The Stitching Hour

wow

2007-05-09T07:34:00.000-04:00

wow! It has been well over two months since I last posted. I feel terrible. Things at school got very hectic after Christmas Break, and quite frankly have not seemed to slow down yet. Seeing as how it is my junior year in high school I am face with all the lovely stress of deciding which colleges I want to apply to next fall, making sure I have the correct classes taken in high school to apply to said colleges, taking SATs, making National Honor Society. - It's ridiculous.

I actually have not knitted anything in a long time. I knitted a shoe for art - yes a shoe! But at the moment I do not have pictures, I will try and get some tomorrow to post, but it's at school hung up for the annual art show.

There is not much to say except sorry it's been so long since I've posted!

First FO of the year!

2007-02-04T21:27:00.000-05:00

Alrighty everyone, I have my first finished object of 2007! My crusoe socks are done - hot off the needles done, I just finished sewing in the end of the second one about two minutes ago. Here are some pictures:

Remember my plan that I thought was 'oh-so-smart'? Well apparently it didn't work out. As you can see in the picture about the heels match up and all is well up until about a third to half of the foot part. I had to readjust the pattern because to knit 9 inches before the toe would have made them too big, on the pattern I wrote 7 inches, but I guess I meant 8 because there is four color changes [two colors and two of the grey/white] more on the sock of the right foot. They don't match up, but I guess it doesn't really matter much seeing as how they both fit my feet. Plus, I think it gives them character!

That is all of my knitting news for now, midterms are coming up and I just had the chance to sit down and knit - this has been the only weekend since probably the first week of school where I have only had to work one night during the week and have had no homework. It was quite relaxing.

Hope everyone has a wonderful week, and as always...

Happy Knitting!

slacking

2007-01-26T22:13:00.000-05:00

I've been a bad blogger, and a bad knitter. I haven't been working on knitting much. Mainly because school has started to pick up with more work than it seems like I've ever gotten. Also I was picked with 19 other kids in the junior class by teaches to do a pilot test run of our Senior Project. It's an honor because we were reccomended and then had to fill out an application of sorts and then were chosen by the principle and vice principle, but it means an whole lot more of extra work. The good part? Because I want to go to school for fashion design, my project is to illustrate, design, and produce a five piece clothing collection. I never limited myself to simply fabric clothing, so I might try and knit up a coulple swatches of just stiches thrown together in my own pattern to see if I can some up with something that I could use in my project.

I was out of school for the past two days with a horrific cold though: double ear infection, fluid build up in the ears and nose, a sore throat, and a fever, but wait there's more, top that off with pink eye in my right eye to point where it was swolen almost completely shut and womenly cramps. Oh did I have fun or what!? I was basically sleeping or on the couch watching all the craft shows I miss because of school. I did however manage to get some knitting in between my sleeping and sneezing.

I did quite a bit on my second sock. I finished the heel flap, turned the heel, did the gusset, and am now moving along nicely on the foot part.

I want to say that it will be finished by the end of the weekened but I am not too sure about that. It depends what my work schedule is and how much time I have left over after completing all the work I missed on Thursday and Friday. I am still a little sick too so it will all depend.

I did do something else than just my sock though. I wanted some mindless knitting that I wouldnt need to worry about messing up if my medicine had me a little foggy. I did some searing on Lion Brand's website and found this easy pattern. I casted on last night and switched off between working on the stole and the sock.

This picture is more for the fact of looking at the lace pattern. Its very simple - just a k2tog, yo across the row followed by a straight knit on the next row.

You can see the colors really good in this picture. There's a little bit of gray mixed into the verigation which I wasn't sure how much I was going to like at first, but it looks okay.

I also think I've found a new knitting bag. I went to NYC back in Novemeber and was caught up in the moment when i bought this bag;

I realized when I got home that ti is actually a luggage carry on. I wasn't sure what I was going to do since I felt kind of funny about carrying it about as an actual purse so I just stored it up in my closet until my mom's friend suggested using it as a knitting bag. It works wonderfully. Theres a little zipper thing in the middle two keep two projects seperate, theres compartments for needles and measuring tapes and all that jazz. Plus it's quite roomy which is always good.

See? It hold the large ball of yarn for my stole, plus my sock project. It's very nice because it sits in the crock at the fold of your arm near your elbow so it makes standing somewhere and knitting quite easy. Although I am going to have to work on someway to keep it open - even when unzippered it kind of stays shut and you have to tug a bit on yarn.

That is all my knitting news for now. The only other thing left is that I switched to the new blogger. I like the old version better I think. I lost my WIP percent bars. I can't figure out how to tweak the HTML and get it to work. I should probably work on it when IM not sick, so I'm just going to leave it for now so I don't mess anything up worse. :-] That's all my news for now.

Happy Knitting!

WOOOOO

2007-01-02T23:17:00.000-05:00

Ok, I finished the sock tonight - only one but it is my first finished sock, with a toe and everything!! Want to see pictures? I know you do... here they are!

excuse my cat Bailey, he was being nosey

and then I started the second sock today as well:

Excuse the school agenda in the pictures, I'm doing this before I head off to bed and I just finished watching Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and some homework.

I am very pleased with myself because I know for a fact that I will not have one sock syndrom. You see, before I started knitting the first sock I took both yarns and lined some of the verigation up and cut them at both the same spot so that I would cast on in the same exact spot. Smart huh? I thought so.

Well I am off to bed, but I just wanted to share my first ever finished sock [with a toe and everything!] with you all. Have a wonderful week and as always....

Happy Knitting!

year end wrap-up

2006-12-31T22:17:00.000-05:00

so my camera wasn't charged last night for me to take pictures and post - i forgot to plug in the dock ... woops :-]

but here is what i have:

as far as knitting goes I haven't done too much on anything I haven't really had the time but I did finish one of my Crusoe Socks! [well almost]

the only thing I have left to do is cast off the toe. It gives me the option of knitting the stiches on needles one and two and then doing the kitchener stitch of the first and second needles together, or of pulling the yarn through all stitches. This is the first sock I've ever made so I'm not sure which is best. Any suggestions??

on the non knitting front I made some curtains for my room yesterday!

First of all my room is all black and white pictures of New York, and Audrey Hepburn like this:

This is only the wall that my bed is on but you get the idea of it. Now before I made the curtains that I did, I had these maroonish deep red curtains up that well, did just not go. Here is what I made:

Cute aren't they? They're black with white polka dots, which I think goes very well with my room.

I also had a martini glass on my dresser that was just overflowwing with chapsticks and perfume samples so I did something that isn't very crafty but it used craft supplies so I suppose you could count it - I filled the martini glass with 'pearl' beads. It looks adorable on my dresser with all my perfumes set up. I would post a picture but blogger isn't allowing me to add anymore, I'm not sure why though.

Well, my goals as far as craftyness goes are that I would like to finish everything I started this year, if not everything than at least half. I would also like to try dying some yarn of my own. Other than that I'm not really sure.

I wish everyone a Happy New Year, and as always ...

Happy Knitting!

I am a slacker,

2006-12-30T17:04:00.000-05:00

and a large one at that!

I have two days left of my school vacation and last night was the first time I knit - and even then I only did maybe 4 rows of my socks.

It is horrible.

Granted, I got myself a new digitalized sewing machine for Christmas so I have been sort of fooling around with that a bit, I had a friend sleep over for about three nights in a row, and basically I have just simply been enjoying the fact that I do not have to wake up before it is light outside to go somewhere. As well as the fact that I get to watch all those craft shows on HGTV and DIY Network that I miss while I'm in school.

Right now my camera is charging, but later on tonight I will post some pictures [and a list of things I need to finish next year!]

Until then, happy knitting!

Christmas Traffic

2006-12-13T19:58:00.000-05:00

I know I havent posted in a while, and sadly it looks like I wont be posting again anytime soon. Every year the two weeks before Winter Break are crammed with last minute projects, tests for the half-quarter mark, loads of homework, etc. I have been extremely busy with school - so much so that I've called out of work a couple of times to just try and catch up and relax. I honestly do not think I've gone to bed before 11:30 in the past week and a half, and I have had no time at all to knit, I go once a week to my library knitting group but we always do more talking than knitting, or I end up bringing homework.

So until everything with school calms down and when I have a spare minute I will post, but incase I don't talk to everyone before the holidays come around: Happy Holidays, enjoy time with the family, etc.

and don't forget...

Happy Knitting! [if you have the time :-D ]

pictures!!

2006-11-13T18:54:00.000-05:00

Ok, so I finally have my digital camera uploaded into the new computer, so get ready for some pictures, backdated, but pictures non-the-less!!

First, here is the Branching out Scarf I finished a while ago:

here is another shot, it's a little dark but you can see the lace detail really good:

here are the pedicure socks I made for my mom - which were supposed to be a Christmas present but I just couldn't hold off that long to give them to her (click on the link under 2006 Finished Projects for a different picture):

this is a ribbed keyhole scarf I made, I also made my own pattern up as I went along and I think it came out pretty good for my first time 'free-knitting'

Those are all my FO's, or at least all the ones I could find and carry downstairs in one trip. If I find anymore I'll post them later.

Here is the current [ok, one of the current] WIP I'm working on. The Crusoe socks from Knitty.

this is the front part, I'm not doing the full leg, I am sort of going to try and make it into an ankle sock

this is the back heel flap, I just started and I'm about 6 rows into it.

Alright, I think I'm all caught up!! It's so nice to have my camera finally. I got it for Christmas last year and am just finally getting to put it into a computer, it's so nice. Now I will be able to post reguarly with pictures! Who doesn't love pictures of knitting to look at?

Still no news about my SP, maybe I'll just have to sit out of this round :(

That's all the updates I have, hope everyone has a lovely week and ...

Happy Knitting!

2006-11-07T13:30:00.000-05:00

No school today, it's election day!

My camera is still not hooked up, but I got a great idea to scan in my besotted scarf from someone. I'm not sure how well other things will scan, but I will try a little later when my homework and what not is done, but for now here is my bessotted scarf:

I like how the verigated yarn is making it look kind of rainbow-ish. I also like how because of the cables the colors are not going in stripes like they probably would if I weren't using cables, but I am working on this for the Fall Cable KAL 2006

That's all I'm posting for now I have to go do Spanish Homework, Art homework, and study for a huge French test I have tomorrow. I'll try and post more later today.

Happy Knitting!

2006-11-03T16:32:00.000-05:00

Well, I was without a computer for about a week. It crashed, completely, and we had to order a new one. Which makes me happy. Wanna know why?! Because as soon as my mom checks something out with an uncle of mine, I can install my digital camera software and grace my blog with pictures

FINALLY

None today though, but I do have some knitting news:

1) Socktoberfest 2006 ended on Tuesday, I didn't get as much as I would have liked to get done what with homework and my job but I did finish up the pedicure socks for my mom and start another pair for myself.

2) My projects for the Fall 2006 Cable KAL are going smoothy. The besotted scarf from Hello yarn is adorable, I am loving the way it's coming out with the ribbon yarn I chose to help me de-stash a little bit. The Central Park hoodie hasn't had much progress but it looks nice!

3) SP 9 pals were given out, but my named was overlooked somehow. I have contacted one of the head hanchos about it and the're working on it. But, I will say I am feeling a little left out, every blog I browse it seems that someone has gotten a fantastic package from their SP. I suppose good things come to those who wait though. Too bad I am extremely impatient huh?

4) I am looking into convincing my mom to let me open up my own Etsy shop. I don't think anything too extravagent would go in it. Nothing like cabled sweaters, but some little knitted items, probably some sewn too. I have to really figure out how the whole thing works first though.

Other than those four main things there is not much else as far as knitting news goes. I have barely any time to knit with school. This year is brutal with homework. I stayed home today so I got a bit done, and I have next Tuesday off of school so I should get more done then too.

That's all my updates, hope everything is well with everyone, and ...

Happy Knitting!

I. NEED. THIS. YARN. !!!

2006-10-19T16:20:00.000-04:00

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

I NEED it!!!

If you are my secret pal [ or just want to be super nice] i would love this yarn:

SP9!

2006-10-08T18:11:00.000-04:00

This is just a quick post so I can do my SP9 questionnaire:

1. What is/are your favorite yarn/s to knit with? What fibers do you absolutely *not* like?
-> I'm not really picky when it comes to yarn, although I will say that I really hate itchy things, I don't mind wool but if it's extremely picky and itchy I tend not to use it [unless it is going to be used for felting]

2. What do you use to store your needles/hooks in?
-> I made myself one of those roll up needle holders when I first started to knit, it is now completely full and I've started to put my needles in a cup - which is not a good thing, I think anyway. For my circulars I don't really have any idea where to put them, I've been wanting to make one of those hanging things for a while now, but never got around to it. I also just picked up some clear protective sheets in hopes of copying a circular needle holder, I'm hoping those in a binder will do just fine.

3. How long have you been knitting & how did you learn? Would you consider your skill level to be beginner, intermediate or advanced?
-> I've been knitting for a little over 2 years now I think. I taught myself one summer, I had taken a class when I was in middle school, but never kept up with it and I decided to teach myself the ropes! I definetly don't think I am advanced per say, but I'm not a beginner, would an advanced intermediate knitter work? I always like to give myself a challenge so I tend to not look at the levels on patterns

4. Do you have an Amazon or other online wish list?
-> No, :-( No wish lists here - I tend to just buy a yarn if I like it in the store

5. What's your favorite scent? (for candles, bath products, etc.)
-> I think I would have to be an apple person. I absolutely love Yankee Candle's Macintosh scent, their butter cream is good too, and the pumpkin pie! yum! I do like other fruity scents like kiwi, honey dew melon, strawberry, etc.

6. Do you have a sweet tooth? Favorite candy?
-> Hah! I am the girl who couldn't go to the dentist without having at least one cavity until she was 12 - when I got braces. Ahhh i LOVE candy - my favorite I would have to say are: Resee's, Fast Breaks, and mainly just chocolate! yummm

7. What other crafts or Do-It-Yourself things do you like to do? Do you spin?
-> I do quite a bit of sewing, a little bit of scrapbooking here and there, but mainly knitting and sewing. I don't spin though I would love to learn how, or at least try it once.

8. What kind of music do you like? Can your computer/stereo play MP3s? (if your buddy wants to make you a CD)
-> I like all kinds of music, heavy metal/rock gets on my nerves though. I like: Shakira, Justin Timberlake, a lot of techno music, and I pretty much just listen to whatever is on the radio, or my iPod - there is actually a lot of N*SYNC on that - hah, an oldie but a goodie I think :-)

9. What's your favorite color(s)? Any colors you just can't stand?
-> My favorite colors would have to be soft yellow, and pink. There aren't really any colors that i hate or can't stand, neon ones give me a headache sometimes but other than that, they're pretty much all okay in my mind.

10. What is your family situation? Do you have any pets?
-> I live with my mom and sister (I'm only 16) and I have one cat, who is nudered and is an indoor cat.

11. Do you wear scarves, hats, mittens or ponchos?
-> I love scarves and mittens, I am not a big hat fan, and not so much with the ponchos. I haven't knit any mittens yet, but I will.

12. What is/are your favorite item/s to knit?
-> I don't really have a favorite item to knit, I sort of jump around and knit everything. My newest thing is socks, I would love to get some of that Opal rainforest sock yarn, or a plain white sock yarn so I can try my hand at dyeing. I've knit scarves, bags, sweaters [ok, so they're still UFO's but it's alright] socks, dishcloths.. I tend to have a lot of 'plans' for projects but never enough time - hah, don't we all.

13. What are you knitting right now?
-> Right now I have a cabled scarf, 2 sweaters, 2 pairs of socks, and an afghan going on all at once - at least I think that is everything, I probably have more somewhere in my room or around the house but I keep looking over it. It drives my mom crazy, but I just remind her that I could be spending my pay checks on worse things than yarn, especially at 16.

14. Do you like to receive handmade gifts?
-> Who doesn't is more like the question?! I love handmade gifts, it makes it all the more special to receive. Anybody can go and buy that purple sweater in the mall, but when you make one for someone it is one-of-a-kind

15. Do you prefer straight or circular needles? Bamboo, aluminum, plastic?
->I have a lot of straight needles, but I really do enjoy the bamboo circulars better, they just don't get in the way as much, and make it way more easier to knit in crowded places.

16. Do you own a yarn winder and/or swift?
-> NO! I keep putting money aside to buy myself a ball winder but then I usually find yarn [or fabric, or a book] and spend it. I would love to have a ball winder, and a swift would be nice too, although I must say I don't usually buy that many hanks, though I would like to get into dyeing my own yarn - don't those come in handy for that?

17. How old is your oldest UFO?
-> That would definetly be my patchwork afghan. I started that when I first taught myseld how to knit. I haven't finished even one set of squares. I think it's mainly because I get bored doing the same thing over and over, 6 different times - but then again I could sit here and make excuses all day for projects that I have left unfinished

18. What is your favorite holiday?
-> I am a large fan of Halloween and Christmas, and my birthday! :-)

19. Is there anything that you collect?
-> Other than yarn for my stash, not really! Just kidding, there isn't really anything that I collect, but I am always looking for more yarn, or fabric for that matter, I am trying to get into quilting, I've made one but thats it.

20. Any books, yarns, needles or patterns out there you are dying to get your hands on? What knitting magazine subscriptions do you have?
-> I am dying to get my hands on one of those top down raglan patterns with the buttons on the side, over near the shoulder, I've googled and asked and although everybody has been making them nobody seems to know where to get the pattern. I am only subscribed to the Knit 1 magazine. As far as yarn goes, I would like to get some dyeable yarn, either for socks, or any weight it doesn't really matter.

21. Are there any new techniques you'd like to learn?
-> Hmmm, I would like to learn how to cast on for a toe-up sock. I have a pattern but just can't get the cast on to work right. I can't think of anything else at the moment, though I might later.

22. Are you a sock knitter? What are your foot measurements?
-> I've only knit those pedicure socks from Knitty for my mom, and I am just starting a pair for myself, as far as foot measurements, uhm.. I am a size US 9 if that helps any :-)

23. When is your birthday? (mm/dd)
-> June 30 - I'm a summer baby

**edit**

About 5 minutes ago I finished the Pedicure Socks for my mom! She loves them. I put off finishing them because my cat had run off with the fourth needle that I needed to use, but when I cleaned my room today I found it. I'm so glad she likes them. They were supposed to be a Christmas present, but I couldnt wait.

**end of edit**

2006-10-01T21:23:00.000-04:00

Today kicks off Socktober Fest 2006! I wish that my cat wouldn't have ran off with the fourth needle for my mom's pair of pedicure socks. I don't have another paird of 7 dpns and don't have the money to buy more.. which means as of the moment I cannot finish them .

I also need to go somewhere to figure out how to cast on with the figure 8 way, so i can do my toe up ankle socks.

In midst of the Fall Cable KAL 2006 I casted on for Hello Yarn's Besotted Scarf. I'm using some of the verigated ribbony yarn I got when the old Jo-Ann store closed, so far it looks really cool. For the cable KAL I'm also working on my central park hoodie I started last week.

That's all the knitting news I have, between work and school I don't have much time to do anything, but I'm trying to find a happy balance.

Hope everyone has a lovely week! and....

Happy Knitting!

2006-09-20T23:13:00.000-04:00

Here's a real quick update before I go to bed...

I haven't been doing much knitting. I am getting swamped with homework and I'm not even finding enough time to do that nevermind sit down and knit... hopefully within the next week or two things will calm down... hopefully anyway.

Junior year is the most important, and I am just hoping that the whole school year isn't going to be like this.

Hope everyone else is doing well, and

Happy Knitting (if you have time :-] )

Central Park Hoodie!

2006-09-07T20:57:00.000-04:00

Tonight at my work (Jo-Ann's) they had sort of an open house type thing. Tomorrow is the official date that we open too the public (!) Employees could bring family members and at the end they opened it up to shopping!

I had seen the Central Park Hoodie [pics here and here] a while ago, and I wanted to make it, seeing as how the other sweater I started is too small. Anyway, I decided to spend some of my paychecks since I have been so good with putting all of my paychecks into my bank account. I bought yarn for the hooddie! Nothing fancy, it is just Lion Brand wool ease, but in this color:

I like it. In person it is more of a white-ish with pink, not so much pink... it's not a girly pink, its sort of a subdued pinkish purple. Anyhoo I like it.

I am going to finish off my mom's pedicure socks, which is only an inch or two, and then I am going to start it up.

I can't write too more, I want to relax before school tomorrow. Have a lovely day everyone!

P.S. It's official! I am now a proper member of Secret Pal 9!

I am a sock knitting MANIAC!

2006-08-23T09:53:00.000-04:00

The pedi socks are coming out really good. This is my first actual pair of 'socks' [though I'm not sure if they count because they don't have a toe]. But I am making them all on my own, I haven't asked for help once!

Last night was the teen knitting group at the library. It was only Becky and i who showed up, but that was ok. I had fun nonetheless. When I started the knitting sesson at 5:30 I was still working on the upper ankle part, and when I finished at a little past 7 I was working on turning the heel. I think that is good progress, looking at the fact that I think about 40 minutes of that time was spent talking and not knitting.

After knitting I continued to work on the sock while watching Dawson's Creek [which is my new favorite show, seeing as how none of the new seasons for the shows I watch have started yet]. When I went to bed I had finished turning the heel, pickign up the stitches for the gussets, and now I am just doing regular knitting until I have to do the k2p2 rib and bind off. I think I should finish the first sock tonight! [hopefully]

That's all the knitting news that I have so....

Happy Knitting Everyone!

pedi socks

2006-08-15T21:50:00.000-04:00

Well, I finished a second cable square for my afghan, and now I realize why I put them down and just picked them up from last summer/fall. Because doing about 15 repeats of the same pattern gets borring...so to break it up a little bit I...

Casted on for Knitty's Pedicure Socks. My mom is big into getting them every other week right now. She has some nerve damage in her foot, and the guy that gives her the pedicures apparently does some reflexology massage or something and its really helping it. I got her a gift certificate for a pedicure for her birthday [which is tomorrow!], but I figured that in the winter time these would be perfect for her. With just my luck I just bought that sock yarn she likes too [the brown/blue pattern magic stripes]! These will not be done for tomorrow, although they are a fast knit, but I figured it gives me a head start on her Christmas present.

I also casted on those because it didn't involve me doing a figure 8 cast on, which for the life of me I cannot figure out. i tried like 20 different times before I gave up and decided I would wait on my socks a little bit. I'm going to go to the knitting group at my library on Thursday, hopefully someone can help me there.

That's all the news so...

Happy Knitting!

Madam Stash Enhancer

2006-08-12T16:52:00.000-04:00

I just did this Stitcher's Name Generator and mine came up as Madam Stash Enhancer. I sure do love to enhance my stash!!

Onto actual knitting news...

In spirit of August Project Spectrum, I picked up the cable squares for my afghan. I figured since they needed to be finished anyway and they fit into the colors for this month, why not? I had to do some frogging though, in one of the squares I left off in the middle of a cable section, and of course I didn't remember what row I left off on. But all is well, I just re-knit it.

Because of said cable squares I have put asside the pinwheel blanket, which is alright though because I'm not sure if I'm going to contiue with it. See, I casted on with acrylic yarn, just to test it out before I casted on with the boucle, so I wouldn't mess up. Then I figured, hey I have enough acrylic and I need to bust some stash, but then I started thinking... What am I going to do with two pinwheel blankets? I might finish the one I started in the Harry Potter colors and give it to a friend for Christmas, but I'm not sure yet.

Now enough about stash busting.. lets talk about some stash enhancing!

Yesterday after work I bought myself some sock yarn!! It's nothing too fancy, but it works for me. It's Lion Brand's Magic Stripes. Here are the colors I bought:

Bright Spring Pattern

Brown/Blue Pattern

I bought the Brown/Blue Pattern for my mom. When I was looking at them, my mom was like 'Oh, this one is nice. I like it.' and then above the yarn was a sock knitted up, with that yarn and she really liked it. I bought it with her there, but she doesn't know that the yarn is for her yet. I might do a Christmas present, but I know I gave her a coupon for Mother's day of one free handknit item, so I'm not sure yet.

In non-knitting news, the heat has finally broke! It is in the high fifties/low sixties right now. Which isn't bothering me one bit! I love the fall weather, it's my favorite time of the year! And speaking of fall, I go back to school on the 5th of September. I'm waiting for my schedule to arrive in the mail, it should be coming either sometime next week, or the week after.

That's all the news I have, so....

Happy Knitting Everyone!

Stash Bustin'

2006-08-05T10:50:00.000-04:00

Well, my knitting ADD kicked in last night. I started another project! This time, I can justify it though, because I'm using yarn from my ever building stash instead of buying yarn! I'm using the left over acrylic yarn from my Harry Potter scarf to make a Pinwheel Blanket. I'm not sure if I'm going to use the burgundy and the gold, and make sort of a Harry Potter blanket, or just use the burgundy. All I know is that it is a very fast knit.

As far as my Branching Out scarf is concerned, I'm almost done. I think I can fit in maybe three or four more pattern repeats before I do the final five rows of garter stitch and then block it.

August is the last month for Project Spectrum. This month's colors are Neturals, Blacks, and Whites. Here are some pictures of my favorite things in those colors:

I love chocolate! Who doesn't?? I also love the snow, not so much the fact that I most of the time have to shovel it, but it always looks so peacefull and beautifule. I love the sand at the beach!! And I tend to like neutral colored stripes.

I'm not sure what I'm going to make for this month yet, since I have quite a bit of project started, but maybe I'll make some hand-made postcards for my Postcrossing. That by the way (postcrossing) is very cool! You send a postcard to someone across the world, and once they receive it, you automatically receive one from someone else around the world.

That's about all the updates I have for now so...

Happy Knitting!

**Update - 11:55PM**

I just finished knitting Branching Out!!! Now all I have to do is block it! Hopefully I will be getting my new computer soon, and I can post pictures... it's really starting to bug me that I can't post any. Ehhh!! I'm so excited that I finished my first lace scarf!!

**End of Update**

SP 9 baby!!

2006-08-01T19:39:00.000-04:00

I just confirmed with my mom, and she okayed it... I am going to do Secret Pal 9

I am uber excited.. not sure exactly how it works, but I can't wait!!! :-D

Lately I've been spending more time (and money!) buying knitting supplies than actually knitting

2006-07-31T19:43:00.000-04:00

There's not much new s about knitting and what not, but here's what i have:

Even after I bought all that yarn I post about... I went back in for work the next day and bought more! I couldn't resit it.. some of the yarn was a really good deal. Like 100% wool, 33 cents a skeing?! How can you pass that up? I also got a bunch of pattern books, which should come in handy to use up all the yarn I bought.

Another good buy.. there was a garage sale last weekend. I stopped with my mom, and there was a box of knitting needles. Now I've been wanting to make socks, but haven't had the time or money to go buy DPNs ... I found some in the box, and I was looking at sizes and quality, etc. The man who was running the sale came over and said you have to buy the whole box, not just one thing. Anyway, when I got home and went through the needles, just the DPNs .. there were circulars and straights as well. there were sizes 1 through 10 1/2 with about 3 pairs of each! and that was just the DPNs... I've yet to go through the circulars or straights, but I definetly got my moneys worth seeing as how the only box only cost $10!

I've started my second skein on my Branching Out scarf. At first I was a little upset that I would have to weave in yarn in the middle of my scarf, but lucky for me I was watching and episode of Knitty Gritty while I was working on it. There was a 'knit bit' about how to join animal fiber yarns while in the middle of a garment. All you do is moisten the end of the yarn you've come to an end to, and the end of the yarn you are going to join. Over lap them and rub them together in your palms .. like you would do to make a 'snake' out of clay. In a minute or two they are joined together.. almost felted together if you will, it worked for me. And that made me very happy because it saved me about a foot of yarn!

I've started to think of what I'm making for christmas presents this year. I think for my sister I am going to make her a Branching Out scarf seeing as how she keeps bugging me to have the one I'm making now. For my mom I think I am going to make the criss cross scarf featured in an episode of Knitty Gritty. And for my sister's fiance I am going to make him a beanie hat. Always good to be prepared right? It's not like I don't have enough yarn!!

Other then that I haven't got much news. It's been hot here.. a little too hot to work with yarn, tomorrow is supposed to feel like 120F!!!! So I don't know how much knitting I will be getting done this week, that temperature is supposed to stay all week.

In non-knitting news: I got my driver's permit!! My mom has taken me driving.. I started out in parking lots, just to get the feel of the car and then I drove around in a plat so I was on a road, but not with much traffic. Tomorrow I have to go to work with my mom and she is going to let me drive there! I am excited, but a little nervous too. I haven't driven on a real road yet, and I think I've gone barely over 20mph at the most. I'm a little nervous after getting in that accident with my grandfather.. coming home from my first day at Driver's Ed.

That's all for now...

Happy Knitting, Crafting, and Staying Cool In The Summer Heat!

I bought over $150 worth of yarn today!!

2006-07-20T21:32:00.000-04:00

hehe that title caught your eye now didn't it??!

well, i went to Jo Ann's today to pick up some things i had put on hold last night while i was working, and i am soo glad that i went because all of the yarn was 3 skeins for $1 ... yes one dollar so of course i went NUTS!! and obviously i didnt need any of it, but at that price when some of them were $5.99 a skein, it would have been just plain old stupid of me not to buy any... and just to make you wonder, im not going to say hoe much i ended up actually paying until the end of the post!!

Here's what i bought:

9 balls of Dolcetto yarn

-1 yellow
-1 lime
-2 purple
-2 blue
-3 peach

14 balls of Smania yarn (sorry it's not on the website)
~this yarn is really neat, its sort of like a ribbon yarn, except its also sort of verigated... it's very nice~

-4 in a pink/yellow/purple/green/orange color (very summery)
-4 in the same colors as said balls above, only a tad darker
-3 in a pink/purple/peach/redish tones
-3 in a teal/blue/light purple/dark purple tones

5 balls of Splendor yarn (sorry, again it's not on the website)

-all of these were in black, which has a thin almost threadlike piece of silver wrapped in with it

11 skeins of Angel Hair yarn

-7 in the black/white multi
-4 in the medium purple

that is a total of 39 balls/skeins of yarn... and it would have cost well over $150 .. said so on the cash register.. and guess, just guess how much it cost me?!?!

$12.87!!!

isnt that amazing? .. of course i bought other things as well, some discontinued home dec fabric samples, 2 no sew fleece blankets, and more... my mom and i figured out how much our total purchase would have cost, it would have cost us over $288 ... but with all the discounts it only cost us $23!! i am SHOCKED!! when i go into work tomorrow, if there is any left, i dont care what it is i am going to grab it and buy it lol... hopefully there will be some needles left that i can grab too

now, of course i didnt have anywhere to put all this yarn, so i had to go out and buy one of those air tight plastic containers that doesnt let light in, so it doesn't get discoloured or start to smell funky if i have to stash it in the basement.. and the container almost cost more then all of the yarn did!

well, that is all the knitting news that i have, other then that i have been working on my Branching Out scarf and it looks really good... my sister wants it but i told her no! .. maybe i will make her one with all of the yarn i just bought!

Happy Knitting to everyone!!

working at a store with yarn can be deadly!

2006-07-13T22:11:00.000-04:00

well i have been officially working at Jo-Ann Fabrics for a week and a day!!

but i have spent probably way more then my first paycheck will give me lol

just today i bought 3 skeins of a green verigated Rainbow Boucle each skein is 853 yards, so that gives me 2,559!!! i want to make a pin-wheel blanket... for anyone who has made one.. is that enough???

i also bought i think 5 skeins or so of some yarn that is like a ribbon, i cant find it on the site, but its really cute...

and of course i've bought some awesome fabric, tule, a photo box which came out to be only 20 cents!!!

i haven't had time to knit lately though, i have driver's ed this week from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM every day this week, and ive been going into work for 5 .. until 9:30 ... so im pretty wipped, though i did do a couple rows during the premeire of Project Runway 3 last night.. which i am totally in love with that show!!

but i have to go study for my permit test tomorrow!!! i just wanted to do a quick update

wish me luck!!

Happy Knitting!

first day at my job!

2006-07-05T22:09:00.000-04:00

today was my first day of work... and i am completely pooped from it

i worked 11-4, the same hours i have to work tomorrow.. they had me at the cutting station... you wouldn't believe how many people buy fabric on a wednesday!! my lord! one lady bought $150 worth of just fabric, and on top of that had like 2 other carts full of stuff.. it was NUTS!!

i get a 15% discount on anything in the store.. including sale and non sale items.. which makes me happy because i might just have to go shopping now! it was really hard for me to work and not pay attention to all the yarns and fabrics on sale.. but i made it lol
i am now literally like falling asleep so im going to go to bed so im not over tired for work tomorrow

i havent been knitting much lately.. not that i had time today though.. but its been hot and humid, like in the 80's and 90's but feels like a million degrees.. and let me tell you working with baby alpaca yarn makes it feel even hotter!! ive tried lol

until next time...

Happy Knitting!

yarn special!!

2006-06-24T00:27:00.000-04:00

well, i went to Jo-Ann's Fabrics today, to apply for a job.. which i got!! my first job is working at a craft store.. what could be better than that??

anyway they were having a huge sale so my mom let me pick out some things as an early birthday present... heres what i bought

3 skeins of angel hair yarn
i got the white yarn with the black mixed it.. im planning on making the criss cross scarf from a recent episode of knitty gritty

i got one of these medium 'yarn tainers' ... not a yarn container a yarn tainer lol

i also got a large one... there were only two sizes.. but my mom bought me both!

i also got a pair of circular needles, a measuring tape and a little sewing accessory kit.. im very excited to start working there.. especially since everything is on sale and if i get an employee discount, i will be swimming in yarn!!

although i am going to try and get a job at LaceWings for the winter, since they dont hire in the summer

i did some work on my sleeve today, although the sticky humidity just made me feel like not doing anything.. thats about it though for updates

Happy Knitting!

2006-06-21T22:29:00.000-04:00

worked on my sweater sleeve today... thought i found a glitch in the pattern, but i just read it wrong...probably because i had been knitting for over an hour and had an extreme headache, but boy am i glad that i noticed when i did, or else i would have had to frog a whole lot more than i did!

im doing the increases, and its coming along nicely... dont know when ill be done, hopefully ill finish at least one by the end of this week, and the other sometime next week. then i can move onto the ribbing part at the back of the sweater that you have to do when the front two side panels are sewed to the back piece

thats it..

Happy Knitting!

excellent bargain!

2006-06-17T15:23:00.000-04:00

well, i convinced my mom to skip tanning today and to take me to the sidewalk sale at LaceWings... i got a good deal.. well i think so, and the lady said it was too, so ill go with it

i bought some lovely Baby Alpaca Brush yarn, two skeins for $3 a piece.. that was over half off, since they were originally $6.50 a piece

i got it in color 106 Fuschia.. i think its really pretty with the pink and purple mixed, which fits in well with the colors for Project Spectrum in July, which happen to be violet/purple. im going to make Branching Out from knitty's sping 05 issue... i cant wait, but first my goal is to finish my sweater for June.

and speaking of June, my sweet sixteen is June 30th, and only 13 days away! i am so excited, maybe ill get some more yarn for my birthday... that would be wonderful!

that's all the knitting news i have for today, when i was at LaceWings, i picked up the pair of size 6 circulars i need to continue with my sweater, so i can start up on that again... ill post with info later in the week

Happy Knitting!!

sweater picture!!!

2006-06-14T15:10:00.000-04:00

ok, well im supposed to be studying for my finals tomorrow, so this will have to be short....

but i have a picture of my sweater.. it was taken for school, ya know the project i was doing? anyway here it is..

it the back and the two frotn panels, pinned together with the brochure i made... which by the way on the whole project i got a 98 [i think thats what she told me anyway]

ok, ill post more later in the week, because i havent done any knitting with finals starting tomorrow im really stressed out, and completely exhausted but summer vacation is only 2 days away and i can just tell the couch, ac, and my knitting needles are calling me!

Happy Knitting everyone!

vest!

2006-06-11T18:52:00.000-04:00

ok, well i know i havent posted much, but i just dont think a knitting blog is any fun without pictures... but hopefully i will get my new computer soon and then my digital camera will download, and i will be able to bombard this here blog with pictures!!

anyway i finished the left side of my sweater! which means i technically have a vest right now lol.. .im working on the sleeves and then i have to finish and block it and im all set for fall

its due tomorrow for my fiber arts project, i didnt finish it but i think i did good, since i started it maybe like 2 months ago.. i dont remember ill have to look at posts and figure it out

its june, so im going to finish working on my sweater since this months color for Project Spectrum is blue... and then, im going to do the french market bag from knitty, or finish that jean bag i started a while back

i was finishing my brochure that goes along with my fiber arts project and found this cute little Garfield comic about knitting to put in it

i thought it was funny... my mom didnt really laugh when i showed her, but i guess maybe its because she doesnt really knit...oh well i got a little chuckle out of it

i recently went through all of my yarn stash and WIP's... i have a gajillion of them! i filled up two whole draws in my dresser, and one of them was just yarn for a afgan i started last summer, and then i have a little basket next to my bed of all WIP's, along with some bags of them next to the dresser, and large plastic tub in my basement of yarn... i am definetly a yarn-a-holic!

well thats all for now

Happy Knitting!

2006-05-26T15:21:00.000-04:00

no pictures again.. i had a little brain fart and completely left my knitting at home this morning... i cant wait until i get my new computer over the summer and can use my own digital camera to take pictures

ive decided that i want a mohair sheep

isnt that sheep ADORABLE!!! i lovve it, i saw another picture in a magazine and the sheep had all those little curly-q's in his eyes.. adorable

not much news on the knitting front.. but to everyone else

Happy Knitting!

2006-05-25T17:18:00.000-04:00

sorry i still dont have pictures...

last friday when i got to school the power was out.. so there was no light to take pictures with...

ive finished my right side and am almost done with my left side.. i havent been knitting as much because i have finals coming up and what not, but i do what i can

im going to try and get pictures tomorrow... so lets hope

Happy Knitting

sweater train

2006-05-18T19:56:00.000-04:00

well.. im chugging along with my left sweater side!

im so excited... after this i have to make 2 sleeves.. its very, whats the word im looking for?

exhuberating.. hmm that doesnt sound right but i think you get my point lol

hopefully ill have pictures tomorrow because i can use the camera in school

Happy Knitting!

no more pictures :-[

2006-05-14T12:35:00.000-04:00

well, nobody is allowed to borrow the camera from the art department anymore... people keep bringing it back broken, so nobody is allowed to use it unless it is in the room.. so i guess there will be no more picture of my knitting unless i take them during class...

but the good news is, im getting a new computer over the summer so hopefully my digital camera will work in the new computer and then i will be able to post as many pictures as i want

onto the knitting news....

im almost done with the right front side of my sweater... its exciting its coming all together!!

today is mother's day.. i made a coupon for my mom for one free pair of hand knit socks with her choice of yarn and pattern... i didnt have time to knit them up, so i figured that would be the next best thing.. i also gave her a t-shirt, a pair of pj's, a car air freshener, some earings, and we were at an antique shop and she saw a little chef tea set so i bought it for her.. it looks real cute in the kitchen, the whole kitchen is chefs

thats about all the news i have... so happy mother's day to everybody whose a mom and..

Happy Knitting!

sweater pictures

2006-05-07T14:55:00.000-04:00

sorry for the delay in pictures i just havent been in the mood for taking them this weekend.. but i have some now..

here is my finished sweater back!

please excuse my 8 dpns holding the sweater to the carpet... it kept rolling and i couldnt think of any other way to get it to stay still

ive moved onto the right front section of the sweater, worked on it all last night - finished the ribbing and started the waist shaping- heres a picture:

there is not an exceptional amount done, but its what i have so far.. im going to be working on it for most of tonight, so maybe ill have quite a bit more finished before i go to school tomorrow

in other knitting news, i totally forgot that it was a new month for project spectrum! im a little late, but better late than never... i have no green yarn.. at least im pretty sure, and i wont have much time to work on any other project but my sweater because its for a school project as well, so i have no idea what im going to do this month... ill think about it.. maybe i could dye some yarn green.. hmmm

thats about it for this post... hopefully ill get quite a bit more done on the sweater tonight and post some more pictures before school tomorrow....if not then i guess i will have to post some boring all text posts! hehe

Happy Knitting!

back finished!

2006-05-04T22:01:00.000-04:00

a quick post...

i finished the back of my sweater! no pics tonight, but hopefully tomorrow if i can score the camera

ive moved onto the right front piece... this is exciting!

Happy Knitting

sweater stop sign

2006-05-02T15:21:00.000-04:00

ive come to a point in my sweater pattern where i have absolutely no idea what to do... which is not good... so it looks like i wont be doing much of anything on it until i can get myself up to the library, or find someone who knows what they're doing

but i do have a picture, now dont get all excited lol its not of my sweater, but it is of something way cool.. take a look

you cant see the picture on my computer, so i dont know if other people can see it, but the link is here anyway... its a car covered completely with yarn!! i thought that was way neat.. i found it while i was looking for some pictures for my fiber arts brochure that i have to do with my sweater for the final project... which is coming along ok, other then the fact that i have no idea what to do now lol

thats about it really.. until next time though,

Happy Knitting

no pictures this weekend...

2006-04-30T09:09:00.000-04:00

i didnt bring the camera home from the art department this weekend, so i dont have any pictures.. but i do have news

i am almost finished with the sweater back, im halfway through with the armhole shaping!!

my mom brought me to a yarn store called LaceWings... ohh it was amazing.. they had all different types of yarn i have never seen, and patterns and oh i was in heaven lol!! im going to try and save some money to buy some sock yarn and what not.. but i cant wait until i go back

thats really all... hope everyone had a nice weekend

Happy Knitting!

wisdom teeth surgery = lots of knitting progress!!

2006-04-22T21:50:00.000-04:00

well.. i had my wisdom teeth taken out on thursday, so since then i havent been doing much but lying on the couch watching tv, reading, and knitting... which isnt so bad lol... i got quite a bit of knitting done too....

i have been working on this sweater pretty much non stop... and i think for starting it on what? tuesday... i think ive made some pretty good progress.. take a look
im almost done with the waist shaping.. i have to increase 2 more times and then im on to the armhole shaping... i didnt really notice it at first but then i saw it..... im assuming its supposed to be really subtle, which is good because it sure is!

i guess having your wisdom teeth pulled out and being stuck on the couch since thursday isnt such a bad thing when it comes to sweater making is it??

in other knitting news...
my sister was really sweet and bought me two knitting magazines to look at Creative Knitting, and Simply Knitting.... the Simply Knitting was a suprise for me, since i havent seen that one before.... it came with something free too... something callled a Mini Loopa... and i feel special because at the moment you can only buy these Loopas over in the UK, or i supposed if you buy the Simply Knitting magazine lol... anyway its this really cool thing where you wrap the yarn around, loop it up with more yarn, sew it and make a scarf... sounds a bit complicated but the results are pretty awesome!

neat huh?? it pretty much just makes a bunch of loops with the yarn and you tie it all together... im assuming that is why the contraption thing is called a Loopa... but anyway i made that on thursday... it took me all day because i kept falling asleep but it sort of took my mind off the pain in my mouth so all in all it was good!

the day before my surgery i also finished my Do Not Disturb from Knitty.... it didnt come out extreamly readable.. the Do and the Not did but the disturb is a bit tricky... but i think you just put two and two together and realize it says do not disturb... or maybe im wrong, but here is what it looks like

i guess you can read it ok... but i like it... and it is now proudly hanging on the door to my bedroom!

so i have completed two projects for this months Project Spectrum colors, which are orange and yellow... now i should get a head start on thinking about what i am going to make for May.... the color is green, i dont even thinki have green yarn... perfect excuse to go shopping though!!

well, i think im going to go do a bit more work on my sweater... so until next time

Happy Knitting!

im making a sweater!!!

2006-04-18T22:49:00.000-04:00

i am finally making a sweater!!! i am so excited that i am finally working my way up the knitting scale lol... i was not too sure if i was going to be able to make it because the yarn the pattern calls for was going to cost $110 but then i found a cheaper yarn that for like double the yardage cost me 11 dollars, so i think i made out pretty good... im using 2 skeins of Lion Brand pound of love baby yarn... its soft and it has the right guage so why not??

the yarn is not two toned.. thats my shadow, woops lol

i went to the craft store today with my mom for my final project of fiber arts.. and i picked up all this stuff for my sweater...

ok, well the only thing i picked up really was the yarn, and some things for my final project in fiber arts, which ill explain in a minute.. i just wanted to show this fancy picture i set up lol ... im using the Sesame from Mag Knits...i love it.... i cant tell if it has a hood on it, i guess it will sort be a sweater suprise then huh?

as you can see ive started on the sweater.. .im doing to 2x2 rib on the back section right now.. heres a close up of that
theres not too much done, about 6 rows i think, but well its progress i suppose

in other knitting news, im almost done with my do not disturb sign from knitty, i should be sewing it together tomorrow sometime... hopefully anyway...

about my final fiber arts project, we have to pick one topic and expand our knowledge in it and find out the history... obviously i chose knitting! im going to be making some wire stitch hangers, a bracelet out of wire, a spool-knitting device, and i might even have my sweater count for it.. im not sure but thats about it for this post... more tomorrow most likely...

Happy Knitting!

a bit of April PS knitting

2006-04-15T22:28:00.000-04:00

well.... my drop stitch scarf is not coming out to my liking.. im thinking of undoing it actually, its not looking drop-stitchy if that makes sense... idk heres some pictures of that ...

thats just the pile of yarn for the scarf with the scarf and needles... i actually really like the way this picture came out...hmm lol

this is what it looks like unstretched.. its a little different in some sections, size wise anyway.. but thats because my tension changed

this is what it looks like when its stretched... i like it much better this way, but i cant figure out how to get it to look like that without... well stretching it..

anyway... onto cooler things lol.. i actually started making this just to use up some yellow yarn for Project Spectrum ... but i really like the way it came out... im not sure if this is classified as faire isle or intarsia but none-the-less it is very cool, well i think anyway... its the Do Not Disturb from Knitty's Summer '04 issue here are some pictures...

im really quite proud of myself... i know that sounds a bit dorky since to other knitter's they must be like.. puh-lease i could make that in 2 minutes... but i think i did good... i knit it up in about an hour and a half.. i was babysitting and i cast on around 9-ish and then i bound off around 10:30-ish i would say... now im in the process of knitting up the back.. then i have to knit the handle, block the pieces (which i have to look up how to do that because im not really sure if you can do it with acrylic yarn or not) and sew them together.. i would post a picture of what i have done but the website is not cooperating.. anyway its not much, but im planning on finishing it on the ride to the resturaunt tomorrow for Easter Brunch.. it takes roughly 30 minutes, so there and back i should finish, that is if i dont fall asleep on the way back .. hehe

in other news i found a pattern online for some Lace Bookmarks and then i went in a search in my stash of yarn and found this some yellow and white verigated crochet thread that was my Nanny's so i think im going to try and make one... i have a picture of the thread but its not letting me upload any more pictures, so tomorrow ill try again

until next time....

Happy Knitting!

April's Project Spectrum

2006-04-05T20:45:00.000-04:00

This month's colors are Orange and Yellow.. since i dont have a camera at the moment to take pictures of orange and yellow things in my house, i put together a little block of some of my favorite yellow and orange things ... here it is

and possibly my most favorite thing that happens to be the color orange is Bailey, my cat ...

so there are my pictures of my orange and yellow items! ... since last month i made a sock for my project [ i still havent finished the other one though] i thought i would do something a little easier.... i decided im going to do a drop stitch scarf, ive always wanted to make one and i found in my stash i think it was 5 skeins of this really neat yarn that is brown and yellow and orange... it's fall colors and will make a nice decorative scarf... i dont know if im going to take the camera from art this weekend, but i might try to take it for my whole April Vacation, which is in just one more week!! thats about all i have for now, sorry no pictures of the scarf yet, but ill get some soon... until next time:

Happy Knitting!

it's finished!!!

2006-04-02T12:21:00.000-04:00

ok, well i just finished my first sock, EVER!!! i think it came out pretty good, for my first sock here are some pictures

the toe is the only part im not really sure if i like... i think it looks a little funny, its almost squared off, but its only on my big toe... maybe i binded off wrong, or did something wrong... but hey its still finished so ill deal with it!!

yes, when i bought needles to knot my sock, they were pin straight... now, well now they are all bent... i think mabye i need to breath a bit more when i knit... or at least when i knit socks.... i cant even guess how many i would have broken if they were wooden...

i worked on my sock last night while i was watching the Degrassi Yearbook Marathon.. its been on ALL weekend, its leading up to the premiere of the next season next friday at 8pm ... but other than working on my sock, i was working on my quilt... and someone decided they would be of great help to me.......

thats my cat Bailey... he decdied that he would help my by crawling in the quilt and going to sleep... yes, asleep.. he fell asleep for about an hour or two and i couldnt sew, because he was sitting on the quilt.... but ohh do i love him! isnt he cute?

thats about all for now... i havent been working on anything else other than this sock, but i need to find a project for April's Project Spectrum ... the colors are Orange and Yellow.... i dont have any of those colors... i also dont have money to buy yarn so i have no idea what im going to do.. but thats all for now, until next time.....

Happy Knitting!

it's almost finised!!

2006-03-31T22:40:00.000-05:00

ok, i know im late and i didnt finish my project for this month's Project Spectrum color, but i worked my butt off and got pretty far... i think i have like 2 or 3 more rows to do and then im at 7 inches, which means i can start the toe!! im so excited, and i have no homework for the weekend so i can guarentee that one sock is definetly going to be completed! here are some progress pictures.. enjoy!

sorry, i didnt realize how bad of quality those pictures are... the lighting in my living room is a bit low, and its quite late... ill have better ones for tomorrow... but thats all for tonight because im pooped ...

Happy Knitting!

i can make socks!

2006-03-26T21:54:00.000-05:00

i am so proud of myself (i know that sounds a little conceited)... i can make socks!! ok well i havent actually completed the pair, or even on of the pair, but its still so exciting.. at least to me. maybe its because its the first pair of socks ive ever made... anyway

i spent 6 hours at the library on saturday working on my sock, Corrine, the lady who does the knitting class i go to, helped be do the heel flap and started me on turning the heel.. now ive finished both of those and am moving on to the foot part... i worked on it a bit more today, didnt get as far as i would have liked to but i still think i did quite a lot for starting on friday night... here are some pictures

this is a picture of the left side of the sock

this is the front of the sock

this is the right side of the sock

this is the back of the sock... see where the heel turns under?

as you can see there are some parts where theres like little loops of yarn sticking out....its because this yarn is 4-ply and comes undone really easy... i guess thats what i get for not using real sock yarn, but it doesnt make that big of deal anyway i suppose... i didnt want to ruin an $8 a skeain pair of socks, if i messed up.. but ow well ill live with it

thats all i have for now.. its pretty much what i spent my weekend doing, but it was way worth it, im so excited to get them done... maybe ill borrow the art camera again this weekend to upload pictures if i finish the socks, or even one.... i wanted to take one of those fancy pictures of the sock in progress on my foot, but im using 3 needles, and it wont fit on my foot... maybe when i get a bit more of the actual foot part done, but those pictures will have to do for now... im off to bed so i can rest up for school tomorrow... until next time....

Happy Knitting

2006-03-24T19:32:00.000-05:00

ok well you know how i've been saying that i havent been really challenged with my knitting?? well i am definetly challenged now! i have just started my first ever pair of socks!!! they are ankle socks and are made of SUPER SOFT peachish/pinkish yarn...which fits in well with this month's color for Project Spectrum here are some pictures (i borrowed the camera from art again)

sorry, these are not the best pictures but for some reason the battery is running low again, so i did the best i could, also there is not great lighting in my kitchen

(excuse my cat's leg in this one.. he was being nosy and sniffing my hand)

this is a close up of what i have done so far, its not much... but thats because i had to restart after 4 rows because i messed up the ribbing, and also i keep dropping stitches like they're bad habits... it is very frustrating, but also very challenging, which i like!

i am still not quite sure how to turn the heel, so tomorrow i am going to the library to talk to the lady who teachers the knitting class, she helped me cast on and start so i will most likely end up spending the day there tomorrow

also, early this week, i think it was wednesday maybe, i had my first go at dying yarn with koolaid! it came out nice, although it does smell horribly like vinegar.. it came out a nice light pink color (im not sure if you can see it in the pictures)... some spots are darker or lighter than others but overall i think it came out good for my first try

again sorry about the quality of the pictures, but it's the best i can do

tomorrow night im going to be babysitting from 7PM to 1AM (1 being the earliest she comes home) so im pretty sure ill get quite a bit of that sock done! which i am excited about! but thats all i have for tonight until tomorrow...

Happy Knitting!

2006-03-22T16:11:00.000-05:00

i havent been knitting much lately.. ive just gotten bored, not with knitting, but with the fact that i dont have anything challenging to do... but i have good news and a solution to that!

i just recently started babysitting for a lady who works at AcMoore!! she told me i can go in a make a list of things, and she'll buy them if i give her the money, but she'll use her employee discount, which is anywhere between 60% - 70% of EVERYTHING... so that includes regular shelf price, AND clearance items!!!

im super excited, because now im going to be able to do things that arent scarfs and bags... it gets a little borring i think... anyway

i ahve a semi-formal dance coming up and i think im going to make a little shrug type thing to wear over my dress, im thinking of using this pattern... http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring05/PATTido.html

i think it is really pretty, and it doesnt look that hard to do.. my issue is just getting the yarn and having the time to make it, the dance is on April 7th... but with that employee's discount i can get at AcMoore, im hoping it wont cost me too much... but im going to ask my mom tonight if after school tomorrow she can bring me.. because if i can go and get at least one skein of what i need and have the lady i babysit for pull the others off the shelf and hold them for me, then well.. i can start going! especially since im going to be babysitting on saturday night from like 6:30-12:30-ish ... the kids go to bed at 7:30 and they dont have cable or a computer, so it looks like ill be knitting or reading.... so im hoping i can get that yarn and get a move on this little shrug thing!!

thats about it for now

Happy Knitting

more pictures!!!

2006-03-11T23:31:00.000-05:00

this is just a dishcloth im making for this months part of the Project Spectrum KAL... [click button on left side of blog for info] this months colors are reds and pinks, and well this is pink lol.. its using the same pattern as the pink/orange/yellow one i posted last night

this is that huge thing of undyed wool yarn i got at Building 19 for $3!!!! yes, all this for only $3! im planning on maybe doing a couple different color schemes, possibly a yellow/orange one, or blue/green... im not sure yet but i think i want to go and get more.. i also need to figure out how many yards are on this thing

this is a sweater that im going to attempt to unravel and salvage the yarn from... i found plenty of tutorials online but am still a little unsure of how to do it... but hey it was going to be thrown away anyway due to a hole in the side, so i figure if i mess it up.. its nothing too terible because it would have been garbage anyway

this is the start of my panta.. im on the 3rd section.. and i think it looks weird.... for some reason the ribbing has shifted over and i really think im doing it wrong... i have no idea though so i think ill just finish it, and if it comes out horrible then it will be a practice one

this is my harry potter scarf i made ... excuse the bit ofmess i have on my bed... as you can tell i didnt realize that you have to do the same number of rows in each section for all the little tiny strips to be on the same side.. but oh well i think it gives it character!

this is the Ireland flag scarf i made! i absolutely LOVE it! i still have to weave in the ends, but that will take all of 10 minutes maybe...hopefully it won't rain tomorrow and i can go to the St. Patrick's Day parade.. but if it does, then i will just wear it to school on friday ... heres a bit of a close up...

that is all the pictures i could take today, since the battery on the camera my art teacher let me borrow is dieing! im pretty sure thats all i wanted to take pictures of... but now that i think of it, i want to try and get a picture of my cabled square for my afghan, and some other things.. maybe ill do that tomorrow.. until then....

Happy Knitting!

P.S. if anybody reads this.. would you be so kind enough to comment and tell me what a FO means?? I've commented another knitter's blog and asked, but she has been quite rude to me, because i asked her to check out the pictures of my work... .anyway, that would be wonderful. thanks

pictures... ohh so many pictures!

2006-03-11T00:12:00.000-05:00

FINALLY they're here!!! pictures!!!! without further ado.....

this is a picture of my finished oregon tote bag.... i actually ended up changing the pattern, it had really funky straps that went through the bag, and there were holes... i didnt like it, so i just binded off the edges and every other row on the side decreased until i liked the width and knit until they were the length i liked, and sewed them together... voila!!! ... heres a close up of the stitching/pattern, which i also through in there myself...pretty isnt it?? i love how its got that raised stitch almost on the corner... it does that on all four corners as well... thats actually the reason i decided not to felt it, because i like that stitch... but i am going to sew a lining into it so its a bit more sturdy

this is the felted cat toy i made from the winter issue of Vouge Knitting... it was really simple, im pretty sure it was just simple garter stitch, but it could have been stockinette, so dont hold me too it, but i just knit, then felted cut the shape out and sewed a little stitching along the edges, aded a little X for an eye and attached a long loopy string so it hangs from a doorknob... my cat absolutely LOVES it! ... heres a close up of the fish....

i think its cute....

this is just a picture of the dishcloth i made... i found my Grandmother's old pattern and that was actually the very first pattern i followed... anyway this is the pattern i used for the dishcloths i gave away at christmas, though i didnt get any pictures of those, so this will have to do

hmmm okay, the rest of my pictures wont upload... maybe you can only do so many pure post, im not sure... but i guess this will have to do for now, and ill post the rest tomorrow because it is quite late... i didnt realize what time it was... but until tomorrow.....

Happy Knitting!

questionable knitting....

2006-03-08T19:56:00.000-05:00

ive been working on a swish with a twist dishcloths from this months Creative Knitting magazine... im doing it right (at least im pretty sure) and its looking nothing like the picture.. maybe im knitting too loose or i just havent gotten far enough to notice it yet...

anyhooo onto happier news!! ive got a picture solution! since the CVS picture CD didnt work in my computer i still have no pictures, but there is a special digital camera at my school that records the pictures onto a floppy disk instead of a memory card... i brought one home today, only the floppy disk, not the actual camera to see if it worked, and it did!!! so now im going to borrow the schools camera for the weekend (permission has already been granted from my art teacher) and im going to take pictures of all things knitting!!! i am sooo excited... and just to show how excited, i am going to grant you, my faithful readers (i hope), the pleasure of a goof picture taken by my art teacher to see if the disk would work in my computer! here it is... moi!

there you go! not the best looking picture of me.. but hey its better then no picture right?? i think so too

other then that i am expecting to get pretty far in my panta tonight, since it is the finale of Project Runway... that is if i can get all the homework i have been putting off done before 10 PM!

until next time....

Happy Knitting!

2006-03-06T22:15:00.000-05:00

ok... i just finished binding off my Ireland Flag scarf.... it looks soo cool i absolutely love it! and not just because im Irish either lol... im actually thinking of making one in the colors of the Germany flag (im German as well) but im not too sure...

tomorrow, hopefully during study actually, im going to cast on for my panta!!! im soo excited!

and i also found a pattern for a dishcloth, with a checker-board effect to it, so i might try that as well for the March part of the Project Spectrum KAL

other than that... im counting down the days until i can hand dye some of that yarn!! im thinking of maybe doing some sort of orange/yellow verigated type thing... ill play around with it first

ohh, i almost forgot... i also started to cut my strips for the Injeanius which i am super excited about making as well... it will take quite a bit of time for me to finish though... i spent like 2 hours and i havent fully cut up 1 mid calf-ish length skirt.... it didnt produce that much 'yarn' either, but i think it will be worth it

thats it for now....

Happy Knitting! (comments appreciated)

2006-03-04T23:47:00.000-05:00

havent had much time to update, im swamped with projects for school...but im going to quickly update before i head off to bed

project spectrum has started!!! i am soo excited!

im just going to finish up a dishcloth/washcloth and them im starting my panta... hopefully there will still be some time left in march and i can finish the other dishcloths/washcloths... im sure there will be

almost done with my Ireland flag scarf... im on the green sripe, it looks AMAZING!!

still no pictures... i probably should call CVS and check about just getting the picture CD... yeah ill do that tomorrow

thats all the updates i have for now...

Happy Knitting!

2006-02-23T21:51:00.000-05:00

alright... i finally finished the felted cat toy... and Bailey loves it!! he jumps up and catches it, drags it around the house...i just need to capture some pictures and go get a picture CD to put them on here

ive been thinking about the project spectrum KAL and i think i finally figured out what im going to do for each month, or a round about...

march - i have some cotton yarn that has pinks and reds in it so im going to make some washcloths

april- i want to try and make a pair of soft yellow ankle socks, but if i dont have money for the yarn and needles then im going to try dying this wool yarn i bought... that should be an interesting project

may- i think i am going to try and do my trinity stitch triangles and squares this month, so they get done
june- since i already have the yarn and everything made for it i think im going to finally make the french market bag....seeing as how i dont have much time now

july- i have no idea... maybe ill come up with something while im working on my other projects

august- im going to try and get all the pieces for my patchwork afghan and sew it all together

so thats it... i have nothing to do until next week though.... i dont want to start anything early... hmm ill have to go scrounge up some scraps and make something...

Happy Knitting!

my first ever KAL!!!

2006-02-19T09:41:00.001-05:00

ok, well i've been feel a little outgoing lately, so i decided to go along and sign up for a knit-along! and i did... ive joined project spectrum, which is you knit, or craft a project in a different color each month.... heres the plan

March - Red and Pink
April - Orange and Yellow
May - Green
June - Blue
July - Violet / Purple
August - Neutrals / Black & White

im thinking that maybe ill switch march and may, seeing as how im irish and all i could do a little St. Patrick's Day type of project... but who knows? or maybe i should just stick to the plan seeing as how i have never participated in a kint-along before... yes i think thats what i will do

other than that i have continued working on my afghan squares, not coming along too good because i do tend to get a bit bored quickly with those, but it will get done.... eventually

thats about all the updating i have for now... im going to take some pictures of things ive knitted with my camera because some friend of my moms is coming over to finally fix the computer today!!!! i am so excited, but if for some reason the camera still wont work, ill just go to CVS and get a picture cd and do it that way... but until next time....

Happy Knitting

its done!!!

2006-02-12T09:20:00.000-05:00

ok i finished my first ever non completely flat non scarf knitting project!!!!

the bag came out soo cute, it sort of ended up looking like the hobo/saddle bag style and i LOVE it!!! i might make one like it and felt it.... not to sure

im going to sew in a lining and find a really funky button to put on it and its fully done, but the knitting part is all complete im so proud of myself!

Happy Knitting

oregon tote madness!!!

2006-02-08T14:56:00.000-05:00

i have been knitting like a crazy women on this tote bag! its coming out really neat its in a rust-colored orange and then for a little color i added my own design [3 rows forest green, 1 light blue, 3 rows forest green, 1 light blue, 2 rows forest green] and then i continued with the rust again.. its coming out really nice... i have to finish up this skein of rust, which im planning to do today because i have no homework and there are 2 episodes of L&O coming on!! and then im going to do the straps.... but thats a little complicated because theres 4 markers on the round, and in between each set of 2 is 20 stitches, that lets you know that those are the sides... so im trying to figure out if i can bind off the stitches not inside those markers and then just continue with the 20 stitches inside to make the straps...like decrease one every other row or something until i get to 10 or however i like it.... ive never made a bag before so this is all new to me... im also supposed to felt it, but i really like it the way it is so i might just end up sewing a cloth lining and keeping it the way it is... but my shows are starting, so im going to work on that bag... until next time,

Happy Knitting!

2006-02-05T12:08:00.000-05:00

wow i havent updated in quite a bit...

well my knitting ADD has kicked in again so instead of just working on my afghan ive ventured off to some different projects... i've started a felted cat toy from the vouge knitting magazine, im pretty sure its like winter 2006 or something... and ive started a oregon felted tote bag thing, i got both of these patterns from my fiber arts teacher... so far their coming out pretty good

i just get so bored with working on the same thing all the time... but i have having a gazillion projects to work on because i can never decide which one i want to work on... but ill figure it out

my fiber arts class ended up donating about 30 scarfs to my library for the homeless shelter in Providence... i was very happy that they turned out so good... granted some of them were very small, but even a small scarf is better than no scarf in the winter

when i go to school tomorrow im going to ask my art teacher to borrrow the digital camera so i can take pictures of the things im knitting... hopefully she will say yes and ill have pictures on tuesday, but until then....

Happy Knitting (comments always appreciated!)

2006-01-23T15:12:00.000-05:00

wows it been a while since i last posted....didnt even realize how long... still no camera i think my mom is going to end up just buying a new one but im taking pictures of things so ill have plenty to post when i can!

i finished the first cable square for my patchwork afghan... it came out AHHHH-MAZING!! im so proud of myself, this is my first cabled work so its pretty exciting...i have 5 more to go!

thats about all the updates i have for now.....

Happy Knitting!

ughghhh

2006-01-15T12:04:00.000-05:00

ok well the guy that was supposed to come over and look at the computer is not returning my mom's emails or phone calls...so my mom said she is going to call some computer service thing...but it depends on how much it is going to cost.. because if it is going to cost like $200 then we mine as well just buy a new computer, because we wont need the monitor or keyboard or mouse or speakers...just the actual computer part...but im not sure exactly how much money my mom has

ok enough about that...its time to talk about knitting!

last night during the Patriots vs. the Broncos game i was working on a scarf for charity and i went in the kitchen to get something to snack on and when i come back, my mom is knitting!! yes fully knitting on the scarf!! i was like omg where did you learn that?!? she never actually told me but i think that she just picked it up from watching me doing it around the house...she ended up finishing the scarf this morning...i was like holy moly

so with that one and the one im working on now... i have about 5 or 6 scarfs that im going to be giving the charity thing...i think thats pretty good

other than that ive been working on my afghan a bit, the cable is coming out really nice, i wish i had pictures...but oh well...and once im done with the afghan im going to attempt to make that french market bag again

Happy Knitting!

cable maniac!

2006-01-13T17:20:00.000-05:00

still no pictures... i actually think there is someone coming to look at the computer this weekend... hopefully anyway because it is truly killing me that i can't post any pictures

anyhoo....

i have been working on the cable squares for my patchwork afghan...and i must say that they are coming out truly amazing! seeing as how this is my first time doing cables, i am very proud of myself. they make sort of a zig-zag pattern... its nifty!

Happy Knitting!

[*comments appreciated*']

still no camera...

2006-01-08T00:20:00.000-05:00

sorry everyone...still no camera. my mom emailed the guy whose been working on our computer so hopefully it will be working soon *crosses fingers*

other than that ive been working on scarfs for charity, ive gotten my whole fiber arts class to make some, so im a bit excited about that

Happy Knitting

PICTURESSS!!!!

2005-12-30T22:12:00.000-05:00

ok.. well my computer decided to cooperate today, and it let me see some of the pictures my friend anya [the one i made the HP scarf for] posted in her blog....there just happened to be some of her with the scarf so here they are!

she took a day trip up to chicago and she decided to pose with some lego figures!

sorry, they are a bit blurry...but they're better then no pictures!

thats all the pictures i have for now, but hopefully i can get my computer to fully cooperate and ill be able to post pictures of everything

Happy Knitting!

~~By the way....everybody who views my page, i would really appreciate some comments, i know people are looking because i have that little tracker thing that counts how many people view your page...anyway comments=appreciated!~~

//edit//

ok, I recieve a comment (!) that said the pictures couldnt be seen... so here are the links... let me know if they work

http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/bonitabebe369/?action=view&current=anyawithdinosour.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/bonitabebe369/?action=view&current=anyawithlegoman.jpg

//end of edit//

2005-12-29T16:02:00.000-05:00

Christmas went well,

I ended up finishing the scarf for my friend Anya... i dont have pictures but she does...ill post them when i can...

i finally got a digital camera for Christmas! but my computer wont install the software so i cant upload any pictures :( it makes me mad

im currently working on two projects, a patchwork afghan and scarfs for charity. my local library is knitting for a charity in providence and i got my whole fiber arts class to join in!

ill post pictures when i can

Happy Knitting!

2005-12-07T15:14:00.000-05:00

i got grounded and couldnt use the computer for a while...still am actuallly...but because of that ive had lots of time to knit!!!!! ive almost finished that HP scarf and sghould be sending it out hopefully this weekend...thats about it

Happy Knitting!!

[and please leave some comments if you read this]

2005-11-28T19:53:00.001-05:00

ive decided i am only going to make 10 dishcloths... 5 for my mom, and 5 for my aunt

im on the 4th block in the Harry Potter scarf! i got to knit for an hour today in fiber arts

theres really nothing else to say

Happy Knitting

Christmas Crafting Update 2

2005-11-25T22:07:00.000-05:00

alright well the dishcloths are coming out well, and im moving along nicely on that scarf so...thats about it really

theres a picture of my cat Bailey....hes not knitting obviously but he is with a yarn ball so i figured it could fit into the category lol...

more pictures as soon as i can get them

Happy Knitting!

....

2005-11-22T22:55:00.000-05:00

i havent had much time to knit lately....ive got a lot of school work to do and everything, so sometimes the only time i get is on fridays when i go to that knitting group after school at the library...but ive been doing better

last weekend, i finally bought yarn and needles for the french market bag from knitty...but im not going to start that until after the holidays...i also finally bought yarn to make my friends slytherin scarf...im not telling her though because i want to suprise her and send it to her for christmas!

speaking of christmas....the dishcloths are going good...ive got about 3 done....not that many but like i said i dont have endless amounts of time to sit and knit

i have a 4 day weekened due to the holiday this weekend so im pretty sure ill be having quite a bit of time to work on projects....

corrin [from the library] got three big boxes full of yarn from a friend, and shes bringing me in some...last week she brought me in 5 skeins of this beautiful blue verigated mohair yarn...its absolutely gorgeous...and soo soft too!

still no pictures :(...i know this blog isnt really exciting, or thrilling to look at because i dont have pictures...but im working on it

thats all for now

to all who read this, please comment and...

Happy Knitting!

Christmas Crafting Update

2005-11-13T21:33:00.000-05:00

alright, well i havent had too much time to work on things with my school work and such... it seems like theyre piling it on lately, but anyway things are moving along quite smoothly

i had to go and buy some more yarn for the dishcloths because i can only get roughly about 1 and a little over a half out of one skein... so instead of spending money on individual colors i just bought this big cone of it... its multi colored, there was one pound of the yarn and it was only about 6 dollars i think.. .cheaper then buying the individual ones

i cant make my sister that hat, because the yarn the pattern is for is made with wool, and she is allergic to wool, unless i can figure out a way to line the hat, or use a different yarn

i went to go buy my mom the sea foam green chenille yarn but they didnt have the color so i didnt know if there was another color i should get.... plus it was 7 dollars a skein and i was running out of money

so ive had a bit of a pot hole i guess you could call it, in my christmas crafting.. but i think it should be alright from here

thats all

Happy Knitting!

Christmas Crafting

2005-11-07T22:24:00.000-05:00

Yes, well I know that it is only November 7th... but I still think I need to get a head start on all the items I plan to knit for people this year... heres what I've come up with so far...

Mom~ 5 dishcloths, 1 chenille scarf

Kayla (sister)~ a neat flapper hat i found a pattern for online, possibly with a matching scarf using the same yarn as the hat

Auntie Jean~ 5 dishcloths

Rusty (sewing teacher)~ 5 dishcloths, mini knitting needle and yarn ball pin

thats not all I'm giving, but thats all I'm knitting... well as far as I know right now... seeing as my mom is still my main source of yarn buyage I dont have a unlimited amount of money to spend, but I am saving some here and there, ya know extra lunch money and what not... I have about $21 in an envelope I think.... its not much I know that, but it should be enough to buy some more yarn for the dishcloths ... I think I can only get one full one for the skein.... and the yarn for my mom's scarf... I have to buy that with my own money, because if not I would be approached with the questions of... "Well what is this for? I want to know before I buy the yarn what you are going to be making." I dont blame here.. .she wants to make sure I'm going to use it and she just isnt spending money and yarn, for the sake of me to fill up that lovely new basket i have!

I havent been working much on my moss stitch bag... I'm trying to get Christmas things done first, then finish the bag for me... but thats alright its not that big of a deal

In my Fiber Arts class we're doing more felting... I couldnt think of anything to do, and then I thought of the brilliant idea of a felted bowl for holding my skein of yarn while I knit... so I dont have to chase it around the living room, or better yet my cat doesnt! So far so good with that....though I'm still not sure how sturdy it is going to be, but I'll find out soon enough!

I'm going to talk to my cousing this week, and see if she could possibly drop the camera off on Thursday night, and pick it up on Friday... I have no school on Friday, so that would be a good day for me to stay in and take pictures, plenty of time... so hopefully I will have pictures of all my creations (except maybe the felted bowl because if its not done i have to leave it at school, unless of course i get permission to bring it home, and then back to school) ... and all of my works in progress... i hope i hope i hope!!

well for all who read this... please comment, and Happy Knitting!

WOOOOOOO

2005-11-05T17:31:00.000-05:00

alright... well i am EXTREAMLY excited because i FINALLY worked it out so i could have my upcoming projects on the side and my works in progress on the side with those percentage bars!! all thanks to my new blogging friend Kym... check out her blog everybody!! http://stixandthecity.blogspot.com/ theres the link!! ohh im so excited!

im making dishcloths from my grandmother's pattern for my aunt and mom for Christmas...i made a test one and it came out really nice!

that moss stitch bag is coming out really nice... though i have yet to find the right handles that match it... which is a little upsetting.. who knows ive only checked at one store, but i think ill drag my mom out to the other 3 craft stores i know of lol...

i went to Jo-Ann's today... they had this really cool autumn-y yarn on sale for like 2dollars.. i got about 6 skeins i think... i also got these really cute magnets...theyre thimbles, and this little retractable measuring tape its in this little square shape and it has thread and sewing needles all over it.. its adorable .... i also got some Sugar n' Cream 100% cotton yarn to make dishcloths with ... i got one that is like an off white and it has random spekcs of a light pink, purple, and blue in it... i got a vergitate brown and off white one, i got a verigated pink and white one... and i also got this really funky bright yellow, orange and pink one... theyre really nice

again when i can ill take pictures and post them... of EVERYTHING.... by the time i get to use a digital camera ill have to take about a billion pictures....

thats all

arggg

2005-11-03T14:17:00.000-05:00

it seems to me nobody is willing to share the secret of how to get those percentage bars for your projects.. why bloggers why???

new project!

2005-10-21T21:14:00.000-04:00

I've started my new knitting project....its a really nice bag... im using a brown and purple colored together...its coming out nice so far, but it takes a lot of concentration because i have to change what im doing so much because im doing cables.... its confusing to explain

my cousin might let me borrow her digital camera for a bit tomorrow and ill take lost of pictures of everything and post them if i can borrow it... thats all for now

xx midnight stitcher

it's done!!!!

2005-10-19T20:39:00.000-04:00

Ok,
I just finished the harry potter scarf...literally like 2 minutes ago!! i am soo happy... i actually ended up doing only 13 stripes because it was already down to mid thigh, and well i dont want it to be draggin on the groun, thats why i didnt do 15, or the full 19....but i like it the way it is... im just contemplating whether or not i should put fringe on it or not.....it looks cute with it, but it also looks nice without it... im not sure... im also trying to convince my mother to buy me some really nice purple yarn for the french market bag from knitty...ill get pictures as soon as i can.. thats all for now

xx midnight stitcher

should be done soon!!

2005-10-18T16:08:00.000-04:00

Ive gotten permission from my Fiber Arts teacher and she said i could work on my harry potter scarf during class... with an hour to each class, four times a week... thats 4 hours just inside school ill have to work on it! it should be done.... no later then saturday i would think...unless i decide to do the full 19 stripes intead of just the 15.....still no pictures...but i might borrow my uncles camera to take some this weekend, ill see... thats all for now

xx midnight stitcher

also.... if anyone reads this and knows how i can get those sub category things on the side... like it will say.. on the needles... with a little precentage of how much is done....if you know how i can get that, please let me know i have been searching everywhere!

chugga chugga chugga chooo-choooo

2005-10-11T17:29:00.000-04:00

hehehe....

ok well, the hp scarf train is moving along swiftly..hence the title ^__^ .... i think im going to end up doing only 15 stripes instead of the full 19 because it is getting offily long...i also think i need to find someone with a digital camera so i can take pictures and start posting... because quite frankly a knitting blog just isnt the same without some pictures... i think instead of spending my money on more yarn...that i really dont need, ill start saving my 10 dollars allowance every week and put it away for my own digital camera...that will take a while though... well thats all i have to say for now

xx midnight stitcher

poo on rye

2005-10-02T12:45:00.000-04:00

well this totally bites....i have a pay as you go type cell phone, and i didnt 'top up' my phone by the date it said i had to, so they shut my phone off...which inevidably means that i couldnt upload the pictures to the computer....which bites because i took some really nice ones....sigh...ow well ill figure out a way to get them uploaded

knitting ADD

2005-10-02T09:17:00.000-04:00

Ok, well i've become a victim of knitting ADD..hah...basically what im trying to say is that i've gotten pretty bored with working on my Harry Potter scarf, though it is coming along nicely...i needed a little break...so i went and bought some really nice sofe bulky red/purple verrigated [sp] yarn and some size 17 needles....its working out wonderful, im making a scarf...and this is going really quick to....because its all knit, not knit one row purl one row...and it turns out....that ive been purling wrong! who would have thought??? but hopefully i can pursuade my mom to bring me somewhere where i get service on my phone and i willl post pictures....thats all for now

xxmidnight stitcher

busy busy busy

2005-09-24T23:42:00.000-04:00

I havent had much time to update here, or much to knit...but i have worked out a little schedule where i have time to do homework and knit...ive worked a little more on my scarf and im hoping to finish it in time to start something else..maybe some socks, or a hat...im not sure yet, but as soon as i get pictures, ill post them!

xx midnight stitcher

wow

2005-09-17T20:53:00.000-04:00

ok, well i havent posted in a while in here, i havent really had much time between school and homework and all that fun learning stuff, but i did get a bit more done on my Harry Potter scarf and i also bought a bunch of fun yarn at Target...they had all this reall soft yarn...65 yards for a dollar, i stocked up lol...theres nothing else to type, when i can post pictures i will

x midnight stitcher

knitting fest!!

2005-09-09T20:47:00.000-04:00

well seeing as how school has started up and ive been busy with homework and such i now am giving myself up to a knitting fest!! yup lol, i have no weekend homework, nothing better to do and im going to knit as much as i can without making myself go blind between tonight and saturday, of course after sewing..but yes knitting fest 2005 here i come!!

new pictures

2005-09-05T01:35:00.000-04:00

ok well i took some new pictures and uploaded them from my phone...here they are

<-- this is a picture of the final pink scarf i made..it's a little blurry, but you get the idea

<-- this is how far along i am on the HP house scarf....i took this before the cookout at my uncle's i went to today...i forgot to bring the red skein of yarn, so i could only finish the yellow stripe and then i had to stop

thats all the updates i have for now...i start school on tuesday, so i dont know how much time im going to have to dedicate to my knitting, but im going to try and give myself some time to do it...it helps me relax..but when i have more pictures ill post...if anyone reads this, post comments please

update on HP scarf

2005-09-03T08:08:00.000-04:00

all is well, im moving along smoothly lol...ill take pictures with my phone at the house, and when i go out into town today lol ill upload them, and post later today

xx midnight stitcher

Update on the Harry Potter Scarf

2005-08-31T12:25:00.000-04:00

Well, so far so good, i had to modify the pattern i was using, but all is well now..im currently working on the second dark colored stripe, so number 3 in all....im very proud of myself! thats all for now until i get more pictures

xx midnight stitcher

Harry Potter Scarf

2005-08-28T16:45:00.000-04:00

ok well, i finished my pink scarf on saturday [no picture yet] and im starting the Harry Potter house scarf, in Gryffindor colors...i had to return the blue yarn i got, because it was all fuzzy and im not equipped enough to work with that yet, so im sticking to regular yarn for now...anyway lol here are pictures of the yarn for the scarf

<-- this is the gold yarn, excuse my toe i was taking the picture on the car floor

this is the burgundy yarn, excuse the blurriness and my other toe...its a deep red

and this is how far ive gotten, since yesturday at like 9

im a little farther along, though i found out im going to have to alter the pattern because right there is 20 rows, the pattern says to switch to the other color after 22 rows, and that is way to thin for the hp scarf, im going to have to do 44 i think...hopefully i dont run out of yarn, especially since i got the gold on sale.....ohh gosh that would be bad

new material...finally!

2005-08-24T20:26:00.000-04:00

ok, well when i went to walmart today [which is how i could upload the pictures from my phone because i dont get service at my house] i bought some new yarn!! its not the yarn for the HP house scarves, but its the yarn for my tote/messenger bag...here are the pictures!

<-- this is a close up of the yarn in the place i took it, you cant tell but it has a little purple mixed into it..its pretty

<-- this is a better picture, you can see the purple towards the end

<-- this is the button im going to close the bag with, its sort of pearlized

!!!PICTURES!!!

2005-08-24T20:12:00.000-04:00

<--- ok, well this is a close-up of how the scarf looks when it is knitted, as you can tell it goes from dark pink to light pink to white and then back

<-- this is the picture i took of my scarf on my very first post...August 19th i think, but i'll have to check on it...that was the very first day i learned how to knit, or maybe it was the day after i dont remember lol

<-- this is a picture of the scarf now! i took it today, its not totally done, but it's pretty much there...right now it is 30 inches long!! wohoo

knitting apprentice..yup thats me!

2005-08-23T21:17:00.000-04:00

You appear to be a Knitting Apprentice.You've got the basics down pat and you might just
be falling in love with this hobby. Big
needles, funky yarns and simple shapes are the
name of the game, but it doesn't mean you don't
experiment a bit, here and there. As an
apprentice, you probably fall back on other
people to get you through those rough spots,
and if you don't know anyone who knits, you
probably have a few books or online sources to
tap.http://marniemaclean.com/

What Kind of Knitter Are You?

im back!

2005-08-23T21:09:00.000-04:00

well, i thought that quiz was pretty cool....i was on computer probation from my mom for the past 2 days, so ive been pretty much knitting 24/7 and good news! my pink scarf is almost done..yeah i decided to make it a scarf, since i had 2 skeins of the yarn, i didnt think i would have enough at first but, it turns out i do! wow loot huh? i think so, but yes after this i am hopefully going to get the yarn to make my messenger bag, and the HP house scarves..but idk when, soon i hope!...well thats all

xx midnight stitcher

pink aluminum

2005-08-23T18:25:00.000-04:00

You are pink aluminum.Retro, straightforward and fun, you love classic
things. If they're 99 cents at Goodwill all the
better! You are moved by striking colors and
tasty morsels, and you like a stitch-n-bitch
session in the sun. Just remember, while
you're being kitschy cool, don't get too cold.
Ice cubes are best kept in your cocktails,
baby!

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sorry, no pictures

2005-08-19T23:52:00.000-04:00

Ok, well because my cell phone gets no service at my house, i cannot upload the pictures i just took of what ive knitted so far...i will just describe it

Ok, well its about a foot long, and its knitted with a yarn that changes from a slightly dark pink to a light pink to a white then back from the white to the light pink to the slightly dark pink, and so on...i wuold say its about 5 inches wide...as soon as i can get some pictures i will post them...sorry

xx midnight stitcher

~first post~

2005-08-19T23:32:00.000-04:00

Well, seeing as how i just officialy taught myself how to knit yesturday, i do not have much to post. I dont have a digital camera, so I am either going to have to take pictures with my cell phone, or with a disposable camera and post my projects all at once..i think ill try the camera..just to see how the pictures come out. So far i am still just practicing, trying to make all the stiches the same tension and what not, but i am hoping to make some Harry Potter house scarves, a Hermione hat and mitten set, and small messenger bag and all that good stuff. I am going to start off small though...and well thats all for now. When i get a picture i will post it

xx midnight stitcher