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A Little Knitting

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Shetland Shawl in Progress

This picture is really awful but here’s what I’m knitting. This is Granny Cheyne’s Shetland Shawl from Wrapped in Lace by Margaret Stove (mine’s on Ravelry here). Way back (ha!) in 1999 when I started knitting I would sit and drool over the few pictures of Shetland shawls that I would see online and I loved them. They always seemed like something to shoot for, to be able to knit with that super thin yarn on those long, little needles and have this gorgeous lace come out seemed almost unattainable. I’ve felt up to the task for a few years but never found a pattern that called out to me (except the Princess Shawl and I will knit it someday) until Wrapped in Lace came out. This pattern just looked perfect. It’s a big square traditional Shetland shawl with true knitted lace, with patterning on both sides of the fabric) knit in real lace yarn with tiny (US2) needles. It has a variety of patterns and it’s just difficult enough to be interesting but not so much that I’m ripping my hair out in frustration (I have had to rip back a few long rows and I completely frogged the border twice about halfway through it). This is the only thing on my needles right now and I’ve only had time to do a row or two before bed but it is enough. The shawl is slowly growing and I’m just a few rows from finishing the borders and then I have a lot of sewing to do.

More next week. Have a great weekend. I’m going to read about nutrition and menu planning.

Christmas Knitting

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Kitty hat & crocheted scarf

This is all the knitting, well, technically half is crocheted, that I’m doing for Christmas. My cousin wanted a black hat with kitty ears so I used the pattern in Stitch ‘N Bitch with some black (I know it doesn’t look black but it is) acrylic and made her a kitty hat. And since her favorite color is neon green (she’s 10) I whipped up a crocheted scarf. I used a pattern from Stitch ‘N Bitch Crochet for it. And that is all I’m making for Christmas. I’m sick, I’ve had a cold that I can’t shake, and I’m tired and don’t feel like messing with it. So there.

And Now for Some Knitting

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New Hat

See, I still knit. In fact, I’ve finished up a few things recently and here they are.

First up is my new hat that I just finished today. The pattern is Wild is the Wind by Lee Meredith and I used some yarn leftover from the Morrison Cardigan, KnitPicks City Tweed DK. It took about a skein and I used size 6 needles. This is a neat pattern. It’s knit from the top down with a twisted stitch pattern and then you cast on stitches for the edging and knit the edging on as you go. It worked up quick and it looks really nice on. With my hair so short my head gets very cold so I need lots of hats. I’d like to knit another of these with some big chunky yarn.Parallel Lines Scarf

This I finished up on Tuesday. It’s also a Lee Meredith pattern, Parallel Lines. I love her patterns. They’re always something creative that I could never think up on my own and most of them can be knit in any yarn, so they’re good to use up extras. I bought myself her book in progress, Remixed, for my birthday and I’ve already two of the three patterns, this scarf and the previous hat. There’s a shawl, too, and I’ll be knitting it soon. I might even cast on today. So this was again knit with the leftover City Tweed DK, I bought a lot more than I needed.

Charvet pullover

And my last FO, my Charvet Pullover. This was from the Fall 2010 Interweave Knits and I made it out of KnitPicks Wool of the Andes (and it only cost about $30). I really liked knitting this sweater, the construction was very cool. You knit each piece separate, the front and back and the sleeves, but you start at the bottom left corner and knit in garter stitch on the bias and all the shaping is built in. This was one of those patterns where you really have to watch what you’re doing and keep track of the stitch counts but it’s worth it. The sweater is warm and comfortable even if it is a little small for me and it feels bulky, but that’s the garter stitch.  And I’m sure it would feel less bulky in a drapier yarn, like the llama/silk the pattern calls for but I couldn’t afford that. Anyway, I really do like it how it is.

I have one other project on the needles, a big Shetland shawl and I’ll try to post something about it tomorrow.

A New Cardigan

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Blocking My Cardigan

I want to apologize first for the quality of my pictures. I’m camera-less right now and relying on my phone which doesn’t have the best camera in the world.

That said, I finished my Morrison Cardigan (from the Fall or Winter, can’t remember, 2011 Knitscene). This is knit in KnitPicks City Tweed worsted in Tahitian Pearl and Plum on size 8 needles. I finished all the knitting last weekend and blocked it this week, it’s been so cool and damp that it took two days to dry and it stunk. This is some smelly wool when it’s wet but it dries so soft.Me In My Morrison Cardigan

I did all the seaming on Wednesday and wore it to school yesterday and I love it. It’s really warm and cozy and soft and it looks really nice. I just wish I had better pictures.

Here I’m wearing: the cardigan, my Habitat hat, a Threadless shirt that says “No Panic and Freak Out”, Avenue straight leg jeans, and ancient Chucks, there twelve or thirteen years old and still holding up just fine.

I’m very happy with this sweater. I almost went up one size and I’m glad I didn’t, the fit is perfect. The only thing I would change is that I might have made the sleeves about an inch longer but I can live with that.

Have a great weekend! Next week I have baby clothes (for one of my mom’s friends) to show off.

Some WiPs and Stuff

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Sweater back

I’ve been busy the last few weeks. I start my midterms next week and we’re behind in both my classes so we’re having a mad dash to catch up. I still love school.

So here’s some wips. I bought a big box of KnitPicks yarn so I’ve cast on a couple sweaters. The one above is about half of the back of the Charvet pullover from the Winter 2010 Interweave Knits. This is a v-neck sweater knit in garter stitch on the bias with shaping built into it. It’s an interesting sweater and I like knitting it but I have to pay a lot of attention while I’m knitting and keep track of what row I’m on so I haven’t knit on it much this week. I’m using KnitPicks Wool of the Andes Tweed in Down Heather and Barn Door Heather. I thought the Barn Door would be more of a brick red color but this has a lot of blue in it, it’s pretty tough.

Morrison cardigan back

And this is my main project, the Morrison Cardigan from the Fall 2011 Knitscene. Lately there’s been more that I want to knit in Knitscene than in IK, I’m thinking about letting my subscription lapse, even. I finished the back of this last night, it’s a really quick easy knit. I’m using KnitPicks City Tweed DK in Plum and Tahitian Pearl and the yarn is beautiful. It’s so soft, has a great drape, and the color is so pretty. This is the third item I’ve made from this yarn and I can’t get enough of it, it’s so soft.

My new phone

Wednesday I finally broke down and got a cell phone. I’ve been saying for months that I need one and my car has been a little temperamental lately and I’m afraid it will break down on me and I’ll be stuck (again, this has happened twice now). I went to Best Buy with the intent on buying this little Samsung slider phone they had on sale for $75 but when I got there I fell in love with this droid. This one was on sale, too, and it was only $100 so I splurged and bought it. I’m still learning the ropes with this but I really like the phone, even if it is more than I need.

I’ve been thinking a lot about this blog lately. What I want to do with it, how I’ve been neglecting it. I don’t really have a lot to say about knitting anymore and I’m thinking about branching this off into something broader, covering more that just knitting and spinning. I don’t know, I need to think about it more.