Posted in Knitting, Patterns on July 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Materials:
Worsted Weight yarn, two colours, 100 yds/90m each. Snail shell is shown in Bernat Super Value Ombre Mountain Lake (335yd/306m, uses less than half a skein) and snail body Bernat Handicrafter Cotton Solids Beige 160 yds/146m. The shell’s sleeve can also be done in the colour of the snail’s body, for a more realistic look. [...]
Posted in Finished Objects, Knitting, Techniques on June 28, 2008 | 5 Comments »
When I first saw Dahlia on knitty (it’s Winter 2007), I thought it was cute, but I didn’t think it would look good on me. Texture around the stomach and an empire waist? But I’ve lost weight since then, and am still losing, so I had more confidence to try it. With modifications, of course. [...]
Posted in Finished Objects, Knitting on June 19, 2008 | No Comments »
When my mother saw the Picovoli that I knit, she wanted it. Not in a different colour, but that exact same one. I’d rather not have the exact same top as my mother (or make the exact same top twice), but she wasn’t willing to spring for the more expensive soy yarn (and shipping) anyway. [...]
Posted in Blog, Knitting, Weather Complaint, Work in Progress on June 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday, June 14th, was World Wide Knit in Public Day, and I drove about an hour away to Charlottetown to meet 4 other members of Ravelry:
Above is missknittykitty, nanapei, marigoldy and jannaknits. There’s another picture that includes me on nanapei’s blog. missknittykitty was knitting a pretty green sock, but she wasn’t during these pictures since [...]
Posted in Finished Objects, Knitting on May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I found a great use for the South West Trading Company Pure yarn (100% soy) in Blue Depths that’s been sitting around since being frogged:
It’s the Picovoli pattern by Grumperina, with a few small modifications. I wanted to use this yarn, but I got gauge with size 6US needles instead of 4US, so I used [...]
Posted in Crochet, Finished Objects, Knitting, Weather Complaint on April 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This is the view that suddenly appeared yesterday, after the rain switched to snow. The snow fell like it was January for hours, continuing overnight.
This morning, it was a blanket of snow. It was like looking at a postcard of a beautiful Christmas scene, set in a quiet, rural neighbourhood with the pine trees frosted [...]
Posted in Finished Objects, Knitting on April 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I made a Foliage hat back in November, using a James C. Brett yarn called Marble that I loved, but for the longest time couldn’t figure out what to do with. Then Foliage came along and I made that on/during my latest trip to the US.
There was still about half a ball left, and [...]
Posted in Finished Objects, Knitting on April 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Mostly because I just finished a sweater. It’s part El Sol Pullover (scroll down) from Interweave Knits, and part Cobblestone from Interweave knits (I can’t find this magazine in their archive, they’re missing some of the Fall ones. It’s Fall 2007), mostly following the El Sol Pullover. I used Patons Canadiana (I keep hearing people [...]
Posted in Finished Objects, Knitting on February 26, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Do you remember the yarn that was going to be Under the Hoodie from SnB? Then it was going to be Kyoto, then a Raglan, then FrouFrou (crochet) from SnB THH? Well, now it’s Tubey, and it’s staying that way.
I did the medium size, but I probably could have gone down to the small. The [...]
Posted in Blog, Finished Objects, Knitting, Patterns, Weather Complaint on February 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s been almost a month since my last post, which is a little unusual for me. There was a power outage during that time, but it was just for 3 days. A lot of storms.
Anyway, first thing. I wanted to mention something about the soy/acrylic yarn dying. It might be something I did, I don’t [...]
