Category: Accessories

  • deadline knitting

    I feel like I’m swimming in knitting, now that I’ve got three – count’em – THREE projects on the needles with deadlines. One is halfway there – the present for my youngest sister:

    I think I will try to do a scarf as well, on big needles.

    Yesterday we were pelted by thunder, lightning, crazy rain and even hail – it was nuts! Luckily I was inside, baking lemon cake (yum). In the evening, however it was blackout time. So what did I do?

    Knit by candlelight!

    The power went out around 8:30 pm and the blackout lasted until 11. I actually did get a good amount of knitting done – the (not-so-much) secret project is halfway done.

    Off to accomplish lots of knitting – I have the day off and all to myself.

  • osw

    Modelled pic? Maybe another day.

    One Skein Wonder, with sleeves
    Pattern: by Glampyre, modified by me
    Yarn: Knitpicks Shine, “Orchid”, 3 skeins
    Needles: Denise US7
    Started: July 28, 2005
    Finished: August 14, 2005

    So it took longer than I thought, but it was actually very quick knitting. The Shine is gorgeous, I love it! This should be just the thing for over-air-conditioned lecture rooms. Not that I’ll be in lecture for the next few weeks…I finally get a vacation after tonight’s exam! Woohoo!

    Anyway, I finally finished up some spinning as well.

    “Spruce”, 206 yards. It’s so lovely and soft! I wish I’d bought some more of this wool blend when I had the chance. Currently spinning up some blue/purple of the same wool; hopefully I’ll start a shawl like Adrian’s.

    I also finished knitting Elspeth, although after this picture was taken I ripped back a bit on one of the fronts to fix it…as you can see, I didn’t do partial motifs, which resulted in some..funky spaces.

    Now I just need to sew it up by Wednesday so Denny can do my crochet (right Denny?).

  • yellow, pink or grey?

    Third time was a charm, and OSW is now waiting patiently for the weaving in of ends….so many ends, for some reason.

    Meanwhile…I’m kind of feeling the urge again to knit the “jacke en apricot”, the jacket that gets around. Now, what colour to do it in…yellow, pink or grey?

    Sorry about the crappy pictures today, indoor nighttime lighting isn’t very kind to picture-taking! From left, cotton-ease in banana cream, cotton-ease in strawberry pink (lauren’s strawberry jacket), all seasons cotton in some kind of off-white-grey colour (sort of like this one over at craftster, but more grey).

    I have a favoured one – but what do you guys think?