Oblique

Pattern: Oblique by Veronik Avery @ Knitty.com
Yarn:Knit Picks Andean Treasure from Knitpicks.com

Frogged yarn from another sweater(bohemian tunic from Knit Picks )that I just didn’t love anymore.

1/13/09 Finished the back, had trouble with the ragland decrese and the lace pattern.

1/25/09 Finished both fronts and cast on both sleeves. Life lines…gotta have ‘em.
2/1/09 You know when you’re getting closes to the end of a knitting project and you just KNOW that you’re not going to have enough yarn…. and the company probably doesn’t have that color anymore, much less the same dyelot…..
2/6/09 I’m 100% sure that I will NOT have enough yarn for the the top half of the sleeves or the collar, thank goodness I’ll be in Bowling Green next week and get to visit the wonderful ladies at Craftyhands, they will have something that I will make work. (I believe in faireys too!!)
2/15/09 Nope, no alpacca in peach at Craftyhands, sigh….But they had so many other things. Have searched the Ravelry ‘stash’ for this yarn and found a few that may be willing to help out.
2/23/09 A WONDERFUL Raveleryer had this color in her stash and was kind enough to send me her extra. Finishing up the sleeves this weekend….YEAH!
3/5/09 SHE’s BLOCKING!!! well the back is, have to flip her over tomorrow and block the front. YEAH!! And even though two seperate dye lots were used, I can NOT see any color variation. SWEET!

Ruana

Pattern: Knit Ruana GU420 by Oat Couture
Yarn: Nero Kureyon Sock Yarn/Rowan Kidsilk Haze

I WAS on yarn restrictions, I WAS, until that fateful visit to Bowling Green, Ky. I was planing on running into Crafty Hand and looking for some peach alpaca…doesn’t exist, but that’s another story. So before I can leave, this pattern jumps off the rack and SCREAMS my name. Then Starla (the owner) says…"oh did you see this made up with the Noro Kureyon Sock and Kidsilk Haze", and whips out a finished ruana in these incredible strips, and a photo of about 10 knitters wearing theirs. There’s always a bunch of knitters at this place working on something, it’s such a cool place, if I lived in Bowling Green, I’d live at this yarn shop. There was at least 8 women working on mitered scarves at 10 AM and the store had just opened. I know ‘cuse I was in the parking lot waiting for them to unlock the door! So long story short-I’m making a Ruana-photo’s to follow…

Finished!!! March 29!

The Grim Squeaker Egg Cosy by Sally Pointer

I g0t to TEST knit this!!!
There I was cruising along through Ravelry, looking at the new patterns and projects that folks are working on. If I’m not knitting, I’m reading about knitting, looking at knitting, or thinking/wishing I was knitting. And I come across this little fellow, now I’m a huge Terry Pratchett fan, and if you don’t know about Discworld…well all I can say is "I’m sorry" I don’t have enough space here to explain why you SHOULD know about Discworld.
Long story short, I spot this little fellow, and post a comment on the designers page "I love Terry Pratchett, hope to see this pattern soon!"
Well, Sally Pointer sends me back a email, ‘want to test knit him?"
YES!!! I scream at my laptop!!! And RAN to my enormous stash of yarn (left over yarn from stash, 2ply instead of required 4py fingering weight. JaggerSpun Zephyr Wool-Silk 2/18 purchased at Sarah’s Yarn) and by the time I got back to my computer-well under 3 minutes- she had sent me the pattern and I had him started and finished by the next morning.

Thank goodness the Holidays are over!!! I'm beat!

I had a wonderful time, but I felt like I was on a knitting marathon. For a total, I knitted the following: 4 pairs of socks, 2 shawls, 2 scarfs, 1 vest, 3 hats, and 1 sweater. This lovely vest is for Nina, and as much as I tried, it wasn't finished in time, so she will get it when I get back to work.

The yarn is Scotian Silk and the pattern is Celtic Vest, both by Fleece Artist, but ordered from the very nice folks at Colorsong Yarn. The hardest part of this whole vest was picking out the color yarn I wanted, there is 42 colors...way too many!

While at my sisters for the holidays, I was able to finish my last holiday project (except for buttons). It was for me, so I didn't count it in the 'knitted gift.' The Favorite Cardigan from the wonderful book "custom knits" by Wendy Bernard. The yarn was JaggerSpun Zephyr from Sarah's Yarn.

Cable Cardigan

Pattern is Honey Gold by Deborah Newton from Knitter's Magazine 89, Winter 2007. Yarn is Lion Brand Fishermen's Wool in brown.

This was tough, I fell in love with this sweater and was NOT paying attention to the description in the pattern that said "for the advanced knitter" but I managed to pull it off.

This is going to be another Christmas gift, I still have one more pair of socks and one shawl to finish before the fat red man gets here. Wish me luck!

Rino the SEXY BEAST!

Isn't he SEXY??? He's not mine, but he's wearing my work. And looking just FAB roaming the neighborhood in his Houndstooth Check sweater made especially for him. The pattern is a combination of several and the yarn is Red Heart (washable-YEAH).

I found the stitch pattern and loved it and made some modification to a pattern in "Men Who Knit and the Dogs Who Love Them," towards the back of the book, can't remember the name, and of course I've shifted the library around so can't find the book at the moment.

Wanda's Prize

You'd think we've learned our lesson about gauge swatches. Yep, you'd think so, but you'd think WRONG! This is a very easy FREE pattern, and I have more of the yarn-Lily Sugar'n Cream Confectionary Colors Twists, so I'll be making it again. After one washing the cotton yarn drew up about a inch in length so this very pretty vest now belongs to my friend Wanda, who is modeling it in the picture.