Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Well, since I've been MIA for a bit I should probably update what I've done lately:
May:
I finished my MIL's scarf/stole/shawl thingy. I used 2 skeins of Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock yarn in Mulberry Spice and Sweet Clementine. (-2)
I was asked to weave a scarf for a friend after she'd seen one I'd done in the same yarn. Woven using Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock in New Moon Alice.
I spun this yarn and knit a Haruni:
Spun from 2 Sunshine Yarns SW Merino Rovings. Un-Birthday Party and Patronus. I spun these on the new lace flyer I got and ended up with around 880 yards of 2 ply fingering yarn. (-2 +1-.5 = +1/2)
Picture of the yarn preknitting:
I spun this yarn for a friend. Sunshine Yarns SW Merino in Blood Red, spun into a 2 ply sport weight 300 yards. She made this into a gorgeous shawl.
In June I finished:
Char's Birthday Boheme. Made with Sunshine Yarns Worsted in Ever After.
The pattern is written for sport weight, with sizes up to 18 months. I was able to modify using some tips from other project pages to make a 4t using worsted weight yarn. She is very happy with it. (Please don't pay any attention to the mess in the background! The kids' toybox was confiscated and redeposited in the middle of my office floor.) Buttons are by BlueManateeButtons on Etsy. (-2)
In June I also started 2 pairs of socks...brilliant me made each on a set of DPNs instead of my usual 2 at a time using magic loop knitting. So I have 1 of each.
Skew: Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock in Alice (WIP 1)
Rivendell: Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock in Forest Mist. (WIP 1)
And spun this yarn: Sunshine Yarns SW Merino, Potronus, 2 ply light fingering, 500 yards.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Alright, I've put it off long enough...
Yarn In includes purchases and trades that came in.
Yarn Out includes finished objects, yarn I sold or traded out.
Limbo Yarn includes yarn that is currently being used.
So our starting total was: 120 skeins respectively
January = 132 skeins
February = 119
March = 127
Yarn In:
For the Store:
10 rovings arrived for the Jacob's Fan club spinning! (9 of these have left already!) 4 batts and one custom spinning order also arrived. Weaving: 3 skeins arrived for 2 different orders.
For Me:
1 = trades/gifted
8 = my purchases (3 were destash facilitation)
3 = Clubs/Prior Purchases/Customs (Sunshine Yarn's Earth Day Kit/ FFtC Fangtasia x2)
3 = Blankie Scraps/Minis (sets) - these don't really count toward my total, but while I'm at it...
Yarn Out:
26 = Finished Objects
(MIL's scarf as of yesterday =2/ Unbirthday Hat =1/ Monkeys = 1/ Doomsday Bag =21)
9 = Sold / Traded / Gifted
5 = Sent out for blankie swaps
Limbo Yarn:
- 7 are the Wicked Sweater
- 2 are Anemoi Mittens
- 2 are 2 pairs of socks
- 1 Montego Bay Scarf
- 1 Butterbeer Citron
- 1 Owlings
End total: 127 + (-38+12) = 99 (I'm under 100!!! Wait maybe I need to go recount! And destash for what is coming in!)
Here's the take:
Arriving with my roving order for the JFC spinning:
Bella, Edward, Jacob and Emmett (< he was part of the custom order) all in Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock. Birthday $$ from the folks spent well!
More Sunshine: Crookshanks in Twist, and O.W.L.'s & Wolfsong in Classic
Blankie Minis:
Other Arrivals:
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Wow, if that came up in a search I'm sure I'd get some "what the ____" 's !
Anyways, the "Like A (Monkey) Virgin" socks were finished last month! A record 12 days of knitting, with school taking time away, these are my fastest socks yet! And I love them! They fit wonderfully, the colors are great, the yarn is great...(wait, how could I not love the yarn...it's Sunshine Yarms!)
Here they are:
Friday, April 2, 2010
Yup that's right. April 1st we had snow and hail, so I cast on another pair of socks! I cast on Cookie A.'s Monkey pattern. It's a well loved pattern that I never even thought of making, since there are only 11,500(ish) pairs out there according to the Ravelry pattern pages. The pattern is free, published in Knitty.
Plus the April Sock Knitter's Anonymous group on Ravelry is having their Cookie A. month this month and we decided to have a side knit-a-long for "Monkey Virgins." Only those who have never knit a pair of Monkeys qualify for the SKA Sockdown Challenge with Monkeys.
After scowering pictures of FO's on the project page I thought I wanted a mostly solid color, but then I found the perfect yarn and it just sort of clicked!
My "Like A (Monkey) Virgin" socks have been started! They are being knit in Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock in Red Queen.
Thursday, April 1, 2010
It's finished! It's finally finished! One knitolution officially completed! I have conquered colorwork, steeking, and seaming! Not to mention my first i-cord edging!
Saturday, March 27, 2010
This first is Barking Dog Yarns in Lobster Shell Beach. It ended up 70” x 4 1/2”. It was stretchier than I expected but I powered through and finished up for my mom, for Mother’s Day this year. (She isn’t the most appreciative when it comes to knits and stuff, and tends to look at me like I’m crazy when I talk to her about things like this…oh well!) The edges at the beginning of this one got pretty wonky but for my second project I’m happy.
The second is for a swap spoilee. I love it and it will be difficult to pack up and send on it’s way, but I think she will love it just as much! It is SUnshine Yarns in New Moon Alice. I left the weave a little looser and ended up with a 68” x 5 1/2” scarf.
Friday, March 26, 2010
results in this:
This needs to be finished by Mar. 31st, @ midnight.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
...is it even possible??? Well, I'm thinking I'm needing one. I have got to get back down to my beginning total! Maybe someday I can make it a reality!
Sunday, March 7, 2010
No not basket ball!!! As if I'd even know that when that was beyond it being called "March Madness"!
No, this is my own form of March Madness! I've cast on 2 pairs of Mystery Socks so far this month and it's only the 7th! Not only that, I have plans for at least one more pair!
The first pair I cast on is the SolidSocks Mystery Sock March/April 2010 pattern for the Solid Socks group on Ravelry. I'm using Sunshine Yarns Classic Sock (big surprise there!) in Mountain Shadow.On US 1 (2.25mm) DPNs. I'm thinking I'm going to try and run to the LYS down the street from school in order to get a few more pairs. I have exactly 6 needles this size, one of which is broken. So I knit clue1 of sock1 for this pair and then had to move it to a couple stitch holders to be able to start another sock.
Mountain Shadows Hide Mysteries:
Friday, February 26, 2010
The next instillation of the dreaded tally for 2010! The second for February...I've been bad, very bad!
Yarn In includes purchases and trades that came in.
Yarn Out includes finished objects, yarn I sold or traded out.
Limbo Yarn includes yarn that is currently being used.
So our starting total was: 120 skeins respectively
January's Total was: 132 skeins
February (first installment still listed first with second additions following):
Yarn In:
1 (+1) = trades/gifted
2 (+8 rovings + 4 skeins) = my purchases
Yarn Out:
3(+1) = Finished Objects
16 (+4)= Sold / Traded / Gifted
Limbo Yarn:
33 skeins are currently devoted to projects in progress! (21 of those are the Doomsday Bag and 7 are the Wicked Sweater.)
End total: 118 (-5+13) = 127 (but do rovings really count since they are for the shop? so really -8 from the total gives me 119 so I'm still under the years starting point!?! Or is that cheating?)
So, here's the second installment of what came in in February:
Purchases:
Sunday, February 21, 2010
My February Socks died today!
I LOVE the pattern, Bex, by CookieA. But I couldn't get them over my heel. Turns out I was on a needle size too small. The pattern calls for 2.5mm, and I was on 2.25mm. Oh well. They were frogged this morning. It was sad, I even cried a little. When you see the pictures you may understand:
All the beautiful cables:
The next instillation of the dreaded tally for 2010!
Yarn In includes purchases and trades that came in.
Yarn Out includes finished objects, yarn I sold or traded out.
Limbo Yarn includes yarn that is currently being used.
So our starting total was: 120 skeins respectively
January's Total was: 132 skeins
February (so far):
Yarn In:
1 = trades
2 = my purchases
Yarn Out:
3 = Finished Objects
16 = Sold / Traded / Gifted
Limbo Yarn:
32 skeins are currently devoted to projects in progress! (21 of those are the Doomsday Bag and 7 are the Wicked Sweater.)
End total: 118
So, here's what came in in February:
Purchases:
Sunshine Yarns Merino Worsted: Ever After
Friday, February 19, 2010
So in all my destashing and the whole 'end the year with less yarn than I have now' thing, I have to ask...Does roving count?
Monday, February 15, 2010
The dreaded tally of what I've done so far this year!
Yarn In includes purchases and trades that came in.
Yarn Out includes finished objects, yarn I sold or traded out.
Limbo Yarn includes yarn that is currently being used.
So our starting total was: 120 skeins respectively
Yarn In:
33 = Christmas yarns
9 = Sweater Club ('09 paid)
1 = sock club ('09 paid, Dec Shipment)
8 = my purchases/trades coming in
Yarn Out:
2 = Finished Objects
10 = Sold / Traded / Gifted
Limbo Yarn:
35 skeins are currently devoted to projects in progress! (I keep reminding me that 21 of those are the Doomsday Bag and 7 are my Wicked Sweater.)
End total: 132
So, here's what came in in January:
Received this Three Irish Girls Wexford roving in Quinn in a trade:
Mountain Shadow
Knitolution #2 has been marked as started!
I started knitting my first sweater for me! It's being done in the lovely Vampire Merino Worsted Yarn from the Sunshine Yarns 2010 Sweater Club. It's momentarily been set aside in order to finish some older WIPs. But so far I'm about half way through the raglan shaping.
The Pattern is called Wicked, written by Rachel Bishop, and has many different variations you can make. I'm planning for short sleeves, possibly with the pocket and most likely adding some bust darts and length to the sweater.
Here's the progress as of 2 weeks ago:
The band for the bag is finished. 16,700 stitches done at this point. I've got the Ravelympics going on right now, a kitting challege that coincides with the Olympics, so this has been set adise until I finish what I'd like to for it. The goal is to have this bag finished by my birthday at the end of March.
The band is going to be blocked flat tonight and I'll get some new pics taken then!
Here's what I had last week:
