Ugh. so, i started a baby blanket, Hoodie, for my could-someday-be-my-SIL (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hoodie-baby-blanket). I've got about 5-6" knit, of maybe 30 or so, but i'm having issue with arthritis and hurty muscles when i start knitting. It really ganks up my wrists for work, and i end up having to put things down for a few days. then i don't really pick them back up... alas. Well, the good news is, i've got a few months to make it happen, including one trip to Pennsylvania, which will translate to a good number of empty hours to fill.
And with that, i just got all excited and happy to be going home. It's for a friend's wedding, which is great, and it'll be almost a year since i went home. Last time was October, and we'll be going in early August. I got a new ipod screen player thingy from Woot for $30, and it'll be awesome for watching movies on the plane with the boyfriend, we can watch the same one on a 7" screen instead of both trying to stare at a 2"-something sized ipod screen. I love flying, it is almost a luxury activity for me - i get to sit around and do nothing for a few hours! nap, watch a movie, knit, chat on the lappy (in the terminal at least) and then all of a sudden you're in a different place, and when that's the place you called home for 22 years of your life, that's a martha-stewart sized Good Thing. See my friends, my family, chill out, and just not worry about finding a new job or a house... these are major sources of stress for this little lady that can't be cured with Sailor Jerry and Cotton-ease. Well, at least not on a daily basis.
The last time i flew i made up a little clutch for my sister for her (our... we are twins!) birthday. it was felted and had an image intarsia-d in... well, it didn't go so well. It shrunk a lot more lengthwise than widthwise, and didn't really come out that great... but it was still cute, and i think she appreciated the work that went in to it (she knits too). There was a lady on the plane next to me knitting a baby sweater with intarsia, and probably size 3 or 4 needles... omg the work! but it was a beautiful piece and i envied her skills.
well, i am inspired to pick up my needles and work a few rows. if i do just a little at a time it ought to get finished in time. how many days till my trip? ahhh... far too many, to be sure!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
yarnarchist once again..?
well hey there! long time no see. since i started waitressing, workin' the needles is occasionally painful on my wrists (and vice versa, knitting hurts my wrists when i work...) so i really haven't been knitting much of anything. However, i'm sortof feeling lame and uninteresting, so i think i'm going to pick up my needles and start some projects to spice up my life. right now, i have a little dish cloth on the needles for a quick and inspiring project to jump start things once again. i can't decide what my next real project should be; should i try (another) sweater? hats? socks? something for my mom's birthday (in 2 weeks, none the less. + time to ship!) ... something for my beau's sister's new baby (due in august... this is possible...) ... Oh, lament! so many things to knit, so little time.
Well, in other knitting news, i've restarted my interest in Ravelry, where you may or may not be reading this right now, and found some groups w/ local knitters, i can't wait to stop by a sNb session and maybe meet some cool people. god knows i've been in vegas long enough, it's about time i meet some kindred souls!
mk, well, time to surf through patterns and find something inspiring... maybe a square baby hat, or a yoga mat bag, or that bathroom mat knit with rags... OOOooOOoo. Maybe i'll learn how to cable, finally! yay, knitting!
Well, in other knitting news, i've restarted my interest in Ravelry, where you may or may not be reading this right now, and found some groups w/ local knitters, i can't wait to stop by a sNb session and maybe meet some cool people. god knows i've been in vegas long enough, it's about time i meet some kindred souls!
mk, well, time to surf through patterns and find something inspiring... maybe a square baby hat, or a yoga mat bag, or that bathroom mat knit with rags... OOOooOOoo. Maybe i'll learn how to cable, finally! yay, knitting!
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Sweater!
So, i'm making a sweater! Finally! I've been knitting for probably 5 years now (yea, OMG, that many already? Wow.) and have yet to knit a project as big as a sweater. I started a blanket... it's about a foot and a couple inches long now. Considering i started it for a friend's sister's wedding present, and it's been at least 3 years since then, it's probably going to take me 12 years to finish, at this rate!!! Lol. It's just boring to knit the same 4 row patten over and over again for about 4 feet of knitting. I'll knit about 4" and get sick of the darn thing, put it away and forget it for a few months to a year. The last i worked on it was when i moved out here to vegas, which was a year ago last week. Time is funny; a year seems so long, until it's over, and then it seems like no time at all.
Well, i digress. Some project details:
Pattern: Janda from Knitty
Yarn: Caron Simply Soft. Black.
Guage: 18sts/24 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch
If i went straight with the pattern and used the recommended yarn (Mission Falls Cotton), the guage is 18/24 on size 7 needles. Caron Simply Soft uses the same gauge, but with size 8 needles. It worked out perfectly actually, i got to use a MUCH cheaper yarn and didn't need to change the gauge or do any math to get the pattern to work with the substituted yarn! Talk about a perfect project for a beginning sweater knitter. Not to mention it has taken maybe 3/4 of a skein of yarn to do the back, so it'll probably take 3 skeins to do the whole sweater. Should cost me about $9! Could have been even less if i used Michael's 40% off coupons for the yarn, but why bother making 3 trips to save maybe $3.
Anyways, I already finished the back. I can't beleive how quickly this is actually going; i bought the yarn on the 19th, but i probably didn't start it till a few days later, tho i can't really say for sure. Either way, the back peice is already done, and i started the ribbing on the front peice. Everything has knit up really well, and although i wasn't 100% certain on the pattern directions, the back peice has come out frikkin' awesome. The measurements are right on and things even look pretty good. The ribbing is knit in a K3-P2 patten, and on the one row i knit a few purls by mistake, but you really can't tell unless you're looking for flaws. Well, here's a pic of the back!
The Janda pattern has racing stripes crochetted up the side; my original plan was to crochet some bright yellow stripes and make a Steelers sweater, but i think i might end up just leaving them black/uncrocheted and just have a really cool black sweater. I'll have to put it all together and decide at the end what it is meant to be.
As much as i love the knittin' tho, my wrists and elbows really kill me after a knit session. Not really good news for a server / computer dork, where all i do is put stress on my wrist/elbow joints in one form or another. Guess i should just take some aleve and give it a rest more often... but it's so exciting to be kicking butt on this lil project here, i just want to knit till 4 am and do as much as i can and get it done! i'll keep sending updates as i make my super awesome progress. I think i might be addicted to sweater knitting now :)
Oh, and i did a little redesigning here on the yarn-blog. It looks like a St. Patrick's day leprechaun threw up all over the place, but i'm working on an alternative to blogger. Frankly, the templates are way too complicated for me to have the patience to try to edit directly, and the template editor in blogger doesn't give me much freedom to edit what i want to edit. So leprechaun puke it is, for now.
Well, i digress. Some project details:
Pattern: Janda from Knitty
Yarn: Caron Simply Soft. Black.
Guage: 18sts/24 rows = 4 inches in stockinette stitch
If i went straight with the pattern and used the recommended yarn (Mission Falls Cotton), the guage is 18/24 on size 7 needles. Caron Simply Soft uses the same gauge, but with size 8 needles. It worked out perfectly actually, i got to use a MUCH cheaper yarn and didn't need to change the gauge or do any math to get the pattern to work with the substituted yarn! Talk about a perfect project for a beginning sweater knitter. Not to mention it has taken maybe 3/4 of a skein of yarn to do the back, so it'll probably take 3 skeins to do the whole sweater. Should cost me about $9! Could have been even less if i used Michael's 40% off coupons for the yarn, but why bother making 3 trips to save maybe $3.
Anyways, I already finished the back. I can't beleive how quickly this is actually going; i bought the yarn on the 19th, but i probably didn't start it till a few days later, tho i can't really say for sure. Either way, the back peice is already done, and i started the ribbing on the front peice. Everything has knit up really well, and although i wasn't 100% certain on the pattern directions, the back peice has come out frikkin' awesome. The measurements are right on and things even look pretty good. The ribbing is knit in a K3-P2 patten, and on the one row i knit a few purls by mistake, but you really can't tell unless you're looking for flaws. Well, here's a pic of the back!
The Janda pattern has racing stripes crochetted up the side; my original plan was to crochet some bright yellow stripes and make a Steelers sweater, but i think i might end up just leaving them black/uncrocheted and just have a really cool black sweater. I'll have to put it all together and decide at the end what it is meant to be.
As much as i love the knittin' tho, my wrists and elbows really kill me after a knit session. Not really good news for a server / computer dork, where all i do is put stress on my wrist/elbow joints in one form or another. Guess i should just take some aleve and give it a rest more often... but it's so exciting to be kicking butt on this lil project here, i just want to knit till 4 am and do as much as i can and get it done! i'll keep sending updates as i make my super awesome progress. I think i might be addicted to sweater knitting now :)
Oh, and i did a little redesigning here on the yarn-blog. It looks like a St. Patrick's day leprechaun threw up all over the place, but i'm working on an alternative to blogger. Frankly, the templates are way too complicated for me to have the patience to try to edit directly, and the template editor in blogger doesn't give me much freedom to edit what i want to edit. So leprechaun puke it is, for now.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Socks rock sock rocks!
I finished the pair of socks i was making!! Why yes, i did finish the second sock about 8 months after the first, why do you ask? LOL. Anyways, the soxors roxors, and i am very proud of myself. Who knows what is next, a hoody maybe? oOOOooOOOOoo. Pictures up eventually!
Thursday, January 12, 2006
warm n toasty
I made a sock!
word! Dude(s and 'ettes) - it was easy as pie. Getting the 2nd one to match the first has been a wee issue (knit too much ribbing at the top... i don't think i'm going to frog it just because of that).. the 1st one i messed up joining the knittin' to a circle, and had one stitch too many which i had to deal with later and it kind of made a mess, but i so don't care, it looks like a sock which is all it has to do. the pattern was pretty easy too.
yay for socks!
word! Dude(s and 'ettes) - it was easy as pie. Getting the 2nd one to match the first has been a wee issue (knit too much ribbing at the top... i don't think i'm going to frog it just because of that).. the 1st one i messed up joining the knittin' to a circle, and had one stitch too many which i had to deal with later and it kind of made a mess, but i so don't care, it looks like a sock which is all it has to do. the pattern was pretty easy too.
yay for socks!
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Yes another...
Hey folks. Last year about this time i received my first free ipod. And yea, by free i do mean - FREE -. The way these offers work are that you complete an offer- usually companys like AOL, Stamps.com, and Netflix have offers for you to complete but there are many different types of offers if one of those don't suit your personal tastes. Then, you have 5 people sign up and do the same. These companys give the offer sites money for getting people to sign up, and they reward their members with items like free ipods!
Anyways, this offer is for a Free Video Ipod. If you want the 30 gig you'll have to have 5 people sign up, if you want a 60 gig you'll have to have 8 people sign up. If you are interested you can sign up Here. Thanks!
Anyways, this offer is for a Free Video Ipod. If you want the 30 gig you'll have to have 5 people sign up, if you want a 60 gig you'll have to have 8 people sign up. If you are interested you can sign up Here. Thanks!
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
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