1. Autumn is setting in.
2. I recently discovered the Purl Bee, and was so taken with this scarf I dreamt about it.
3. Which is probably an indication I should cast on.
4. A flurry of FO posts, and autumn plans, to follow.
13 September 2013
6 September 2013
3 September 2013
Baby, I'm no lady
Way back when* I resolved to knit a February Lady Sweater this year.
The FLS seems to be one of those cult things, a rite-of-passage knit that in these modern times of Ravelry many, many knitters have made. Indeed, at today's reckoning there are 12834 projects on Ravelry.
In February 2012 I'd had a false start with some Rowan felted tweed, and then waited for February to come around again, for an FLS should, of course, be a February challenge. But as the month approached, I just couldn't quite get into it, and wondered if it was in any case something I'd actually wear. (Tasia wrote a really good post on not wearing things you knit. I can't find the link, but you should read all of her blog anyway as it's full of amazingnesses.)
I have, however, been supplied with a brace of newknitwear victims nieces, and so I went back to the FLS ur-text, the baby sweater on two needles in the February chapter of Elizabeth Zimmermann's Knitter's Almanac. The result:
Both were knitted in Sirdar Snuggly DK, the first on 3.75mm needles and the second on 4mm.
Now to knit something (other than socks) that I will actually wear. And to see things I've made as real close. There is, after all, a scrap of paper in the Sewlutions jar ...
* On New Year's Day, it turns out
The FLS seems to be one of those cult things, a rite-of-passage knit that in these modern times of Ravelry many, many knitters have made. Indeed, at today's reckoning there are 12834 projects on Ravelry.
In February 2012 I'd had a false start with some Rowan felted tweed, and then waited for February to come around again, for an FLS should, of course, be a February challenge. But as the month approached, I just couldn't quite get into it, and wondered if it was in any case something I'd actually wear. (Tasia wrote a really good post on not wearing things you knit. I can't find the link, but you should read all of her blog anyway as it's full of amazingnesses.)
I have, however, been supplied with a brace of new
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Both were knitted in Sirdar Snuggly DK, the first on 3.75mm needles and the second on 4mm.
Now to knit something (other than socks) that I will actually wear. And to see things I've made as real close. There is, after all, a scrap of paper in the Sewlutions jar ...
* On New Year's Day, it turns out
2 September 2013
Leavin' on a jet plane
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Last week a very dear friend moved overseas which - while expected for a long while - made me feel rather sad. The very cold, rainy, grey Saturday didn't help, as I sat around feeling like a chipped tooth.
Then, I decided to get up and start sewing. The previous weekend I had bought some black and white polka-dot material in Fabricland to make a Simplicity 2444. I'd been inspired by agirlinwinter's versions, and so set to cutting out the pattern pieces for the bodice, cutting out the fabric and so on. After just over an hour of cutting and sewing like a maniac I had a bodice. (Well, a bodice with some very bodged darts.) I tried it on ... and it turned out I'd made a rather fetching polka-dot crop top.
There are no photographs. No one needs to see me in a polka-dot crop top with wonky darts, holding the side seam closed as I couldn't be bothered to fit a zip and so just left the side open. Yeah, mad skills.
Which was frustrating, but on reflection it had been time well spent - I had learnt that I need to lengthen the bodice by a few inches. So it's tucked away in a Ziploc bag with the pattern pieces, ready for the next time sewing inspiration strikes.
But above all, it was time well spent as it made me feel better. Sewing is good for you.
And to play us out, John Denver on the YouTube:
Don't know when I'll be back again
Last week a very dear friend moved overseas which - while expected for a long while - made me feel rather sad. The very cold, rainy, grey Saturday didn't help, as I sat around feeling like a chipped tooth.
Then, I decided to get up and start sewing. The previous weekend I had bought some black and white polka-dot material in Fabricland to make a Simplicity 2444. I'd been inspired by agirlinwinter's versions, and so set to cutting out the pattern pieces for the bodice, cutting out the fabric and so on. After just over an hour of cutting and sewing like a maniac I had a bodice. (Well, a bodice with some very bodged darts.) I tried it on ... and it turned out I'd made a rather fetching polka-dot crop top.
There are no photographs. No one needs to see me in a polka-dot crop top with wonky darts, holding the side seam closed as I couldn't be bothered to fit a zip and so just left the side open. Yeah, mad skills.
Which was frustrating, but on reflection it had been time well spent - I had learnt that I need to lengthen the bodice by a few inches. So it's tucked away in a Ziploc bag with the pattern pieces, ready for the next time sewing inspiration strikes.
But above all, it was time well spent as it made me feel better. Sewing is good for you.
And to play us out, John Denver on the YouTube:
6 August 2013
Sock Rocketeer
As soon as I finished the last pair of socks, I cast on another and - having got the hang of magic loop, as well as rewarding weekend work with knitting breaks - it's fair zipping along. Cast on Friday evening, and roundedthe heel turn on Sunday evening.
The poor light in the photo doesn't quite do the
5 August 2013
Do Not Adjust Your Set
Yes, socks finished at last.
Yes, that's some violent pooling.
Do not adjust your set.
Details
Simple stockinette socks based - as before - on Tiptoe Through the Tulips by Stephanie Pearl Mcphee; Wendy Happy 4ply in Sherbert, using 2.75mm circular for magic loop.
20 July 2013
Four Things Friday
The Saturday edition.
1. On 2nd September 2012 I started knitting a pair of socks using magic loop for the first time. I finished the first one this morning.
2. This is not to say that magic loop is slow. Rather, as I said on the Twitter, it's quick if you actually do the knitting. The magic of magic loop only goes so far.
3. Fearing second-sock syndrome, I cast on the second sock right away, and a combination of watching the Tour de France and waiting in for an Ikea delivery has translated to good progress. Though given the ten months to knit the first sock, any progress is good progress.
4. My all-time sock knitting total stands at seven, or three and a half pairs. All have been done to the same basic pattern, bar an adventure in intarsia heels, and I'm starting to think about branching out into something a little fancier.
1. On 2nd September 2012 I started knitting a pair of socks using magic loop for the first time. I finished the first one this morning.
2. This is not to say that magic loop is slow. Rather, as I said on the Twitter, it's quick if you actually do the knitting. The magic of magic loop only goes so far.
3. Fearing second-sock syndrome, I cast on the second sock right away, and a combination of watching the Tour de France and waiting in for an Ikea delivery has translated to good progress. Though given the ten months to knit the first sock, any progress is good progress.
4. My all-time sock knitting total stands at seven, or three and a half pairs. All have been done to the same basic pattern, bar an adventure in intarsia heels, and I'm starting to think about branching out into something a little fancier.
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