what I've been up to

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Haven't updated around here in awhile. I have a good excuse. I went on vacation. With the family. And it was wonderful. See? Very nice. Only downside (but not really) was there was no internet. So what did we do you ask?

Made a few quilt tops...

more of the cute cabin by the lake

Here's what I did on my summer vacation :P

More socks for my mama

These are from Knitty (my very fave site!)

Pattern (and better pics) are here

aaaand since its a hundred bazillion degrees outside, I started a Christmas quilt.

There's more I need to update, but this is enough for now I think.

I'm off to see Harry Potter, then I'm gonna watch old school Star Trek on dvd... geek night FTW!

What did I do this Saturday?

Finished another hat. I liked this one so much, I made another one... this could be a problem :)

This one is the B-pattern, with several changes. I follwed the chart for the first one. And can't ever leave well enough alone, so this one was modified a bit. (link over here)

And there is a certain irony to making wool hats when its 102 degrees outside.

Started sewing the purple sweater together, only to realise I did it wrong. Ripping ensued. Once I get this posted, I'll give it another shot. If only so i can play with my new goodie...

Another "vintage" sewing machine. My mom found this one for me. I'll have to get the story again, cause there is one...I just can't remember it at the moment.

Ok, enough procrastination. Time to tackle those *%#! seams again

just cause its friday

Since its friday, and I got off work early, I took some pictures of my shiny new hat.

And by "some pictures" -- I mean like a dozen or more... and got 2 semi decent ones.

Yay, it fits!

Check it out. Finished hat. Quick recap on what this project taught me -

one -- I really like color work (I never saw that one coming)

two -- my gage is super tight, will need to go up a size next time. For real, it was everything I could do to get this baby on the plate. Yep, its stretching out on a plate to make it stay that way.

three -- weaving in ends under stranded knitting - so not fun! (pic later when the hat dries)

four -- I am in srs need of a vacation. see pic below for evidence.

I'm a dork. I know...

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My wonderland quilt. Check it out. I'm about half through on the binding.
random candy pic, just b/c

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Purple sweater getting blocked. Woot! Now on to the sewing side seams.

and new project... its this hat pattern

Aaaaand another quilt done!

This has been hanging around far too long. All I lacked were the prairie points... yeah, not the most fun ever. But its done now, and turned out pretty cute.

Its going to be tie-quilted... so more hand work. I'm kind of on a kick with hand work lately.

Now, back to the Purple sweater... verrrrrry close to finished, any day now.

Here's my plan for this Saturday

Sew binding on my Wonderland quilt.

Also, I just learned that today is World Wide Knit In Public Day. Sadly there aren't any events near by. The closest one on the far side of Ft. Worth... bummer.

Plus, its like a bazillion degrees outside...

And for mom, here's the quilt I took to work.

And now for something completely different...

a Blog post with actual content!

Its a little blurry, but isn't pretty? Click here for a larger pic

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its been a while since I updated...

purple thang sweater is coming along. should have finished by next week *fingers crossed*

silk scarf is slooooooowly getting worked on.

Mostly I've been brewing up ideas for Christmas gifts. I know. But at the speed I'm going, its already too late! hahaha

been reading a lot... maybe tomorrow ill post some pics... or not :P

Frogging = basketcase

OK. This super fab silk yarn, I didn't realise how little two skeins was... something like 300 yds.
I started it in feather and fan pattern, but about halfway through the first ball, it was only like twelve inches long :( So it was frogged and made about half as wide. Its a modified basketweave. I'm calling it my Basket Case scarf.

Let's hope this is gonna work this time!

Click the picture for a better view...

Edit: now I find this... how cool is that? I can't decide!!!

Okay so, remember this? My super decadent silk yarn jumped onto some needles tonight.

It turned out to be neither or those.

Seems that it wanted to be made into feather and fan scarf instead.

It also refuses to take a good pic tonight... maybe tomorrow if the sun comes out.

Quilt along blocks for the week... and a few of my faves. It is so fun and bright. I still think the navy and orange block might be my favorite so far.




The ONLY way I am able to keep up on the one a day.



Cut out a week's worth at a time.

Oh look. Yarn on sock needles again.

Clearly I have lost my mind.

Woo Hoo!

Finished socks.

Exaclty one week, start to finish.

Cast on this time last Saturday.

Now time to weave in ends, and get them mailed.

idea

Cause I don't have enough stuff started yet!

This made with these -------->

Check it out.

Second sock, in progress. Didn't I say something about not knitting socks anymore? Clearly that must have been someone else...

My goal is still to finish and mail them by the end of the weekend. Looks like I'm about half way through the top portion.


Meanwhile, the purple sweater keeps calling my name.

Enough blogging, there's knitting to do!

Darn it

Ta-Da! One finished sock. Sunday to Wednesday. Not to shabby!

Only one problem, on the heel turn, this side ended up with a rather large gap.

so a little darning, and voila - no more gap! And now, time to do it all over again... my goal is to have them done by next Sunday and in the mail on Monday.

Sometimes I impress myself

Look what I did this weekend!

I started this yesterday.

It's Patons' Kroy yarn, and the pattern is based on Basic socks from Lion Brand with the design taken from Knitty's Thuja.

I think the design works really nicely with the striping yarn.

Didn't get much else done this weekend, but hey, its three-quarters of a sock in 24 hrs.

I'm impressed.

Note to Self

I think this should be made into this or possibly this - the first basket weave one

When recycling meets storage

My apartment has virtually no storage. I mean like none at all. So all my sewing/knitting projects end up in bins or boxes. This idea came out of the lack of boxes... and the fact I had some recycling to deal with :P

I needed a way to keep my quilt along blocks together

I took the cardboard box, and ripped out all but one of the divider parts. My finished blocks stand up nicely now, and they aren't in a box to be forgotten about dealt with later.
Leaving one of those little cardboard parts in there acts like a bookend, holding the blocks in place.

Its a little weird, but quite functional, so I call it a success.

So what have I been up to lately?

Finished these.

EEEEE!!! Sorry, but these were my first attempt at socks. And they fit! And are almost the same size (I'm hoping once they are blocked its gonna be okay.)

I told my mom she can't wear Christmas color socks in the summer. She completely ignored me on that one. I'm certain she will have them on as soon as they get mailed to her.

and the Purple thing is coming along... slowly


Each row is so long its taking me about 25 min to get across, one way. Oh well. I still love it.

And the Quilt along...progress. I left last weekend-which put me behind by 3 days. Then I kinda forgot about it- which put me behind another 3 days, OOPS!
So, I had to play some catchup...

Now I think I'm back on track.

So now its time to enjoy a pretty darn good evening.

Jones Soda, Jane Austen movies, and knitting... what could be better!

been bad about posting updates.

stuff is geting worked on.

sleep now, updates later

Procrastination

Soooooooo

I'm leaving town tomorrow. Going home to see the family. Yay! What's less 'yay' is the packing, cleaning, and laundry that comes with leaving.


Of course all I want to do is work on this...

Its about half done on the binding.

And of course this...

This is Knitty's Ester. I love this so much. Its much darker in real life, almost black. My camera turned everything a funny color tonight :(

My sock is coming along pretty nice. I think I messed up the heel turn. There's way too many stitches. This will require much more brains than I have at this moment. It was going to be my Mom's Mother's Day gift...

Uhh yeah. I know, Christmas colored sock as Mother's Day gift? I made the mate to this a few years back. I didn't love how it turned out, so I forgot all about it. Then my mama found it and has hounded me to make the pair. Cause she's a fiend for cute socks. So better late than never?