Thursday, June 26, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Ufo extraordinaire's holiday projects
My apologies to everyone that I have been absent from bloggerland for so long. We have had many serious health problems with various members of my family. We have just returned from a short stay in our unit on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland. We went so we could check up on my father and mother. Mum is nearly 86 and now is in a care hostel.
Even though we were only going for 10 days, I optimistically packed lots of UFO's. Holiday time means lots of knitting and craft time - right? I put in quite a variety of knits, sewing and embroidery, so I wouldn't get bored with any one thing. As usual, I spent so much time packing craft essentials that I didn't take other essentials such as shampoo. Must get the priorities right.
Even though we were only going for 10 days, I optimistically packed lots of UFO's. Holiday time means lots of knitting and craft time - right? I put in quite a variety of knits, sewing and embroidery, so I wouldn't get bored with any one thing. As usual, I spent so much time packing craft essentials that I didn't take other essentials such as shampoo. Must get the priorities right.
Here are all the projects I took. Lucky there is a weight allowance on the plane or I might have taken more (ever the optimist)
Funny how there is a lot less time to do craft work when busily catching up with family and friends. I made some progress on the blue baby sweater, finished the blue hat, and progressed the light green baby cardi. I also did more blanket stitch on the applique project. I had hoped to work on the beaded lace scarf, and the chocolate shawl, but didn't get much time where I could concentrate fully on knitting. I took the smocking project to my sister's embroidery class, but barely got started. I missed going to the patchwork class to sew up the pink bag, as it clashed with hubby's reunion with old school friends.
However, by hook or by crook I had to finish Mum's pink cardi, as I didn't want to bring it back home and have to post it.
TAA DAA
OK - I guess I have to confess that I am not getting any better with my UFO problem. I have heaps of projects lurking. Cast-on-itis is hard to cure. Are any of you doing better in the finishing department?
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Finally!
The Hempathy short fingered gloves are finished. This was one,long, hot and Summer and a fiery early Fall. I'm hoping to finish the Pi shawl,Gretchen, before Spring. The TrekkingXXL red boot socks were my only other knitting in the hot weather. Tiny victories!
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
It's Been Too Long!
It has been way too long since I've posted but our busy lives just keep getting busier, or so it seems. Above it the Prairie Shawl from Cheryl Oberle's book, Folk Shawls. I used Rowan Plaid and size 11 needles. I really enjoyed knitting this and was surprised that it didn't take as long as I thought it would. 
Here's a pair of socks knit with Opal in their Rainforest collection (Owl, to be exact). I used size 1 needles for these babies and that's just about as small a needle as I can stand. Mostly, I use size 2's for my socks and they seem to work out well for me. These were a gift for my DIL and she loved them.
I finally completed the Aran baby blanket too, which was a very long time coming, let me tell you. I used Shelridge Farms merino which was a dream to knit with and size 8 needles. My sweet little 2nd granddaughter is snuggling under this one as we speak!I've been crocheting quite a bit but since this is a knitter's UFO blog, I'll stick with the knitting. All the best to everyone and I hope you're enjoying your crafting and your summer, if it's summer where you live!
Cheers, Laura
Monday, June 25, 2007
Gretchen
So, that's it.. my four projects, and I do pledge to work on each one of them everyday but the Drops will go slower. An in the round Alpaca/Silk sweater through summer is going to get a little hot but I promise one round a day on that one. You all have fun with your UFOs. Take Care!
Red trekking xxl sock for DH
Drops Design Beginnings
Green Hempathy Glove progress
I haven't been knitting much at all.
It's summer time here and before that , of course, it was spring. The garden called and so did cleaning out the junk in the studio part of the house.
This isn't quite whining yet, so I'll stop. I finished a green glove and put it on my blog but here is a piccie. This glove is made of Hempathy yarn. It's a tiny bit like knitting with a gentle feeling string, plied, but it's a very nice blend of cotton, hemp and model, for a little memory. Also, Gretchen the Pi Shawl and the Drops Aran Isle sweater are on their way after new needles arrived for G, and a frogging for D. So my pledge is to make daily progress on those three things, and a boot sock for the DH.
I'm going to try to upload pictures of the small progress here. Next post, but all of them are on my knitting Flickr cage on my blog if I don't succeed. It's rather early for me so anything can, and probably will, happen. I hope you have been having good luck with your knitting and with life. Ta! =o)
This isn't quite whining yet, so I'll stop. I finished a green glove and put it on my blog but here is a piccie. This glove is made of Hempathy yarn. It's a tiny bit like knitting with a gentle feeling string, plied, but it's a very nice blend of cotton, hemp and model, for a little memory. Also, Gretchen the Pi Shawl and the Drops Aran Isle sweater are on their way after new needles arrived for G, and a frogging for D. So my pledge is to make daily progress on those three things, and a boot sock for the DH.
I'm going to try to upload pictures of the small progress here. Next post, but all of them are on my knitting Flickr cage on my blog if I don't succeed. It's rather early for me so anything can, and probably will, happen. I hope you have been having good luck with your knitting and with life. Ta! =o)
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Hmm.
No new updates for quite a while, yeah? Two months. Well I don't have any pictures, but I did finish a pair of slippers for Mum for Mother's Day. I'm not sure if those count though because they weren't really a UFO, I cast on for them at the beginning of the month and finished the second one the day before Mother's Day.
Even better news is that I've been developing my knitting skills (when I first joined this blog, I could only knit rectangular things, and only in garter stitch. I have come a long way.) So that's exciting.
I got one of Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's books, Knitting Rules, and it's so awesome! I really love it, it's totally hilarious (of course my mum made fun of me for laughing at a knitting book, but you know what? She's not a knitter, either.) I guess it's one of the older ones, I reckon she's got a new one coming but I don't know anything about it.
I've been on a giant knitting craze lately; spent all my birthday money on yarn, to my mother's dismay; bought several new knitting books, and new pairs of needles; figured out a few stitches and decided on a large Harry Potter Gryffindor scarf (Azkaban style) as my next big project. Maybe. That's if I don't cast on for some hot pink slippers before I get the right size needles for the scarf.
I really did want to wait to post until I could get some pictures, but my camera's broken so that might not happen for a while. :(
Even better news is that I've been developing my knitting skills (when I first joined this blog, I could only knit rectangular things, and only in garter stitch. I have come a long way.) So that's exciting.
I got one of Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's books, Knitting Rules, and it's so awesome! I really love it, it's totally hilarious (of course my mum made fun of me for laughing at a knitting book, but you know what? She's not a knitter, either.) I guess it's one of the older ones, I reckon she's got a new one coming but I don't know anything about it.
I've been on a giant knitting craze lately; spent all my birthday money on yarn, to my mother's dismay; bought several new knitting books, and new pairs of needles; figured out a few stitches and decided on a large Harry Potter Gryffindor scarf (Azkaban style) as my next big project. Maybe. That's if I don't cast on for some hot pink slippers before I get the right size needles for the scarf.
I really did want to wait to post until I could get some pictures, but my camera's broken so that might not happen for a while. :(
Friday, March 23, 2007
Some progress
I did finish this sweater for Mum, though the purl 3 together through the back of the loop, and the decreases drove me crazy. I like the effect of this pattern but I think there is a simpler version somewhere. It is fine knitted in the round, just the back and forth that is hard.I have been washing and fixing baby clothes, and mostly knitting on the shawl for the new baby.
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Finished the Santa Cruz Hat out of Noro
I had to change the link as the blog has moved on.
You can see it here in my knitting album:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/91876692@N00/
I love this hat pattern and will make many more. It's lot's of fun.
You can see it here in my knitting album:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/91876692@N00/
I love this hat pattern and will make many more. It's lot's of fun.
Labels: Finished WIP
Saturday, February 24, 2007
Finished one.. One to go
shortfingered glovesThose above have been sent off to my DD2 to the North.
I have a Gretchen Pi shawl.....
two Noro Santa Cruz one skein hats....
trekkerXXl boot socks, here.... the picture is of the colorway I bought a few months ago.
a Moo hat, for which there is no picture, in farrow rib, which is also the only true UFO as it was left over from last year, and a....
Drops Aran sweater for DH- since I abandoned the errata filled pattern....
and two more short fingered gloves, see top photog, on the needles.
I think that should take the rest of the year, and in the case of the Aran Isle, two years.
There, now I've declared war on the stash. Will it let me live? tee hee
Monday, February 19, 2007
Long time no blog
I haven't blogged for quite a while but now that school has started hopefully I will be a bit more regular with my blogging.
I have finished a few things lately so if you would like a look I have put pickies onto my blog.
Some of the finished articles have been UFO's for a while so I'm glad to get them finished.
Joan do you recognise this yarn? It's the one that we got when we went shopping in Adelaide. It was great having a look at Barb's shop and miss 4 still talks about Merle and the walk on the beach.
I have a few more UFO's to knock on the head before I have surgery on one of my hands whenever that is. The public hospital waiting lists are very long over our way.
Until next time keep on knitting.
Cathy
Monday, February 05, 2007
Frogging in 2 parts
My yarn is all over the place, and not just my place. I have a box of yarn over at Michelle's house. Why? I don't know. It's just there. (Well, sometimes she needs to 'hide' new yarn from the husband and then it "belongs to my collection". As understanding as he is, unless you are a yarnaholic, understanding will only go so far.) So, with my yarn all over the place and my projects all over the place, I continue to frog. This time it's a sweater that I started a long time ago. And it was the first one I started, didn't really check the gauge too closely, changed some things around in the pattern and took really bad notes. Not that it matters because I can't find the notes anyway. So, this is the next of my projects to get frogged. But, like the title suggests, it is a frogging in 2 parts. I had finished the back and I can't find it. I think it might be at Michelle's house. I had started the front and at least that part got frogged.
This sudden frogging need comes from feeling a little bit guilty for wanting to cast on for rogue. (Still haven't done it yet.)
This sudden frogging need comes from feeling a little bit guilty for wanting to cast on for rogue. (Still haven't done it yet.)
Saturday, February 03, 2007
Hi there ;)
It's been a very long time since my last post here (umm...a year...and a half?) Shame on me! I was surprised to discover that I had not been removed from the blog (which would have been quite understandable) and I'm glad, because I want to start blogging about knitting again.
A couple of weeks ago I finished a very simple but pretty scarf. It's striped with a combination of black and dark and light blues. I don't have any pictures of it right now.
Then I cast on for another scarf; a soft, fuzzy red one using yarn I've had for a while. I've just run out of yarn for it, so I may take a trip to LYS for more this afternoon.
No patterns, as usual. I tend to improvise, since I'm not that great yet. Ah well.
One new thing is that I've learned how much easier it is to get knitting done if I take it to school with me. =)
A couple of weeks ago I finished a very simple but pretty scarf. It's striped with a combination of black and dark and light blues. I don't have any pictures of it right now.
Then I cast on for another scarf; a soft, fuzzy red one using yarn I've had for a while. I've just run out of yarn for it, so I may take a trip to LYS for more this afternoon.
No patterns, as usual. I tend to improvise, since I'm not that great yet. Ah well.
One new thing is that I've learned how much easier it is to get knitting done if I take it to school with me. =)
Monday, January 29, 2007
Great start
I am so proud of myself. First of all, I had the courage to open up my UFO spreadsheet. Turns out, I only had 18 UFOs. Then I pinned my ears back (figuratively speaking) and finished knitting the green scarf. The one I was supposed to give her for Christmas. It's a good thing she's got a birthday coming up in March.
I made it with Peruvian Baby Silk on size 5. The lace comes from some random patterns out of a book.
But that is not all I did. I decided to be brave and I frogged 2, yes TWO projects I knew I wasn't going to finish.
The purple one is a corset, that I didn't take enough time / pay enough attention to the gauge. I learned my lesson. No way it was going to fit. And I wasn't too happy with the decreases. Althoughh, had it fit, I wouldn't have cared. But, it wasn't going to fit, so I used the bad decreases as another reason to frog. The light blue-ish one was going to be a diagonal baby blanket. But it went too slow.
Just not having fun working on it. So I got brave, frogged both in one sitting. I am very proud of myself. And now my UFO list is down to 15.
Not for long, I will be casting on for rogue. But, this weekend (another reason I am proud of me) I've been working on my sock. I got to the fun part, turning the heal. Once I get to knitting the foot, I'm sure I'll put it aside again.
I made it with Peruvian Baby Silk on size 5. The lace comes from some random patterns out of a book.
But that is not all I did. I decided to be brave and I frogged 2, yes TWO projects I knew I wasn't going to finish.
The purple one is a corset, that I didn't take enough time / pay enough attention to the gauge. I learned my lesson. No way it was going to fit. And I wasn't too happy with the decreases. Althoughh, had it fit, I wouldn't have cared. But, it wasn't going to fit, so I used the bad decreases as another reason to frog. The light blue-ish one was going to be a diagonal baby blanket. But it went too slow.
Just not having fun working on it. So I got brave, frogged both in one sitting. I am very proud of myself. And now my UFO list is down to 15. Not for long, I will be casting on for rogue. But, this weekend (another reason I am proud of me) I've been working on my sock. I got to the fun part, turning the heal. Once I get to knitting the foot, I'm sure I'll put it aside again.
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Fun fur??
Yay first post! thanks for inviting me to the team blog!
so im proud to say that I am almost finished with the socks i started for my mom which is amazing for me considering i'm an enormous procrastinator and i have a.d.d. when it comes to finishing projects. but i am bound and determined to finish these socks for her b-day. :)
anywho i need some input. For christmas my aunt gave me different fun fur yarns and i cant decide what to do with them. I want something that won't bore me to death like a simple garter or stockinette scarf, but fun fur is so hard to work with in any complicated patterns. any suggestions?
so im proud to say that I am almost finished with the socks i started for my mom which is amazing for me considering i'm an enormous procrastinator and i have a.d.d. when it comes to finishing projects. but i am bound and determined to finish these socks for her b-day. :)
anywho i need some input. For christmas my aunt gave me different fun fur yarns and i cant decide what to do with them. I want something that won't bore me to death like a simple garter or stockinette scarf, but fun fur is so hard to work with in any complicated patterns. any suggestions?
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Trying to post to the new blogger
Ok let's see if this works.
I've gotten halfway through the fingerless mitts but they weren't an UFO. One down and one to go.
Joan, they didn't give you a choice but hopefully we can all post here.
I've gotten halfway through the fingerless mitts but they weren't an UFO. One down and one to go.
Joan, they didn't give you a choice but hopefully we can all post here.
Sunday, January 21, 2007
My resolution
Oh boy, I may have mentioned before I started a spreadsheet with all my UFOs. I was afraid to open it, but I know there are about 20 items in there. Well, to get to a good start in 2007, I have picked these nine UFOs to work and seriously make an attempt to ... work on some more. (I would say finish, but who would I be kidding.)
Let's look at what I've got, the pick blurb is clopatis, below to it a multi-colored lap-ket. Next to that are a lace shawl(-ish) and a sock (second of the pair). In the little ziplock bag is a green skinny scarf (Was supposed to be a christmas present for my mom. Oops) and next to that is my fake fur wrap sans fur. The other off-white think is hopeful, a no seem sweater. The orangy thing will be my ribbi cardi. And finally, there is a ball of yarn with some needles. Soon I will cast on for rogue. Again, I won't kid myself nor anybody else, I will be casting on for rogue. Soon. I hope to maybe finish the skinny scarf, it's almost done. But I can't make any promises, I know I am weak.
However, like I said, these are the UFOs that I will be working in 2007. Maybe finish a few. But definitely make progress. And I hope I will have the strenght to rip a few of the other 11 projects in my spreadsheet. (Yes, some will need to be ripped, I know that, I am slowly making peace with that fact. Maybe next month I'll give it a try.)
Let's look at what I've got, the pick blurb is clopatis, below to it a multi-colored lap-ket. Next to that are a lace shawl(-ish) and a sock (second of the pair). In the little ziplock bag is a green skinny scarf (Was supposed to be a christmas present for my mom. Oops) and next to that is my fake fur wrap sans fur. The other off-white think is hopeful, a no seem sweater. The orangy thing will be my ribbi cardi. And finally, there is a ball of yarn with some needles. Soon I will cast on for rogue. Again, I won't kid myself nor anybody else, I will be casting on for rogue. Soon. I hope to maybe finish the skinny scarf, it's almost done. But I can't make any promises, I know I am weak.
However, like I said, these are the UFOs that I will be working in 2007. Maybe finish a few. But definitely make progress. And I hope I will have the strenght to rip a few of the other 11 projects in my spreadsheet. (Yes, some will need to be ripped, I know that, I am slowly making peace with that fact. Maybe next month I'll give it a try.)
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Posting
I have checked the dashboard and everyone is still listed as "admin" which I think means you should be able to post. Maybe it is because of the update. If anyone has trouble I will contact Blogger and try to sort it out
Friday, January 12, 2007
Have I spoiled this?
I signed up for the new version of Blogger, thinking it would only affect my own blog. Seems they have also updated this one too. Could someone else try posting to make sure I haven't messed up for everyone else? If it doesn't work, email me at joanmahony@yahoo.com.au
Thanks
Thanks
Sunday, January 07, 2007
New Year, some old knitting, some new knitting,
Hello Good UFO buddies,
Happy New Year!
I have two left overs from last year, the aran sweater, and the ancient shell top that will no longer fit me. I'm going to finish it, just for the discipline, and then give it to someone who might like it. Or, I might wear it under a nightgown for added warmth in the winter. hehe
My plans are to really get into the pattern for the aran and count out stitches and rows so that the errors are eliminated. It's a very old Rowan pattern from off the web, and it has mistakes in it that can drive a knitter mad. The shell top is a very straight-up knitting project.
I have one addition, a lace shawl I just started but for which I bought the kit last year. It doesn't strictly count as an UFO, but if I don't keep working on it, it will become one, and I want it not to become a UFO.
I'll make a little album of pictures in flicker, and put the link up here sometime soon.
Wishing you all success in your knitting! May all your knitting adventures be frogging and tangle free.
Lella
Happy New Year!
I have two left overs from last year, the aran sweater, and the ancient shell top that will no longer fit me. I'm going to finish it, just for the discipline, and then give it to someone who might like it. Or, I might wear it under a nightgown for added warmth in the winter. hehe
My plans are to really get into the pattern for the aran and count out stitches and rows so that the errors are eliminated. It's a very old Rowan pattern from off the web, and it has mistakes in it that can drive a knitter mad. The shell top is a very straight-up knitting project.
I have one addition, a lace shawl I just started but for which I bought the kit last year. It doesn't strictly count as an UFO, but if I don't keep working on it, it will become one, and I want it not to become a UFO.
I'll make a little album of pictures in flicker, and put the link up here sometime soon.
Wishing you all success in your knitting! May all your knitting adventures be frogging and tangle free.
Lella
Saturday, January 06, 2007
I have a few things I need to finish. As of right now, I haven't been knitting or crocheting very much. I made hats for my Dad, Uncle, and Grandpa for Christmas. That's about it. I've gotten into making jewelry now. I've done well with that and I've been able to sell at least $100 worth of jewelry so far. I do however need to get a hat and scarf done for my Aunt to give to her Mom. I also need to finish scarves for Travis's Grandma and Grandpa. That's my biggest thing to tackle this year. Not so bad I say. I just need to get the desire to put down my jewelry making and get that stuff finished.
I do have news. I have gotten a new job. I love it. It's temporary as of right now, but I am hoping it will turn into something permanent.
Well that's about it. I will be finishing my second degree in school around the Summer of '07.
Hope everyone had a wonderful New Year!
I do have news. I have gotten a new job. I love it. It's temporary as of right now, but I am hoping it will turn into something permanent.
Well that's about it. I will be finishing my second degree in school around the Summer of '07.
Hope everyone had a wonderful New Year!
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
UFO Update
I have been very remiss on tackling UFOs - cast on a new pair of socks yesterday to my great delight while a scarf, three blankets and a vest remain unfinished. I am dealing with carpal tunnel and cubital tunnel syndrome so have to stop or reduce my knitting greatly so that is a big factor. I did take a few UFOs to a woman I met through my local SNB Yahoo group to finish and she has done a couple, I will be picking up few more from her soon. Some of my projects just did not work out at all. My Kitty Pi bed, my Chinese Lantern purse. Now I have some felted clogs that I am not sure about - I will give them a few more rounds in the washer (will go to a friend with a top loader this time). I have felt so frustrated by the things that don't work out that I am seeking things that are a little more simple. Like socks.
Happy New Year and good luck with your UFOs!
Rebecca
http://theyarnbug.blogspot.com
Happy New Year and good luck with your UFOs!
Rebecca
http://theyarnbug.blogspot.com
Sunday, December 31, 2006
UFO's into 2007
The biggest UFO on my list...and the one that MUST be completed as soon as humanly possible, is this:
I started this for Amazing Lace, back in May...it was for my Big Sis's 60th birthday in October. It's NOW the end of December and I've done more than you see in this photo, but I've still got a good way to go to finish.
Other UFO's? Well, My Diamond Fantasy Shawl (which was started back at the beginning of 2006 and has been languishing as I worked on a lot of other things and my second sock of the Cherry Tree Hill Green Mountain Madness colorway Feather & Fan socks. All need to get done. I have other UFO's on my blog in the OTN 2006 list (one that was even on my 2005 UFO list!). But those are my most important ones...
Happy New Year!
I started this for Amazing Lace, back in May...it was for my Big Sis's 60th birthday in October. It's NOW the end of December and I've done more than you see in this photo, but I've still got a good way to go to finish.
Other UFO's? Well, My Diamond Fantasy Shawl (which was started back at the beginning of 2006 and has been languishing as I worked on a lot of other things and my second sock of the Cherry Tree Hill Green Mountain Madness colorway Feather & Fan socks. All need to get done. I have other UFO's on my blog in the OTN 2006 list (one that was even on my 2005 UFO list!). But those are my most important ones...
Happy New Year!
Saturday, December 30, 2006
New Year UFO's
Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all had a lovely Christmas. As usual, I have been trying to write down resolutions (lol) and of course they include finishing UFO's. I might go one further and say I want to fix up all my UFO's in 2007. Is this possible? I would have to be more disiplined. I will give it a shot.Here are the 3 I am working on at the moment - The green sweater for Mother, (still have to work out how to do the pattern back and forward, though I decided to do the sleeves plain) a cotton vest for my son's girlfriend (she picked the pattern, but I found that changing colours doesn't work well with cotton) and a preemie cardi for charity - which I had to get some more wool to finish.
This is really painful for me, as I am up to picking up stitches on two of them - yuk. I promise I won't touch anything else till I finish these three.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
News on the French Market Blob..er ... Bag
Boil Caldron!
Almost But Oh So FarI need a bigger pan or better luck to get this down to size. I'm about ready to throw in the towel, or maybe just throw this shapeless mess away. Ah well, that's felting! Can I call this finished yet? My blog scale is at 97%.
Monday, November 13, 2006
I'm back - some simple projects to show
Hi friends! For some reason, I've been off blogging for many months. I do have a few items to share. A few of my close college friends have newborns this past year, so here are a couple things I created for them.
1. soft little baby hat: made from Berocco Lullaby and Hush - two nylon blend yarns that are washable. This was a quick knit, worked up on size 11's for the body of the hat. Color for each yarn: Goodnight Moon.
2. Baby cardi: I worked up on a few balls of GGH Bali cotton blend yarn. I used Purple as the main color, and Light Green and Deep Pink for the accent colors. I'm not sure where I found this pattern on the internet, but I had problems with it - especially with the button band. My first attempt, the buttons would have been 3 inches from the button holes, lol. I re-worked as best I could and you see the finished
product. 
I hope to make another cardigan in the future, maybe a more tested pattern!!
I purchased this yarn from another knitter's stash fromKR - I learned my lesson. Be very careful even if they specify how many balls of yarn they are selling you. Sales like that don't always work out well.
I found the buttons at a regular craft store chain, and I was glad for the little stars they are - matching the deep pink color well. The little girl who receives this sweater later sent on a photo of her in it - she is darling! Hope she'll wear it a few months before she outgrows it!
1. soft little baby hat: made from Berocco Lullaby and Hush - two nylon blend yarns that are washable. This was a quick knit, worked up on size 11's for the body of the hat. Color for each yarn: Goodnight Moon.
2. Baby cardi: I worked up on a few balls of GGH Bali cotton blend yarn. I used Purple as the main color, and Light Green and Deep Pink for the accent colors. I'm not sure where I found this pattern on the internet, but I had problems with it - especially with the button band. My first attempt, the buttons would have been 3 inches from the button holes, lol. I re-worked as best I could and you see the finished
product. 
I hope to make another cardigan in the future, maybe a more tested pattern!!I purchased this yarn from another knitter's stash fromKR - I learned my lesson. Be very careful even if they specify how many balls of yarn they are selling you. Sales like that don't always work out well.
I found the buttons at a regular craft store chain, and I was glad for the little stars they are - matching the deep pink color well. The little girl who receives this sweater later sent on a photo of her in it - she is darling! Hope she'll wear it a few months before she outgrows it!
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
happy i changed my mind
I keep finding projects all over the place. I am back up to 20 WIPS/UFOs. But that is not counting this one.
I was actually gonna be brave and frog some stuff. (I never want to admit defeat.) I pulled out this little sweater and found out I was further along than I thought. So I just decided to finish it. It a simple top down raglan baby sweater. To make it a bit more interesting, I improvised some lace around the sleeves and the bottom of the body. Took me 2 nights to finish it. (Could have done it in 1 night, but ... so many other projects were calling me, hehe.)
The yarn is some mystery yarn I got at a bag sale. It's soft.
Also, I finally bought some buttons for my chocolate mocha sweater. Just as I was starting to think there was some power against me finishing CM. Whenever I saw buttons I liked, they didn't have enough of them. But then my luck changed. Found some buttons I liked, came home and I was all ready to officially put CM on the FO list ... only to find out ... I had no matching thread! Aaarrrgghh, the universe was against me after all. But luckilly Michelle had some matching thread. And I am happy to report, 2 of the 8 buttons are securely attached.
I was actually gonna be brave and frog some stuff. (I never want to admit defeat.) I pulled out this little sweater and found out I was further along than I thought. So I just decided to finish it. It a simple top down raglan baby sweater. To make it a bit more interesting, I improvised some lace around the sleeves and the bottom of the body. Took me 2 nights to finish it. (Could have done it in 1 night, but ... so many other projects were calling me, hehe.) The yarn is some mystery yarn I got at a bag sale. It's soft.
Also, I finally bought some buttons for my chocolate mocha sweater. Just as I was starting to think there was some power against me finishing CM. Whenever I saw buttons I liked, they didn't have enough of them. But then my luck changed. Found some buttons I liked, came home and I was all ready to officially put CM on the FO list ... only to find out ... I had no matching thread! Aaarrrgghh, the universe was against me after all. But luckilly Michelle had some matching thread. And I am happy to report, 2 of the 8 buttons are securely attached.
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
I continue to binge
I continue to binge on finishing projects. Here's two more.
This is my chocolate mocha sweater. I finally finished it. Well, it just needs 8 buttons, but those are just details. I could wear it like this (if a sudden cold front hits so cal) It the rosedale pattern from knitty and I made it with my favorite yarn : September 7th on size 8 needles.
This I finished a while ago, but it's a present for Michelle and I can't blog about it before giving it. So today, I actually remembered to bring it with me and hand it over. I made up the pattern myself. I wanted to try mittered squares and being me, I can't keep things like that up for one whole blanket. So I improvised.
I was so proud of myself, that I cast on for a cutesy little wrap. (I know that cold front will be here soon.)
This is my chocolate mocha sweater. I finally finished it. Well, it just needs 8 buttons, but those are just details. I could wear it like this (if a sudden cold front hits so cal) It the rosedale pattern from knitty and I made it with my favorite yarn : September 7th on size 8 needles.
This I finished a while ago, but it's a present for Michelle and I can't blog about it before giving it. So today, I actually remembered to bring it with me and hand it over. I made up the pattern myself. I wanted to try mittered squares and being me, I can't keep things like that up for one whole blanket. So I improvised.I was so proud of myself, that I cast on for a cutesy little wrap. (I know that cold front will be here soon.)
