Friday, 2. February 2007
It’s been, hm, over a year. While I haven’t stopped knitting, it’s safe to say that I’ve slowed down significantly. Why? Life. It gets in the way of knitting sometimes. One day I may eventually write about the things that have transpired, but suffice to say that for now, I’m getting the knitting mojo back again and that I hope to have more FO’s for the year ahead.
This blog is meant to document the projects that I have made over the last year – pitifully few, but nonetheless let’s get to it. (Let’s face it, it’s more for me now anyways. I probably lost all my readers a long long time ago).
Ah yes, the Pomatomus socks. I knew from the get-go that the perfect st count for socks for my feet would be way less than the 72 sts that the pattern states to CO. So modifications galore and voila. Perfect fit.
Needles used: Sz 1 addi’s (2.5mm), magic loop, 60 sts leg to 64 sts foot
Materials: Koigu KPPPM (p219), 2 skeins
Next, the ball-band dish cloth that everyone and their mothers have made. I’ve made a few, and this is just one of many. I think we have seen enough of them around the blogland to get into the details.
And last, my Swiss Cheese Scarf. Appropriate name, non? This is probably the easiest scarf that one can make and I chose to knit from stash. I wanted a light and airy scarf that has enough texture to stand out, yet be simple enough that I can just sit down and knit without having to worry about patterns. Light and airy? Check. I will use laceweight merino. Simple? Check. Nothing complicating about binding off certain number of stitches and casting back on. Results? Mighty long to make, but mighty pleased.
Materials: School Products Lace-weight Merino. Color 7. Gifted by Joy.
Needles: Sz 3.
And there you have it. I’m in the process of knitting a Komi Hat right now too.. so expect an FO soon. The next time I blog won’t be a year from now, that’s for sure.
And oh, happy new year. It’s been so long.
Posted in FOs, Household, Scarves/Shawls, Socks, WIPs by winnie -
Saturday, 22. April 2006
The original pattern called for hemp yarn (DK weight) to knit this ponchette… but since I was trying to use up stash I figured Rowan Felted Tweed would make a lovely substitution as well. A friend of mine has been wanting a little poncho for a while now.. and I finally came across one that I actually like myself. Great use for stash yarn! The ponchette is modeled below by the lovely giftee…
Pattern: Hemp Ponchette
Materials: Less than 2 balls of Rowan Felted Tweed in Melody, Sz 7 needles.
Other than the little easy peasy knitting above, I’ve been working on the Sunrise Circle Jacket. Adding some minor modifications to the sleeves… but that will come in a later post.
Posted in FOs, Shrugs by winnie -
Thursday, 30. March 2006
Oh man. I just realized that it’s been a year since I’ve started blogging about knitting. I’ve compiled a poster of my completed knits since March last year and I guess pictures speak louder than a verbal summary.
Suffice to say that I’ve come a long way since the age of acrylic yarn and garter st. In all honesty, I never imagined that I can keep a hobby for this long. I usually have a short attention span when things get boring and move on to the next big thing. In knitting however, I feel that I’ve accomplished some, but there’s still more mountains to climb. Guess I’ll be knitting for a while…
Posted in FOs, When I'm not knitting by winnie -
Thursday, 30. March 2006
Well, March is almost over and I figured I might as well squeeze in an FO before the month ends. It’s the deep argyle vest designed by Eunny, only this time in Rowanspun DK Eau de Nil and Snowball. Since you’ve seen the progress shots of the previous test piece that I knit, this time I’ll just jump straight to the finished product.
Pattern: Deep V Argyle Vest (34″ size) by Eunny
Materials: Sz 4 needles, Rowanspun DK 2 hanks plus a smidge of Eau de Nil, and 1.5 of Snowball
Notes: Truth be told, my row gauge was a bit off and I didn’t come to realize that until I started knitting the V neck. Thankfully I had enough time to recalculate the armhole decreases or else I’d be wearing a floppy/terribly long vest now. Although my st gauge was tighter than Eunny’s, I figured the yarn should expand a little when I block it and then I’d be ok. And I was right. It fits me nicely and I think this will be my outfit tomorrow. Yarnwise, Rowanspun DK definitely was thick’n'thin in some places but the resulting fabric bloomed after the rinse and it has a semi-felted feel to it. It does snap easily if you tug a little harder than usual, but I didn’t experience any yarn breakage while knitting. I don’t see spring-time coming to LA anytime soon and so I may get a few wears out of this yet.
Oh yea, some of the pictures came out a bit fuzzy. Uh, yea. Maybe I should lay off the caffeine. Other than the vest I really haven’t been knitting that much recently. Busy with dissertation, and also a bit uninspired. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been keeping up with you all fabulous knitters’ works. Maybe it’s the blasted weather in L.A., but I need my 70 degree weather NOW ALREADY. Hmph.
Posted in FOs, Vests by winnie -
Tuesday, 14. February 2006
It’s done, sewn in and blocked out. And it’s small.. and I knew that. The swatch started as a foray into fairisle practice, then slowly made its way to a steeking practice. I didn’t have the right yarn for it, so I picked up a few balls of fingering weight Knitpick’s Palette yarn just so I could play with it. I made it in the 34″ size too… since I want to experience the whole she-bang once… figure out what I can do better if I had the actual DK weight yarn.. and where I should pay particular attention to.
Initially, I only wanted to show you this.
But I got carried away and stuffed myself into this too-small too-tight cut-off-my-circulation vest just for kicks… 
(yea I need to pay attention to picking up stitches.. see where it’s wonky and holey? That’s not gonna happen when I have my real yarn)
The giant practice piece here is better suited for a 32″ bust.. if you use fingering weight yarn and sz 3 needles like I did. My next piece is so going to ROCK!Edit: Silly me.. totally forgot the most important part. I followed Eunny’s directions to the tee… her diagrams and instructions were very well-written and made this an easy knit. Can you knit and purl? Then you can knit fairisle! Eunny, thanks for the explicit instructions and impeccable pattern.
Posted in FOs, Vests by winnie -
And last, my Swiss Cheese Scarf. Appropriate name, non? This is probably the easiest scarf that one can make and I chose to knit from stash. I wanted a light and airy scarf that has enough texture to stand out, yet be simple enough that I can just sit down and knit without having to worry about patterns. Light and airy? Check. I will use laceweight merino. Simple? Check. Nothing complicating about binding off certain number of stitches and casting back on. Results? Mighty long to make, but mighty pleased. 
