8 posts tagged “scarf”

I'm also posting because I have a short list of the books that I still haven't replaced after the moving company lost them. I figured, hey, people read this and might be generous. So here's the list.

Knit Wit - Amy Singer
Getting Started Knitting Socks - Ann Budd
Amigurumi!: Super Happy Crochet Cute - Elisabeth Doherty
Stitch 'N Bitch - Debby Stoller
Stitch 'N Bitch: the Happy Hooker - Debby Stoller
Doctor Who Pattern Book - Joy Gammon

If you're down for buying me a book in a trade for something knit or crochet, I would love to make an arrangement. Or if you are just a generous soul, leave a comment or send me a message.

I need to sleep now ...
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p.s. Title not related, just awesome.

Finally, a use for my Katia Colibri. It's beautiful yarn, but it doesn't knit up or crochet well. It does, however, weave up very well! I love how it looks. I'm not used to doing stuff in white, but man it looks good. In my opinion, at least.

It'll probably be another week until my Clapotis is finished, but I'm making steady progress.

I'm really really obsessed with Interpol's Our Love to Admire right now. I've had this album since it came out, but I guess it was one of those albums that needed to grow on me. And it has. And I listen to it constantly now. I need to find something new to take it's place, because I don't want to wear it out!

Oh, and I'm up to 44 projects this year. I won't up my number past 50, I'll just see how far I can go past it.

Productivity!
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Setting the loom is the most tedious task EVER, but once you start actually weaving it goes by very quickly. Which I like. I finished my first scarf pretty quickly (in Diakeito DiaSantaFe) and it turned out really well. I guess rumors of its awesomeness went around HCW like wildfire. I'm not complaining about that, that's for sure. My next scarf is using Katia Colibri, which knits up like absolute rubbish but appears to weave up really well.

I'd talk about the process but it's almost 1am and I have orientation tomorrow morning. That and I still kind of don't know what I'm doing when I weave. I'm debating getting my own table loom, but I don't really have $600 to shell out. So yeah, not happening. I think I'll just mooch off of HCW while I'm here in Austin. If I get serious about weaving I'll consider my own loom.

Between the weaving, knitting and crocheting, and living in a house with three cats, I am well on my way to being an old spinstress/cat lady. I think I'm okay with that.
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WOO! I can't wait to watch it tonight with commentary. Wait ... why wait until tonight. I'm doing this RIGHT NOW.

Well, after I post this.

This is the Parallelograms Scarf (no, really?) from Knitting New Scarves. The whole thing, 70 inches worth, only took two days to knit. What a lovely and quick project. I checked the book out from my local library and may-or-may-not-have copied a few patterns out of it ... but I caved in and ordered a copy fro Knit Picks. I mean, they're having a 40% off sale. Why wouldn't I? I also picked up the Harmony Guides: Cables & Arans book. I have a few scarf design ideas. I really really want to start designing my own patterns.

Next up is a hat or two for a commission. The story goes like this. Ever since I finished my thesis, I've been at a loss of what to do at my computer lab job. I mean, before, I could write and research. But now I just sit there for seven hours. So. I started hard-core knitting while on the job (hence so many FOs lately). A woman saw me knitting, and asked if I'd knit for her. Pssh, why not? Easy money! And motivation to use up my stash of yarn. So my first project is the Twirly Top Toque from One-Skein Wonders.

Now I'm off to watch some tentacle-filled-sci-fi-cartoon-action-adventure goodness!
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Being Wednesday, it seems appropriate for a What's On Your Needles Wednesday kind of thing.

Here are my two go-to projects of the moment:

Like any knitting DW fan, I am making a must-have scarf. Based on Four's season 12 scarf. It's about five or so feet long at this point. I'm just about half way finished with it. Blocked it'll probably end up being about 15 feet long.

I love cowls. And I love green, So really, this project is perfect. And ohmygoodness is this yarn amazing to knit with. Classic Elite Yarns Wool Bam Boo. It is so so so silky soft. I wish it wasn't summer so that I could wear this (when I finish it).

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p.s. I got an awesome new ring and I love it to bits.

It's called "Music Ring" and it's made by MarieCarter. I adore her stuff. She custom made this to my specifications and it only took four days to get to me from when I clicked "submit" to when it was in my mailbox. How awesome is that? Very.

Speaking of which ... I am about 98% positive that I have a house in Austin. Hoorah.

Well, this thing is supposed to be about knitting, so ...

I finished the lacy scarf. It blocked very well and it looks like it won't curl up as much as I initially thought. Definitely happy times.

Also, I'm participating in a Jelly Baby swap through the Who Knits? group on Ravelry. I've never really done a proper knitting swap before, so this is big exciting for me. I have my package all put together. I put in a mixcd, a nice little notebook, a skein of yarn, some tea, some stickers, and a bunch of candy. My swap is going to a non-Amerikanerin, so I tried to find chocolates and sweets that aren't around in ----. (I can't say where because my swapping is so-far anonymous! I can say more later once I know it arrives in its destination.) The only downside here is that shipping is going to be ridiculous. OH WELL.

More in WIPs tomorrow.

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p.s. Go Barack!

I have decided to take it upon myself to make a scarf in leu of the Fourth Doctor. I think I posted at some point about buying the yarn I needed to make it happen. Well, tonight I'm finally giving it a go.

To be honest, though, I've started and restarted a handful of times already, because I wasn't sure how the pattern was going to work out. I picked my yarn based on color, not weight. The pattern calls for DK weight, and I bought worsted. So I figured whatevah, I'll just give it a go and see what happens. Attempt 1 started with garter stitch, but I cast on way too many stitches. I frogged, then decided to cast on less and use a 1x1 rib. After a while I realized the 1x1 would be way too heavy for such a long scarf. So tonight I start my third attempt, and this time it is going to work because I mathed it all out! Hooray math.

Basically, I am cutting everything down a third. I'm casting on 44 sts instead of 64. I went through each row and mathed out how many I should work to have each color take up about the same amount of space.

I'm going to knit on US8s ... for this yarn 9 is too big and stretchy, and 7 is a bit too small. 

Good old mathy math.

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Here is what I cast on today:

The pattern is Lopi Lace Scarf from Weekend Knitting. I picked this book up on a whim a few weeks ago, and I absolutely adore it. There are recipes for cookies, tips for brewing tea, and all sorts of wonderful things that make me happy. The patterns are all great as well. This one in particular is really great; it's easy to memorize and knits up quickly. The yarn is Moda Dea Beadnik, which has fun little beads threaded through it. So far a lot of them have ended up on the wrong side of the scarf, but it still looks nice. I also love the color.

Back to chapter 2!

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