Sock update

Last night I started on the heel of my sock and finished it  today and it turned out pretty well! Now I get to continue on the foot!

Red Cowl

This is a reworking of a previous red cowl. It was pilled and I'd gotten to the point where I didn't want to wear it. It had a few cables but was unevenly patterned. So I ripped it, got the yarn wet and let it dry. The yarn was worked double, it is thinner, maybe a sport weight? I had done this pattern for another cowl I made. Barbara I believe is the pattern. It is a fun slip pattern that is easy to learn. I didn't have quite enough yarn so I finished it with the reflective yarn I used for those mitts. It is stIll a little tighter than I like (it may mess up my hair), but I'm sure it will stretch over time. And pill more. The black yarn is bulkier and so it is a little uneven. Anyway here are some photos. Including me... Ha.

Knitting of the Past

Well, along with recent organizing of project documentation, I just updated a few projects on my Ravelry page. I have done so much knitting in my life and I have so few projects up there. I know I need to go through my digital camera and see what is on that. Also I'm sure I have at least a few photos I can scan someday of projects I made in high school.

Part of this whole blogging thing is getting photos to load from various things, ipad, phone, camera, etc. I spent a while today trying to figure it out.

anyway here's a photo for fun! I'm sure it is on my old blog. It's a knitted TV. I know, right. i think i made it in like 2007.

Catch up 2: The list so far..

Remember this list? See part 1 if you wish... Here's what I have finished lately!

In threes sweater. Made for a sweet baby yet to be born. I have friends in mind but we don't know the gender yet so I figured make it anyway and save it for another baby if they have a boy. I may make the baby sophisticate if they have a boy. I do like personal gifts so it feels a little weird to make a random sweater, but I think since I have some free time, I should just make what I can before our lives are so busy. I have done this pattern before, in this color. It is such an easy and satisfying pattern I want to make them in tons of colors. I use cascade 220 superwash.

Here it is getting washed.

Blinded by the light!!

Pretty bad photos, but here is a pair of reflective mitts I made for my mom. They walk a lot and she has made at least one sort of arm band that reflects. When I saw this yarn i thought of her and I had to buy it. They are made so she can wear them over other gloves and hopefully the cuff will stretch enough to pull over coat sleeves.  

These socks are not yet on the list because I am not done (though I am further than this photo) I am doing the classy slip up pattern. With an after thought heel. I am past the heel and I think soon I will stop and do the heel so I can have a better idea of how long the foot will need to be. It is my lunchtime knitting! I generally have at least 30 mins to knit which helps me de-stress and I can at least get a little bit done every day.

Photos of a pretty small rag rug. I started it years ago. It took forever because the fabric strips were too thick, it was pretty hard to knit and hurt my wrists if I did too much at a time. I think they were 1& 1/2 inches and I should have just done 1. Anyway. I finished it just so it could be done and gave it to a friend. It is so colorful and cushy. (They currently have it on the seat of an old chair) I love rag rugs as a way to finish up bits and pieces of fabric. They have so much history of the various projects the fabric was used in originally.  But they can be a lot of work. I started cutting 1 inch strips to crochet a rug. It is less heavy to crochet it, and I have a bigger crochet hook than I have knitting needles. 

No pictures yet of the cowl I made. More on that later!

Ps: maybe someday I will learn to link things better. Use google or Ravelry to see the original knitting projects if you wish.

Catch up?

hi readers.
Well. I magically got an iPad. Mike being in the right place at the right time. Yay. So maybe it will help me blog more often? I also started a list. Oh how I try to keep track of  my projects past present and future. But half the time maybe I don't take photos before I give them away. And I had a book I started working in trying to keep lists but then time would pass and I would change my ideas for the yarn or fabric or just decide it wasn't worth making. I had it organized by separate pages for sewing and knitting.

The yellow ones are finished. Anyway, there are several pages, but I had a hard time keeping up with it sometimes. A few weeks ago I started a new page in the book that may help me organize only the finished projects. (I can always do a seperate page for projects I'm planning on making.) It also helps me see If I have a photo and if I have blogged about them yet. And if I keep up with it it will show me my progress over the months.  Good!

 

So. Here's hoping it is helpful and sticks, and makes me take more photos. I'm sure these iPad photos won't be the best, but at least I may have more photos or even a visual record for me. I blog for myself most of all, but also like sharing stuff, if friends care to join me.