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Karen's Glove KAL


A nice closeup showing the colors in the Colinette yarn.










I'm working the first (pinkie) finger!




Palm side.


I love these gloves! It'll be hard to give them up when I'm done.



It's been a "sock" month! No pairs yet, just one baby sock and two unmatched "dorm" socks.







New socks: Again, Colinette Jitterbug Velvet (I forget the color). I started these with the diamond lace pattern. When things didn't go well, I frogged and switched to "Eleanore"---more later.

Mittens for Marcie. I've been working on these too long. They're for my daughter in Minnesota. She already has the hat and scarf. Only one thumb to go. When they are ready to ship out, I'll dig out the info on these.

. . . . and waiting in the wings:
From top, clockwise--STR heavyweight in "marbles" (waiting for another colorway) will be fairisle sox.
--Drop Spindle hand dyed rayon chenille tape will become a shrug. --Whatnot yarns hand dyed in fingering weight in "cc wet" for a pair of shorty sox from Interweave's Favorite Socks.
--Whatnot yarns hand dyed sport weight (forget the color). This will be a pair of gauntlets. All of these are due for completion by end of summer. Colors don't really show in this picture, I'll take more as work progresses.


FYI this is a closeup of the rayon chenille tape from the Drop Spindle website. Very interesting stuff. Not yarn, but soft. It's for BIG needles!


I find that knitting is a great way to stay sane. The more I knit, the better I feel--and the better I get at knitting ! I have quite a number of projects on the needles. This keeps me interested and gives my mildly artheritic hands a change of movement.

This year I have made some goals for myself: To knit more sox, work regularly on UFO's and knit MORE stuff for myself. So far I'm staying with all of them and I'm having lots of fun doing it!

Another day in Paradise

Today was a great day! My granddaughter and I had lunch with friends and then went shopping. She's looking for a prom dress. Then---the big event, for me--I got to meet Susan Branch! She has a shop in the town where I live and today was the launch of her new fabric designs. I'm a quilter so I was excited to see the fabrics "in the flesh." I'll be entering her quilt challenge; more on that later in the summer. The granddaughter got busy picking out fabrics for HER quilt! I'm in the process of making quilts for all my grandkids; very few of them actually get to pick the fabric, though.

Did I tell you I live in Paradise? A postcard, really. It's fun living in a vacation destination--even if it's a small one. Maybe better that it's a small one! Small and picturesque. Waited a long time and now I'm enjoying it very much!

A Good Start

The GLOVES for Karen's Glove KAL.

Finally. Success! ...and it's looking great. I'm using Colinette Jitterbug in Toscana 55 (merino) and Universal Yarn Pace in cream 97. I'm loving the combination and the color distribution in the Colinette.

FOR ME?!

It doesn't look like much right now but, this will be my summer stole. The colors and yarns are yummy! I think there a dozen different yarns. Each row is different, with white carried along throughout. Can't say much more now--just watch for progress.

Progress

No pictures today. Something's not right with my camera/computer/operator. Maybe it's operator error! I'll figure it out later.

I've made nice progress on my first glove for Karen's Glove KAL. It's looking really good! Take my word for it! I ripped and started over four times. The last time I started at the other end of the yarn. I'm using Knitpicks Options size 2 circs. Nice, nice needles.

I think I'll be working on a white/multi pastel stole for the For Me?! KAL. It's actually a UFO from last year--completely frogged and very recently started over. I'd like to wear it to our High School reunion.

I've been working on some dorm sox and realized (half way through the second sock) that I didn't have enough yarn. I was using yarn from my stash and thought I had about 1 and 1/2 skeins but, alas it was not to be--oops! another colorway! I think I will regroup, check my stash and knit some for Christmas presents for grandchildren. I used a garter stitch, short row heel for the first time, and I like it very much.

More tomorrow, hopefully with pictures. The weather has been beautiful here. I have got to get down to the local whatever and get myself a lounge for my deck. It's perfect for relaxing on the deck, knitting and listening to the ipod.

New KAL

I've joined another KAL. This one really makes sense to me. Everything I knit for the KAL must be for me! I tend to put my things at the bottom of the pile. I have way too many family members to keep doing that and ever expect to get anything done for myself.
Last year I did knit myself a pair of socks--they started out for the DH but he didn't like how they fit around the ankles so, I got them by default. I knitted him a better fitting pair. I'm not sure that even counts.

Our first project will be a shawl/poncho/stole. We have three months to complete the project, however I want to be done by mid June. We are going to a H.S. Reunion and I want to wear it then.

I think tomorrow I'll have time to take pics. I'll post what I have of the new stole and some WIPs.

Rag Rug

Another project started. This will be a rug for my DS and DDIL--a promise for Christmas. I've included a couple of pics and will post progress pics. It's called Twined Rug and will be about 2'x3' when complete...........and it will probably last forever!

The middle pic shows the frame strung with the warp fabric. It doesn't matter the color as the warp is hidden when the rug is finished. The bottom pic shows the first row complete and probably doesn't make much sense, but it will later on.

I'm not using a color scheme--it will just look "scrappy." It's much cheaper that way. A rug this size takes about 15 yards of fabric. I buy it in a pre-cut kit which saves a LOT of time and effort! These rugs are definitely a labor of love!

April Socks Done

Boot socks for the DH. The tops are long to go over the top of his hunting boots. I used KnitPicks Bare in superwash worsted and KP Swish. Nice yarn to work with and worsted goes so fast! These would ordinarily take 100 grams of Bare and 50 grams of Swish. Because of the length of the top, I had to get an extra ball of Bare. What the heck! A pair of socks for about 10 bucks!

I used a modified round toe: Stopped short with 18 sts remaining and then did the Kitchener.

Waiting not so patiently for my glove pattern to arrive. I joined a glove knitting knit-a-long and I'm ready to get started--got the yarn, needles, and desire. Take a look:

http://glovekal.blogspot.com/

In the meantime, I'm working on three pairs of sox: Dorm sox (for public knitting), Diamond Lace (for me) and Boot sox (for the DH). The boot sox will be done later today. Need to take some pics. Later, after I clean out the storage shed and give some stuff to charity.

HELLO !

My name is Sherry and I'm a brand new blogger. I do a lot of hand knitting and recently joined a couple of Knit-a-longs. This has encouragead me to try my hand at blogging. I hope you find what I have to say of interest.

The first KAL I joined is the Sock A Month3 KAL. My main reason for joining is to stay with my goal of knitting more socks. I knit two pair last year--my first since w-a-a-a-y back in the last millenium. In January I knit a pair for my sister to match the sweater I made for her birthday. I used Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch. That project convinced me that I really did like knitting socks.

So here's the sweater and socks. The pics don't show it, but they really do match!

The sweater is a top down cardi with seed stitch border on sleeves, sweater bottom and button bands. I used some of the pewter clasps from Patternworks for the closure.

The socks are the Chevron design.

So, NOW, I've got a calendar full of projects planned for the next six months! Another goal is to work on at least one UFO during each month--or if not work on it, decide on a better life for it!

Of course then there are all the new projects I want to start. So, for now, here are my "March Socks." They are also from Sensational Knitted Socks, the Waterfall Rib. I used Collinette's new Jitterbug fingering weight. I loved working with that yarn! The colorway is Marble.

I'll post more tomorrow--some WIP's.