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Welcome to my knitting--no, fiber arts--no, artisan blog.
Other knitting blogs inspired me to start a knitting blog. But I also crochet, weave, and make jewelry, and I'm just learning
to make cheese. So I guess that makes this an artisan blog.
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Sunday, July 24, 2005
Nearly Finished
I've been working on some knitting that needs to be finished. First is the sideways sock, which is knitted
and now needs to be grafted:
Open Sock without the Toe
I'll graft it tomorrow and knit the toe in time for the Tuesday Knitalong update.
I've also been knitting the Hoover baby blanket. This is the last week of work for Conrad's group, and Wednesday is the last
day Conrad will see Anthony, the future father of the baby in question. This is about two thirds of the blanket:
Hoover Baby Blanket
One problem with double knitting is that there's so much of it; another problem is that I still can't do double knitting while
I do something else, like read or watch a movie, because I have to watch what I'm doing. At 210 stitches per row, six rows
per inch, and about four rows per hour, it's quite the time sink. I think it's a pretty good blanket, though.
Finally, I've been knitting Conrad's Corps of Discovery hat, which he wants for his birthday. He knows he's getting it, so
I can blog about it now. As far as the turning ridge thing, I'm happy with how my variation works. I purled the turning ridge,
then I knitted some more rows, so the turn is nice and sharp:
When I changed direction so the knitted surface would be on the outside, naturally the fabric curled in two different directions.
So I ripped back and worked some rounds of seed stitch, then I changed directions. Now the transition is smooth and
the fabric is pretty flat:
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Tuesday, July 19, 2005
A Little Update
I'm having a good time working on the sideways sock. I'm knitting it while I proofread chapter 66: Facial
Fractures. It's definitely a bad idea to fracture your face. However, I'm still convinced that it's worse to fracture your
femur. Anyway, at this point, I'm almost halfway across the instep:
The other update for today is about last week's New York trip. Dad and Mary wanted to visit New York, and I was appointed
travel agent and tour guide. One thing they wanted to do was a 90-minute harbor cruise. On Monday morning we did that; naturally
I took Jim's sock to knit. The guide narrated the trip for the first half, and then he went around the boat and chatted up
the tourists. When he got to us, he told me, "I've been watching you sewing the whole time," and when I held up the sock,
he said, "Oh, it's a sock! That's the most interesting thing I've ever seen anyone do on one of these cruises." So Conrad
decided that called for a KIP photo:
Later in the cruise the boat took us near the Statue of Liberty, so naturally we needed a Harlot-style "Jim's sock visits
the Statue of Liberty" photo:
Jim's socks are finished and shipped, BTW, so that's the last photo I have of them.
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Monday, July 18, 2005
A Little Knitting
Life has been getting in the way of artisanal activities, but I've been doing a little bit. The red NBaT
and the Hoover blanket are slowly moving along. I finished another short toe-footie and wore the pair to pick up Harry Potter
6. (Conrad's read it, but I haven't started it yet).
That's Lorna's Laces for the ribbing and leftover Opal for the rest. I finally scored some self-striping yarn for a pair of
sideways-knitted socks, which might be for my Sockapal2za sock pal:
That' s Sockotta, by the way. I think I've been bitten by Nona's pink-tangerine bug. I love these colors. I'm writing out the English version of the pattern as I knit. Naturally, I'm tweaking
it a bit, so to be fair, I think I'll have to give the original instructions as well as my variations in the English version.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2005
Knitalong and More
The first June sock for the Mustersocken Knitalong is finished:
I'm dying to start the Baltic socks, but obviously there are only so many socks I can knit at one time; all my sock needles
are in use. So there's my incentive to finish the second June sock (which is started).
I've been knitting the red NBaT while I read Wuthering Heights. It's not quite to the underarm bindoffs yet; maybe
tomorrow. So Wuthering Heights is good. I had no idea. Like Jane Eyre, which is next on the list (quick, before
the new Harry Potter comes out), I had it pegged for sappy melodramatic romance. This impression wasn't helped any by Monty
Python's "Semaphore Version of Wuthering Heights." But Conrad has read it and recommends it, so I took a stab, and it's good. Wuthering Heights shows up in the third
Thursday Next novel, so that was my original incentive. Jane Eyre, which I've also avoided, obviously plays a role
in the first Thursday Next novel, and Conrad's reading Jane Eyre now and recommends it, so I'll read that when he's
finished.
I think my first stab at a Sockapal2za sock will be the sideways-knitted socks. The girls and I will stroll over to Woolcott tomorrow morning before it gets too hot and score a ball of self-striping yarn, maybe some Trekking XXL.
I've started the Corps of Discovery hat (not much to show yet) and made some progress on the Hoover baby blanket (not much
to show there, either). I forgot to add Lynn's Heathered Fair Isle socks to the list, but I'll get those out and work on
them this week.
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Friday, July 1, 2005
I've Got a Little List
Well, June's list was pretty ambitious by my normal standards, but considering I was working about 80
hours a week for most of it, I guess it's not surprising that some stuff didn't even get started. So now the question for
July is: Do I add the June stuff to the July list, or do I substitute June stuff for what I was planning for July? Well, you
know . . .
Crochet WIP of the Month
I think the overlay crochet collar should wait until the sweater is done so I know what I'mdealing with. That means that I'm
going to pull out the tablecloth UFO and try to do a few motifs every week. At that rate, it'll take nearly forever, but it
takes even longer when I'm not doing any motifs.
Fix of the Month
I do want to reseam the Pingouin pulli, and that won't take long.
I also have a cotton crochet cardi that my mom made me; the armholes are too snug, so that's just a matter of taking the side
seams out, taking out the sleeves, and putting them back in, then redoing the side seams.
Knitting WIPs of the Month
Same as last month:
Columbia River Gorge-ous scarf
Knit-Cro-Sheen pulli (reading)
red NBaT (reading)
Hoover baby blanket (under way)
It's time to finish Sarah's black cardi.
Corps of Discovery Hat for Conrad
Jewelry of the Month
Same as before:
brass-and-bead earrings
red crocheted beaded rope
New:
garnet necklace and earrings (w/silver wire)
Socks of the Month
Same as before:
Tim's Red Sox
Jim's socks (almost finished)
short toe-footies for everyone (under way)
New:
Junimuster socks (under way)
Baltikum socks (bonus pattern from Mustersocken KAL)
Sockapal2za socks (several possibilities; why not knit them all?)
UFO of the Month
Beth's purple argyle sox (leftover from before)
Hillary cardi (finish back; do two fronts)
Weaving of the Month
As before, blue/green practice shirting
Not a little list, is it?
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