Thursday, February 3, 2011
NEXT WEEK
Im so excited for next week, I signed up for 2 knitting classes. I have a class at Knitting Next Door on Monday. Its for knitting 2 socks at once with magic loop toe up. Then on Saturday I head over to Knitted Together for knitting 2 socks at once with magic loop top down. It may be a bit redundant but I dont really get out and knit with other, so its more of a way to meet new people. It should be lots of fun.
Monday, January 31, 2011
More
I have a new love in my life, I have found stamped cross-stitch. I still adore knitting but I have been cheating on it with a butterfly lap quilt. All I wanted was to go to Micheal's for some stitch marker and I don't know why but I ended up in the embroidery section. It was love at first sight, I tried to resist but the more I pulled back the more I fell. This is my premier attempt at cross stitch but of course I cant start small, I was seduced by the complexity, and I get more excited the more difficult it becomes. I can't wait to finish it, I don't know how I'm going to quilt it but I'll cross that bridge when i come to it.
Friday, January 28, 2011
I FORGOT I HAD A BLOG
It's been so long since I posted I'm surprised i remembered my password
Well to the knitting, recently I've had a bad case of sweater startitis. I've started and mostly frogged Amused, started and currently working on Cadence, and planned out Milly, Joanie, and an interweave pattern that I can't remember what its called. I've really been on a Knitty.com sweater kick as you can see from the 4 I started and planned for, and it doesn't start with these, I also knitted Tia, which i think came out pretty good but has a few flaws, and mostly finished Lia, have the sleeves left, I've been wearing it as a vest and I'm not sure when ill get around to adding the sleeves.
I have 2 Christmas gifts still in the works, standard rib socks for one of my cousins and the Destroyed Cowl. I have one sock done and 1/4 of the second one. I guess I actually have to work on it not just carry it around in my purse, who knew. I'm kinda regretting picking the Destroyed Cowl for Kelly, its just not working. I was impressed by the photo and had to knit it. I've put it in the corner.
I've also started my first shawl, I picked spring thaw shawl for my debut into lace and I'm really happy with it. yes it may have been a rocky start but I think I've found groove, the problem I had in the beginning was my over confidence with the project. i thought How hard can this possibly be, I've been knitting for some years now and i know how to do all the stitches, piece of cake. yes what I thought was true but I missed the simplest thing that would have prevented me from re knitting every row over again for the first 40 rows, MARKERS, why didn't it cross my mind, these little rings are the difference between tears and curses to smiles and praise.
Well to the knitting, recently I've had a bad case of sweater startitis. I've started and mostly frogged Amused, started and currently working on Cadence, and planned out Milly, Joanie, and an interweave pattern that I can't remember what its called. I've really been on a Knitty.com sweater kick as you can see from the 4 I started and planned for, and it doesn't start with these, I also knitted Tia, which i think came out pretty good but has a few flaws, and mostly finished Lia, have the sleeves left, I've been wearing it as a vest and I'm not sure when ill get around to adding the sleeves.
I have 2 Christmas gifts still in the works, standard rib socks for one of my cousins and the Destroyed Cowl. I have one sock done and 1/4 of the second one. I guess I actually have to work on it not just carry it around in my purse, who knew. I'm kinda regretting picking the Destroyed Cowl for Kelly, its just not working. I was impressed by the photo and had to knit it. I've put it in the corner.
I've also started my first shawl, I picked spring thaw shawl for my debut into lace and I'm really happy with it. yes it may have been a rocky start but I think I've found groove, the problem I had in the beginning was my over confidence with the project. i thought How hard can this possibly be, I've been knitting for some years now and i know how to do all the stitches, piece of cake. yes what I thought was true but I missed the simplest thing that would have prevented me from re knitting every row over again for the first 40 rows, MARKERS, why didn't it cross my mind, these little rings are the difference between tears and curses to smiles and praise.
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