52 Week Challange - Debbie (Grandma 07)

Here are my finished socks for May. The pattern is Glynis by Cookie A. and the yarn is Panda Silk in color 3010. This was a fun pattern to knit...detailed enough that I had to keep an eye on the pattern, but overall not really difficult once I got the hang of SSSK and K3tog.

socks in progress

It is starting to look nice, this sock... and I have decided to knit them up for Jouke. We discussed the foot size yesterday... his foot is 1 inch shorter than mine. But he was clear about his preference: rather a tiny bit bigger as he can grow into it... than perfect size and outgrown within a year or so. LOL!

The yarn, by the way is one I recently bought in Zoetermeer: Gründl Wolle Yale. It is a bit rough, compared to other sock yarns (less flexible), but for socks without patterns it works perfect. He will have warm feet when they are ready for sure.

Round 5

Round 5 of Sock Madness came out. The pattern is Dimpled Diamonds. I knitted these in fibranatura's Yummy yarn.


I was happy to finish these while my DH was still up. So he had the pleasure of snapping the finished picture.

52-week for May

Hi, I am doing a Palindrome scarf that I got on Ravelry. I will definately make it longer though. I like the cables because it is reversable and looks great on both sides. I am using some leftover yarn that I got at the Portland Knit and Crochet show last year. Will write later on other projects I have started and the never ending traveling scarves. It has been a busy last three weeks and I am almost recovered and ready to go again.

Jody

52 weeks KAL May update - progress and finished

First part for May is this little hat, that I did yesterday when I had to wait for a very long time.

It is made from a pattern by Ruth Sorensen, who does cool things I love and I had some Estonian wool laying around, very much like Kauni or Evilla, same producer. Estonians seem to prefer woolen to worsted.

There will be a picture again, when the hat is blocked and looks far better than now. I think now it resembles my legs. If I could block them too?

42g = 336m, for a start.

One day later:

O my, correction on this: .42 x NM8/2 =168 m .

The yarn yields 400m/100g, not 800. I couldn´t imagine to have knit so many meters in that time and had a more closely look at my figures. So sorry,but there will be enough meters to show for this month :-)

Another win for warm woolies

Here's a pair of 10 inch long (cuff and foot) fraternal twin socks I made for Warm Woolies. I used 335 yds of patons and knitpicks essentials held together. This was my first pair of socks done 2 at a time on one circular....but I had to make them fraternal cos I'm a very SLOW learner :D (the different colors was the only way I could figure it out)

winners!!! we have WINNERS!

the votes for favorite project made with crystal palace yarns are in and have been counted. all your projects were wonderful and the voting was very close.

the random number generator was visited not once but twice. ufo projects were assigned numbers as they were completed. numbers were assigned to all the 52 week challenge kal participants (you got one entry for each month that you completed a qualifying project).

...and the envelope, please. ***clearing throat***

the winner of the favorite project made with cpy yarns
(for the months of january-march, 2009)

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grandma07 (debbie)
for her autumn in ny shawl knit with mini mochi autumn rainbow
she gets to have all the bragging rights and privileges thereto pertaining for the next 3 months
AND wins 4 skeins of yarn of her choice and color from crystal palace yarns.



the winner of the ufo projects random drawing

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debi
she wins 2 skeins of yarn of her choice and color from crystal palace yarns.


the winner of the 52 weeks challenge kal random drawing

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jody
she wins 2 skeins of yarn of her choice and color from crystal palace yarns.

congratulations to all the winners. please email me at:

carefreekal at gmail dot com

with your address (or i get to keep the yarn) and your choices of yarns and colors. please send at least two choices of colors (as this is subject to availability).

keep knitting those projects. we will have another favorite cpy project contest at the end of june (and who knows when that random number generator will feel like spitting out a number!).

PS. and a huge thank you to susan at crystal palace yarns for providing all the prizes. you are always so generous!

Shawl done

It sure was a fun project....and I finished it this morning. The shawl, created out of Fleece Artist Lace Silk (that I received from Kathy in January) can be pulled throug my wedding ring! Still I need to block it, but thought it would be fun to hang over a branch of the Apple tree... 600 meters are used. The pattern name is Iris by Angelique den Brok-Molendijk.

2 new socks started= 3 singles now

I am knitting another pair of Kala's Sweetie Pie socks as well as Brenda's Winter Frost pattern to help my friend, Jonna with her sock knitting. She is fantastic with bobbin lace and helps me a lot. I now bring some socks in progress to the lace class for our coffee break/quick lesson. She's doing great and my long range goal is for her to knit a pair of Adrienne's Round Robyn's House soon. I dyed some cream Patonyle for these socks and I'm happy to say that Jonna wants to learn how to dye yarn for about 4 or 5 more pairs of socks. Lovely to have a partner in this obsession with knitting socks as well as be in a group with the designers of these lovely patterns.

Round 4

Round 4 of Sock Madness. The pattern was released at 7pm April 30th our time. Had to wait 3 hours for it to be released. That was a long 3 hours. I decided to use the oldest sock yarn I had. I purchased it on ebay before I knew what LYS were. Yes it is not pretty. But, if it did not get used soon I was going to have to kick it out of the house. Which may not have been a bad idea. But, I don't like to waste so..... Here is the start. Pattern is Lucky Diamond by Melissa Goodale.
I finished these May 1 so they will count for May. I never thought these socks would end. The seed/moss stitch seemed to go one forever. When I finished them I went to take the "finished picture" and I had left my camera on from the start picture. I had to recharge the battery before I could take a picture. Thank Goodness a 3 minute charge got me a picture. This is the shot for the contest.
They are not the prettiest socks I have ever seen. I did see a co worker of my hubby wearing a blouse that they match so may give them to her.

After I posted for Sock Madness I took out the cast off and redid the cuff longer. It was only 6 rows and curled.

Here is trying to make them pretty.

frogged... started...on my way!

I recently frogged the shawls that I was working on. Five pages in notes destroyed. I had the idea that lace knitting was not for me. Yesterday I found a simple lace pattern on the website of Wolhemel for a rectangular shawl. I started it and am now well on my way... more than the photo shows ;-) It is a project that I will finish for sure.

Whoo-Hoo!

I handed over the Mongol Horde hat to it's new owner today, hoping it would look as pictured in my head. With his permission, here it is, exactly the look I wanted for him! He and his wife are absolutely awesome people (she is a fellow EMT); I have some purple felted mittens on my list of things to knit for her.

New cast on projects for 52 week KAL

On May 1st, I cast on the May mystery sock pattern for the SKA Ravelry group, "kiila by Yarnissima" using Panda Soy in Poppy Red:


I also cast on another dishcloth:


Pattern is here.

favorite cpy projects contest #1

here are the entries for favorite cpy projects for the months of january-march. there were only 3 projects from the ufo kal that qualified so we have decided to put them into a general contest. i know that it will be hard to select just one favorite, so i have decided to let you select TWO favorites.

in addition to the honor of being the crafter of the favorite project with all the bragging rights and privileges thereto pertaining, the winner will receive 4 skeins of crystal palace yarn (winner's choice of yarn and colors, subject to availability).

email your TWO favorites to:

carefreekal at gmail dot com

by monday, may 4th. you must be a member of the carefree kal family to vote.

i think i have all the eligible projects. if you think i missed yours, please let me know and i will add you to the list.

1. Baby Socks- Panda Soy ( Cocoa Mint)


2. Sweetie Pie Socks #1 - Panda Cotton (Dotty Lollipops)


3. Lace Socks - Mini Mochi (Violet Rainbow)


4. Inner Truth Scarf #1- Panda Silk DK


5. Sweetie Pie Socks #2 - Maizy (Sea Gray)


6. SKA Mystery Socks - Panda Cotton (Blue)


7. Salida Socks - Panda Silk #3003


8. Inner Truth Scarf #2- Bamboozle (Faded Jeans)


9. Music Socks - Panda Soy (Ecru)


10. Fingerless Mitts - Panda Soy (Positively Purple)


11. Autumn in NY Shawl - Mini Mochi (Autumn Rainbow)


12. Harika Socks _ Maizy (Bittersweet and Meadow Mist)


13. Pothos Socks - Panda Silk (Blue Jeans)


14. Socks - Panda Soy (Cocoa Mint)


15. Sweetie Pie Socks #3 - Panda Cotton (Red)


16. Spring Forward Socks - Panda Cotton (Fuchsia)


17. New Year's Day Socks - Panda Cotton #0413

My April Projects

I have the progress photos of most of the cloths. Had some trouble with my computer and lost some of my saved photos, but this was the best I could do. I hope it works out OK.

The items include:
a Blue baby blanket caron soft yarn 1 whole skein (yards ??)
6 total dishcloths, one I designed as well
5 mini socks
8 towel toppers
1 Cravat

I need to find a better way to document these things and I also need to figure out the yardage for everything. I've been so stressed and stretched these past few months. I will try to be better.

Aunt Kathy

52 Week Challange - Debbie (Grandma 07)

I've decided to use Panda Silk in color 3010 for my May project. I cast on this pair of Glynis socks this morning.

52 week KAL

Hoorah! I got the SFS leisure socks done last night - too late to take a picture, but I'll get one tonight. Made the April deadline, just, LOL.

52 Week Challenge

I'm Baaaack... Here they are, felted but still wet. The orange one was supposed to be a pillbox (based on a few patterns seen online), but I ran short of yarn so it is what it is. The black one, based on the (unfelted) Maltese Hat pattern by EZ and reinterpreted by Meg Swansen, will need some adjustments if I try again. It's for a friend's husband who, when he put one of my unfelted slippers on his head as a joke, made me think of a member of the Mongol Horde, and I knew I just had to try and make him a hat. I can't decide if it looks like a Mongol Horde hat, or something one of the Coneheads would wear! :o) While it looks like two flaps, they are actually connected in the back to protect one's neck as well. I should have gotten a pic to show,but didn't think about it until too late. Oh well, no other way to learn unless I try! At least it no longer looks like a bra, right? Anyway, total knit, about 400yds.

April 52 week KAL

I finished my Sampler Socks for the 52 week challenge:



Started: 4/1/09
Finished: 4/24/09
Pattern: Sampler Socks from knotions.com (knit toe up with 2X2 ribbing at top)
Yarn: Sockina Cotton - color 0005
Needles: US 1 magic loop
Yardage: approx. 260 yards

I also cast on a Bee Stitch dishcloth on 4/26/09:


and I finished it on 4/28/09:


Yarn: Sugar 'n Cream cotton in Beach Ball Blue
US 7 circular needles
yardage: approx. 75 yards

For May, I'm planning to try to the mystery sock by Yarnissima in the Sock Knitters Anonymous group on Ravelry. I think I want to try some of the Panda Soy yarn that I either won or purchased last year, but have yet to knit with!!!

52 Week Challenge

It's been a long month between the weather, the baseball and track, lambing and whatever, but here are my in progress pics of two more felted hats to be, although I know that one of them looks more like a bra right now, lol. Those are supposed to be earflaps; it's based on an unfelted pattern, so who knows WHAT I will find when I take it out of the washing machine! They both will go into the wash tonight and I will take my finished photos then, hopefully that will be soon enough!

52 Weeks KAL-April Projects and New Beginnings

Finally finished and qualifying for April is the cardigan out of yak/merino yarn. Not yet embroidered as planned, because I think it is beautiful now and embellishing can wait for another cardigan.

Here is the proof of two sleeves and room for my global shape.

Bertie socks for my husband. Ordered.

New playful design for some daughter. Not ordered :-)

New sweater for summer, cotton mix, initials will make a clear statement of owner-to-be :-)

This KAL is good for me! I would never have gone for finishing that cardigan as it seemed endless to knit and to sew. Now I am so happy.