More September Progress

The baby kimono is finished. I still don't have enough yardage to count for the month. The pattern is from Mason-Dixon Knitting. The yarn is dishcloth cotton left from my jacket with the lace edges.

The brown socks are almost finished. The toes will be beige. At least both will start the beige at about the same place. That project will count for the month when I finish it and show photos. The pattern is a Ram club selection from last year, by Janine Le Cras. The yarn is Hazel Knits Artisan sock, and with 400 yds, it still didn't cover DH's legs and feet.

Then there is the Mystery Sock from the SKA group, designed by Adrienne Fong. We have 3 clues so far and I'm knitting from a 100 gm ball, so I'm only using one end of the ball.

In a moment of craziness, I started another SKA sock. The theme this month is black and/or white. My black socks will go to a granddaughter for her birthday. The second sock is about 1/2 way down the leg, but it is at work, where the light is better. The yarn is Bernat Sox, an acrylic sock yarn. The pattern is Simplicity by Janel Laidman.

The gray sweater grows slowly. I haven't worked on it much. I'll show another picture when I get to the armpits.

Yarn arrived in the mail this week, a prize from the Dog Days thread. I finished a sweater which I may not have showed on this thread. It took about a year of intermittent work. The body is three color seed stitch and the edges are a garter stitch lace. The prize yarn is Panda Cotton in grapes & blueberries color. Thank you so much for the yarn. I'll have to stop collecting CPY yarn and start knitting with it.

September starts

I started my Mingus socks early in September:

I like how it's turning out so far, but the cooler weather we've had lately got me working on something not so lacy:
This is a modified version of Thuja, which is one of my favourite patterns for warm socks to fit in boots.

I hope to have at least one of these pairs done by the end of the month.

September socks done

Not the easiest patern to create, these Drunken Bee Socks. But they turned out nice. Started on Sept 2nd, and finished them half an hour ago. Approx. 390 meters of yarn were used.

September Finish

I finished my project for September in 11 days. Yay!  I just got some pictures of me with it on today, though.

I've made the  Lady Grey Lace Shrug by Rachel Erin in Knit Picks Palette, colorway Garnet Heather. It took me 2.5 or a smidgen less balls, so I'm at about 575 yards. I am pretty sure I used a set of size 4 knit picks interchangeable needles for this. They might have been 5s but I doubt it.

This was a really quick knit except for the darned cuffs, but since I did that monstrosity of a yellow shawl earlier for the WIP KAL I'd done edging like the cuff edging before and it didn't take as long as it would have.

More pictures here: http://ravel.me/Calophi/lgls

Half finished:

Sleeve Blocking:

On Me:

12m/12p/12b Shawl

My first shawl, and an opportunity to use some of the Regia yarn which has been plaguing me for ages! It didn't work for socks, nor gloves...but it works just fine for this Multnomah shawl, together with some dyed-by-me yarn as an accent.

127 grams/581 yards

Peacockdaddy socks for 12/12/12 Sept entry

Simple Skyp Socks by Adrienne Ku which is free on ravelry. I used Cascade Heritage paints and had just a tiny bit left. I've misplaced my notes on color and amount left. 2.25mm needle, size large. Great pattern to use many more times.

heart mitts dyed peacock neck color :)

These are much more of an intense sapphire color in person and I'm pleased with the finished mitts. The Merino Magic nice to use and takes the dye easily.

Heart mitts by Suzyknits on rav

I decided to begin this heart mitt pattern on Sept 6th which was the anniversary of when we arrived in Oz 9 years ago. I finished on 9/11. My heart has always been in 2 countries. I dyed them in the crockpot the next day when we had a guest to lunch and I thought I could sneak in a bit of yarn fun since it was my birthday and I figured I deserved more yarn time as a present to myself. Hint: don't cook wool with vinegar if you want your kitchen to be appetizing and appealing. :)

I chose a mixture of dyes to try and capture a peacock neck color. I'm happy to report it is much more accurate in person than my camera can capture. Fun pattern to knit and these fit perfectly. 3 gms left in the 50gm ball of Merino Magic. I don't know why, but I can't get the picture icon to work and add the finished dyed mitts. I will try again later and send this while I can. This isn't my September entry, just one I wanted to show and suggest for gift giving. Free pattern on ravelry titled "I Heart Knitting Mitts".

12/12/12boy september

Here is my September entry. Viva Las Vegas (wiggled.) I am so excited to have my first stranded, afterthought heel, gifted (and unfortunately modified for dress code) socks!

But I love them. I like that depending on how she wears them all of the suits (is that right?) show. Dang I do not wanna give them up, I worked so hard on them. But, I am going to make her mittens next! So, they are more show-offable!

Pattern- Viva Las Vegas

Needles- 2.5mm

Yarn- Panda Cotton

Date started-July 10th

Date finished- last night!

Darn, late for church but had to post. Off to play with Adrienne's Mystery sock!!!!!!!! Yeah.

12m/12p/12boy -September 2010 Completed- Brenda (Owlsrook)

September 2010 Completed CPY Project - Wickerware Socks in Panda Cotton, Colour is Vanilla Cream - Given the amount of yarn left over (about 10 yards) I estimate total yardage about 350 yards for the pair. I really do like the feel of the Panda Cotton, it is very soft.

Brenda in Alberta

sept project

This is a restart - started this pair of socks for a Ravelry friend last week. Was well cruising with it, and then made a mistake :-( Had to frog the sock - as the patterning is very intensive.

So, as I said, it is a restart. Until now, things are going well, but not that fast, as I have to be careful. I made myself a promise... if I have to frog it again, I'll throw the pattern in the corner (LOL)

Sept 12/12/12 projects

This is Adrienne's mystery sock for SKA this month!
Started: 9/2/10
Yarn: Knitpicks Bare 75/25 fingering
Needles: 2.5mm
notes: largest size, no beads(so I can keep them!)


This is the Solid Socks mystery sock for September by Claudia Eisenkolb
Started: 9/3/10
Yarn: Skinny Bugga! Ruddy Dagger Wing
Needles: 2.5mm
notes: largest size

I hope that I am remembering correctly that they don't have to be finished by the end of Sept...

dog days of summer UFO KAL

can we say "winners?" slacker that i am, i finally used the random number generator and picked 3 winners for our ufo kal.

the winners are:

#6: angieK

#2: peacockmom

#4: lorraine

congratulations! and thank you for playing along.

winners, please email me at carefreekal at gmail dot com with your mailing address and let me know if you would prefer non-wool or not. prizes will be a surprise!

September knitting

I finished one small thing, so small there is no in progress photo. I'll show it again with something else, so it will count then. The basic pattern is Ann Norling's Fruit Hat pattern, with a flower from Nicky Epstien's Embellishment book. Yardage is under 100 yds in worsted weight yarn.

A slow progress project is my Baby Kimono from Mason Dixon Knitting. It's slow, because I only work on it when I watch TV and want mindless knitting. Easy Stockinette fills the bill. The yarn is dishcloth cotton left over from a jacket I made.

There are socks on the needles. The Ravelry SKA Mystery sock by Adrianne Fong. Is at sock #1, Clue #1. I plan to keep these.

Ravelry Solid socks is having a brown month. I have a Ram Club pattern. The given yarn would not have been enough for a man's sock, so substitution has been made. This yardage will fit DH's feet, even if I have to make the last toe with something else. Current yarn is Hazel Knits Artisan Sock. The pattern really pops.

The SKA group also has a color of the month, black, or white, or black/white. I have black yarn, Bernat Sox in Jet Hot. Pattern is from Sock Innovation by Cookie A. Glynis is what was chosen. These will go to a granddaughter.

12m/12p/12boy -September 2010 In Progress - Brenda (Owlsrook)

September 3/10 - In Progress Photo - CPY Project - Wickerware Socks in Panda Cotton - Vanilla Cream colorway. This is a really nice texture pattern, and very easy, just
a six row repeat. I wasn't sure this was the best colour for the the pattern, but I like it a lot as I knit along. These are being knit for me, ladies size medium on 64 stitches, size 2.5mm needles for guage.

Brenda in Alberta

12/12/12 August Finish

I finished this apron yesterday, but I didn't manage to get a picture of it finished on the computer until today. I made it with size 8 needles. The blue is Lily Sugar & Creme in Hot Blue, and the lighter is Pigsah's cotton in Ombre. It came out to about 700 yards-ish.

The apron is Knitty's Party Apron and I slightly modified the TARDIS chart from the Exterminate Hat.

I didn't realize until I finished it that I never got a good "in the works" picture. I mean, I'd taken one and posted it up as a preview pic for the person I made it for on August 21, so I hope that's enough. I'd just gotten a bit further than the row of TARDISes and wanted to show them off.

Link to the TwitrPix as Proof of Date

Abstract Rhombus for August

Finished August 30th, but I forgot to post them here until now:


I enjoyed learning stranded knitting and hope to knit another stranded project sometime soon.

August Project - Socks again

Okay, I know I said it would not be socks again this month, but . . .

Karma has occurred - four previous times I was called to jury duty and four times I was picked for a jury. Figured this time would be the same. Instead, I was only there for four hours, then dismissed totally. Wow! I had just pulled out the dishcloths, after a lady sitting next to me had pulled out a scarf, on real knitting needles - she was a lot more daring than I was. So it was back to knitting during transportation.

Then one of my son's friends requested some socks for hunting season here in Wisconsin. He is also going to do some minor plumbing repairs for us, so - priorities changed. Here are his socks. Again, size 0 needles, using Froehlich Wolle, Blauband MaxiRinge, color 7703, toe up. Hopefully he will like them. Color is closer to the in-progress scan than the photo. Son is home, so finished shot is from the camera. Think we may need to have a discussion about artistic presentation (they are plopped on the bed here). Probably still better than the jammed-on-a-scanner shots I usually post. I had suggested that he put them on his feet - you would have thought I had suggested cannibalism. Sigh.

Still need to build up the dishcloth stash. Maybe next month. Regards to all.

August 12m/12p/12boy finished?

Finished Sweater


WIP Pic

Well, this was a tough month for me, knitting wise. We were on holidays so you would think I would get lots done and I did, but not alot of big projects. I was working furiously to finish a dress for my daughter (Pekin from Berroco). Cast off last night and realized that the bodice is waaaaaayyyyy too big for her and for the rest of the dress. Don't know if I did something wrong or just need to modify it a bit. Sooo, the only other project I have to offer is my Top-Down Wrap Cardigan from Knitting Pure and Simple. It is made in Cascade 220 and used 990 yrds. It was mostly finished months ago but I finally sewed in the ends, blocked it and ordered a pin for closure. I don't have a pic of the pin yet, but the sweater is finished and it is cool enough here to finally wear it too!

Jill (jaerrt on Ravelry)

12m/12p/12b More socks!

These are a gift, and I sure hope they fit the recipient, because they
are much too short for my feet! LOL!!

Crystal Palace Superwash in Fireworks, yards used 327

August 2010 12/12/12 KAL

Well, this was a busy knitting month for me... but I really screwed up because I made two scarves that I did not take progress pics of. But the things that do count are the socks for my granddaughter. My gosh she has long feet! She is 5 1/2 years old and the socks are 8 1/4 inches long! The pattern called for 175 yardage for a 7 inch foot so I am safe there. Used the Sirdar Snuggly Magic yarn and size 3 dpn. Then I made two scarves out of the Feather Yarn by Caron. Each scarf had 70 yards plus the little bits of added glitz. I added gold fun fur to the burgundy one and Crystal Palace Fizz to the blue one. I used large needles - size 13. So I am good on the yardage. I will add the finished pics of the two scarves that don't count. The black is fun fur and the gold yarn is Crackle with gold fun fur. I also added 4 1/2 inches to my grandsons sweater from a year ago. Wow... busy for me. Happy Knitting to all of you. Renee' aka yoyosocksister.

WIP for August 12m/12p/12boy

Gosh, it hit me today that I never posted my wip pics so here goes. I finished a sweater for my granddaughter in the dog days of summer kal and so I started a pair of socks to go with the sweater. Size 3 dpn and the Sirdar Snuggly Magic yarn. I am also working on scarves for a group of ladies that our Church gives gifts to at Christmas. Both scarves are knit with Caron Feathers yarn and I am adding Fun Fur to one and Crystal Palace Fizz to the other.

Crummy cell pics, fun knit!

Here's my contribution for August. I got this *brilliant* idea that I wanted to knit a nightie for one of the Stitches Midwest PJ party. I finished seaming and tucking in ends about 2 hours before the party began, GOOD ENOUGH. I'll have to go back and check yardage, but I do know it's over 1,000 yds, so no worries there. So much to knit, so little time. You know, I want 24 hours in a day JUST TO KNIT. *sigh* Life. (This is out of elann sonata in Jade)

August Update

Finished socks and some new projects started. I finished the Escalator Socks. They used almost the entire 420 yard skein of Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Select Semi Solids in Wisteria. I started the Adia Scarf in Hand Dyed Superwash Merino in Sapphire Semisolid and the Flower Baby Blanket in Wendy Velvet Touch.