Tuesday, January 19, 2010
I thought I'd do a big post updating my Wips. I have quite a few, more then I usually like to have on the needles. I'm making decent progress on the ones I have listed here. I'm hoping to get the cardi and socks finished before the Ravelympics.
I'm loving this cardi so far. The body is made from double seed stitch then a drop stitch cabel band is added at the end. The pattern is from the Fall 2009 Vogue Knitting, designer is Norah Gaugan. The yarn is Berroco Peruvia in a beautiful teal. I am finished with the body of the cardigan and just need to finish sewing the body togetther. I am 9" into the 104" of the cable band that is sewn around the outside. It's a little daunting, but I'm hoping to finish by Febuary, so I can actually wear it.
The Ocktoberfest Socks are a fairly easy pattern from Tsarina of Tsocks. This is my second time doing toe up socks. She did a short row toe and a provisional cast on that I love. I will adopt both f these methods for future projects. I had to frog the heel after I relined the 2" shorter then foot length she recommended for the short row heel would leave them way too small for my foot. I added another 1/2" and they fit perfectly. I had to frog the cuff after working the pattern, because I assumed I knew what the instructions would be and never bothered to read them. The pattern is staggered and only occurs 8 times around the ankle and not repeatedly through the foot. The instructions are well written and easy to follow as long as you actually read them.
I started the Raha scarf out of Knitted Lace of Estonia because I wanted to start a project for my 10 in 2010 group and I'm ok if I don't finish this until next fall. I have a rule with this project that I can only work on it while I'm at Purls. It's turning out to be a fairly quick knit and the yarn is like knitting with clouds. I'm using Windy Valley Muskox Qiviut Luxury Blend and if I were rich I would make myself a cuddly sweater with this yarn.
I'm loving this cardi so far. The body is made from double seed stitch then a drop stitch cabel band is added at the end. The pattern is from the Fall 2009 Vogue Knitting, designer is Norah Gaugan. The yarn is Berroco Peruvia in a beautiful teal. I am finished with the body of the cardigan and just need to finish sewing the body togetther. I am 9" into the 104" of the cable band that is sewn around the outside. It's a little daunting, but I'm hoping to finish by Febuary, so I can actually wear it.
The Ocktoberfest Socks are a fairly easy pattern from Tsarina of Tsocks. This is my second time doing toe up socks. She did a short row toe and a provisional cast on that I love. I will adopt both f these methods for future projects. I had to frog the heel after I relined the 2" shorter then foot length she recommended for the short row heel would leave them way too small for my foot. I added another 1/2" and they fit perfectly. I had to frog the cuff after working the pattern, because I assumed I knew what the instructions would be and never bothered to read them. The pattern is staggered and only occurs 8 times around the ankle and not repeatedly through the foot. The instructions are well written and easy to follow as long as you actually read them.
I started the Raha scarf out of Knitted Lace of Estonia because I wanted to start a project for my 10 in 2010 group and I'm ok if I don't finish this until next fall. I have a rule with this project that I can only work on it while I'm at Purls. It's turning out to be a fairly quick knit and the yarn is like knitting with clouds. I'm using Windy Valley Muskox Qiviut Luxury Blend and if I were rich I would make myself a cuddly sweater with this yarn.
The January Dishcloth KAL by Kris Knits has been fun. I can't wait for the next set of instructions. It only takes less then an hour to knit a clue when she post, it just takes patience to wait for the next clue. I still am not sure what the picture will be.
Finally a swap package from Becca. We had a little swap in our local knitting group. Becca gave me a great package, she gave me Owlet pattern and the French Press Slippers, 2 skeins of Cascade 220 in a beautiful teal (can you tell I like teal?), super cute sheep note cards and a take-out box full of sock yarn scraps for my Scrappy Blanket. The yarn is enough to do either pattern, I was debating which to do, but I've decided on the slippers. I think I will find a softer superwash yarn for the Owlet.
