Saturday - September 06, 2008

 Second ball of yarn

 The second ball of yarn got me to the division of the sleeves:

The current tropical storm is nowhere as near bad as Isabel was when it blew through while I was in grad school, which is good.  Lots of rain, though, and the wind seems to be having fun making howling noises.  

Tuesday - September 02, 2008

First ball of yarn 

 I'm knitting a ChicKnits Basic Chic Hoodie without the hood for Afghans for Afghans.  I know that I don't usually post progress of charity knitting, but I thought that it might be useful to someone to see how far one skein of Wool of the Andes would take you.  

That aside, here's the first ball, knit at a baseball game (PawSox v. IronPigs) and while relaxing and reading before school starts:

Sunday - January 20, 2008

 Little Brown Sock, How I Love Thee

Saturday - January 19, 2008

 Sock it to me!

Pattern: Super Quick Baby Socks

Tuesday - January 15, 2008

 Hats!

The Bat Mitzvah was wonderful; I loved seeing my cousin all grown up and making such a great speech.  

It was so good to get to see my whole family again. 

 On the plane to, I finished the gray hat, and on the ride home, I worked on the pink one.  

Pattern: Infant Earflap Hat (without Earflaps).  Gray hat has square decreases, and pink has blue hat decreases.

Sunday - January 13, 2008

 Back...

 Well, Caleb and I are back from Seattle, where we spent the weekend at a cousin's Bat Mitzvah.  Since last blogging, I've finished a pair of baby socks and one and almost all of a second hat.  (Long plane flights.)

More to come soon, I hope.  

Saturday - January 05, 2008

One and three halves down, several more to go... 

Here's my second finished object of 2008:

Pattern: Made with Love by a Liberal Layette Sock

Tuesday - January 01, 2008

 First finished object of 2008!  (Don't read anything into this.)

Here's my first finished object of 2008:

This is the hat, without the hearts, of the Made with Love By a Liberal Layette.  Luckily, being at the party must have tightened my gauge; it just squeaks in at the largest size for newborn hats for AfA.  Someday I'll learn to read the directions before blithely casting on.  I used about thirty grams of the Wool of the Andes left over from the Afghans for Afghans raglan and size six needles.   

Don't read anything into this hat; Afghans for Afghans is having a campaign for newborn socks and hats with a due date in early February, so I thought I'd do my part.  I'd thought about starting on it over the holiday break instead of the Rockstar sock, but didn't want to mislead family members by knitting tiny clothing.  (Yes, I may be paranoid, but someone at work has been asking me if I'm knitting baby things as I knit socks and hats for myself.)

Saturday - December 01, 2007

 One Skein Food Drive

 On Fillyjonk's blog today, I found out about the One Skein Food Drive.  I'd read the article in the Times about the food shortages too, so this was perfect timing.  

Monday - October 08, 2007

Finished Hat for Afghans for Afghans

Pattern used: Chicknits Ribbed Hat

Yarn: Wool of the Andes in Iron Ore and Chestnut, left over from the Brown Ribby and the Iron Ore Raglan.

Needles: 10.5 circular and dp

Modifications: I accidentally cast on eighty stitches instead, and did a decrease on each side of the first decrease row to make up for it.  It was a little small for Caleb, but it seemed to work well for me.  I also didn't observe the stripe pattern, but held the two colors together.  I ran out of both yarns early, and so spliced in some of the extra Chestnut, making the top of the hat only brown.  

Thoughts: Oddly enough, I weighed the finished hat, and it was 88 grams when finished but before the ends were woven in, even though it took over two full balls of Wool of the Andes.  I thought that the weather might have played with the weight, since it's been humid and dry at odd intervals, but when I weighed a ball, it was 50 g with the ball band and 48 g without.  My guess is that I used some of it up earlier and put the balls back in with the unopened ones.  

Time: I started this a little over a week ago.  It's been my main project, but I've been tutoring more than usual, so I haven't had as much knitting time.  

Saturday - September 29, 2007

Finished Mittens

These are for the Afghans for Afghans Campaign for Youth and Newborns.

Pattern: Afghans for Afghans Mitten Pattern

Yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes in Spruce (dye lot 85662).  It's left over from the slippers I made my mom for Christmas 2005.  

Needles: Size 7 dps

Size: Larger size- for 8-10 year old children, but it fits me almost perfectly; it's just about two or three rows too short and maybe two or four stitches too tight.  

Amount of yarn used: Both mittens, finished but with no ends woven in or trimmed, weighted 52 grams when I was done.  

Notes: One ball of Wool of the Andes makes the bodies of two mittens and half of a thumb in the larger side, so you could easily add in a stripe of about three or four rows on each mitten to make it come out right from one ball or make the thumbs in contrasting colors. Next time, I might also cast on on a larger needle.

Monday - June 18, 2007

Finished sweater!

Pattern: Standard Raglan
Yarn: Knitpicks Wool of the Andes in Hyacinth
Needles: Seven dp and circular
Size: Ten
Gauge: ~5 spi
Modifications: None, really.
Thoughts: It feels good to have this done; it had been hanging over my head since around November. Recently, it, along with the Little Devil sock, had really been sapping my knitting mojo; I'd try to work on something else, but be paralyzed by guilt. I'm hoping that this will get things somewhat resolved.

Saturday - October 14, 2006

Finished!

Pattern: The Incredible, Custom-fit Raglan Sweater
Yarn: Knitpicks Wool of the Andes in Iron Ore (dye lot 2076)
Amount of yarn used: The finished sweater weighed 381 g, so most of eight balls. This means that I did lose one in the grocery store/nail salon, but I still have the insurance ball that I got.
Size: Twelve
Needles: Seven dp and circular.
Gauge: Around five stitches to the inch.
Thoughts: It's a nice pattern. I really do like the yarn.

Wednesday - October 04, 2006

Yes, I do feel guilty.

Sunday - September 24, 2006

Iris AfA sweater done!

Pattern: The Incredible, Custom-fit Raglan Sweater
Yarn: KnitPicks Merino Style in Iris (dye lot 98726)
Yarn Used: Five full balls and 35 grams of another; I still have a full ball left of what I'd originally ordered. (I also had a lot of long ends.)
Size: 10
Needles: Size 6 dp and circular.
Thoughts: I used the knitting both strands and trimming close method to weave in ends; it really does seem subtle from the other side. I think I should try a provisional cast-on on the neck of the next one.

Two down, two to go.

Sunday - September 10, 2006

Extension!

Thursday - August 17, 2006

Back to School

Friday - July 28, 2006

Maine Hat

I'm back from Maine with Caleb and his family; it was a really fun trip.

I finished this hat while I was there:



Pattern: Snug Garter Rib Cap
Yarn: Leftover Lamb's Pride- possibly Blue Blood Red. Cap took 62 g.
Needles: 8 dp and circular
Size: 88 stitches in the body
Thoughts: I really like the decreases at the top. It was a nice cap, and different from the usual.

Blogmorrow: The progress on Tina.

Friday - July 21, 2006

For next time, at least.

The next Afghans for Afghans donation date is this coming Monday.

I really tried.

I started this sweater on Sunday, shortly before the baseball game. I worked on it there. That's all the knitting I've been working on since then.



I finished it at about 10:30 last night, wove in the ends, trimmed the loose bits, and put it in the washing machine on double cold super handwash.

It was still a little damp late this morning, the latest I think I could have sent it out.

I guess I'll send it in for the September collection.

Pattern: The Incredible, Custom-fit Raglan Sweater in size 10.
Needles: 8
Pattern Modifications: Did decreases on sleeves slightly differently, causing blousing.
Thoughts: It's good to know I can knit a sweater this quickly.

Thursday - September 22, 2005

Finished AFSC I

Pattern: Incredible Custom Fit Raglan
Size: Child's Size 4
Yarn: Nick's Meadow Farm yarn from Rhinebeck last year
Needles: Size 7 straights and double points
Gauge: 4.5 st/in.
Pattern Modifications: I made the cardigan version, casting on extra stitches at the center front and knitting it in the flat. The bands were all done in garter stitch, and I put in the zipper that I'd originally gotten for my own sweater in this color.
Thoughts: It was an interesting pattern, and very easy to do once I got the raglan markers placed correctly and the gauge figured out. I'm sending it off to Afghans for Afghans ; I hope that I make the deadline.

Edited to add: It was dry enough that I took it to the post office and mailed it a little before three. It may be there on Saturday, and definitely should be by Monday!