I almost forgot about April!

I finished these awhile ago but life got in the way.


Started: April 1
Finished: April 8
Yarn: Opal Dreamcatcher



Started: April 7
Finished : April 16
Pattern: Sleep Walker from the Woolgirl sock club Feb 2010
Yarn: Dream in Color Knitosophy "The Dreamer"

I felt bad for only knitting socks for the KAL so I am using 2 projects for April. Unfortunately it is baseball season so socks are the practice and pregame projects and that is all I have been working on. I DO see some "Sox on the Beach" for May tho! :D

i almost forgot to post my 200 beans

...on the sox! and there really are 200 beans on these. i actually knit more than 200 but some of them have been eaten by the frogs. don't ask. :(

cool beans
sock madness round 2

and i did make it through round 2 and met my personal goal of finishing one sock before debi finished her pair. yes, my goals are not lofty. ;o)

i didn't even try round 3 as i had a design that needed to be done asap. and i am so glad i am out as round 4 features the dreaded KNEE HIGHS! which i had already said i wasn't gonna knit; no way, no how! so there!

eta: progress photo...socks truly traumatized me. i have already forgotten that i knit the pair inside out! and that the heel was two colored fairisle. i now know why steeking may be the better alternative.

Another finished April project

Just finished these this morning.. Pattern is Skew from Knitty.com

Finished Shawl for April

I finished my shawl with several days to spare! Used almost three skeins of Fluffy yarn by Unger (at 156 yards each) and large (size 11) needles. I added a little crocheted loop at the bottom to give it a little zip. Simple but I think the friend I made it for will like it...

April Done

Here are are the finished dishcloths for this months KAL. I used I Love This Cotton to make these dishcloths and used about 400 yards. This is mainly for the the farmer's market that is going on this summer. It starts this Saturday and goes on through summer.

April Update

I have one finished pair of socks plus another started pair to post this week. The finished pair are Tea and Scandal Socks, which I knit with the Crystal Palace Panda Silk yarn in a very pretty silver blue that I won (thanks, Adrienne & Laura!!). I used a little over 300 yards of the yarn.

At the beginning of the month I cast on another pair of socks that I am calling my hospital socks since right after casting on I would up in the hospital for a week with multiple pulmonary emboli. I worked on them while in the hospital and now take them with me every week when I go back to the doctor. At this rate I am sure that it won't take me long to finish them!!

Deb

April progress

Hi all, I have one sock done and expect to have it's mate done by Friday. Here's the 1st sock.


The yarn is Timmie from Ruby Saphire and it's a lace weight, which is interesting. Just for grins and giggles the 2nd sock is toe up, this one was top down. What the heck, I'm designing it so I can play :O)

April Finish

Finally finished - so much for using a new technique. I goofed on size and had to rip out toes and add another inch to the sock lengths. Sigh. Now if it will just get warm here I can quit wearing the dragon hat and reknit the top shaping. Maybe by July?

Regards to all, aj

Spring Fuzziness

More mohair.... this time in crochet. I haven't crocheted in over 25 years. Good grief, crochet takes a lot of yarn. I was needlessly concerned about reaching 500 yards with this. I made heaps of swatches and finally settled on something like Sandi Wiseheart's Mermaid Scarf, with additional fluff and dots. More details in Ravelry.

Catching up on started projects

Green Scarf
This was started in January, as mindless knitting. The yarn is Noro Matsuri, a cotton/wool blend that I got in our knitting guild holiday exchange. Two balls will make a nice scarf. The pattern is the Multidirectional Diagonal Scarf. The needles are glass size 8 that I got at a TKGA convention, actually, I won 1 needle as a door prize and bought the other one.

Secret Sparkles Socks
These are another Ravelry SKA challenge. They fit both the online magazine and the Cookie A pattern requirements. I'm using Dream in Color Starry in Midnight Derby Color. The pattern is from Knitty, Clandestine Socks. Needles are Kollage square needles in US #1/2.25 mm. I should have bought the 7" length to fit my hands better, rather than 5", but I like the needles. They are not slippery, but are rather like bamboo or the KnitPicks Harmony needles.

Turtle
My knitting guild has a toy competition every May. The toys are donated. I'm knitting a turtle from Knitted Toys by Fiona McTague. No pictures now.

April's Project

April's project is finished. I finished the Rivendell socks, a test knit Amphora socks, and my Raindrop Shawl.

Rivendell socks was knit in Wool Candy Lollipop BFL Sock, colorway is Wagashi. I did do a few mods, I made the leg longer, it was to short for me. They seem to take forever and that is ktb for some reason that stitch takes forever to do. I think it is just remembering to do it.

The Raindrop shawl is knit in Zen Yarn Garden BFL Nylon Sock yarn and the colorway is Grenadine. I loved knitting this it was a challenge but fun. I have to admit I frogged it at least 5 times to the beginning and then started to use a life line every 8 rows and frogged back then about 6 times so it did take me a while but I love how it looks, if you over look the errors. Some of the raindrops are not perfect but it is handmade and I am human.

Now what will next month bring I know I'm going to start another shawl that bug has hit me.

Till next month, Happily knitting Bye.

WIP for April

This is a blast from the past! I pulled some yarn out of my stash that was given to me years ago and I am making a shawl for a special lady through our prayer shawl group at church. The yarn is Fluffy by Unger and I am using a size 11 circular needle. The pattern is the same as a washcloth I made years ago. I love it because it is a no-brainer and sometimes we all need that! hahaha.... I may crochet around the edge when I am done - but I will wait to decide.

April 12/12/12: Pretties!

I started this shawl in March and got a bit bored with it so I put it down. Now I've finished it for April!  It's called the Gothic Revival Shawl and I shared out my Ravelry project page: http://ravel.me/Calophi/grs

This was mystery wool and I used two skeins of it. I only have a few yards left - probably enough to make a cat toy, but not much more than that. I figure the shawl used between 320-400 yards but I have no idea how much was actually in skeins. I weighed them at one point and compared to other worsted wools and figured it for 160-200 yards a skein.

I did the pattern with repeats as written, on size 10 needles.

YIPPEE!!!!!

Sassy the skirt is DONE!!! 1025 yards of yarn, 1.5 x knitting and countless hours later....I am finished. BOOYAH!

12/12/12boy April finish

Hi, I just finished the Rhode Island socks for the month. I used a discountinued Opal yarn for a friend. I loved the pattern and will totally do this one again (just one that is less bright!) Started on April 3rd and finished today! I will also go down a needle size and add more length next time. Yeah! The progress photo is closer to the right color.

yarn in mail

I just got my olympic kal prize yarn today. It is panda superwash color berry compote. I love the color, and the shine of the bamboo. Looking at the yarn makes me smile. Oooooh, sparkly. Now the hard part, deciding what it will become. Will it be socks? Or a small shawl/scarf ? Have a few faved on ravelry. Or something else?

Thank you Susan.

April project finished

Here's my April project:
Sam socks in Mountain Colors Crazyfoot (which is apparently hard to photograph well).

I had to unravel the first toe and shorten the foot in order to have enough yarn for the second toe.

Updates on April Projects

Here are a couple more dishcloths I have been making for the farmers market. After making these, I decided to stay with my original plan to mostly make the windmill dishcloth.

Though I am not going to include these in the April KAL, I have also make a crocheted version of the knitted windmill dishcloth:

Julie

Another April finish

My Easter Egg Skews
The SKA online magazine pattern challenge gave me the push to try these.
Yarn is Patons Kroy. I used 2.5mm needles. I heard rumors that the socks were hard to put on, but my yarn and needles are a little larger than some. They fit fine.

Thank you, Susan!

Thank you so much for my gift. I enjoyed so much knitting for the Olympics with the new Chili Red Superwash. I was lucky to get it. The manager of my LYS and I got all six skeins of the order. I was there when it showed up! And to then win some Bamboozle is really super nice. I am making my son a pair of "yarn" socks! His first pair is now too small. And he cried because they did not fit. So, I have to finish my Rhode Island socks and work on his pair. I love the color it is Delft Blue. The picture is pretty bad. My camera is really old. I will work on the socks and hopefully have them done for next month!

Jody

April 12m/12p/12boy Finished!

Project #1 is the Pembroke Vest made as a gift for a co-worker's new baby boy. I used Cascade 220 Superwash and made the 18 month size which used approx. 1.5 skeins (330 yrds). I'll need to get pics on a little person since it looks really skinny but will stretch alot.

Project #2 is a Booga Bag for my Cousin's Birthday. I used approx. 510 yrds of Lion Brand Fisherman wool, then felted it. Added grommets for the handles, a magnetic clasp and a pottery Acorn button I ordered from Etsy. I made the Icord felted handle, but I really like the idea of using a pretty scarf. I'm not sure if the one I have is the right one, but I wanted a picture of it to demonstrate. I think it would be nice with a dark red scarf with leaves of big flower patterns. Anyway, I really like it with the plain brown handle too. I'll let my cousin decide!

Next project... socks I believe.

Jill (jaerrt on Rav)

12m/12p/12boy A dye job!

Here's another pair of tabis, nice and simple. I don't wear white socks very much, but it is nice to knit in white and then dye to match something in my wardrobe, so here they are! I kettle-dyed these with Kool-Aid and food paste...my favourite method.

Frogged and begun again

I frogged the Lotus Blossum tank, the yarn was too heavy for the lace, and have begun the Passiflora tank instead, from Twist Collective. I've actually got about 7 inches done so far.

April sock start

My latest socks are Skew from Knitty.com. I'm using Kroy yarn and 2.5 mm needles. The first sock has a number of stitch count adjustments. I'm being more much more careful with sock #2. So far, I'm right on track and presuming that my previous problems were user error.

April Project

Just finished these... was on vacation and didn't get a progress photo until I was ready to graft the second sock toe. Hopefully that is good enough for a progress photo!! I think the yarn and pattern work well together. Love the Noro colors but not the feel of the yarn.. hopefully it will soften up!