Month: December 2005

  • blobs and piles

    Pile:

    Blocking parts of Pasha, and the first robot – it looks good! I’m sure it’s going to be supercute. And the little panel on front is my handspun, which is kind of a fun addition. I think the next robot will be done in a different order, though – arms first (I keep wanting to say sleeves!), then back, then front since the front is much more fiddly than anything else. Also blocking is the cabled gauntlets.

    Blob:

    What I’ve done of the fiery bolero – this is less than three-skeins’ worth of TLC cotton plus, which is really quite a nice yarn. I’m a bit worried that this is going to be too big, but…oh well. No turning back now. I’m hoping to get the second front done tonight.

    Yarn:

    Wednesday before Steph’s book launch, I went to the store to hang out for awhile, and came home with this – six skeins of Cascade Pastaza. Mmmm! I’ve got four of the brighter colour and two of the darker, for some kind of stripey sweater.

  • whew, the excitement!

    I just wanted to thank you all for your kind comments on the skirt! It would’ve been a lot faster, I know, if I’d actually concentrated on working on it – each of the smallest hexagons took about and hour, and the largest ones about one and a half to two hours each, and there were 27 hexagons in total. But it was my snack knitting, something I nibbled at for and hour or two during lectures, on the subway…Now I just need to find the right undergarments: thick tights and maybe a black slip with a lace hem for an extra layer.

    Anyway, onward and upward! I’ve been working like mad on the pressies (and uh, a sweater for me). I’m currently completely done 3 projects, save blocking – the harry potter scarf for my sister, the cabled gauntlets for my cousin, and the socks for my other sister.

    Currently in progress:
    – robot 1 of 2 has a front and two arms, so just the back and I’m good to go;
    – fiery bolero is currently sitting my lap. I’m just at the point where the fronts divide, so the body knitting should be done soon. Picking up all those stitches though, that’s going to be a bitch.
    – pasha is a pile of penguin parts, which need to be washed before assembly – the black Andean Silk that I used bled all over.

    Still to do:
    – robot 2 of 2 – will probably be faster than the first one
    – a pair of felted clogs
    – something for grandparents – still no idea what
    – wine bottle cozy. and I need to locate the wine I want to buy to put in it.

    According to Stephanie’s stages of holiday knitting, I’m still in stage 2 – I can do it, it’ll be fine, I just need to work at it.

    If it weren’t for those pesky exams. Hmmmm.

    I’d better get back to knitting.

  • I was so excited to show you – please excuse the mess in the background and the bit o’ belly!

    The waistband was surprisingly painless – I roughly pinned the top edge leaving enough space for the elastic, then slip stitched it using Koigu. Then I shoved the elastic in using a safety pin (middle school family studies, you taught me well), sewed the ends together, and closed up the hole. There’s a bit of wonkiness in some of the hexagons – needs to be slightly reblocked.

    Yayyyy!!! Better pictures soon, I promise!

    ETA:
    Pattern: Modular Skirt from Fall ’05 Vogue Knitting – designed by Maie Landra of Koigu
    Yarn: Koigu KPPPM, colour P6082, purchased from the KW Knitter’s Fair, 6 skeins and Knitpicks Palette for the in-between bits
    Needles: Clover 3.25 mm dpn and circular
    Finished: December 6, 2005

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