FO Friday

After hanging out with these cute people

And doing a little of this (I'm wakeboarding)

I came home and finished my hat, then I soaked it and thought I would block it like a beret to show the lace and cable detail.

I liked the way it showed the detail, but when I put it on...

I just didn't have the look I was going for plus it felt kinda heavy. Weird.

 So I re-soaked it and just threw it on my drying rack without any shaping. I like it much better. I think you can still the detail, in person anyway.

I look like I'm a teenager in these pics with my headphones Lol!

I almost forgot I made this with 2 skeins of  Cleckheaton Country Silk 8ply from DBNY on size 7 circ's and dpn's. I still need to type up the pattern, I hope I can read the notes I made :)

WIP Wednesday

Regretfully, I am not the most consistent blogger. I don't know if anyone even reads this blog. I read/stalk several knitting blogs so just in case someone else in cyber space needs some inspiration, I would like to be able to offer that. To help me be more consistent I will be starting some new features, (plus it might help me finish projects)such as: Work-In-Progress Wednesday and maybe Finished-Object(FO)Friday, and maybe Sunday Inspirations. Hopefully this will produce at least one post a week.

So...for this WIP Wednesday
I give you a lace and cable hat that I hope will be slouchy once it's blocked. It is made with Cleckheaton country silk 8 ply in chocolate that I bought from DBNY. Love that place, but it can be bittersweet because I love this yarn and of course it is discontinued. I am hoping this hat doesn't become a lesson in gauging because I am an idiot and didn't check my gauge because I have knit with it and the same needle size before here, but not this particular stitch pattern.

This project is still coming together in my head. I started out wanting to make just a simple swingy-cardi-vest type thing, but I got bored so it will probably end up still a swingy-cardi-vest, but with some lace up the back and around the front. I just need to do some math. It is made with yarn that I bought for another project here and here, but it failed so I ripped it out thus the new design. Both of these WIP's are my designs by the way. The yarn is Naturally Caron SPA ocean spray and it's super soft, but a little splitty. I know that's not a word, but it's the best way I have to describe it.

So that's it for my works in progress, next week I have to skip because we are going to Lake Powell for some fun in the sun! No knitting in the sand for me!

I take each day one stitch at a time

 Here's Sophia's cheesiest grin, gotta love this girl. This little wrap around cropped sweater didn't really turn out the way I wanted, but it was cheap yarn so what could I expect. Ah well she likes it and that's what counts.

This sweater I started way back in January of 2010 and I got really far then it snagged twice as the pics below show.

I tried and tried in vain to fix the holes, but I just kept making them worse so I just had to...

RIP OUT! :(  

I have already started over and I'm pretty far, definately keeping this one in a better project bag!

More pics to come.

This little guy is Zozo, he needs some arms and legs I'll get to it. One stitch at a time right? Zac would really like me to finish, but those tiny limbs are tedious.

Here's some new yarn (like I needed any). Normally $9.75 but $5.85 on 40% off clearance. It's Simply Shetland Silk & Lambswool

I have a sweater in mind, I'm going to try designing again. I hope I don't get too frustrated and give up as I usually do. I love the way this swatch knitted up the yarn kinda has a vintage feel to it. More to come on this I promise.

Happy Knitting

FO's and Mess up's

Here are some pic's of my latest FO that I designed. I call it basket weave scarf, super creative name I know! If you can think of a better name let me know. I love these infinite scarfs that stay around you neck right where you need them when your bending over shoveling, not falling open like traditional scarfs. I really wanted an interesting texture to work with and to see and feel after it was done. I thought about lace, but I really wanted it to be warm what with all the freezing temps lately. So basket weave it became, it was a fun stitch pattern to work with kind of addictive. I have a purse in mind to use it. It is a very solid and warm stitch pattern also. I knitted the scarf in two balls of Knitpicks Andean silk Merryweather.

Now sometimes things are just not meant to be so this little tiny newborn sweater dress an mess up cuz well you know. It just didn't work out so I let it sit in my project bag for 2 weeks haunting me to work on it or tweak it or something. Finally, sadly, and grudgingly I ripped it out. :( I am rethinking the whole project, but it will be a gift for my yet to be born sweet little baby niece. Aren't the colors just beautiful and sweet though? Knitpicks Shine Sport.

Cabled Cowl

So this cowl has a really cool cable pattern and it is warm, but I don't like how it rolls at the bottom. This pic is kinda weird because of the way I am holding my head, but I wanted to show the cable better. I think my pattern needs a little tweaking also I think I will use different yarn this one is a little too stiff although soft(Lion Brand organic cotton).