Category: knitting

  • full o’ fibre

    Now that term’s over (no school for five whole days! and then only 5 hours of lecture per week!) I’ve finally got time for a proper update…and time to start lots of new projects.

    First up: a Chickami, out of Southwest Trading Company Bamboo in “Chocolate”, which is SO not chocolate. It’s working up a bit harsh, but I’ve hoping a wash will help with that.

    I’ve also started a little ankle sock, out of Fortissima Cotton Colori, bought off Elann a while back.

    I ended up having to rip back the first time because it was too big, but it’s coming along nicely now! Anyway, today I hope to a) knit a few swatches for the class I’m teaching Sunday (on fixing mistakes), b) weave in the ends on “no stripes go round” and maybe steam it a bit, and c) work on sideways spencer.

    Next up, in spinning – I finished up the blue merino/silk and got a total of about 250 yards of bulky.

    And what’s this?

    Why, it’s a pile of Fleece Artist merino roving, to tide me over until my big fibre order comes in!

    Stay cool!

    p.s. I finished the skirt for my sister, but no pictures for a while because she took it on the family vacation (I get to stay home and knit!).

  • grumpy

    With a grumpy look, to boot (grrrr, school).

    Tivoli tee
    Pattern: by Grumperina, with mods
    Yarn: Lion Brand Cotton-Ease, Strawberry Cream, 2 and a bit skeins
    Needles: Denise US7
    Started: June 1, 2005
    Finished: June 21, 2005

    After knitting the entire top as written, it was way too big. So, I ripped all the way back to the yoke and knit the body again, with some changes – ended up being about a 35″ bust, after washing, for my 36″ bust:

    – I did a total of 11 yoke increases
    – on the last yoke round before the armhole bindoffs, I purled across the sleeve stitches to combat curling
    – I cast on 16 stitches for the underarm
    – I did the shaping at the sides
    – I purled 1 row before casting off the bottom knitwise.

    Comfy and definitely wearable! Thanks for the inspiration Grumps!

  • too tired to think of a title

    Thought I’d drop by with a tiny bit of knitting/spinning news…not much going on here what with the three exams on monday and tuesday.

    First up, finally the end is on the horizon with no-stripes-go-round. The sleeves have been knit and attached, and I’ve done a whopping 2 rounds of the yoke – although with over 300 stitches per round, I suppose that’s still rather a lot. Hoping to get this one done soonish.

    In spinning, I did up a bit of light blue merino/silk as singles, just to see what would happen. I did about 10-12 yards (i actually didn’t count), trying to be low-twist but not too low. Washed and wound, ready to be knit into a swatch. I know the fibre’s not really going to be happy in life as a single, so I’m doing the rest of the bag as 2ply.

    And that’s really it. I’m at the start of some patterning on the raspberry skirt for my sister – I’m thinking eyelet rows alternating with dropped yarnover rows, and probably a picot edging.

    My printer is begin stupid and crapping out on one side of the page, so I’ve got to get that fixed tonight (fresh toner cartridge) and print off some of my study notes so I can give my poor eyes a rest from the computer. Night!