I might be able to finish them tomorrow.
MK out.
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
WIP Wednesday - 5/15/2013
I have started and finished a little project I will show on Friday...and I've been working on the March socks because they are close to completion:
I might be able to finish them tomorrow.
MK out.
I might be able to finish them tomorrow.
MK out.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Ten on Tuesday - 5/14/2013
Carole asks us to list our Ten Favorite TV Moms. I haven't participated in a while, but I was feeling it today; so, here goes...
1. Sophia Petrillo from The Golden Girls - She reminds me of my mom.
2. Edith Bunker from All in the Family - She is ditzy, but has a wonderful heart.
3. Shirley Partridge from The Partridge Family - She is cool and a great role model for working moms.
4. Carol Brady from The Brady Bunch - I'm so jealous that she has an Alice.
5. Meredith Grey from Grey's Anatomy - She is a good mother even though she doesn't really feel it yet.
6. Ann Romano from One Day At a Time - I like her for being a strong role model - plus, I was quite the women's libber back then.
7. Evelyn Harper from Two and a Half Men - She says the stuff to and about her boys out loud that other mothers are thinking.
8. Nora Walker from Brothers and Sisters - She's a meddler, but she allows her kids to be who they are.
9. Claire Huxtable from The Cosby Show - She is another good role model...and I admire the calm way she parents.
10. Debra Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond - She is just so fer realz.
Who do you like?
MK out.
1. Sophia Petrillo from The Golden Girls - She reminds me of my mom.
2. Edith Bunker from All in the Family - She is ditzy, but has a wonderful heart.
3. Shirley Partridge from The Partridge Family - She is cool and a great role model for working moms.
4. Carol Brady from The Brady Bunch - I'm so jealous that she has an Alice.
5. Meredith Grey from Grey's Anatomy - She is a good mother even though she doesn't really feel it yet.
6. Ann Romano from One Day At a Time - I like her for being a strong role model - plus, I was quite the women's libber back then.
7. Evelyn Harper from Two and a Half Men - She says the stuff to and about her boys out loud that other mothers are thinking.
8. Nora Walker from Brothers and Sisters - She's a meddler, but she allows her kids to be who they are.
9. Claire Huxtable from The Cosby Show - She is another good role model...and I admire the calm way she parents.
10. Debra Barone on Everybody Loves Raymond - She is just so fer realz.
Who do you like?
MK out.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
WIP Wednesday - 5/8/2013
Since our last Wednesday visit, I have not even touched the cardi. Maybe, because the weather is getting nicer and I won't be wearing it anytime soon? I do need to finish it though, so it will be ready to wear when the time comes...
I have been working on the March socks:
They were much further along yesterday...until I noticed that I had not centered the pattern on the instep stitches. After I had knit the entire heel flap, picked up the gusset stitches and was on down the road a bit - I realized my mistake when there were four knit stitches together on one side and what appeared to be the garter rib pattern intact on the other.
I thought long and hard...I really did. I tried to talk myself into believing that it wasn't that noticeable and socks go into shoes; so, really - Who would know?
Well, I would know, and it was bothering me more and more. I kept knitting, but I was getting a bit more twitchy with each stitch.
Finally, I ripped out the needles and frogged all the way back to where I needed to start the heel flap. I rearranged the two stitches on each sock and started the heel flap again.
I have worked some on the April socks too:
I am working the short-row heel on the first one. I decided to make them one at a time. I haven't done that in a while, and I thought it would be kind of fun for a change...since, it would be easy to keep track of where I am and all. I like the way they are turning out so far.
So - that's me...how about you?
MK out.
I have been working on the March socks:
They were much further along yesterday...until I noticed that I had not centered the pattern on the instep stitches. After I had knit the entire heel flap, picked up the gusset stitches and was on down the road a bit - I realized my mistake when there were four knit stitches together on one side and what appeared to be the garter rib pattern intact on the other.
I thought long and hard...I really did. I tried to talk myself into believing that it wasn't that noticeable and socks go into shoes; so, really - Who would know?
Well, I would know, and it was bothering me more and more. I kept knitting, but I was getting a bit more twitchy with each stitch.
Finally, I ripped out the needles and frogged all the way back to where I needed to start the heel flap. I rearranged the two stitches on each sock and started the heel flap again.
I have worked some on the April socks too:
I am working the short-row heel on the first one. I decided to make them one at a time. I haven't done that in a while, and I thought it would be kind of fun for a change...since, it would be easy to keep track of where I am and all. I like the way they are turning out so far.
So - that's me...how about you?
MK out.
Friday, May 3, 2013
FO Friday - 5/3/2013
I finished this little cardi almost a week ago (last Saturday) - all except for sewing on the buttons:
I started the button sewing earlier today, but snapped a picture anyway for this post. I figured I'd better go ahead and show it in its not-all-the-way-finished state, or it would be another week to FO Friday...
I had one ball left after I made my Lacy Summer Top a couple of years ago. It was just enough to make the smallest size.
It looks even smaller next to the bigger one I made in January.
Well, that's all folks!
MK out.
I started the button sewing earlier today, but snapped a picture anyway for this post. I figured I'd better go ahead and show it in its not-all-the-way-finished state, or it would be another week to FO Friday...
I had one ball left after I made my Lacy Summer Top a couple of years ago. It was just enough to make the smallest size.
It looks even smaller next to the bigger one I made in January.
Well, that's all folks!
MK out.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
WIP Wednesday - 5/1/2013
Y'all know it wasn't going to last long...
I had only one thing OTN last week...until Knit Night that night when I started a little cardi. It is now finished and I hope to show it off on Friday.
Then came Saturday, and I started my March 2013 socks...again:
I really love this yarn and am enjoying knitting with it. The pattern is Garter Rib from Sensational Knitted Socks. I like the rhythm of it...It's solid and true. I need that right now.
I also started my April 2013 socks on Monday...just in the nick of time:
I am making them for one of the Sock Knitters Anonymous April challenges - colorwork. I was planning on using a different yarn to make entrelac socks, but I just wasn't feeling it. The pattern is Vellamo and I am using up leftovers from my Color Affection shawl and another pair of socks.
Finally, I am almost to the armhole split on my cardi:
No matter what manner of chaos is in my life...It's all about the knit.
MK out.
I had only one thing OTN last week...until Knit Night that night when I started a little cardi. It is now finished and I hope to show it off on Friday.
Then came Saturday, and I started my March 2013 socks...again:
I really love this yarn and am enjoying knitting with it. The pattern is Garter Rib from Sensational Knitted Socks. I like the rhythm of it...It's solid and true. I need that right now.
I also started my April 2013 socks on Monday...just in the nick of time:
I am making them for one of the Sock Knitters Anonymous April challenges - colorwork. I was planning on using a different yarn to make entrelac socks, but I just wasn't feeling it. The pattern is Vellamo and I am using up leftovers from my Color Affection shawl and another pair of socks.
Finally, I am almost to the armhole split on my cardi:
No matter what manner of chaos is in my life...It's all about the knit.
MK out.
Friday, April 26, 2013
FO Friday - 4/26/2013
It's about time I got around to showing the finished objects around here...
The oldest project is a lacy scarf:
I used one skein of Bollicine Sissi in this fun multi colorway. The pattern is Party Lace Scarf by Lisa Sisk. I had some different colored and shaped beads for the ends:
Next up is a Casu Cowl:
I had one skein of Madelinetosh's previous base for Merino Sport in Jade.
The pattern calls for worsted, but it is easily adaptable to different yarn weights.
I had some leftovers from my Tea Leaves Cardigan; so, I decided to make a Honey Cowl:
I can see why Kay Gardiner of Mason-Dixon Knitting cannot get enough of them!
The pattern is very rhythmic and soothing. I see more in my future. BTW- the yarn is Madelinetosh DK in Fragrant.
Finally, I present the Wingspan:
I used Poems Sock Yarn by Wisdom in a navy to gray and more-blues-in-between colorway.
I bought this colorway with the Dallas Mavericks in mind. I even got to wear it to the last game of the season. I like the pattern and I wouldn't mind making another one.
I am still working on my spring cardi...but I did start a little cardi Wednesday at Knit Night. I couldn't resist...
MK out.
The oldest project is a lacy scarf:
I used one skein of Bollicine Sissi in this fun multi colorway. The pattern is Party Lace Scarf by Lisa Sisk. I had some different colored and shaped beads for the ends:
Next up is a Casu Cowl:
I had one skein of Madelinetosh's previous base for Merino Sport in Jade.
The pattern calls for worsted, but it is easily adaptable to different yarn weights.
I had some leftovers from my Tea Leaves Cardigan; so, I decided to make a Honey Cowl:
I can see why Kay Gardiner of Mason-Dixon Knitting cannot get enough of them!
The pattern is very rhythmic and soothing. I see more in my future. BTW- the yarn is Madelinetosh DK in Fragrant.
Finally, I present the Wingspan:
I used Poems Sock Yarn by Wisdom in a navy to gray and more-blues-in-between colorway.
I bought this colorway with the Dallas Mavericks in mind. I even got to wear it to the last game of the season. I like the pattern and I wouldn't mind making another one.
I am still working on my spring cardi...but I did start a little cardi Wednesday at Knit Night. I couldn't resist...
MK out.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
WIP Wednesday - 4/24/2013
Don't faint! There's a WIP Wednesday post!!! I know!!!
But wait...there's more!!!
I only have one thing OTN right this minute.
You read that right.
I frogged the March 2013 socks (and I have finished everything else):
I love the pattern, I loooooovvvvveeeee the yarn (It's Timebomb by Gritty Knits)....but I just wasn't feeling it. I kept looking at the yarn and thinking it wanted to be a different pair of socks; so, back to the drawing board...
I haven't even decided what I want to make for the April 2013 socks, and the Sock Knitters Anonymous group is already talking about May. Oy!
So, here is what is currently OTN:
It's my spring cardi. This week, it would have come in handy...
I'd better get knitting.
MK out.
But wait...there's more!!!
I only have one thing OTN right this minute.
You read that right.
I frogged the March 2013 socks (and I have finished everything else):
I love the pattern, I loooooovvvvveeeee the yarn (It's Timebomb by Gritty Knits)....but I just wasn't feeling it. I kept looking at the yarn and thinking it wanted to be a different pair of socks; so, back to the drawing board...
I haven't even decided what I want to make for the April 2013 socks, and the Sock Knitters Anonymous group is already talking about May. Oy!
So, here is what is currently OTN:
It's my spring cardi. This week, it would have come in handy...
I'd better get knitting.
MK out.
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