Wow, this feels like forever.
On the knitting front a lot has been going on and on the personal front too.
I’ve been gift knitting recently. Currently on the needles is a pair of
socks in worsted weight yarn. I’m using the Ann Budd’s Ladders for life stitch pattern. I’ve done my first short row heel on these. I like the process, the heel looks a little so so but I’ve taken a finishing class since and picked up some great tips and advice there.
I’ve finished a Habitat hat also for the same gift. I used Manos for the first time. I like the end result but I was a little disappointed in the yarn. I found four knots in the yarn and used less then 200 yards.
Mystic Earth is on the back burner. I got thru all of the first part and half of the second and was just not having fun with it. I’m not sure if it was the yarn or the pattern but it’s on hold. Maybe some other time I’ll pick it back up.
I’m still trucking away on my sweater. I have most of a sleeve done and the body up to the arm pits. I’ve done the magic loop method for the sleeves and love it. It’s giving me a much nicer sleeve then the 12” circulars were.
So in other news I finally got back my pc from HP. It took close to a month for that whole ordeal to be resolved and I got back the PC just days before I left for a business trip in the Chicago area. But I was very glad to have it back. I had just gotten the new iPod touch for my birthday and was dying to try it out. It is great. I loved my iPod classic but the touch is a whole new world. The applications are so cool and the wi-fi is amazing. I love that I can go on the web and check my email right from my iPod.
In other birthday news I got an amazing swift and ball winder. I’m in love with it. It’s great. It’s a table swift so it just sits on the table and it’s beautiful. I’ve been knitting up a storm just to wind more yarn. I also got a sewing machine for my birthday and have been learning the ropes on that one. So far I’ve been making bags to hold my knitting projects.
Finally the spoils
From a lovely shop in Oak Park “Chix with Stix” 2 skeins of Jitterbug in Velvet Olive, 2 skeins Dream in Color Smooshy in Spring Tickle.
In Downers Grove “Knitche” Hand Maiden 1 skein Cashbah, 2 skeins Araucania Azapa (so soft, so very soft) and one very cute sheepy tape measure
In Glen Ellyn “The String Theory” 8 skeins of Peace Fleece in the gorgeous color way of Lauren’s Coral.
On the knitting front a lot has been going on and on the personal front too.
I’ve been gift knitting recently. Currently on the needles is a pair of
socks in worsted weight yarn. I’m using the Ann Budd’s Ladders for life stitch pattern. I’ve done my first short row heel on these. I like the process, the heel looks a little so so but I’ve taken a finishing class since and picked up some great tips and advice there.I’ve finished a Habitat hat also for the same gift. I used Manos for the first time. I like the end result but I was a little disappointed in the yarn. I found four knots in the yarn and used less then 200 yards.
Mystic Earth is on the back burner. I got thru all of the first part and half of the second and was just not having fun with it. I’m not sure if it was the yarn or the pattern but it’s on hold. Maybe some other time I’ll pick it back up.
I’m still trucking away on my sweater. I have most of a sleeve done and the body up to the arm pits. I’ve done the magic loop method for the sleeves and love it. It’s giving me a much nicer sleeve then the 12” circulars were.
So in other news I finally got back my pc from HP. It took close to a month for that whole ordeal to be resolved and I got back the PC just days before I left for a business trip in the Chicago area. But I was very glad to have it back. I had just gotten the new iPod touch for my birthday and was dying to try it out. It is great. I loved my iPod classic but the touch is a whole new world. The applications are so cool and the wi-fi is amazing. I love that I can go on the web and check my email right from my iPod.
In other birthday news I got an amazing swift and ball winder. I’m in love with it. It’s great. It’s a table swift so it just sits on the table and it’s beautiful. I’ve been knitting up a storm just to wind more yarn. I also got a sewing machine for my birthday and have been learning the ropes on that one. So far I’ve been making bags to hold my knitting projects.Finally the spoils
I went to three yarn shops in the Chicago area and bought the following items:
From a lovely shop in Oak Park “Chix with Stix” 2 skeins of Jitterbug in Velvet Olive, 2 skeins Dream in Color Smooshy in Spring Tickle.
In Downers Grove “Knitche” Hand Maiden 1 skein Cashbah, 2 skeins Araucania Azapa (so soft, so very soft) and one very cute sheepy tape measure
In Glen Ellyn “The String Theory” 8 skeins of Peace Fleece in the gorgeous color way of Lauren’s Coral.
