It’s Margot from Knitty and it’s just not doing anything for me.
I’ve been dragging my heels debating on whether to finish this or rip back and maybe make something that would actually fit me. I gave up and finished just to be done with it, but it’s going in the goodwill bag. On a positive note, I’m hoping this being finally off the needles will motivate me to start something new.
Here’s the shot where it looks fine:
and here’s what it really looks like
Here’s my dad’s (last year’s) Christmas scarf:
No WIP pics cause dad reads the blog, but it’s Henry, which was fairly easy to get in a groove with, and it’s beautiful and it took forever! The parents’ dog already ate the yarn band, but I think it was Malabrigo.
I meant to post a picture of my frito pie from Wheatville, but I was so hungry I forgot. So instead here’s a soy latte and delicious cream cookie thing that I’ll have for dessert later when I’m less full. Also, here’s Ronin (Rick’s cat, who has finally decided to stop hissing at Sassy).
Also, I’m reknitting the Katia boatneck shirt in a smaller size.
The Red Scarf Project is accepting your scarves until December 15th! Click over to Norma for the mailing address, pattern suggestions, and ideas for super sweet messages to send.
More info:
“The Red Scarf Project, a project of the Orphan Foundation of America, or Orphan.org, collects scarves to send in Valentine’s Day care packages to college students who have aged out of foster care. These brave young people are going it on their own and trying to improve their lives and the community by attending college. The care packages are welcome tokens of encouragement to young people who otherwise receive little to no mail. Your scarf should be soft (any material), unisex design, and approximately 60 inches long by 5 to 8 inches wide. Machine washable is a plus, but it is not absolutely necessary. Mail it to: Orphan Foundation of America The Red Scarf Project 21351 Gentry Drive Sterling, VA 20166 ..but not until September 1, 2009-December, 2009. Please read all the info in this blog. Most of your questions will be answered here. Also, please check out the Red Scarf Ravelry group. If you still have questions that remain unanswered, please email me at norma.knits@gmail.com”
Yup.
Mock linen stitch with a picot border.
Sugar n’ Cream yarn, less than 1 ball.
Size 5 needles.
Another not so recently finished project. This one is for the red scarf project. Please accept the beautiful close ups as an apology for the lazy action shot. It’s been done for a while, but I hadn’t bothered to weave in all the ends until a couple of weeks ago.
Yarn: Tahki Yarns Cotton Classic, didn’t keep track of how much. 3 or 4 skeins?
Needles: Probably 5s? I forget… This is why you need to take your notes right away!
Pattern: Woven herringbone stitch from the Vogue Stitchionary: Rw 1 (RS) k1, *yo, sl 1, k2, pass sl st over 2 k sts; rep from * to end. Row 2 – p1, *yo, sl 1, p2, pass sl st over 2 p sts; rep from * to end. Rep rows 1 and 2.
Finished: June 2009
Notes: I think this came out absolutely beautiful, so while I’m sorry I didn’t get it done in time for last year, I think I fit the requirements of quality not quantity.
I try to have something simple on my needles for weaving guild nights and other events where I could use a little something to keep my hands busy that won’t take too much concentration. And I’ve been loving using knitted dishcloths. So there you go. Here’s the latest.
After Spring break in LA, I was off to San Antonio for a weaving conference and then to Houston for a library conference. Plus I gave three presentations last week. While everything was fun and the presentations all went very well, I’m incredibly excited to finally be getting a chance to slow down and catch my breath.
I signed up for a local CSA and got my first basket of veggies yesterday, so today I’ve been looking at recipes and seeing what else I need. I got a lot of greens and I want to cook the ones I can before they go bad and get a couple of things to fill out salads with the rest. Tonight I’m going to catch up on laundry and cleaning while I cook, and maybe even get a little weaving in. I didn’t finish my guild color challenge dish towels before the conference, but I’m still going to make them. Then tomorrow I’m going to make soft pretzels with a friend.
The weaving conference was a ton of fun. I finally got my Hokett hand loom. Pictures coming soon. In the meantime here’s some knitting I finished up that weekend.
The organic cotton dishcloth for myself:
And a cotton dishcloth for a friend:
They were both really easy conference knitting and I’m loving using handknitted dishcloths.
And from Kasha and Josh’s apartment!
I had quite the debate with myself about what knitting to bring. I thought my current shirt project was too involved – all the lacework. I thought about starting to take apart the green cardigan to make another licorice whip, but then thought it might make a nice Mrs. Darcy. But I thought that might need a lot of math and figuring out. So I finally decided to take apart my ginormous Raspy.
It’s a smaller yarn than called for in the licorice whip pattern and I’m not convinced that I’m upsizing it correctly, but I’m giving it a go.
I haven’t done much knitting on my trip though. I’ve been too busy tooling around Hollywood and hiking up to the Griffith Observatory – which was undergoing renovations the entire time I lived here. But besides seeing my super wonderful friends, the main objective has been:
