Archive for 'fair isle'
Catch up
It’s amazing what you can accomplish when you don’t have a knitting deadline and you can work on other projects and clean. I’m not the best housekeeper in the world, but during the knitting of the test knit I just completed (YAY!), my craft room looked like several tornadoes hit it. I finally [...]
Posted: September 4th, 2010 under Gifts, fair isle, finished object, knitting, lace, socks, steek, sweater, test knitting.
Comments: 4
Dress
Why did I think sewing a dress would be easy? Or a good idea? I guess I’m always up for challenging myself.
Cutting out the pieces was easy. There are approximately 40 steps in the pattern, not too bad. The first couple went swimmingly. And then the next couple [...]
Posted: July 12th, 2010 under fabric, fair isle, knitting, sewing, sweater, test knitting.
Comments: 7
Monkeys!
All of a sudden, everyone I know is having a baby. So be prepared to see a lot of baby gifts around here.
My friend is having her second baby. She’s one of my closest friends, and truly appreciates a hand knitted gift. I wracked my brain thinking of the perfect [...]
Posted: June 27th, 2010 under Gifts, fair isle, knitting, steek.
Comments: 7
Happy New Year!
I am home after 2 weeks of vacationing. We drove from NJ to FL (Boca Raton) with a small stop in VA, due to a snow storm that made the roads undrivable. We spent some time visiting with my mother in law, and then headed to Miami on Christmas Eve to board my [...]
Posted: January 2nd, 2010 under fair isle, finished object, knitting, steek, sweater, test knitting.
Comments: 8
Of vests and throws
The vest was done last week, but it seemed to take forever to dry. I finally finished it and when I posted a couple days ago, a couple of you didn’t like that I left you hanging, wondering whether it fit or not. It does fit!
I still believe that the vest is cursed. [...]
Posted: March 3rd, 2009 under fair isle, finished object, knitting, steek.
Comments: 14
2008 Recap
Ok, so we’re already over a week into the year, and I’ve been very lax in my blogging. I know you’ve seen these posts everywhere for the last week or so, but this is for my own record keeping.
Socks: 6, incl a pair for the kid
Hats and headwear (incl baby sized): 4, [...]
Posted: January 11th, 2009 under cooking, fair isle, general, knitting, sweater, yum.
Comments: 3
Secret knitting revealed
Remember awhile ago I was working on something secret? Well, it’s finally up on the Knit Picks website and if you’ve gotten the new catalog, it’s on page 17.
If you’re in the market for knitting a laptop cover, this one looks pretty difficult, but it wasn’t as bad as you’d think. The [...]
Posted: October 8th, 2008 under Rhinebeck, fair isle, knitting, steek.
Comments: 11
Contest!
Ok, here goes. Here’s the vest in all it’s glory:
Measurements:
Across the bust: 18″ (36″ around)
Smallest part at waist: 14″ (28″ around)
Length: 26″
Armholes: 9.5″ in length
Yarn: KP Swish Superwash
I tried it on, and while it technically fits, it’s REALLY snug around my belly. Soooooo…..all you need to do to win this vest for yourself [...]
Posted: March 19th, 2008 under contest, fair isle, knitting, steek.
Comments: 16
Sundays are for sulking
Yes, folks, sulking. It all started really yesterday, when I took out my trusty tape measure, and started measuring my vest. After several measurements and lots of bad words, I came to the conclusion that this vest is not going to fit me. After consulting with Tamara and the husband, I decided [...]
Posted: March 9th, 2008 under Ugh, embroidery, fair isle, knitting, socks, steek.
Comments: 12
Fair Isle
One of the things that I love about fair isle is that it looks SO complex, so complicated, when it’s really not. It’s about following a chart, and yes, there are two yarns that get hopelessly tangled at some point during the knitting and you want to throw it across the room and cry [...]
Posted: March 6th, 2008 under fair isle, knitting.
Comments: 14