This one is knit according to my fall-back top-down sock pattern out of Meilenweit Cotton Fantasy from the Wool Station.
Here's Mookie wondering what I'm doing outside his window:
Monday, April 2, 2012
A sock and a Mook
When I don't have the brainpower to knit sheep I can still manage socks:
This one is knit according to my fall-back top-down sock pattern out of Meilenweit Cotton Fantasy from the Wool Station.
Here's Mookie wondering what I'm doing outside his window:
This one is knit according to my fall-back top-down sock pattern out of Meilenweit Cotton Fantasy from the Wool Station.
Here's Mookie wondering what I'm doing outside his window:
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Sheeps
About six weeks ago Kate Davies mentioned in a blog post that a kit was now available for her Rams and Yowes blanket and Sheep Heid tam and I decided I had to have it. After a bit of a coordination with a friend to order two kits at once and some patience while the wooly goodness traveled from the Shetland Islands and negotiated Canada customs the sheeps arrived and I am in love.
This isn't an easy knit for me, which I figure is good for me. I'm not usually a big fan of patterns with a lot of colour work - the look of them doesn't usually appeal to me as much as textured knits like lace or cables (except for quick baby knits using self-patterning yarns), but these patterns are different. For one thing, I very much admire Kate and love her blog, and I think it's also the fact that these patterns use nine natural (undyed) shades of Shetland wool, and oh yes, I'm kind of into all things sheep-y lately.
This project has coincided with me having less knitting time than I would like so I'm slowly plugging away at the tam and learning to knit stranded colour work with both hands, and having to tink and frog a lot, but loving it all the same. Last night I finished the yowes (ewes) chart and was so excited about my little sheep!
Not a super picture, but the best I could do with one hand and a full spectrum lamp. It was sunny today so Dave and I ended up moving everything off the patio and scrubbing it clean and then we rushed over to our new garden plot to take advantage of the break in the weather and get some things planted. I didn't think to bring the camera - it was work work work - but hopefully I will next weekend. We worked really hard and I got home so stiff and creaky I had to soak in a hot Epsom salt bath but it was totally worth it! A heron has its territory in the field next to our plot, the red-winged blackbirds were singing, a few eagles were soaring overhead, and the sun was warm and wonderful and full of spring's promise.
By the way, Kate's second issue of her on-line magazine, Textisles, is a good read. It features a history of knitted bathing costumes and two great patterns. I did a research project on the history of the bathing suit when I was in grade 9 - Kate's is much better!
Happy April, everyone!
This isn't an easy knit for me, which I figure is good for me. I'm not usually a big fan of patterns with a lot of colour work - the look of them doesn't usually appeal to me as much as textured knits like lace or cables (except for quick baby knits using self-patterning yarns), but these patterns are different. For one thing, I very much admire Kate and love her blog, and I think it's also the fact that these patterns use nine natural (undyed) shades of Shetland wool, and oh yes, I'm kind of into all things sheep-y lately.
This project has coincided with me having less knitting time than I would like so I'm slowly plugging away at the tam and learning to knit stranded colour work with both hands, and having to tink and frog a lot, but loving it all the same. Last night I finished the yowes (ewes) chart and was so excited about my little sheep!
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| peek-a-boo sheep |
Not a super picture, but the best I could do with one hand and a full spectrum lamp. It was sunny today so Dave and I ended up moving everything off the patio and scrubbing it clean and then we rushed over to our new garden plot to take advantage of the break in the weather and get some things planted. I didn't think to bring the camera - it was work work work - but hopefully I will next weekend. We worked really hard and I got home so stiff and creaky I had to soak in a hot Epsom salt bath but it was totally worth it! A heron has its territory in the field next to our plot, the red-winged blackbirds were singing, a few eagles were soaring overhead, and the sun was warm and wonderful and full of spring's promise.
By the way, Kate's second issue of her on-line magazine, Textisles, is a good read. It features a history of knitted bathing costumes and two great patterns. I did a research project on the history of the bathing suit when I was in grade 9 - Kate's is much better!
Happy April, everyone!
Friday, March 16, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
The crocuses are still blooming...
My latest sock project:
The yarn is another ball of Crazy Zauberball from the Wool Station. I love this yarn - it feels great to knit, and the colours are gorgeous. It's also fun because of how long the colour repeat is. You can knit two socks without a repeat! You can see a couple of hyacinths coming up beside the crocuses. The spring flowers seem to be in slow motion this year, maybe because it's been quite cool and rainy (and snowy a few times recently too, like just last Tuesday).
Dave knit this Baby Surprise for a friend who had a baby a few weeks ago. We got the buttons at Laura's, along with the Peter Rabbits I'd put on my latest BSJ. So cute!
It turns out that the baby, Tiana, is tiny, and that this BSJ won't fit for months, so I decided she needed a sweater she could wear sooner. Tiana's mother says this baby is all about pinks and purples, so I found some leftover sock yarns that fit the bill and made this tiny Scrappy Socky Stripy Cardi. Here it is being blocked. I've found a pair of cute little purple buttons in the stash that will go nicely.
This little jacket knit up really quickly, partly because it's tiny, and partly because I got lots of knitting time on the bus and ferry last Tuesday. Dave and I went to the big teachers' rally in Victoria that day. Here was the view from our dining room window before we left:
By the time we all gathered in Centennial Square in Victoria it looked like this:
The square was less than a block from Beehive Wool Shop, so Dave and I ducked in there before the march started to buy a souvenir skein of yarn!
The yarn is another ball of Crazy Zauberball from the Wool Station. I love this yarn - it feels great to knit, and the colours are gorgeous. It's also fun because of how long the colour repeat is. You can knit two socks without a repeat! You can see a couple of hyacinths coming up beside the crocuses. The spring flowers seem to be in slow motion this year, maybe because it's been quite cool and rainy (and snowy a few times recently too, like just last Tuesday).
Dave knit this Baby Surprise for a friend who had a baby a few weeks ago. We got the buttons at Laura's, along with the Peter Rabbits I'd put on my latest BSJ. So cute!
It turns out that the baby, Tiana, is tiny, and that this BSJ won't fit for months, so I decided she needed a sweater she could wear sooner. Tiana's mother says this baby is all about pinks and purples, so I found some leftover sock yarns that fit the bill and made this tiny Scrappy Socky Stripy Cardi. Here it is being blocked. I've found a pair of cute little purple buttons in the stash that will go nicely.
This little jacket knit up really quickly, partly because it's tiny, and partly because I got lots of knitting time on the bus and ferry last Tuesday. Dave and I went to the big teachers' rally in Victoria that day. Here was the view from our dining room window before we left:
By the time we all gathered in Centennial Square in Victoria it looked like this:
The square was less than a block from Beehive Wool Shop, so Dave and I ducked in there before the march started to buy a souvenir skein of yarn!
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Finished...
Quilt for a new baby girl:
The yarn is SweetGeorgia Tough Love Sock in Hush. The lace pattern is from 1000 Knitting Patterns Book.
Socks for Diane:
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
A finished shawl
The yarn - SweetGeorgia CashLuxe Fine in Autumn Flame. This is gorgeous yarn to work with and it knits up beautifully. It also takes incredibly well to blocking.
Blocking - the colours are truest in these photos:
Finished:
I found the perfect beads in Fairhaven at Bead Bazaar - glass with a bit of metallic paint on them.
Blocking - the colours are truest in these photos:
Finished:
I found the perfect beads in Fairhaven at Bead Bazaar - glass with a bit of metallic paint on them.
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