First, off…. DD2’s Footies are done and blocking!
and I’m nearly done writing up the instructions for making these. I will write up *exactly* how I did these, but also make a set of principles, by which anyone can imitate these in any size with any yarn.
Tomorrow I will be showing off a new bunch of [...]
First Preview Sale of the Year!
My intention is to announce this only to my own Knitivity lists and groups, but you are welcome to share a link to this page with any of your own friends who might be interested.
Patina was inspired by this image of a bronze statue:
And here are the sample swatches: I [...]
I am still dyeing into the evening, but I took some time to reskein the goodies as my sausage and rice boiled for supper. I’ll have to knit up swatches tomorrow evening.
Sooo…. whattaya think?
Here’s the Patina, lace above, sock below
And here’s Easter Parade, lace above, sock below.
Okay, this will have to be quick — I have a LOT to do today.
First up, I finished the first footie of the 2nd pair. This pair is going to DD2. It only took 2-3 days to finish, working sporadically in my free (HAHAHA) time. Considering most socks take me several weeks to finish, this [...]
Wow… these things worked up faster than I expected! Wooo-hoooo!
And I present to you…
The Knitivity Etisoppo Footies!
There are a few technical issues to overcome, which will be addressed by doing the 2nd pair with slightly different techniques for toes and heels, but essentially they will be the same. DD2 picked out her colors yesterday when [...]
As I mentioned previously, I’m not entirely sure I want to write this one up, or remake it with different yarn and a smaller sized needle.
But my daughter was available to take some pictures today, so you can at least see that it IS finished and wearable as it is, whether perfect or not.
It will [...]
These things are moving along quickly.
The other one is started with dark and I’ve begun the stripes of light.
The next time I do these, the end-of-round will be at the center of the bottom, rather than at the side, but the mate for this one will be done in a manner identical to this one, [...]
Last night I had a brainstorm — raise funds for Haiti by creating a colorway (based on the blue and red of the Haitian national flag), and contributing a portion of each skein’s sale to Doctors Without Borders. ($5 for each sock or lace sold).
And then I slept on it (fitfully).
This would not only involve [...]
Okay, so this is what I was talking about yesterday. I’m making Footies for my daughters. Normally, in colorwork, the instructions say to bring up the new color underneath the previous color, so as not to leave a hole. But in the case, where the colors change every round, I was doing that and creating [...]
Normally when doing stripes in circular knitting, you’re supposed to bring up the new color from under the previous color, making sure to make a half-twist to avoid holes.
I was many inches into the foot of the footie, changing color every round, between light and dark purple. And on the side of the footie where [...]
Up to my eyeballs in dye jobs.
And knitting footies for my daughters with Down Home Solids in Superwash Wool (knitted on size 3 for a firm foot-worthy fabric).
And waiting for DD2 to come and photo me in my new sweater so I can package the pattern/instructions.
Meanwhile…..
In the last week I’ve gotten catalogs from a couple [...]
Okay…. so The Sweater is done. I’m writing it up, and waiting for DD2 to swing by and take some pictures of it (with me inside) so I can publish the project instructions for sale.
Now that The Sweater is out of the way, I am working on the footies for my daughters. I started last [...]
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Okay, so I had to mount it onto a l-o-n-g size 6 needle (you can see it hanging draped around my neck), but I’ve begun the collar. Check it out:
There’s a lot that could be said about it, of course, but just getting this far with it tickles me quite a lot.
There are dozens of [...]
would probably still have thorns.
(okay, just a minor thorn, involving delayed shipping this time.)
Okay, so FIRST the good news — the mill just called. Y’member I got them stirred up to create Dura-Lace for me? And y’member that I have an exclusive on it, at least for a year? Welllll…. the owner is taking a [...]
Whattaya think? It’s beginning to look more like the sweater I envisioned in my head.
And here’s a closer view of the top part:
As the sleeve stitches were being eaten away (along with the front/back stitches, of course), I was concerned that the sleeves would end and leave me a sort of boat-neck shape, but I’m [...]
Yesterday i did virtually no work-related work whatsoever!
Friday evening I did some more powerknitting on The Sweater. I discovered in the night that I’d somehow wracked my right wrist — awful horrid shooting pains from my middle finger down through my wrist and toward my elbow. Not smart. And it’s not that I was pushing [...]
Wow…. I knit into the night, and then a little more today:
It’s growing, but it’s still bigger around than the needle I’m using, so it still looks sort of bunchy.
What I really wanted to show off is a couple things with the raglan shaping, on the back side.
This is the back of the right shoulder:
You [...]
