Often when I finish a pair of knit socks Hatch has to come over and lick them while I'm trying to take a photo. Today, he's too tired out from the air show noises. 😴
Anyhow, finished my "zoo socks" after coming home from the library today!
That first thing you do after you've bound off.. try it on ;-)
Finished knitting a simple tee, but very happy with the top part - although still unblocked.
Now to figure out how to fix the bottom, which is curling up too much.
Yarn: Lana Grossa Cara DK weight alpaca-cotton mix, very lovely
Pattern: Model 8 from Lookbook 14, from Lana Grossa.
Sweater season: A documentary about the iconic Cowichan knitwear is up for a screen award
The Cowichan Sweater: Our Knitted Legacy has been nominated for the Best Documentary Program award at this year’s Canadian Screen Awards
I'm knitting a roly poly from a pattern. I deviated from the pattern when knitting the antennae, going from a photograph and using shaping techniques I've learned over the years. Here it is posing with a centipede plush. #knitting#isopod#WIP
Neues Projekt / new project:
Aus geribbeltem Garn / from frogged yarn
von einer Strickjacke, die ich kaum getragen habe / from a cardigan I barely wore:
eine neue Strickjacke / a new cardigan.
Anleitung / Pattern:
Myrtle Cardigan by Snowden Becker
Garn / yarn:
Wollmeise Pure in "nördlicher als nordisch"
Needles: 3.25mm
Giving these stitch holder cords a go to fit-check this sweater.
They're hollow tubes which you push your needle tip into the end of and then slide your stitches onto - faster than spare yarn and supposedly more secure than keeping stitches on needles. I did lose about 20 stitches during transfer so not sure about that, although I think I have the knack now? Anyway, they sort of worked and will also do as more substantial stitch-holders, so for £3 I'm quite happy!
I’m still working on finishing my first pair of Laura Nelkin’s Larch Peds (yes, still…). But in the meantime, she has released on update with the very feature I decided I want to incorporate in my next pair of these: an shaped arch support band! https://www.instagram.com/p/C7CUsutrVF1/
Got a tin of chocolates for Xmas. They were delicious. As the old tin I used for some of my knitting notions had finally died, I transferred everything into the new one.
No matter how many times my grandkiddies come, they still have to check in case miraculously the tin contains chocolate again.😅 😜
After a couple of weeks break from posting a blog, I'm back.
This week's blog post is my roadtrip to the 45˚ Fibre Festival in Gore at the beginning of May. It features knitting and spinning and buying crafty things, and winning a raffle prize.
When robbing Peter to pay Paul makes sense- a whole lot of sense.
When I lived in Toronto with my daughter last year, I took the chance to buy a few good yarns. I found CaMaRose Løvetand, knowing it's the ideal yarn for those of us who live in hell, er, tropical climate. I started Outline Tee by Jessie Maed which I finished when I returned to Manila. I wore it a couple of times, but did not like it. So I frogged it to knit this top by Beth MacDonald instead. #knitting#knittersofmastodon
Gestrickt wird hier hier natürlich auch noch! Und unabsichtlich thematisch sehr passend, denn das Tuch hieß schon vor dem letzten Wochenende 'Polarlicht':
I definitely need to sort out my yarn.
I have yarn in baskets, in cupboards, and alongside my chair.
The two baskets alongside my chair are my 'working' (...er, um...lol) ones, they're holding the current WIPs that I pick up regularly.
The cupboards hold my main stash and patterns, needles, etc...
Then there are the hand-dyed yarn clubs I belong to that mean I get more each month.
Of course - collecting yarn and using yarn are two different hobbies 😂 😅 😜
When you get out of control with organization even though you know it will only last a short time and soon you will have another abandoned tool sadly languishing. Exhibit: Notion workspace that initially had just Stash in it and now has become my full-blown mini-personal-Ravelry-esque repository of knitting data. #knitting#FiberArts@knitting (remove group in reply) #Notion
Today's MeMade garments are a hat (crocheted), a skirt and bandanna (sewn), and a waistcoat and socks (knitted).
Here's a photo from last year of our cat putting her seal of approval (i.e. hair) on my hand-knitted sock collection. #MeMadeMay#knitting#socks#cat#sewing#crochet
Time to start the heel. Though I fear I may have miscalculated some, the foot seem a bit long.
I think I'll still finish them as is, I recon they might fit my sister if they are a little too big for me and it would be a nice template to use for adjustments for the next pair. I have the same yarn in a different colorway as well.
In any case I'm sure they'll fit someone.