WIP Wednesday

The last WIP Wednesday for 2011

Another pair of Garter Stitch Striped Mitts and a Scarf to match!

My winter coat and jacket are black.  What better way to accessorize than with a red and black (with a touch of grey) scarf and mitts.

The mitts need seamed and the scarf is over half done. 
I'll try to get it finished by Saturday night bringing my total finished projects for the year up to 32.  (that's 6 more than last year!)

WIP Wednesday

I have managed to get in a little knitting time...

Pink baby socks

and the start of a Pink Scarf

I know, I know... it looks like spaghetti.  But wait! when it's done it is really cute!

(I guess I've moved on to the color pink now, lol.  I'll be back to the purple socks this weekend)

Still

                          Still working on...

Socks

 Shawl

 

 Scarves

  

 Sweater

 

 Master Knitter Program

 

... and STILL fighting a stomach virus!!!  

Traveling and knitting

By now you have been wondering what I've been up to and why I haven't blogged in f-o-r-e-v-e-r!

We went on a road trip. A very long road trip.  4,130 miles worth of road trip. Fifteen states in two weeks worth of road trip. We crossed over the Mississippi before it flooded and wondered if we'd be able to get back across it!

We got to see family (the purpose of the trip).  It was very hard to leave everyone but we did have a good visit.

And we did make it back across the swollen Mississippi River.

I made sure I took plenty of traveling knitting. Probably way too much but hey, you never know. My plan was to work on sock mates and finish a scarf. I did not get as much knitting done as I thought.  BUT... I did finally finish March's Year of Stash Socks and one scarf.

And I am working on the mate to this sock....

Now I'll catch up with my blog reading.

WIP Wednesday

This week I worked on the Advent Calendar Scarf

Monday night was the local Knitting Guild meeting.  Our program for the evening was on Fair Isle and Stranded Knitting.   We had a small project to try stranded knitting.  I finished mine the next day.  Cute little cup cozy.

WIP Wednesday

A few things I've been working on this week...

Advent Calendar Scarf

finished Day 3 and spacer... started day 4

Laura Nelkin Mystery kal

clue 3 started... still have 12 more repeats of clue 3

And something completely different

a needlepoint piece... Terracotta Celtic Knot

Cables!

Yes I like cables.   And as I mentioned... here's the finished scarf, hat, and mitts...

The first half of the cable class went well.  Everyone was excited about trying to knit cables.  They all ended up with homework, lol.  I will have them start their cable projects next week at the second half of the class.

(I may make the pattern available to purchase at a later date)

Finished Knotty Braid Scarf

Pattern is written up and ready for class.

The Sweater Challenge week 8...NOT!

Scarf love!  YES!!

 Instead of the weekly update on the sweater challenge, we bring you this brief blog about scarf love.

I have 3 scarves on the needles and after seeing SuKnitWitty's new scarf obsession, I find I must start another scarf! I have the perfect yarn in my stash. So it will be a stash buster!  And bonus... I'll have a head start on Christmas gifts. win-win!!

 To get back to the scarves...

... I need to get a cable scarf finish for a class I am teaching. So my Advent Calendar Scarf and my Glitter Scarf are now on hold along with my Entomology Scarf.

So I told the Wed Knit girls I'd be working on my scarf and they could take a break from their sweater knitting.  SuKnitWitty was all for that since she is currently obsessed with the Progressive Scarf.  Gina didn't get the memo. But, she has a deadline to meet on a hat project. So it was Scarves and a Hat Wednesday!

And of course there was plenty of tea!

WIP Wednesday

Not much progress on my wips although I have been busy.

Right Twist Ribbed Fingerless Mitts

A basic ribbed fingerless mitt with a right twist thrown in for a different look.

I used Knit 1 Crochet 2 Crock-O-Dye color 289 (reds).  It has 15% silk in in! s-o-o-o soft.

Hiya Hiya 9" circular US 2

My Advent Calendar Scarf

I have ripped out frogged the nupps and added beads.

Of course I did not realize I would be frogging the nupps and then frogging the beaded rows 2 times!!

It does make a difference in the stitch count when you forget or drop (don't know which I did) a yarn over.

AND of course you don't discover that error until you've done 3 more rows and the beads are not lining up like they should.

It is hard to see but the beads used in place of nupps are a purple color. (and yes, I did pick them out from  a bag of mixed beads)

Maybe next week I'll have a new sock (or two) to show you. I haven't started February's socks yet. (and no, I have not finished the green Monkeys or the Teal cable socks. I like to have lots of choices to choose from depending on what I feel like knitting)

WIP Wednesday

... a quick wip Wednesday post

I did finish one of the blue socks, did the spacer rows (8) and start the next section on the scarf, but did not work on the green sock.

It doesn't sound like much knitting but I did research and a swatch for the Master Knitter program. 

I also found myself spending hours with websurfing and reading blogs.  (really cuts into the knitting time, lol)

So hopefully I'll have a bit more done for next Wednesday.

WIP Wednesday

Remember the yarn that was wound last week?

I had a chance to start them all.

Blue St. Brigid's Carnamoyle Stockings (YOSS),  Green Monkeys (a gift), and the Dolphin Scarf.

WIP Wednesday

Does it count if the yarn is wound and the pattern is chosen....

.... but I haven't actually cast it on the needles?

No progress on the Bermuda teal cable socks. I did finish the fingerless mitt for the class I'll be teaching in February.  And I did read through the "Welcome" to the TKGA Master Knitter Program.  And I wound the Cascade 220 for the Master Knitter swatches.

So yes, I think winding the yarn can count as "in progress." 

Finished Garter Ascot

Ta da....

 ...and modeled...

 (really hard to get a good picture of the true colors but it is dark reds and greens)

Just in case I forgot to show the "Not Really" Gringots Goblin Sock finished...

(yep, one down, one to go)

WIP Wednesday

Here is what I had for last week's WIP Wednesday...

 ... but the blog/internet/cyberspace... did not cooperate

 ...in the mean time.... more work was done.     This picture shows what it looks like today...

and the colors are better shown in this picture

Pattern: Garter Stitch Loop Through Scarf (rav link) by Marci Richardson
Yarn: Knit Picks Memories (no longer available), Color: Redwood Forest
Needles: Brittany Birch US4/3.5mm

Nothing new...

Not much new going on here... just been busy knitting scarves...

and waiting for my turn in the DishRag Tag. I should be next. If you check it out, we are not one of the top 3, but it's still fun!

Aquarius - High Energy Day

So today is a high energy day for Aquarius'

"Your energy level is likely to be quite high today. Your self-confidence and capacity for hard work ought to be higher than usual as well. There should be plenty of different things for you to have to deal with at the moment, but you should be more than ready to take on whatever challenges you face right now." (CaliforniaPsychics.com)

I thought I was feeling extra energetic. I got up early, took the dog out, made the bed, did a load of laundry, and now I'm blogging!!

I have been pondering thinking about designs for some scarves. I'd like to have a couple easy, a couple medium, and maybe one challenging (or advanced intermediate). So I have been knitting little swatches and scribbling on my graph paper.

I know, I know, you are probably asking what happened to working on the UFOs?! They are still percolating. But I have set a goal (so this is my challenge, right?) to have these scarves ready by Oct.

So since today is such a high energy day, I should be able to whip out at least two or three patterns, right?... right?

Mindless tasks

Today's blog is brought to you by the letter "B"

"B" for beads...

I managed to knit 6 repeats of an 18 row pattern repeat on the second Undulating Waves Scarf before running out of beads.

Anytime you want a mindless task, just string some beads!

You don't have to think about anything (yeah, right, my mind can't think about nothing) But it is a good task for letting your mind wander... relieving stress... talking on the phone...

BUT, it does take up time.



Yes, I started another Undulating Waves Scarf. This time I strung enough beads to do 6 full repeats before having to break the yarn and string more beads. (I don't want to admit to being ocd but yes, I did count how many beads are strung. And yes, I tried very hard to match up where I cut the yarn and started again) I know I can do another 6 full repeats before having to string the last 462 beads.

So this afternoon I spent an hour stringing more beads...


And after I strung the beads, I wound all that bead laden yarn into a paper bowl...
(looks like spaghetti, doesn't it?)

Keeping the beaded yarn in a bowl helps with containing the yarn in one place, keeps it from tangling, and overall makes it easier when knitting and sliding beads (not in use) down the yarn.


So, I had a stress free afternoon. I didn't get to ponder over the worlds problems... my mind was too busy jumping from subject to subject like what to fix for dinner and how soon can I cast on for the Entomology Wrap. (Yesterday I got the yarn and beads from EarthFaire.)