Category: knitting

  • d’oh moment #63

    I bound off the cashmere lining of the boy’s hat (only the best) and sewed it in beautifully, went to try it on and…

    the bindoff was too tight. Argh!

  • oh-so-picky head coverings

    Hey all, things are still pretty damn crazy around here. Today I spent a number of HOURS trying to get a new router set up – including talking to tech support, etc. Eventually I just hooked the old one up again and it works fine for now. I need the internet for my schoolwork anyway, and faster would be nice, but it’ll have to wait.

    In the meanwhile…last night at Drunken Knitters, I worked on the second sleeve of the organic wool raglan, and discovered a number of rows later that I’d been increasing too fast! So I had to rip out a bunch – and I wasn’t even drinking.

    I discovered that I’m going to be short of yarn for that second sleeve – I only had 1.5 skeins of yarn to use, and the first sleeve took 1.6. So if anyone has any O-Wool in oatmeal, lot 710002, and would be willing to sell/share half a skein or so, let me know! Otherwise I’ll have to figure out what to do with a different dyelot. It’s quite similar but a bit lighter, so I was thinking of maybe striping it in? Hm.

    I’ve also just started a hat for the boyfriend, who is tremendously picky about his hats. I’m using Nature’s Palette in “Spruce” (he picked it), double stranded. I hope to gift it on Valentine’s Day, so I really hope this works out!

    Back to the books. I’ll try and come by with some pictures soon!

  • awww you guys.

    I’m so, so happy that you guys love Thermal! Let me know if there’s a knitalong, ok, and I’ll help you out with any questions ;) After Rachel H. took possession of the original, she reported that it was indeed very warm and very comfy. And sent me a couple of emails about it, too!

    So – other knitting. There’s a lot of projects. Many were tossed aside for the capecho.

    Which went so fast that this is the best photo I have of it. It’s not quite done yet (I’m still working on the collar) but the body is done and hanging out at the store. It, uh, needs some blocking which will hopefully help with the multiple-boob appearance. I just looooved knitting it – the pentagons went really fast and were extremely addictive!

    Now that it’s mainly done, I’m focusing more on the organic cabled raglan – I’m up to the armhole of the front and will hopefully be done that piece soon.

    Meanwhile, in my non-happy-bubble-of-knitting life, I’m almost done with food reintroductions and cheating left and right. Whoops. I’ve got a pretty good idea on some particular triggers, though. We’ll see what happens; after some treatment I might able to eat some of them again, or at least up my threshhold. And school – oh, the school. It’s scary. Really scary.

    In fact, I need to go write a paper now!