Let's just get Real Here...

Okay, so I'm definitely NOT going to make my goal I set in my previous post. Working this past weekend really sucked everything out of me and I really didn't do much after eight. Oh well, I guess I have something to take with me to Ontario to work on while I'm chillin' at the Folk's place.

I'll amuse you with this little quiz I took. My results are actully quite amusing as I graduated from the Funeral Director and Embalmer Program. Heh heh. Yep. That's right.

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Salina

I have been working on Salina from Vintage Style off and on since March. Not really being in a rush to get it done, it was worked on slowly when I needed something else to do for a while. I'm using Rowan Felted Tweed in Herb and I'm doing the XS size with a few modifications.



As you might be able to see, I'm knitting both sleeves at the same time. I am lengthening them a touch and want them to end up being the same. So to avoid any error, and to get them done seemingly 'quicker' they are both on the needles.

My goal now is to have it done in time for my trip to see my family on the first of next month -just under a week away and I'll be working four of those days. We'll see if I can manage it! I love a challenge.

Yay Me!!!

Here but not Here

I will not be posting for a while as I am preparing to write my board exams in about a month from now. No Knitting = No Blogging. (Well I shouldn't be anyways.) After this month long study break I may have to make one of these.

Kendra's Daisies

This is my 2 year old Niece in her new jumper. As you can see, she has lots of room to grow in it over the fall, winter, and spring.

New Sweater for School

This is my daughters sweater that I'm trying to finish in the next couple of weeks or so. Hopefully not too much longer than that. Work is keeping me quite busy lately and home life is going to start getting busier with school starting again so I'm really hoping that she can wear it before fall is over. We picked out this pattern from Phildar's Pitchoun ete 2006 magazine. The yarn is Phildar Aviso which is 60% cotton/40% Acrylic. It's a pretty thick yarn and reminds me of fat noodles you can get in Asian cuisine. Also, it's so soft. So far, no complaints about it. I love the colour she picked out too.


This is the front of the cardigan. I just have to find a zipper for it and of course seam it all up and weave in all the ends.


All the many little pieces... so much sewing to do...

Jarrett

My husband, Jason, is wanting a new cardigan for the fall. He's pretty picky about clothing. I wouldn't dare get him anything without consulting him first he's so picky. I showed him the Jarrett Cardigan from Rowan's "Vintage Style" back in the end of Winter and it didn't really do much for him then. Then I showed him Brooklyn Tweed's Jarrett and he really liked it. We went to the yarn store and picked out some Rowanspun DK in Mouse and it turned out to be pretty reasonable for Rowan.



So this is the back and is about 5cm from being completed. So far so good. Jason is happy... so I'm happy. Rowanspun is considerably soft even though it's 100% wool. I think the colour name is perfect for it too.



In other knitting news, I heard back from my sister and she and my niece both love the little jumper. Yay! When I get a picture I'll post it.

A Jumper For a 2 Year Old

Finally! I finished this late last night after talking with my sister. All I had to do was put the last pocket on. Not a diffficult thing to do but I didn't enjoy putting the first one on. But now it's done and on a plane to Ontario and soon to be worn my my niece. I used Elann's Den-M-Nit again for this one and I really love the way it looks. It was washed and dried before being put together and the yarn is nice and soft now. It also looks more like the denim it should be after the wash. Lovely. I had a hard time giving this one up but I had no one to wear it here so there was no point keeping it. It was made for the niece anyways.

Blue Daisy

So here's a sneak peak of a birthday knit for a soon-to-be 2 year old niece. All that is left to do on this is a button loop and sewing these daisies on the main body.

I'm finding joy in knitting kids clothes. They are quick and usually easy and for the most part colourful. I have a hooded jacket on the needles for my daughter. It's from Phildar's Pitchoun ete collection and is just about done. All that is left is the hem on the hood and the front and sewing up the many pieces. I need to take pictures of it to post here.
Stay tuned!

Bomber Cardi

15 balls of elann's Den-M-Nit in ecru can make one of these...




The "Bomber" cardi found in Rowan's Denim People by Kim Hargreaves.






I made this cardigan for my lovely sister for her birthday. It was the first knit I have made after about a 6 year break. I had forgotten how theraputic knitting is. I'm in love again.

Elann's substitute yarn worked wonderfully and I got perfect guage which is always encouraging. I washed, dried and blocked this knit and I am so pleased with the results. I was only taught how to knit on a pair of mittens before I moved away from my teacher, so I learned the rest on my own. I didn't know about blocking back then but I see how it really can make the difference between a "homemade" sweater and a "hand-crafted" sweater. So, it's a success. My sister has already worn it and she says it's a good fit.

Next post I'll show you something I made for my niece (my sister's daughter) once again featuring Den-M-Nit in Navy.

New Beginnings

I thought I would start a blog to journal my progress as a knitter and to document what I have done and where I would like to go. Now that I am done school, I feel that I can spend some of the little time that I have to do this. If you find yourself here, I invite you to leave a comment and enjoy your reading visit.