A Good Yarn

Maybe I will actually remember to take pictures

2008-02-27T05:45:00.000-08:00

I am so terrible at remembering to take pictures of my creations! Let's see, what have I completed lately?

I did my first cable knit hat, in a Wool Ease smoky gray for my husband. I actually really love the way it turned out. I had made him a basket weave beanie for his birthday, but it was about a row of pattern too short, and he really needed something extra warm, so I made this new hat with an extra long ribbed cuff so he could pull it down over his neck in the sub-freezing weather.

I've made a bunch of headbands for the girls out of various variegated Sugar n Cream cotton. I have a love/hate relationship with that yarn. It hurts my fingers because I knit so tight and wrap so much around my left hand to keep the tension. But I love dishcloths and the headbands, so I keep using it. I've been working on a couple of dishcloths for my mom, and finished one for myself, so I think I need to go back to a soft fluffy yarn for a while to give myself a break. I have cast on a couple of scarves fo rthe girls, so I hope I get those finished while we are on vacation. Good mindless knitting.

And all three girls have learned to finger knit. The little four-year-old loves it best, and its so sweet to see her sit there and concentrate on making a gift for her sisters.

I made myself a set of mittens and a ribbed hat. I made the mittens first, and then started the hat. I was 90% done with the hat when I ran out of yarn, and couldn't find it anymore at Hobby Lobby. I finally asked, and found out it was discontinued!! Ebay to the rescue! Hooray :)

I've made each of the girls matching mittens and hats to go with their socks. And the middle one even has a scarf to go along with the set.

I think that is pretty much everything. Now that I have tackled easy mittens, my next task it to try a Norwegian mitten, and I am just waiting to get some really lovely yarn before I start.

Now maybe someday I will actually take pictures of my knitting to add here!

In the past couple of weeks

2007-10-16T12:03:00.000-07:00

I have completed 3 pairs of socks, one for each of the girls, a soft and fuzzy ear flap hat with a pompom, a striped bonnet, and a little more work has been done on the hoodie.

I tackled several different things I had yet to try in these projects, including changing and carrying colors on the striped bonnet, and turning a heel on the socks!

For my next project, I'd like to try something with more of a pattern, maybe a lace shawl, or some patterned socks.

Still need to get some pictures posted as well!

Decided to start my very own knitting blog

2007-09-27T21:39:00.000-07:00

Because all the cool kids are doing it, and because I really want to keep track of the projects I am tackling.

Tonight I started my very first pair of socks from the pattern here:

http://www.knittingdaily.com/freepatterns/legwear/26-1.html

I will post a picture with a bit of my progress soon :)

Also on my needles:

A purple jumper on circular needles
A hoodie for my daughter from Knit Two Together
A traditional ribbed knit hat that is destined to be ripped apart soon because the dpns I chose weren't long enough