And now, socks!

Le Leg.

I'm having a lot of fun with this little project. I might catch the sock knitter bug after all. :)

Sock Yarn!

4 skeins wildfoote, 2 skeins Lorna's Laces

So busy with the knitting

I haven't updated in a week because I've been to busy knitting! Last week I started a pair of Fiber Trends felted clogs for my husband. He'd been asking me for slippers since before christmas, so I finally decided to make him some for his birthday (which was 12 days ago). I have one done and the sole of the other almost finished. I have second slipper-itis. The first one was exciting, but the second, not so much. I plan to sit down and get it finished by Tuesday.
Next, I started my cropped leaf cardigan. Its coming out beautiful. I've already finished the yoke and have the sleeves separated. I'm working on the body now. Its a pretty quick knit and fun to work on. The yarn (knit picks andean silk) is a bit splitty, but I'm loving it anyhow. Its very soft and shiny.

I took this picture two days ago, I'm about 2 inches past this part now. its hard to see since its all rolled up.

This is my favorite part of it so far:














The increase was worked by knitting into the stitch front and back on each side of the marker. It turned out really pretty. Anyhow, I'm proud of myself, this is my first sweater!

Next up, I got this lovely yarn in the mail Wednesday. I'll be making Hazel a Debbie Bliss Cardigan as soon as I finish Jeff's slippers. I am a bit surprised that it will take 6 hanks of yarn for a baby sweater, but we shall see.

Knit Picks Twirl in Petal and Knit Picks Ambrosia in Mint

Enjoy your weekend!

Stash additions

Look what I got this weekend!

Fitted Knits and Rebecca 27

And this came in the mail today:

Knit Picks Andean Silk

Six skeins of Andean Silk in Lettuce, for the Leaf Cardigan Pattern in the current issue of knitty (also in fitted knits). I can't wait to cast on for it and get going!

Picture Post

Well here she is. I must admit, at first glance it looks just lovely, and I am really proud to have gotten this far. With a newborn and a toddler, knitting a pattern that takes my full attention is really hard! I can usually get 4-6 rows done, and then have to put it down. Mistakes are bound to happen.
This picture shows how I ended up with a mis-centered leaf pattern. You can see the 4 knit stitches that are off to the left by one stitch. I don't really know how this happened, but I am pretty sure its a result of a mistake that happened a while back that I just tried to cover up and hope that it would work itself out. Obviously not. Hee hee.









This picture shows the mistake I was just referring to. Another stitch i either missed or did to early or something. It goes along pretty well for 8 rows and then moves over to the right again. No idea. Terrible anyhow. Time to frog her. I've come to terms with it, no big deal (Wahhh).






Now, some more exciting pictures:

What could this be? Nothing yet! I have to recast it on, my tail wasn't long enough.

That's my kool-aid dyed Cascade Pastaza. After casting it on last night, I decided I don't really like the yarn. Its scratchy and the llama hairs keep getting in my mouth. Who knows how. It may not work out for its planned object.

This here is a hat:






Its not done, but those short rows are beautiful to me. Actually, I'm lying, it is done. I just made it a pointy hat, but I want a rounded top instead, so back on the needles it goes. The pattern is by Fiber Trends, it knits up really easily. I'll get the name for it when I post the whole thing after its "redone".

Sorry the formatting on this is all goofy. I tried to be all hip with picture placement, but its just turning out unhip. C'est La Vie!

Nothing good

I'm really disappointed at myself with this scarf. I was looking at it closely last night and realized that my last leaf pattern (8 rows) have somehow shifted by one stitch and off center. I really really hate frogging this thing because I have a hard time picking up the yarn overs. In fact, twice now I've ended up a stitch short and just increased somewhere and hoped it worked out. Really, I just need to start it over. My mother in law can get a nice card and some flowers. The wonderful (terrible) scarf will be mine (after i restart it).

In other exciting news, the new MagKnits is out. I want to make Ada June since Intarsia has always looked awesome to me. I'll have to work on my knitting technique first, since I pick up the yarn and throw it over the needle for every stitch. I can just imagine the tangles I'd end up with.