Category: Accessories

  • my little cabbage

    I finished up the Mon Petit Chou hipsters, and they are so cute!

    You can probably see some clear elastic sticking out near the top, I haven’t quite figured out how to secure that in yet. I laced up the sides with the same yarn. Here’s a modelled (and cropped) shot:

    Mon Petit Chou
    Pattern: from knitty
    Yarn: Elann Esprit in “Ruby”, 2 balls
    Needles: Denise US 6
    Started: September 2, 2005
    Finished: September 4, 2005

    I also managed to finally finish a go with the flow sock. I think the next one will be faster (I hope).

    The colour’s very accurate in that picture – and as you can see, my light tent technique really does consist of me just sticking my project under my topsheet.

    I’ve been spending some quality time with my wonderful swift and winder, preparing for some new projects.

    Check out that stack of handspun goodness on the right! That’s for a shawl – there’s going to be another colour as well, but that one’s still drying. In the middle are some lorna’s laces sock, for the second go with the flow sock and some sort of knee sock, probably. On the left is a stack of Elann Highland Chunky that’s been knit twice and is still holding up – I’m planning on doing the “Urban Aran” from Patons. I’ve already started once, but then I realized that I was way off on the sizing and ripped it out. I hope it’ll work out this time.

    One last thing – my cheap retractable tape measure finally died, and I killed it. I pulled it out too far/too fast when trying to measure Cozy, and something broke inside. I need a new one.

  • be safe

    Others have said it much better than I, so I’ll leave it at that.

    I know I’ve been pretty lax on the posting lately, mainly because I just don’t have time! I finished the inclass portion of driving school this week, and the incar starts next week! Eek!

    Meanwhile I’ve started (and hope to finish shortly) a quick project – mon petit chou (the bottoms) from knitty.

    I know I’ve made mistakes in it, especially in the back short rows, but meh. I’m thinking that when I lace up the sides, I’ll figure out what the right length for the laces is and then cut and sew the ends together, rather than having bows. Then maybe I can actually wear these under clothes – going to line the “between-leg interlude”, too.

    I’ve also been sllllooooowly working on the wrappy sweater (minisweater v.2).

    Slowly coming along also are the go with the flow socks – they aren’t going with the flow very quickly, that’s for sure. Although when I actually work on it, it goes pretty quickly…hm, maybe that’s the thing!

  • oooh, pretty

    A milestone – I finally wound some of my handspun into a ball!

    This was some of the “early collection”, all done on my drop spindle. It’s really quite underplied, but the colours are GORGEOUS. I adore the knitted fabric, and hey, at least it’s balanced. This was my first time knitting with my handspun! I didn’t know much about spinning when I did this stuff, so it isn’t as lofty as I think I could make it now (plus that plying thing), but I think it’s beautiful.

    Currently blocking on my floor (although it’s probably dry by now):

    It’s Fiber Trends’ Shoalwater Shawl, knit in Hand Maiden Lace Silk for lettuce knit. It’s finally done! And it looks marvelous all blocked out. All that in only 1 skein – it’s about 70″ across the top.