Archive for June, 2007
Not a crafting post
Just pics of my newly mohawked little boy, my little rocker dude in training…
Posted: June 27th, 2007 under general.
Comments: 17
Finished Sockapalooza socks
Stats:
Pattern: Vinnland, from The AntiCraft
Needles: Size 1 Clover Bamboo DPNs
Yarn: 2 balls Knit Picks Essential in Cocoa
Modifications: None
I loved knitting these socks. They taught me how to do a yo short row toe/heel. The yarn is amazingly soft, and really nice to work with. I can’t say enough good things about this [...]
Posted: June 24th, 2007 under general, knitting, spinning.
Comments: 17
Reveals
I have not dyed anything, yarn or roving, with anything other than Kool-Aid or Wiltons. The Kool-Aid made my kitchen smell funny, and the Wiltons didn’t do what I wanted it to. Well, that could have been user error, and I’m sure it was. And then, there was the most recent attempt [...]
Posted: June 20th, 2007 under dying, sewing.
Comments: 20
Summertime blues
Who really wants to knit when it’s hot outside? Not me. I’m slowly chugging along on some handspun socks. One is complete, the other yet to be put on the needles. The Vinnland Sockapalooza socks are almost complete. It took some time to rip back to just before the heel [...]
Posted: June 19th, 2007 under knitting.
Comments: 5
Josephine
I can’t begin to tell you how much I love this top. First, I don’t really like working with 100% cotton. It hurst my hands. But I had a bad day awhile back, and the IK preview had come out, and next thing I know, I’m out some money and yarn was [...]
Posted: June 13th, 2007 under knitting.
Comments: 23
FOs and SPs
As promised, finished object pictures.
My new skirt:
My handspun silk. There’s approximately 86 yards. I didn’t have a lot of dyed hankies, so I spun it all up and then navajo plied. Forgot to measure the WPI.
The beginning of the sockapalooza socks.
The first one is finished and the second one is [...]
Posted: June 11th, 2007 under Gifts, knitting, sewing, spinning.
Comments: 14
WWKIP Day
Tamara and I met up at Prospect Park yesterday with the kids. We weren’t really into schlepping all the way up to Central Park to meet with other knitters, but happy to sitting quietly at the park and knitting on our own. As quiet as 4 kids could allow us to be anyway.
Proof [...]
Posted: June 10th, 2007 under knitting.
Comments: 5
To do list
* install zipper, do waistband and hem pink skirt
* wash new fabric that came in the mail yesterday
* work on secret sewing project (I want to do this one without help so I am not saying what this one is)
* finish spinning up silk hankies and ply
* finish Josephine top (second cap sleeve, seams, borders [...]
Posted: June 6th, 2007 under knitting.
Comments: 5