Update March project, progress pics

The Beauty and the Twist are finished. Maggie Bag was first half of March project. Now there are another 380 yards of fingering weight sock yarn. March is done!

Long time TV knitting project, started this month, but not finished and no good stockinette stitch before washing for me... This will become a square neck cardigan, closed on left side, 3/4 sleeves and long enough to hide important parts of my wonderbody.

Another long time project, started in February ( or even in January?), cardigan, classic style, but will be embroidered after knitting. Hope to finish this as my April object. Yards enough. More than.

March 52 week challenge - I made it!

I finished the socks I was knitting for my March project in the 52 week challenge!!






The lighter colored yarn is so hard to photograph - the colors just don't want to show up with the contrasting dark yarn. But, here's a pic of how much yarn I had leftover. I used 1 full skein of Maizy in Bittersweet, plus started into a second skein. And as you can see, I used almost one full skein of Maizy in Meadow Mist:


Pattern: harika - from Twist Collective
yarn: Maizy in Meadow Mist and Bittersweet
Needles: US 1 DPNs (and circulars to knit the cuff of each)
Cast on: 2/14/09
Finished: 3/28/09
ETA: estimated yardage: 410 yards

Only modification was to do more rapid decreases on the toes because the feet were too long following the pattern as written. But, other than that, I followed the pattern exactly and the socks fit great and are really comfy!!

Now, THAT was a challenging pattern. On to something a bit easier for April!! :-)

A set...

I started with the socks... in this beautiful cotton, named Katia Bombay (2007), for my partner in the Sock it to me 3 swap. Almost finished with the pair, I came short for the toe of the second sock, and needed to purchase an extra skein.

So... plenty of yarn left to make my partner something extra, and the idea of making a pair Fingerless Gloves was born. These were finished just half an hour ago... but then it was already dark outside. The photo is made under the lamp...

In total 400 yards were used for the entire set.

52 week challange - scarf

I finished another project in March, the Jojoland Swirl scarf.

Started February 1, 2009. Finished March 19, 2009. It's made of many hexagons, each picked from those before. Yarn is Jojoland Melody, 2 balls, 440 yards. Needles size is US#6/4.0 mm.

Frogged and restarted...

One of the UFO's that did not get finished in the past UFO Kal was a scarf I intended to knit for myself. But a dear friend of mine was talking about lace... and she peeked my interest.

I was working on a scarf first with this yarn - Gedifra Kid Merino, but frogged it this morning. I have seen so many shawls in the past couple of weeks, but did not find the "right one". I peeked at a few, how they started, and started my own.
And - after now having 40 rows done, I can say I have nerves in my shawl... more pictures later of course.

52 Week Challenge- Brenda (Owlsrook)

Completed my Winter Frost Socks, using 344 yards of Elann "Sock It To Me" yarn in Color #44219, which is actually a lovely Teal color, although this photo looks more blue. I used 2.25 mm dpns and knit this pair unbeaded. (my original pattern design shows this beaded).

Would have been finished earlier but took a few days break to do some test knitting.

Now I am back to deciding what to knit next. Wow we are almost at the end of the first quarter of the year.

Completed Projects so far for March:
Bluebell Rib Socks - 328 yards
Garter Stitch Rib Socks - 346 yards
Winter Frost Sock - 344 yards

Total Yards so far for March = 1018

52 week

Hi all. Please pray for me. I woke up at midnight last night with kidney stones. It was soo bad I could not even knit. So, I am way under the gun for March. I still don't know how you all do it! Half way down the leg on a second Panda Soy sock. I never thought I could be in just as much pain as child-birth with no baby to show for it! And all the pretty socks you are all doing for the book rock! Thank goodness I bought two emergeny pizzas grocery shopping yesterday. I just did not know I would use them the next night!
Knit on!
Jody

carefree ufo kal

is over! we will announce winners soon!

stay around for the carefree "spring fling" kal! starting in april!

and i think i win for starting the most new ufo's since january. oh! that wasn't the object of the kal?! dang!

UFO finale

Hi, just got my pictures taken and posted last minute. These are another pair of fetching mittens. The progress picture was on Jan 26th and just under 1/2 way done. I think that I put them under the 52-week category by mistake. Katie refused to be my model this time. They were a Christmas gift to my niece who wanted me to add fingers after I already started! I am just too new to do the math to figure out how to do that puppy! I told her I would make her a new pair where someone else already worked out the details! This is my second pair of mitts. I like them but they were too short for my fingers and i tenghtened them. I think I am ready to made the pair from CPY with Mini-mochi!!!!!!! Yeah, for me. Yep, they will be mine. Oh man, this is a not so good picture. Tell me if you want to see a new one, black is so hard to tell and you can not see the back hand.

Jody

One pair of mittens

I need to block them still, but wanted to show them. Mittens, for my partner for the Mitten Swap. Design is mine, and I hope they will suit my partner. Three colours are used, all from Sandnes Garn (scandinavia) Approximately 250 meter of yarn was used in total.

RRH socks finished

The socks took 86 gms of the 100 gm ball of Patonyle, so close to the 400 yds Adrienne calls for in the pattern. Fred calculated 354 yds. I wear a US size 6 shoe to give you an idea of the size of my sock. I also decreased the heel/sole by 4 sts and used a 2.00mm below the ankle and a 2.25mm above. (Adrienne helped me customize the fit and I'm thrilled that they fit "like a glove".)
This little gem of a pattern really improved my sock knitting and I know I will enjoy knitting more RRH socks for gifts. Some day I hope to teach Georgia Peach to knit socks and this pattern will be the ultimate goal.

52 week update

I finished Katies first sock. She is in bed asleep with it on! I don't think I can get it off her! I have casted on and the ribbing is done, only 66 rows, 9 stitches per inch before I start the heel! I don't know if I can make the March deadline, but I am trying.
Jody
I will post my last ufo once my battery charges. I went to a wedding today.
tks.

handspun scarf edging completed

I found another 45 gms of Polwarth that I spun and dyed last year to add a crocheted edging. You can see how much yarn I had left in Georgia's hands (and why I call this 8 year old beauty "Peach"). The original scarf used 60 gms (300 yds) and the additional 45 gms for the edging added another 225 yds for this scarf = 525 yds for the entire project. I braided the tiny amount left from the last crochet stitch to make the tie.

UFO wrap-up

Well, I managed to finish 2 of my 4 UFO's during this KAL. Of course, the easy ones. I did make progress on my Tofutsies socks, but haven't finished the 2nd one yet because I am scrambling to finish the harika socks in March for the 52 week KAL! (I must go work on them as soon as I finish the blog post!!)

I already posted about the scarf I finished, but realized I never posted that I finished the crochet and knit cat toys that I posted my UFO pic of here. I'm not sure that this is even worthy of an entry, but I did assemble them and they are ready to give to my friends with cats the next time I see them:


This project fell in the "75% or more" category.
I finished these on 2/21/09.

Maybe I will finish the Tofutsies socks and Monkey socks by the end of 2008!

Love seeing all the other great projects that everyone is finishing! This really is a fun and inspiring group!

-Cathy

Sock Madness

Sock Madness. Yes it is. Adrienne talked me into competing in this craziness. So Thurs March 19 the pattern was released. I got knitting about 6 am PST.
The yarn is Sock that Rock in the colorway Jasper. This is yarn that I have had stored in my stash for many years. Below is a progress picture along with the pattern. Tropical Mer-tini.
Here is a completed picture.. I did finish the socks in time that I will be allowed to move on to Round 2.
I was worried about running out of yarn. I had maybe 3 -5 yards left over. These socks must be knitted as per pattern. They have to be a min. length cuff and for a size 7 or larger.

more blue socks for Fred started 3/18

Tesserae sock pattern by Anne Hanson. I'm using Cascade Heritage and hoping this pattern doesn't really need 450 yds in size large since the ball states 437 on the label. Very easy pattern to do while I'm thinking about starting more complicated projects. I seem to knit him socks on "auto pilot" now that I've made so many air show socks for him. Fred didn't get to the big air show due to an oil problem with the plane (turned out to be a simple fix, whew!) which caused him to return after an hour's flight. Good thing he didn't continue the trip since severe weather arrived mid-way through the air show and some planes were smashed, turned over, destroyed, etc. He's wearing his YFM custom socks to a fly-in today in Bunbury (west of us on the Indian Ocean coast of southwest Western Australia). I still have to replace the cuffs, but he doesn't want to stop wearing them long enough for me to reknit the white section. Can't ask for more as a knitter, can I? :)

Update on March Knitting

Here's a graduation present for a student who has been asking me to knit him a pair for over 3 years. I finally caved, and he didn't pass all his classes this quarter. Fine bit of good they'll do him in June, but I really really hope I get to give them to him!


360 yards used.

52 week challenge: started

My "Bob" sweater (see pattern in Ravelry):

In KnitPicks Shine Worsted, color Wisteria

52 week Challenge KAL - FO's

Here are 2 pairs of booties for Destiknit's Baby charity KAL:

Again socks finished

Joy's second pair of socks is ready. I am going to send these, plus the yellow pair out to her this weekend. I truly hope she will enjoy them for sure.

The yarn used for this pair was Patons Kroy Socks. The colour is Winter Eclipse. It is a little thicker than the "daffodil", and I used approximately 330 yards for this pair.