These are horribly addictive, I just wish I had more leftover sock yarn. I don't usually knit socks, I usually use sock yarn for shawls, and use up every last bit of yarn, and I used up most of the sock yarn I had laying around for my sock yarn blanket.
I'm thinking of beading the string I'll use to hang them, so they're a bit more sparkly. I do love my sparkle.
They're a bit fiddly at first, there's only about 16 stitches for most of it, and the first few rows are kind of annoying. The very first sock I made, it took me a good half hour just to deal with the small stitch count. But once I got the hang of it, I was addicted. And turning the heel is so much fun on wee socks! Will definitely be making more of these.
I can actually totally see myself making hundreds of these.
I loooved making this, the rows seemed to take forever towards the end, until the stitch count was drastically decreased and the rest was knit in managable sections. I looove that too.
I love the way it's constructed, and I adore the stitch pattern. It's a little bit big (in width) but I think that may be because of loose gauge.
This pattern was a bit demanding, definitely something you have to pay attention to. But I love patterns like that, and I feel like I knit them faster for some reason.
This pattern was written in honour of Anna Baltzer, it's really nice to see patterns with a meaning behind them.
I decided that because my parents so desperately need an afghan, that I would make them one for Christmas. It's funny because all my mother knits are blankets and she only has one handmade one, and it's falling apart.
Of course, I chose a pattern (counterpane with leaves) that required quite a bit of seaming, as I always do, because I absolutely hate seaming and I have to complain about something. I still have about 60% left to do, fortunately the blocks (when seamed together, ugh) end up being about 25"x25" so it's not like I'll be spending more time seaming than knitting as I did with my sock yarn blanket. The photo only shows the inner square, my favourite part, and needs some serious blocking.
I adore knitting (obviously) and would consider myself a process knitter rather than a product knitter, but sometimes you just need to get something finished to get some of your knitting spark back. The perfect solution is, of course, dishcloths.
I didn't start out making dishcloths, I just jumped into things, but I kind of wish I had. I probably wouldn't have been so discouraged. But I also never really "got" the whole dishcloth thing for a really long time, it really wasn't until about last year that I fully understood it. And it is definitely something that you can't explain, you just have to experience. So, I like giving them as gifts for that very reason.
I've made a few dishcloths this week, three to be exact, all of which will end up as gifts, I'm sure.
This one, I totally didn't think I was doing it right and didn't think the image would appear at all. That is, until I finished, and then finally it made sense, not too pleased with how it turns out. i'm not a fan of blocking dishcloths, it makes me feel a little weird. But I think, if I were the blocking-of-dishcloths type, it would definitely be blocked.
This one is actually much larger than a traditional dishcloth, but I think it'd make a perfect potholder. So cute, love the heart!
I loved watching the images come out, row by row it would slowly come together and make more sense. And sometimes I have no idea how it's going to turn out and wonder if I should frog. I love the image-cutesy-dishcloths, but I know that they're not always the most practical. I'm gearing up for some "serious" cloths soon.
And yes, it was all made from a giant skein of Bernat Handicrafter cottons, thanks for noticing. I don't even know how I came to own this yarn, but I'm kind of sick of the colour now.
I really need to stop taking photos in the middle of the night, they don't produce blog-worthy shots.
One of the worst things ever after completing something, patting yourself on the back for job well done is when you set your work down and admire it for a bit before weaving in your ends...and you find this:
At first it just looked like it was slightly off, no big deal. And then I moved it around a bit and, no..no it can't be. But yes, it was. Fortunately this yarn is a stubborn one which is what frustrated me about it the first time I tried frogging it and failed horribly, and cried a bit about it because this yarn is delicious. If it weren't a stubborn yarn, this would have ended in tears. So, I took out my needle, and in a calm manner I carefully stitched it up, and no one (except myself, the internet, and everyone that compliments me on this) will know. Everything is fine, I can't even tell where it was now. I would've loved it even if I could. It's perfect.
Pattern: Wisp
Yarn: Chiffon by Yarn Chef
Needles: 5mm
I looooove this! I love it more than my black one, it's just so soft. I adore this yarn so much, I adore Yarn Chef definitely check her out. Even though it barely weighs anything, it's quite warm. I can't wait to wear it today, I was so excited about it I worked an outfit around it. I'm not sure if I'll wear it any other way but as a scarf, so I haven't added any buttons, but if I wanted to wear it as a capelet I'll probably end up just using a shawl pin. I can't seem to find any buttons that wouldn't pull and distort it. But I do love a good button hunt.
I'm not really a hood person either, but because it's so light, I might give it a try. It just seems a little tedious to do the whole ribbon thing up the back. We'll see.
This has really helped me not go crazy by overthinking things. It's a simple pattern, but it still needs a little bit of attention, and every few rows I would stop and stare at it a bit, pet it a bit, and generally admire it.
I'm sad it's over. But I've already added this pattern to my knit-list for Christmas gifts, so I'll revisit it when I finish up some other things. I could probably make the same thing three times in a row, but it can't be too healthy.
As soon as I cast off my first Wisp, I immediately cast on for this one using some gorgeous yarn that I had gotten as a gift quite awhile ago. I originally was using this yarn for something else and thought I had ruined it with frogging because I totally lost my place in the pattern and had to start again. I kept this yarn for a long time after that because I knew that even though it was a small bit of laceweight I could surely use it for something!
I'm almost done now, and I absolutely love it! It's so soft and the needles still weigh more than the scarf does.
There will definitely be more Wisps in the future...possibly for Christmas. Now that I know a small amount of laceweight can go pretty far with this pattern, I can use up all my partial skeins. And this excites me to no end.
As a continuation from yesterday, after wearing my garter fingerless mitts before going to bed, it bothered me all night that the lines on the hand didn't match up with the lines on the thumb. So I woke up and re-did them. Yeah, that's right, I couldn't sleep after not sleeping for a day because the lines on my fingerless mitts didn't line up the way I wanted to and it was haunting me a bit.
I ripped out the seaming, knit an extra 10-15 rows because I have fat hands and it wouldn't have fit otherwise, changed the tumb a bit, and then because I need some frill..I added in a crochet border along the top. Coupled with a much better photo, I'd say round two was much better.
