can't post until after I gift it, but it's donedonedone)
-crazy kid hat (big enough for adults, but only Mikaiya would wear it)... I need to weave in the five trillion ends first
-nice artistic photos of the honeymoon cami
-update on the baby blanket (still purple after all these months... you'd think it would be done, but no. Turns out this is an ENORMOUS BABY BLANKET of DOOM, I think I still have 8 repeats left!)
-progress has been made on the Ecclesiastes sampler as well
-I also finished a sock... but it's mateless. Just like me, in a sad sort of way. I sincerely hope that everything works out with my boy, I would hate to be just another victim of the Sweater Curse... Whatever happens with him, I can certainly make myself a second sock. Sockotta yarn is delicious!
Now I've added another of my procrastinatory measures to the list. Blogging!
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