Archives for June 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
This weekend I worked on my lace shawl. I always make sure I work on it sitting down where I can lay out my pattern and focus on each row, so that I don’t make a mistake. Well, apparently I was too focused on the show I was watching and not enough on the shawl, because I ended up making a mistake. Thank goodness for my lifeline. I managed to rip back 3 rows to my lifeline, put the needle and stitch markers back in place and redo the row.
Of course it meant no progress, because as soon as I got all that done, the little one woke up from her nap, so the knitting had to be put away again. Go figure. So I only managed to complete one lace repeat rather than two this weekend like I was hoping.
In other knitting news, I’ve decided I need a "Vera Bradley" bag for my knitting. I’m coveting a soft, fabric-y squishy bag for my knitting. I’m currently using a Total Tote and I really like it, but for some reason, I know want a soft Vera bag. But I can’t really afford a Vera bag, so I think I’m going to head over to AC Moore this afternoon and get one of the knock-offs they have. But, hmm, I may just have to head over to the mall and check out the real Vera bags, just because.
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Friday, June 13, 2008
I’ve given up on the Tiramisu blanket. No matter what I do, I just can’t seem to keep 90 stitches in the row. I must be horrible at crochet, or the dark green yarn is throwing me off. I tried 4 times and it still wasn’t turning out right. First my gauge was off, instead of being 32″ across, I was at 23″. I know the border isn’t that wide. I finally went up 2 hook sizes and the width was right, but I still couldn’t manage to get the right # of stitches on each row.
So I’ve given up for now. I may try it another time, but for now I’m going to stick with my socks, knit afghan and lace shawl. Oh yeah, and at some point (after I finish the socks since I’m using those needles) I need to reknit my sleeves for my Minimalist Cardigan. gah!
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Friday, June 13, 2008
I cast on and finished the toe of sock #2. I’m working the Campfire socks toe up using handspun yarn. I started this second sock with a different ball of my handspun and I can tell it was spun thicker. My sock fabric is thicker and not as flimsy, if that makes sense. It actually looks better than the first sock. I guess that’s what happens with handspun yarn, especially first yarn. It’s somewhat uneven in thickness, but it looks pretty good, although my toe could be better. The stitches are a bit holey, I didn’t work the toe cast on tight enough but oh well. It’s only my second toe.
I’m not sure on my technique though. I need to research it a bit more to see if I can improve it. I went off memory from the last time I attempted toe-ups socks. I think I’m doing the magic cast-on, but I better double check it.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2008
So much for my attempt at being a one-WIP gal. I started a new project today at work. I’m working the Tiramisu using TLC Essentials in Dark Thyme that I have in my stash from a previous granny square project I’ve decided to quit working on.
I’ve been doing so much knitting that I didn’t realize what I was doing and I grabbed the yarn with my right hand. I knit English and it was a habit. Then I realized what I did and decided to try to crochet that way. It worked, as long as I remembered to wrap the yarn opposite of how I would wrap for a knitted yarn over. Now I can say that I can crochet with yarn in either hand. :)
I’ll post pics of the project and add it to Ravelry once I have some progress made. So far I only have 2 rows, but I can already see that this project will go fairly quickly as long as I work on it regularly.
In other news, I finished sock one of my Handspun Campfire socks. Must cast on the second sock this weekend so I don’t fall into SSS.
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Monday, June 9, 2008
I sat down yesterday and made some more stitch markers for my shawl project. Then last night I worked on the shawl some more. I absolutely love working on it. Wrong side rows are all purl except the 2 end stitches which are garter stitch. It’s coming out so neat. I love watching the lace form as I work the chart. I’ve completed one repeat and am working on the second. I even added a lifeline just in case, although so far I’ve been extremely careful to not make mistakes. Each repeat of the rows adds two more stitch repeats on either side of the center, so when I’m done I’m going to have a ton of stitch markers on my shawl. LOL! But it’s coming out gorgeous! At least I think so.
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