My blue babies

I forgot to post these for Oct. This first one every time I took a pic of it the color seemed different. This was a KAL 22 leaves shawl. Once a certain amount of knitters were done with the clue the next one came out. This shawl had 2 different endings. I chose the crocheted bind off as I had not done that on a shawl yet.


The finished shawl. I do like this. First time playing with wollmiese.
I also test knitted a shawl. This one also could be blocked out to the ends different ways. I decided to do point, but may block it out to be scallops. I used Dream in Color Knitosophy for this one. We did not know the name for a week after we were done. Here is Damask Shawl.

slacker

has finally caught up!

i have updated all the october and november projects up to this point. if you are missing your "O," please let me know.

the holiday projects are also up to date. if there is no number in your holiday kal post, it was not counted (needs minimum yardage!).

WOW! with only 2 months left, there are 17 of you still going strong! truly amazing. i completely flaked! LOL!

My 11th entry to the 12/12/12

Okay, that would have been cooler had I saved it for *next* month, but since I don't trust my memory….. Here's yet another pair of slipper boots. This is a folded cuff pair using 750 yds of knitpicks something yarn, again doubled. Yes, it's the same yarn with pics taken from the ever lovely camera phone. If anyone happens to know who ran off with the cord to my camera, I'd love to know where it went. Okay, I know the last person to touch it, but they claim innocence. (shocker!) However, isn't it amazing what a third light source will do? At any rate, otn is a shell top for me……which I hope you'll be seeing this year! I have *another* pair of slipper boots to make, but I'm taking a few days off. This pattern is starting to grind on my nerves a bit. Now, the question is "will Shelly actually have something to submit to the holiday kal?" -chuckles-

Hope everyone is well!

Progress pics

First a holiday gift. It's finished, but needs a partner for enough yardage, so I'll show it again later. It's #28 in our family series. Each stocking is different, but follows the same basic design. About 200 yds of worsted weight acrylic were used.

Socks in progress
SKA Mystery Sock - I'm knitting one at a time, because of other commitments. Yarn is Hand Maiden Casbah, and the designer is Lisa Stichweh.

Second sock is from the Ram Club, called Alpine Hiker designed by Charles Voth. As the club implies, the yarn came with the pattern. It is from the Unique Sheep. I had to reknit the foot, because it was too small, but this try fits. They're for DH.

12/12/12 November Project Finished

I finished the husband's cabled socks yesterday and he wore them to work this morning! It is nice to be appreciated! :D

Started: 11-5-10
Finished: 11-10-10
Pattern: Rattlesnake Creek Socks
Yarn: Fiesta Boomerang(used most of 2 hanks)
Needles: 2.75mm

Now to start more Holiday projects!

2 more in progress pics for gifts

"Love washcloth" by Heather Mountain, free on Ravelry. I added 10 stitches to the pattern so I could have a 5 stitch seed border on both sides and added 5 rows bottom and top in seed stitch. 3.5mm needle in 8 ply cotton from Bendigo.

"Knitted Apple Cloth" by Rhonda K. White (also free on rav) in 10 ply cotton with 3.75mm needles.

Lily (part of future gift category entry)

Pattern is "Muguets (Lily) Dishcloth" by Danielle Cote available free on Ravelry. I made 5 repeats to make it more of a square. Loved making this pattern which is fast and easy. I started it last night and finished it about noon today and realized I had not taken a progress pic to post yet, hence the binding off photo. I will add it to the group of blocked cloths when I make the final entry. Definitely making more of this one for gifts. 8 ply cotton from Bendigo Mills here in Oz using 3.5mm needles.

November Project Started

These are socks for the husband. I think that I lucked out since he likes stripes and wild colors!

Started: 11-5-10
Pattern: Rattlesnake Creek Socks
Yarn: Fiesta Boomerang Camo Man (2 hanks)
Needles: 2.75mm

holiday gift entry progress :)

Both patterns from knitwits heaven and took less than a day from casting on. I finished the house last night and cast on for the peacock and finished all but the binding off this evening. I forgot to take a progress pic, so didn't bind off. Better pics when blocked. I think I will use a smaller needle for the next peacock. 8 ply cotton for the peacock using 3.5mm needles that I used for the daffodil. 10 ply cotton for the house. 4mm needles. Will make a yellow house soon and a blue peacock.

Back into socks

I am starting the Oklahoma sock again. I lowered the needle size of the pattern. It was too slouchy for me. Plus I have the Kentucky sock started too. I have never planned to have two pairs done in less than a month. But, I am going to try it.
I will post pictures next week.
Bianca, If you see this. You did a sock yarn blanket a while back. Did you use a pattern or just wing it?
Jody

daffodil finished and house shaped cloth started

I wanted to post the beginning of the house cloth started today after finishing the daffodil cloth. I will block it and post with the others when all are ready for a gift category entry, but thought you'd like to see the finished cloth since it is so pretty. I bought a peacock pattern today and have already started. What a surprise... :) These are certainly enabling the second sock syndrome to go into overdrive! But they are fun and I will be gifting them at Thanksgiving (I hope).
Both patterns available at Knitwits Heaven site.

holiday 3

Hi, I finished it! And love it so much! It is the topsy turvey cowl on the CPY site and Ravelry group KAL. Now, I have mitts and a cowl just in time for the cold weather. I cast on on October 15th and finished 11-6-10. Katie says since I finished it for her she should get it for her!birthday! I love Mini Mochi so much!

correction about daffodil designer

Ooops! I just posted the pic on ravelry and discovered that the daffodil washcloth was designed by Lisa Vienneau who is Alli Barrett's partner in "Knitwits Heaven".
Apologies for not giving her much deserved credit in previous post.

progress in gift for Cheryl

I started this Daffodil cloth by Alli Barrett yesterday and this pic is through row 44 of 64 rows. I will take a pic of all of the cloths when they are finished, blocked, and ready to gift. I need to get these ready to send back with our Thanksgiving houseguest so I'm working on them steadily. Bendigo 8 ply cotton and 3.5mm needles. Cheryl's new house has yellow in the kitchen and she loves daffodils. I can hardly wait to see her face when she opens the bundle of cloths. :)

New Socks on the Needles

I started a new pair of socks. I am using a self-patterning yarn this time,ONline Supersocke 100 Emotion III-Color which I found in Portsmouth, NH when we visited our daughter in September. Tomorrow we are off to Dallas where I'll have heart surgery. I hope to finish these during my recovery so I can post them in December.

Did I make it under the wire?

Wow. I can't believe it's already November. October was full of classes, swim meets and illness. I have no idea if we are passing around a nasty cold or some sort of the flu, but I hope it gets out of the house for GOOD!!! I lost a good two weeks with that last round. It's been a long time since I felt that badly. That being said, I hope you all are doing well. Here's my October project. Felted boots #2. This pair is for the same daughter. She talked me out of the yarn for my pair. Little snot! I must really love her or somehting!

Again, I used about 700 yards of elann yarn doubled and about 30 yards of single ply wool and the novelty yarn held together. Guess what's on the needles for November? Another pair of felted slipper boots for her teammate. Yep, go ahead and write sucker, gullible or whatever else you'd like on my forehead. I deserve it!

October Project

Almost forgot to post - worked the polls and it was busy. Another pair for husband, from a yarn he pulled out of my donation stash. Tofutsies, dyelot PR070511, 425 meters, although it sure felt like it was longer. These almost seem like knee socks and I HATE them. Sigh. This probably shows from how I jammed them on the scanner. Must do something different for November; these drained me.

Another Pair of Socks

I started a jacket for my daughter. I am using Cascade Ecological Wool and the pattern is Josephine. Here is a photo of the back.

I have another pair of socks to post for November. The yarn is Schachenmayr nomotta Regia Design Line Kaffe Fassett and I used almost all of 2 skeins (approx. 430 yards total).

another gift set started

Weave me Wash me cloth by Alli Barrett in Bendigo Mills 8 ply cotton 3.5mm needles

November challenge - progress image

Glows - for Vicki in Canada. The design is by Julia Müller. This is the front of the left glove, and it is a load of cabling. But the result is such a beautiful glove!!!