July Project: My First Sweater

This mystery yarn used to be a rather long skirt and I turned it into a great sweater for my youngest dd.  This is my first attempt at a sweater and I didn't want to use good yarn in case I totally mangled it.  In progress:

I knitted top-down and totally mangled that first sleeve.  But it all came together in the end and my daughter is very happy with it.  Finished project:

I trimmed it with a yellow bow.  The bottom is 3 by 1 ribbing.  I was very happy with this project.

What do you do...

... for my husband with cold feet? Exactly! Knit him a pair of socks!

I worked up a pair toe-up socks for him in Hifa 2 Ullgarn,(purchased at www.nordicwool.nl And on US 4 needles, it is a pretty quick knit!
Pattern is my own... if you like I'll make it available through the Ravelry store in time.

Wat doe je...

voor mijn echtgenoot met koude voeten? Dan brei je een paar sokken! Deze zijn teen-omhoog gebreid in Hifa 2 Ullgarn, die ik bij www.nordicwool.nl heb gekocht. En op naalden 3 breit het heel snel!

Laat gerust weten of er interesse is in het patroon - dan zet ik het te zijner tijd in mijn Ravelry winkeltje!

Isla Vista Shawlette

Isla Vista Shawl-ette : 2 skeins Mini Mochi Spice Market ---on size 6 needles.

I made up the pattern. Reminds me of little waves surounding an island of garter stitches. 78" by 9"---shallow triangle shape.(It grew a bit after blocking!)

i LOVED working with this yarn. The colors are phenomenal. They appear to be different in different light. Don't know how that is possible....but it is.

wip:

More info: Isla Vista Shawlette

Prime Time KAL - 7/11 WIP

Doing a couple of things this month...First I am using the Lepidoptera Mitt Pattern by Allison Van Zandt (SSYC)and Dream in Color Smooshy yarn in the Dusky Aurora colorway, Going to give them to my mother because her hands are always cold. Second I am making the Fluttered footies by Michelle Hunter (Knit Purl Hunter) using Trekking XXL in the 09 colorway. I bought this yarn in Hawaii years ago and rescued it from my stash. Time to go back to Hawaii!!! Both patterns are available on Ravelry.

rooster scarf started for August entry in Prime Time KAL

http://www.ravelry.com/projects/peacockmom/flamingo-scarf

I'm posting the start of this August project before I lose the picture. I am making this up as I go along and having lots of fun.

surprises for Fred and Chris for another primetime July entry

http://downcloverlaine.blogspot.com/ We are honored that Elaine Fitzgerald named this croc cloth "Fred" and posted it on the year anniversary of the Kakadu crash. I made one for Fred and one for Chris as a token of our good fortune. I'll make one for the other two passengers as well.

As I was posting the croc cloth, I remembered that I hadn't posted the birthday red, white and blue ones. They are also an Elaine Fitzpatrick free pattern and easily knit in a day. The only one not her pattern is the multi colored Grandmother's Favorite.

The "rooster" made out of the bird pattern is also a free pattern and a quick knit, although fiddly. It is called "Happy Bird" and can be found on Ravelry.

July Primetime KAL Project

WIP Pic



Finished Pic

I feel like I have really knit this last month because I was working on this blanket and now I know why I hate knitting blankets... too long, too boring and too many stitches. I figured that it was 100 sts wide, 40 rows per stripe and 5 stripes, therefore 20000 stitches of garter stitch and that's not including the border..ugh. The only great thing about it is that my little 3 year old recipient LOVED it and hugged and cuddled it...lol.
I used 6 balls of Vanna's Choice worsted at 170yrd/ball (so 1000 yrds).. Thank the Lord, it is all finished!

Jill (jaerrt on Ravelry)

Fresh-picked cardy goodness

Here's my July entry for the KAL.  I made the Fresh-Picked Color 3/4-Sleeve Cardigan, but I obviously made the long-sleeved, long-bodied version.  My daughter and I are happy with the results!  I made the smallest size and used ~400 yards of cotton blend yarn.

 

 

 

She's holding the gauge swatch for my current project!

Jasmine scarf KAL progress

16 repeats of Jasmine and 30 gms used so far of Tapestry Rainbow Mini Mochi. Love this :)

See my Rav project page for easier method to do k3tog tbl courtesy of Adrienne. This technique has made the difference between frustration and enjoyment knitting this pattern. :)

Ihttp://www.ravelry.com/projects/peacockmom/jasmine-lace-scarf

Leap frogging the year away - July

So here's another project started in one month and finished in another.  Started June 28 2011, completed July 15 2011.  Rav page. 96 g of Patons Kroy Socks FX = 318 yards.  These will be a present for my niece.

2011 Prime Time! July project #1

Pattern: Stjarnblommesockor, toe up by Wendy Johnson
Yarn: KnitPicks Stroll (sapphire blue), KnitPicks bare fingering (dyed green), and Bamboo&Ewe (red)
401 yards total
Needles: 2.00mm, 2.5mm
Started: 7 July 2011
Fin: 13 July 2011

July Project finished

Yet another pair of socks down! Sorry, Adrienne, I just couldn't bring myself to match the stripes. :(




Started: 7-1-11
Finished: 7-10-11
Pattern: Parallel Twist by Jeannie Cartmel
Yarn: Three Ewes Twisted in Fiber Blue Ewe in Harmony
Needles: 2.5mm
Mods: Top down rather than toe up, flap and gusset heel rather than short row and cuffs are 8" long

True Colors -- *Isla Vista Shawl*

I finally got a **decent** photo of my July wip - Isla Vista Shawl in minimochi -- Spice Market. Thought it was worth posting....the colors are really great.

Jasmine scarf in Tapestry Mini Mochi started

4 lace repeats so far on this CPY KAL Jasmine scarf. After a rocky start flubbing the picot CO several times, I decided to omit that part and move on. Loving using this MM as usual and Adrienne's pattern is tricky enough to keep my interest, but not too hard which is a great combination. Very well written and clever design (as usual for our leader). :)

I have 35 gms left of this color and 15 gms of others I will try add in a subtle manner. Wish me luck! LOL

Isla Vista Shawl

This is the lovely yarn (thank you again!)

This is the beginning of the Shawl. I am calling it Isla Vista -- It is a mix of some of my favorites: the boat shape of the Saroyan (only I think mine will be larger)....the garter stitch body like the hitch hiker...and a border that I dug out of a stitch pattern book that I have been admiring. The lace pattern reminds me of waves on the shore....and I guess that I imagine this project will look like a garter stitch island rising out of the surf. I grew up in Santa Barbara, looking out at the Channel Islands. The photos below do not do the yarn justice...colors are most like the "Stash" photo above.

(Below -- yes....I had to rip back some after discovering a slipped stitch a few rows back that just wouldn't fix.)

Detail below is really a spicy cumin color----not gray!

Ravelry site: Isla Vista

July socks - Prime Time

Het lijkt wel of er geen eind aan komt - Wietse tobt nog steeds met zijn gezondheid, en er komt weinig uit mijn vingers. Toch een paar sokken af - de sokken gaan naar Marianne - want beloofd is beloofd! Gebruikt garen: Scheepjes Invicta Colour - patroon is een verzinsel van mijzelf

Gee.... seems the misery with Wietse's health keeps on going and going. It is eating time and energy! But I managed to get a pair of socks off the needles. Made out of Scheepjes Invicta Colour. 330 meters were used, and they are going to Marianne, as I promised her a pair.

Prime Time July - son's socks

Another pair of socks, 388yds of Knit Picks Essential in Turtle Multi.
The pattern is my design. The excessive pooling on the one foot will be hidden in his shoes.

Jasmine Lace

I posted on the official site....but just wanted to thank Adrienne for such a fun and well written pattern.

--Tracy

rav site: Jasmine Tide

2nd July Prime Time KAL entry--croc scarf

The alligator scarf (croc scarf) was a big hit so much so that Fred even kept it on when we got home from the surprise party. Everyone loved it and some thought I should go into business making them. I tried to explain about a labor of love and how this is the one and only I'm knitting. The old fogies all wanted one. Nope...

The Chinese Army hat was a gift from a friend who flew from China where he was teaching pilots to fly the AirBus. The crocodile green birthday crown rubber band broke and the red star held it in place. Quite the ensemble, eh? LOL Morehouse Farm pattern and 2 skeins of yarn came with the kit. The scarf blocked is about 76" long. More details about it on my Rav project page. Well over the minimum yardage per project.

We had 4th of July decorations and a sausage (Aussies don't have hot dogs) BBQ at the hangar.

Sausalito Scarf

I posted this on the official site but wanted to show how pretty the Sausalito Fall Herbs colors are going to look in this scarf. I did add a few rows of garter stitch and I am considering adding some beads at both ends.