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October 23, 2006

I still don’t have many pics yet. I know: Stinkee ladee! But I’ll try to get to that really soon. In the meantime, I thought I would share my mommy pics. They have one knit and one knit only. Kind of dark here, but I am definitely photo-challenged so…

Aren't mommy pics the best?! Mmmhhmm, sure. Uh, by the way, Mya likes to take baths in the bathroom sink...where I brush my teeth...Well, at least she likes to take them right?

I got the idea to use the lb magic stripes yarn that I bought eons ago from Arleta. I had no clue what to do with it-I really just wanted to see it stripe (yup, it only takes that much and I'm buying-darn gimmicks).

I think she did a whole set for her kiddies. So far, I have only made the cap for Mya. I got bored with the yarn at that point-didn't seem to look as good as what I remembered Arleta's looking like. And when I looked on the wrapper, I was a little pissed that I didn't notice it didn't look good on that either before I bought it! That's where the big stripe of red came from. I did some kind of slip-stitchy thing with that segment that I don’t think will pass for mosaic knitting, but looks cute enough anyway. Crazy thing is, while I was working with the red, I started thinking it wasn't a really good match for the red in the lb yarn at all. But I wanted to just finish the hat and critique it later. When I did finish it, I thought it was kind of cute, even though for the life of me, I do not know what kind of yarn that red yarn is....

So lesson learned: I don't have to be so precious with the knits all the time. I’d better make a longer hat though because I pile her hair on top of her head in ponytails all the time. It's the only way she won't keep pulling at it. So this cap, that was supposed to go to her ears, only goes to half her ear. Knitterly thinking is coming ever so slowly, but surely folks.

Now the greatest part of the knitting of this hat is that I used the instructions from Math4Knitters to do it! Well all except for the six inches part. I love that podcast! It's gives the power back to the knitter. [Mischievously eerie laugh here] It was one of the earlier episodes. I also loved that I didn’t have to continually glance at a pattern throughout the process. Yeahhhhh!

Happy knitting. Hopefully next time I’ll have more pics on this camera. Hrumph!!

Posted by stacey at 03:05 PM

October 09, 2006

Well, still not much to post about. I do know why and I don't know why...I've done a lot of knitting. It's just that none of it's coming out right. I figured I'd just show my latest and best mistake anyway. Here is my simple (heh heh) scarf.

I have it hanging over the bed post because it's irregularly shaped. Don't ask me how. It was just supposed to be a regular square but it looks more like a kite now! I did pretty well with the beginning of the pattern. But I messed up on the decreases somehow. Probably not thinking as much. You know that book Mindful Knitting? Yeah, I did the opposite of that. And don't mind the easels in the back. None of that's finished either. LOL.

I have been working on the Log Cabin blanket. For as many stitches as I've knit around that thing, you'd think I'd be finished. But it's so slow that that's not really worth a pic at the moment. Maybe next time. It's a cutey though.

I picked up this book the last time I splurged on knit content called Knitting for Peace by Betty Christiansen.

This book is just a great book. It has loads of stories and anecdotes in it about how different organizations are helping people today with knits. It also contains the patterns (most of them very simple) that these organizations accept. Peace for kids, peace on earth, peace in your neighborhood...I even learned about out how Peace Fleece was born. Plus the book itself is just beautiful (as all Melanie Falick books are).

Now, if I can keep my mind on the knit in hand, maybe I can get through a pattern without those mindless mistakes...

Posted by stacey at 12:51 PM