Knitting Update.

Here's what I've been working on:

The EZ Baby Surprise Jacket. I'm concerned that I might run out of yarn (Lorna's Laces Worsted in 912 Kedzie, lot 1747... in case you have it). Hopefully, I'll be able to find more soon.  This is what it looks like so far, I added a panic thread, in case I have to pull back to incorporate a new dye lot or something. I think I marhed the pattern where I place the thread, so I don't something twice, or not at all. It Looks really funny to me but ...

This is the drawing I've been presented with in the book. Helpful.

The Paternal Twin Shawl A is coming along quite nicely. The rows are getting longer, at this point there are 11 repeats in each row, then there will be 12 then 13 until I run out of yarn. Honestly, I love it. I was frustrated with everything, wait till you see what I have next, so I picked this back up and finished a whole section in 1 day.

It turns out that you can use a gram scale to make sure you have the same amount of yarn per Mitt. LeAnne from knit night brought her scale (and cupcakes!!!) so I could divide my hand spun for the Jane Austin Mitts. LeAnne asked me if I had my own digital scale last week and I looked at her for a long moment before responding "no...? I'm not a drug dealer...?" The whole table started laughing so hard I thought we would get kicked out. LeAnne replied, "neither am I, they are useful to knitter too!" huh, learn something new every day!

I seriously was having way too much fun being the human swift. The yarn kept pulling off and then I'd laugh and look a little bit manic. It was awesome.

All my balls on LeAnne's scale. I'm trying to tell you, Knit Night is so much fun, I'm surprised Huz lets me leave.

That's Wanda in the back enjoying her cupcake a lot, the Las Vegas Spin Fairy and I love her. She brought me the yarn featured in the bottomest photos. LeAnne brought them because I was came to knit night the week of my birthday and no one knew and she needed an excuse for cupcakes. I provided said excuse. They were from a place here in Vegas called Nothing Bunt Cakes and they were the most amazing cupcakes I've ever had.

This sweater went from here...

...to here...

...by way of her. Lol. KaBean had a lot of fun helping me frog the Borealis Sweater. It felt really good to get that yarn back...

...there was a whole lot of it, and I love it, and it's too pretty to be stuck in a UFO that will never get finished.

 

I just thought this was too cute. Love this girl!

Wanda gifted me with some gorgeous, custom, hand painted yarn in my perfect colors. Probably a little less than 250 yards of beautiful. I chose to do a really neat Moebius Lace pattern, but as I knit along, I realized that I really really hate the purl side of the pattern and need to rework the whole thing.

I LOVE the top, the lace pattern shows really nicely on the knit side, but I feel quite sure that there has to be something that will look better for the bottom section. If you don't know anything about the wonder that is Moebius Knitting, stay tuned, I'll have a whole bunch of posts about it coming up, it's the most amazing, frustrating, tricky things I've learned in a long time.

Details From My Basket

Details of the Martinmas Shawl. This thing is amazing. I love the colors, the texture, the fabric. I'm loving the way the stitches practically tell me whats next. I love the way the pattern is written, I'm not really a chart reader. Although, thanks to my new book by Cookie A., it's my new knitting skill goal.

the colors in the middle pic are closest.

This is the Baby Surprise Jacket. I love it. is it possible to say that too often about knitting? about anything? I love the way the colors are climbing up on top of each other, shifting. Also, this yarn is soft. It's that simple. Soft. Yarn. Lorna's Laces Shepard Worsted. 




And here we have the Misunderstood Hat. I think it's awesome. I don't know if I love it as much as say, The BSJ, but it is awesome. And people seem to like it, so that's always nice to hear. I'll be doing a wooly mail day soon and get all my woolish packages off at once... pst~ Taryn, I'm looking at you with some homespun clutched in my hand.

Love. Le Sigh...

Can I just say how much I love my knitting basket right now? Well, I do, I love it. I love my port-a-projects. That F@#king Shawl is amazing. I found the exact point of disaster several rows back and made the executive decision not to pull back all the rows because it could be fixed with a fudge on the row I pulled out yesterday... the row with the 2 huge mistakes... I really didn't want to tink back multiple rows with the Mushishi, it just really dislikes that. So the fudge fix has been made and I'm back knitting the rows of lace with speed and happines. I'm ignoring the fact that I really am quite sure the yarn wont last, ignorance is bliss?
I'm also LOVING the Baby Surprise Jacket right now too. It's probably the oddest thing I've ever knit and the directions are sooooo not what I'm used to, but I love it. I really love watching the colors change in the yarn. With all the decreases and random increases and seams, the colors never quite stack up the same way twice. I think part of why I'm enjoying this odd pattern so much is because it is written  in a way that lets me not worry about how many in each row. There is no instruction for each row, just goals to meet. Total number of stitches or ridges or decreases to reach, but not step by step instructions. This means I can knit for a few rows then stop and admire the work, take stock of where I am, keep knitting a few more rows, etc. It is finally starting to be the simple, quick knit I was looking for.
And always in my basket, but actually getting worked on is the Perpetual First Second Sock. This is my first case of Second-Sock-itis and it's a doosey. I love the yarn, the pattern is simple. It's a good quick knit. But it's boring. And I already made one... oh well, I'm close now... a few more rows to the toe, then the toe, then done! I know I can finish this. Lets see... can I finish the PFSS in 7- no- 9 days? Yes? maybe... that would be just a few rows every day. I bet I could. This might be the first real goal I've set myself in a long while. Wanna watch me blow it? fun!