Panda cotton birthday sock

The first sock finished this morning and I hope to finish the second by July 3rd. If not, Fred will know the pair will be ready for his trip to the tropics mid-July. 1 full skein of the Delft blue and just a bit of the red ketchup and cream. Fits him just right and I'm ready to cast on the second.

Dog Days Entry

I'm hoping this qualifies for the Dog Day's KAL, hah!

Ravelry Link!

I started this shawl in June 2009, and I last worked on it on 7/21/09 when I mentioned being on row 15 out of 40 for clue #4. I know that seems like more than 2/3rds, but look at this thing. It's a friggin monster. It takes me like an hour just to complete one lace row and one knit row. I picked it up again last weekend for this KAL, and worked on it on and off this week, and I am STILL on clue stupid 4!

Here's a picture of it taken just after clue #3. You can see where I marked the end of clue #2 on this also - there's a light green lifeline going through it.



I'm still on the first skein of this monster, too, but it's almost done. That's 880 yards. I have about 17 rows left of this clue and then the hellish edging, so I figure I'll get through about half the second skein. I'll have to weigh it. I'll snap a picture and post progress of it before I start the edging.

I'll be lucky if I get this finished by the deadline while trying to keep up with 12/12/12. XD

Birthday socks started

I'm knitting as fast as I can to have these finished for Fred's birthday July 3rd. I've always made him something red, white and/or blue each year and especially since living here in Oz. We celebrate the 4th (which is still the 3rd in the States, of course) and his birthday at the same time + the birthday alone here on the 3rd and the 4th in the States (5th here) so we have a 3 day extravaganza of patriotic goodies and foods. It is VERY strange having this celebration in winter here, but we make up for the low temps in high spirit. :) Fred will be teaching in Darwin in mid-July so he will enjoy these cotton socks especially during the 90F days there. I adapted the Thuja pattern using 68 sts since it is a multiple of 4 sts. Fred normally wears a 72 st sock, but the elastic in this yarn stretches. I used a 2.5mm needle and am reducing it to a 2.25 now at the heel flap and the remainder of the sock.

Zaniness!

I'm leaving for out of town this afternoon. Here's the progress pic on the skirt I hope to have done by the end of the month. Adrienne, is it okay if I email the picture from my phone if I do get it done? I KNOW my parent's computer doesn't have bluetooth capabilities (it's a DINOSAUR) and I don't have the cord to go from phone to computer? If not, then the competition for the 12/12/12 has just gotten one easier! *grin*

Have a great one and I'll see y'all when I get back

(and as for yardage, I have 8 balls of cascade fixation in it so far, so I know I'm good there!) Love it!

June Projects

Well, I started on Adrienne's Frog Pond socks cuz I loved the Bugga! pair she made. I found some mystery purple yarn I got in a Woolgirl kit(came without a label). Needless to say, I ran out and can't get more. :(

Started: June 10
SO--I threw those into time out until I found another suitable yarn and started some Rubik's Cube socks.

Started: June 20
Yarn: Black Bunny Fibers Merino Classic "Rubik's Cube"
Needles: 2.5mm

At least I will have one project that will qualify for June I guess.

Mini-mochi rainbow socks finished

Mini-Mochi rainbow gridiron socks finished today. I now know I'm officially obsessed with knitting socks. I stayed up very late last night and finished these today on our 42nd anniversary for Fred. Now I need to knit some panda cotton socks for him to wear in Darwin mid-July when it might be in the high 80-low 90F temps. He will wear these as well since he requested them representing the rainbow coast where we live. :) I have a second pair of rainbow mini-mochi to knit with some blue bugga yarn which I might be tempted to do before the cotton depending on which yarn and pattern calls to me. It is winter here and knitting with wool is lovely. Hard to capture the jewel tone colors in this yarn. The pic with just the cuff is more true to the pretty colors. The fraternal twin look was done on purpose since I didn't want a near miss in trying to match them. It was a lot of fun making these and I will definitely make more in the future.

Another Baby Sweater

I had some put away, but this year, all the babies are girls. I needed another sweater. I will need still one more to put away for another time, but not just yet.

This is a Tomten Jacket, by Elizabeth Zimmermann. I used a cone yarn for the base yarn and odd balls to carry along. It has fuzz! It has glitz! It's washable!

June WIP

I used the Treasure Lace sock pattern (Montana) by Denise Henderly from the 50 Socks - 50 States CD. I am knitting them with Simply Socks Yarn Company's solid shades Magenta and Rose. I was hoping to knit these for the 50/50 KAL but then I switched projects when I knew I wouldn't have time to finish them. Heck, I am not a fast knitter and I didn't start them till May 15th so I don't know how I thought I could finish them. I knit these with square size 2 dpn. I think they will be fun as the second sock has reverse coloring! Nice pattern and yarn!!!

June Project

these were a test knit for Hunter Hammersen... fun pattern to knit!

Another Finished Project

This time I am posting the progress and finished photos together since this knitted up so quickly. It is the Saroyan pattern. I used 354.3 yards of Cascade Yarns Dolce in medium blue on size US 9 needles, and the finished size is 81" x 10". It only took 2 days to knit - it really flew off the needles! The color is most accurate in the progress photo.

June Finished Project

Work in Progress Picture


Finished Sweater!

I finished a Test Cardigan for a Baby Girl (who is yet to be born). I knit it with KnitPicks Stroll Tonal in Springtime colour which is very beautiful yarn and the varigation was perfect for the little cardi. It took a little less than 100gm (about 400 yrds).

Jill (jaerrt on Rav)

Another Shawl Completed

Here is my Haruni, finished and (finally) blocked. I love, love, love this pattern, although it is a major pain to block. I used 694.4 yards of JaggerSpun Maine Line 2/8 in apricot using US 5 needles. The finished size is 59" x 29". I can't wait to wear it! (I have uploaded photos of the shawl blocking as well as the completed shawl so you can see the shape.) I am very happy with this and can't wait to wear it.

June Progress

So far this summer my focus has been has been participating in the farmer's market. I have doing o.k. for a small town market.

This month I have been making socks, because I have been most successful items.

First I crocheted these pineapple tube socks. I still had plenty of cotton fingering yarn I bought over 10 years ago, so I used it in these socks.

Next I knitted these socks using snowflake wool yarn:

Finally I am currently crocheting these socks:

Progress Photos of Finished Projects

I am so sorry! Apparently I never posted these progress photos of projects I have finished. I hope its not too late! Here they are:

Icarus Shawl Progress Photo
Calais Shawl Progress Photo

1st mini-mochi sock finished (new UFO?)

About to cast on the 2nd sock so Fred can wear these to a fly-in on the 27th. Then he wants a 2nd pair with the 2nd skein using dark blue in place of the orange. The good thing is that he does like feeding my yarn addiction since he loves wearing socks made especially for him. :)

CONGRATS to ADRIENNE!

http://cherryyarn.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/06/another-winner-at-cherry-tree-hill-yarn-1.html


Hooray for our talented Adrienne! I bet we are all grinning ear to ear at this win. :)

Rainbow Gridiron socks for Fred

I found out that Fred will be teaching a course in Darwin next month and will be wearing Bermudas in the usually 88F tropics. I dyed this knit picks bare yarn with Wilton's copper and brown and decided it would work with a skein of mini-mochi Rainbow. I have a 2nd skein and will use it with blue on the top and bottom of the sock. We live on the "Rainbow Coast" and Fred loves the idea of wearing these when he teaches experimental plane maintenance procedures. He has many other airplane socks as you know. :) The pattern is Anne Hanson's Gridiron. I will finish these 2 pairs of socks in the middle of the UFO KAL projects which are on hold for now. I did finish the Tanta shawl and have to take a pic of it blocking. I know I NEED some more mini-mochi. Love that yarn! I started this sock in the morning and couldn't stop knitting because the colors are so gorgeous and I just kept going. It is quite addictive. One skein will easily make 2 cuffs.

Yes I knit more socks!

A finished pair of socks for my husband.

The yarn and pattern were part of The Ram Club from The Unique Sheep. The yarn has 4 gradations of color. DH has size 12 feet and there was not enough yarn. The pattern has a number of problems, starting with the transition from ribbing to pattern.

Started on May 1, 2010, I finished them June 10. I am not loving the yarn or the designer.

Baby sweater
I had sweaters for 2 little girls put away. This spring, 2 neighbors and a friend are having/have had girls. I need to give this before July 1, when the Mom leaves town. The pattern is Elizabeth Zimmermann's Tomten Jacket. I'm using cone yarn and a few odd balls. Size 6/4.0 mm needles.

I got a thrill out of grafting the hood in garter stitch. The intructions and diagram were in Knitting Workshop.

2 Finished Shawls, 2 New Projects

I have 2 finished shawls and 2 new projects to post.

The finished shawls are Icarus and Calais. Icarus took 1212.5 yards of Lorna’s Laces Helen’s Lace Multi in Devon on US 3 needles . It is a little too busy for the design, but I love the colors and the design of this shawl. Calais took 444 yards of Louet Gems Fingering Weight in Neptune on US 5 needles. This was a very quick knit.

The projects in process are Haruni, which I am making with JaggerSpun Maine Line 2/8 in Apricot on US 5 needles, and a pair of basic ribbed socks in Austermann Step using US 2 needles. (It is difficult to take good photos because the colors are very dark.)

progress pics I forgot to post for June

June 12/12/12 projects

This is my 3rd Land of Oz shawl and has been gifted to my friend who chose the color. The yarn is Cascade Heritage paints and it used almost the entire skein with enough left
for the stripe in Andrew's alpaca hat I made for his bald head due to chemo. I'm happy to say he wears it all the time. The camera washed out the colors and I hesitated to include 3 pics, but it is a wonderful pattern and I encourage you to knit it. Jacques Cousteau Hat available free on ravelry.

I also made 2 pairs of Aran bed socks. The first was going to be a gift and I somehow measured 1/2" short for my friend so I kept that pair for moi and made another pair for her. For a person with raging SSS, it took a lot of discipline to knit 4 matching socks in a row! It was fast pattern and I will make another pair for her in cotton for Christmas when it is hot here.

I made the Japanese Feather Stitch cowl for her birthday out of 5 ply alpaca using a free pattern designed by Gale Ulvang on ravelry which Cheryl kept on almost all weekend during her visit.

UFO Number One

Yes, it's the return of the Sassy Skirt. I got a HOLE in it, Dear Liza, Dear Liza. So FIX it dear Shelly, dear Shelly, dear Shelly. So FIX it dear Shelly Fix it!

And that would be my number one goal of this ufo season. Hopefully there will be more to come. Now, how to keep up with both leaves me CLUELESS!!! Maybe it'll rain tomorrow, and I'll get up early, and I'll be really productive and MAYBE I'll have time to knit tomorrow afternoon. Am I delusional or WHAT?!?

red frogs in the pond!

here are my tomato frogs!

ode to frogs and the pond
bugga in tomato frog

the pattern was modified to center the lace down the instep. i tweak my own patterns. is that sad or what?!

12m/12p/12boy may

may credits ("Y") have been posted. did i miss anyone?

Dog Days UFO

Cotton sweater

I started this project in June 2009. The body is 3-color seed stitch. I learned this technique in a Lily Chin class. The jacket is based on a Vogue sewing pattern and will eventually have lace on all edges.

Here's a close up of the fabric. I am using dishcloth cotton in variegated color I've had for years and years, off white, and sage green.