Tuesday, March 31, 2009

I'm Terrible At Keeping Secrets...

I really am, you know. I've only been working on Michelle's socks for three days and I was already busting at the seams to tell her about them. (Not to mention the fact that I've been blogging about them and have told pretty much everyone except her that I was making them.) So, tonight at knitting I passed around the completed sock and when it got to her and she was petting it, I let her know that it was hers to keep. She was so excited to get handmade socks, which made me feel wonderful.

Michelle, (for those who don't know) has decided to take a job in Boston and will be leaving any day now. I'm so very glad that I've gotten to spend so much time with her and I'm very jealous of that new knitting group that she's going to. She's the type of person who can make your day better just by walking into the room. We'll still talk on Ravelry and Twitter, I wanted to send something special with her, though. I've never given away any of my handmade socks and I knew that she would appreciate them so the green and brown Mini Moochi Shorty Socks are hers.

Now, I just need to finish the second one by Thursday...

Day 3



Monday, March 30, 2009

Knitting On Break...

Day 2:


I've been making some headway on these, however, they don't feel like they're going fast enough. I really need to start being more focused...

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Watch It Grow...

I've decided that I am horrible at taking pictures of my WIPs until they're finished. That leaves me with only finished project pictures, which are nice, but I really like looking at other knitter's WIP pictures. So, to combat that, I'm going to take a picture of whatever I'm working on each day and post it. (Yeah, yeah, I know I'm jumping on the 365 bandwagon...)

Here's day 1:



Also, I have pictures of my finished S&S Socks. I adore them!! ^_^

Secrets...

I'm super excited because today when I was on break at work, I cast-on for a new top-secret project. Since I don't know who is reading the blog, I can't say anything here, but I will have an update by Wed.

Squeee!!

Also, I finished my Sense & Sensibility Socks last night!! However, since I had to work today, I have no decent pics. I promise to post them tomorrow, though.

^_^

Thursday, March 26, 2009

And Now... A Pattern!!


I really enjoyed making this and will probably be making more in the future. This one was made out of some SWTC "Amaizing" corn-fiber yarn that I had in my stash. I really want to try making it in
Knit Picks' CotLin yarn, though, for myself. From what I've heard, the CotLin would be great for some nice shower cloths and would show-off the stitches well. I really want to try the Sprout, Pomegranate, Planetarium, and Blackberry colors. ^_^



Mom's Shower Cloth

The main stitch pattern that I used in this cloth was one that I learned while making my Sense and Sensibility socks and is a variation of Eye-Of-Partrige. I modified it so that you could make use of the purl-bump pattern that appeared on the inside of the socks because I really thought both sides looked nice and deserved some attention.

There are a couple of techniques worth explaining before you begin your knitting...
Sl 1 YiF: Bring your yarn to the front of your work and slip the next stitch knit-wise. Bring the yarn to the back of your work before continuing to the next stitch.
SL 1 YiB: Bring your yarn to the back of your work and slip the next stitch knit-wise. Bring the yarn to the front of your work before continuing to the next stitch.

Pattern:
Cast-on 54 stitches. Knit 6 rows in garter stitch.

Begin stitch pattern:
Row 1: Knit 3, *K 1, Sl 1 YiF (repeat from * 12 times), *Purl 1, Sl 1 YiB (repeat from * 12 times), K 3.
Row 2: K 3, K 24, P 24, K 3.
Row 3: K 3, *Sl 1 YiF, K 1 (repeat from * 12 times), *Sl 1 YiB, P 1 (repeat from * 12 times), K 3.
Row 4: K 3, K 24, P 24, K 3.
Continue in pattern for 11 repeats.

Begin next stitch pattern:
Row 1: K 3, *P 1, Sl 1 YiB (repeat from * 12 times), *K 1, Sl 1 YiF (repeat from * 12 times), K 3.
Row 2: K 3, P 24, K 24, K 3.
Row 3: K 3, *Sl 1 YiB, P 1 (repeat from * 12 times), *Sl 1 YiF, K 1 (repeat from * 12 times), K 3.
Row 4: K 3, P 24, K 24, K 3.
Continue in pattern for 10 repeats plus rows 1-3.

Knit 6 rows in garter stitch. Bind off and weave in ends.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Finally, some pictures...




These pictures (1 & 2) show-off the color much much better, but I wanted to get some pics before I gave the cloth away to my mom. However, the weather hasn't been cooperating for out-door pics so I had to settle for these.

I'll be adding the pattern to this post later tonight.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Something New of My Own Design


Interested???


Here's a hint: It's made of corn.

^_^


*Actual content coming soon (and patterns!!)*

Monday, March 16, 2009

Update Coming

Sorry that there has been so little activity lately. I decided that I was spending far too much time surfing around online and wasn't doing anything of much importance so I've been trying to limit my time at the computer. Unfortunately, that means that I haven't been very good about updating the blog. However, I have lots of pics and stories of new projects that I'm going to be posting tomorrow.

Have a good night,

Ed ^_^