I finished something! I started knitting soleil last summer and just now finished! I didn’t quite finish it last summer when the weather started getting cold so I put it away until now. In honor of project spectrum, I decided to finally finish it. I thought I had a bit more to knit on the [...]
Category Archive for 'FOs 2006'
This winter knitting season, Mike has gotten a sweater and now a scarf. He’s made out better than I have and I’m not sure how I feel about that. Actually, I have really enjoyed getting in touch with my inner gift-knitter this last fall and winter. Thinking about all my thousands of stitches keeping a [...]
Pink, Red and the letter E
Posted in FOs 2006, knitting, outdoors, socks on Mar 6th, 2006
E is for evergreens and emerging life.
One of the great things about my job is that there is a trail through the woods on the property. I love the evergreens for their height and beauty and I get to look at them all day. When not looking high in the trees, though, the trail hasn’t [...]
D is for . . .
Posted in FOs 2006, knitting, scarves, spinning on Feb 25th, 2006
. . . Done!!! I finished my River stole with suprisingly few difficulties! I finished the knitting on Thursday and I blocked it last night.Yarn: Rowan Kidsilk Haze, color is called jelly.
Pattern: Rowan mag #38
Changes to pattern: I knit it with #9 needles, not the specified 10.5’s. I also purled all wrong side rows, making [...]
I finished my backyard leaves scarf and I love it so much!
Pattern: Backyard leaves scarf from Scarf Style
Yarn: 3 balls Cascade Yarns “Cloud 9″ 50% angora, 50% merino 50g/109 yards
Needles: size 7
Finished size: 72″ long- 6″ shorter than the pattern states, but plenty long for me-it almost reaches my knees when it’s just around [...]
Well, for a little while at least. My mom’s socks were finished, mailed and received so that was a success.
They turned out really well and they are SO soft! I used Knitpicks sock garden and I recommend it. After finding a pattern that didn’t result in horrible color pooling, I really enjoyed knitting it [...]
