Posted in FO, Knitting on May 28, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I finished Sesame!!
*hmm…kinda hard to see…i’ll have to try to get better pics later*
I made the 38″ finished measurement size (figuring 3 to 4 inches of ease would do), used KnitPicks Wool of the Andes, US6 circs. Mods: added a few rows for length and only had 4 instead of 6 buttons. I blocked [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
KnittingI curled up on the couch in my jammies and had a date with Sesame and the TV. I am making progress on her – I had to rip out the buttonhole band though, because I picked up too few stitches and it was making the front bunch up. For some reason I [...]
Posted in Spinning on May 23, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I spun up 2 oz of this roving and have a full spindle of it. I think what I’ve decided to do is remove it to my niddy-noddy and then set the yarn as a single ply…and try to knit something with it, like a scarf. I want to see what it does [...]
Posted in Spinning on May 19, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Lookit! =)
My third attempt with spinning. This pre-drafting thing is REALLY helping out. I don’t want to ply this because I am in love with the colors and don’t want to mangle it with my sorry plying skills. When I’ve spun enough, I’m going to remove it to a holder (been [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
That’s what I said when my co-worker sent me pics of her baby wearing the new socks….they’re too small! Doh! They are about a good 1/2″ too small….but what’s really funny is that I finished the first sock, and right before the bind off I ripped it out to make it smaller because [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I’m making progress on Sesame. Funny how you see a lot of progress when you’re concentrating on ONE project at a time….although I have had to restrain myself from casting on socks numerous times!
Here is the progress shot…
I left the stitches live at the shoulders instead of casting off, and I did [...]
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