tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49667480120666409382012-01-15T17:55:49.343-08:00Just another day crafting in the rainy Pacific NW.Tara G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16967156916689083568noreply@blogger.comBlogger461100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966748012066640938.post-33264697659494358242011-01-17T06:00:00.000-08:002011-01-17T06:00:03.189-08:00

This year is only a few weeks old, and I've already finished a pair of socks. Yay! Nevermind that they've been on my needles for over a year. It's a finished object. A good sign for this year in my book. So this pair is for my DH. I gave him the wool yarn as a 7th anniverary gift (wool is traditional for number 7). It was a case of sock #1.1 too big. Sock #1.2 not quite perfect. Sock#2, let's

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Looking forward to a new year of knitting and yarn loveliness. I'm hoping to get back to blogging. I missed having a place to share my little knitting discoveries and eye candy. Speaking of a new year, I cleaned out my queue to start the year fresh. Yes, I threw out a few unfinished projects - gasp! They were killing my knitting mojo. (It was such a great relief to ditch those projects,

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One of those UFO that I'm picking up again. The Auburn Camp Shirt from IK - Spring 2008. I'm hoping to have this finished by the end of the month, but maybe that's hoping for too much.Size 3mm needles and lace-weight yarn are actually quite relaxing, especially if you are watching Thomas for the tenth time with two sick boys.

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Finally, something that's finished. I've been working on my rather large pile of unfinished projects and I've been getting frustrated. I've ended up frogging or tossing items because they were so totally messed up. (Lesson - One should not knit complicated projects when one is pregnant and hormonaly challenged.)So in search of some feel good knitting, I started a new project. Basic, easy socks.

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That’s how long it took me to finish the sweater vest. The seaming didn’t take any time, but then I realized that the vest was too small for TO (size 2T). I checked my measurements and then my gauge. The verdict – I knit tighter than my swatch. So instead of 5.5 x 7 stitches per inch, the vest’s gauge was 6x8. So I think this will fit DS#3 for Easter when he’s roughly a size 18mths. But I’m going

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Fall’s cool mornings have sparked that knitting bug in me again. A few weeks ago I began hording random balls of Cascade Superwash 220. The result – one sweater vest nearly finished and a cardigan sweater in the planning stages. The sweater vest is for TO (size 2T). All my boys are long and lean, so I come up with my own patterns for them. The front is made up of 3” stockinette stripes with basic

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Well, even though I dropped off the blogosphere with the arrival of baby #3, I am still alive, sneaking in some knitting time here and there. This lap blanket is proof of that.FO #1 - Lap Blanket I got a big jump on this project when I was in the hospital with DS#3's birth and extended stay. Then I tried to get at least a square done a day. Several weeks later - a blanket for Grandma C.The

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Last week or so, my mind turned to mush as I tried to tackle some unfinished projects. So I settled on some quick socks with leftover yarn. I finished this pair of toe-up socks (size 4-5T) in a couple of days, which tells you how much of the time I was sitting on my butt. I also started using my digital scale and found that I used about 17 grams for each sock. The yarn was some leftover

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I thought I'd document some knitting progress from the last couple of weeks. I finished up one front side and the back of Debbie Bliss's Cable Collared Jacket (Ravelry Link) from Alpaca Silk Two.I've stalled on the project though. When I knit up the second side, I forgot to do the neck shaping. So that means I need to do some serious frogging and reknitting. Being 9 months pregnant, I just don't

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After a hiatus from knitting, I think I've found my groove again. And maybe I can get back to blogging on a semi-regular basis. For several months there I lost all interest in knitting...something about morning sickness just does me in. And when I did start feeling the knitting itch again, I had no interest in my WIPs.That's not to say I didn't get some things done though.FO #1 - Bayerische

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Nearly two months since posting - that's craziness. Actually, it's a sign of how hectic things have been around here. Lots of family stuff going on, which really cut into my knitting time. But I do have a few FO to show. I'll post details when I get the pictures up.Oh yeah, I found out I'm pregnant again. Me with a 3 year old and a 7 month old. Surprise, surprise. Obviously, this changed my plans

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Addi lace needles arrived yesterday from Colorsong Yarn. I started using my Bates with the Serrano. But those joins are like my hips - a little lumpy. So I thought I'd give the Addi's a try, especially since so many raved about the smooth joins. All I got to say is - I'm in love. That join is just perfect. My DH would roll his eyes to hear me talk about needle joins like this. But you understand,

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My Serrano may not be a spicy red, but I'm lovin' this black blob. The lace pattern is easy to memorize, the directions are straightforward enough to follow, and the yarn is heaven.Knitting this in the round does make progress feel so slow though. I keep reminding myself that once blocked, this thing will grow like Jack's magic beanstalk.One thing - I wish I'd used Eunny's trick of adding a purl

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So I'm slowly getting back to my blogging routine. Looking around the knitting blog-o-sphere, it looks like a lot of people are taking a bit of a vacation from knitting...or at least blogging.Embossed Leaves seems to be having a resurgence in popularity again. Northern Line Knitter finished a pair, and I've seen several bloggers starting the pattern.Snowflake socks are also popular. Purly Brites

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Library Girl tagged me for a meme. This is my first, so here it goes.4 Jobs I have had in my life:- Preschool Teacher for 3 years. I think this job permentatelly deadened my nerves so kid noise rarely bothers me.- Nursing Assistant for 2 months. At one time I thought I'd be a nurse. That idea didn't last long. Funny thing is it wasn't the work or patients that bothered me, it was management and

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Well, I'd like to say I got a lot of knitting done on vacation. But I'd be lying. It was one of those vacations where you try to see everyone and get completely worn out at the end - and then the little ones got sick.I did get a chance to read one of my SIL's books, Sink Reflectionsby the FlyLady. It gave me some ideas on how to streamline housework and find more time to knit (that's always a

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Just letting you know that I'll be gone on vacation for a week in Iowa to see family. I had the best of intentions of getting some knitting content up, but it'll have to wait until I get back.And now I need to finish backing since we leave in 2 hours. A red-eye flight with a 2 year old and a 4 month - don't you just envy me? ;-)

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Thank you for the compliments on the socks. Mom did love the colors. And I'm almost done with the second. (insert happy dance)Finished Socks Around The BlogsSeems like there were fewer finished socks this week. A lot of people were casting on for their Sockapalozza socks or just feeling the summer heat.Those Monkey socks seem all the rage now. I love the color of Elin's Monkey socks. Then there's

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I've gotten a couple of comments/emails asking how I find so many different sock knitting blogs. So I thought I'd share my search technique.If I'm looking for a particular pattern, yarn, or specific blogger, I use Google or Live search. Google ranks older, heavily linked sites first. Live seems to rank newer posts first. But both stink at finding today's blog entries.Enter Technorati.com. It's

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Modified Openwork LeafThe original Openwork Leaf is based off of the Openwork Diamond. Walker uses a double decrease to soften the edge. I use a center decrease to make the "stem" stand out more.I used this pattern in the round to make my Mom a pair of socks. But you can knit it flat as well.Modified Openwork Leaf Direction* This stitch pattern is worked in multiples of 8, plus 1 stitch to

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Drum roll please...here is one of my secret projects. Mother Day socks for my Mom, who never knits herself anything. I fell in love with the yarn when I saw it at The Loopy Ewe - Lorna's Laces Gold Hill. My Mom loves fall colors.She also likes leaves. So I thought I'd come up with a special pattern for her. But this project had a steep learning curve. I modified the Openwork Leaf Pattern in

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Sweater Pics FirstI'm so looking forward to next week. I want to get back to knitting for me. But in the mean time I thought I'd show you my latest sweater purchase. I found this brown, 3/4's sleeve sweater at Christopher & Banks. The tag said "Hand Crocheted" but it's definetly knitted.It's the stitch patterns that really caught my eye.Makes me itch to start up the Serrano sweater.Yarn PicsMy

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This Week's Finished SocksBarb Cooper finished some socks for her daughter. Her post and some of the comments made me a little melancholic to think of my boys growing up.I thought Jennie made up some pretty green socks. I really like the details with this free sock pattern from Through The Loops (see sidebar).Hedra Socks finished at This warm and sunny spot.Beautiful Baudelair socks finished by

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I'm going to have to skip Tuesday Stitch this week. I've got work deadlines to meet. Hopefully tomorrow I'll be able to post some knitting content.

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So this was Friday's sock. Notice the extra inch of fabric hanging over the toes. Yeah, I thought it was a littel too obvious an error. Just a little miscalculation on my gauge.No problem. I'm very good at frogging my socks.Sunday's sock looks much better. And the heel fits just fine with 80 stitches at 10 stitch gauge.I've concluded that my heels have widen a smidgen after DS2. So I'll just have

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This Week's Sock SamplingHave you seen Sockergirl's blog? This girl seriously has a sock addiction, just check out her sock wheel in the sidebar. Her latest additions include chocolate cherry socks and one of the Sock Madness patterns.Little Bunny Foo Foo takes on a different look with Baby Fern socks at Down With the Knitty Gritty. The pattern is from More Sensational Knitted Socks.Knitting

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A little sock progress to show today. It's just a basic toe-up, stockinette stitch sock - 10 stitches per inch. It's my test sock - to see if my feet have really changed that much.There's something about stockinette stitch that calms me right down. Knit, knit, knit. No thinking required.I had to scrape the bottom of my yarn stash for sock yarn. It's Regia 4ply (Dark Grey #44) with a slight

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Plaited Basket StitchThe Plaited Basket Stitch is one reason I picked up the A Treasury of Knitting Patternsby Barbara Walker. With a simple pattern of twisted stitches, you end up with a woven looking fabric.This example is done in medium weight STR (Lucy in the Sky color) on size 6 (4mm) needles. As you can see, even with the larger needles, the stitch pattern creates a dense fabric. I could

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I had big plans this weekend. I was going to figure out the gauge for those stinkin' lace curtains, finish secret sock #1, and get my laptop back. Where are the fruits of my labor? In the compost pile - actually the gauge swatches are in a wadded pile in the corner of my desk, the sock don't fit me, and all data is lost on my laptop.The lace curtain project is taking a detour. You just can't make

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Still knitting swatches for the lace curtains. I went down to size 2 (2.75mm) needles with the swatches, but I'm not completely sold. We'll see. I have to say Cebelia holds up very well to repeated frogging. ;-)No pictures today. My laptop has crashed and burned. When my IT husband starts saying things like "hosed hard drive" and "Did you want a new laptop?" - I know it's bad.But at least the

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This Week's Socks Around The BlogsThere be pirates at My Knitting and Me's blog, or at least Jack Sparrow socks. Very cool. The pattern was created over at KatydidKnits.Dog-Lover's Yarn finished her Tidal Wave socks on size 1.75mm (00 US) needles - woman after my own heart. The pattern can be found at SWTC's pattern page.Bee_jay has some lovely Jaywalkers done. I love how they look with her shoes

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Day 1 - 2" by 8" swatch done. Uh, I think this project is going to take my awhile.So, I tried out the stitch pattern with size 4 (3.5mm) needles with the Cebelia #10 thread. I tried out the filet pattern from the Magical Earth Shawl in A Gathering of Lace. Usually, I would use smaller needles for lace, but I want these curtains to let some light in.I wasn't thrilled with the results. So I've

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Eye of Partridge with slip stitch edge.The Eye of Partridge is used to reinforce the heel of socks with a nice textured pattern. With a solid yarn, the Eye of Partridge the pattern is subtle. I’ve also seen socks where the slipped stitch was used with a contrasting color. It really makes the pattern pop.You can use a garter stitch edge with this heel stitch pattern. I just used a slip stitch edge

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There are crazy knitters, and there's psychotic-let's-knit-huge-projects-with really-tiny-thread-and-no-pattern knitters. I'm one of the latter.Why? It's either because I'm so sleep deprived with my 3 month old DS that I'm officially insane, or because I like a challenge.Project 1 - Lace CurtainsNot 1, not 2, but 4 curtain panels for the downstairs windows. DH heard on NPR that every 2 weeks a

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Are Designers The Enemy of Design? by Bruce Nussbaum in BusinessWeek. I came across this article from Yummyyarn's blog. I'm telling you, things are changing in our world. When Wallstreet companies start talking about things like "sustainability," you know our culture is changing. It actually gives me some hope for the world.

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Socks Around The BlogsI'm ready for spring, especially when I see yarn colors like the Loneknitter's Red Robin socks. Makes me think I need to break out of my dark color rut.And then there was KnitGlit's Quill Lace socks in STR Little Bunny Foo Foo. I love the pink and brown combo - atypical for me. And I wasn't excited when I saw the Quill Lace sock pattern in Knitty. But I think this pattern

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Daisy StitchI first came across this stitch in Vogue Knitting's Holiday 2005 issue. The Daisy stitch was used for a dressy cardigan, #22. I'll post pictures of my finished sweater soon.Usually you find this stitch worked at a really dense guage. It gives a texture feel to the fabric. But I worked this stitch with laceweight yarn on size 8 needles.Daisy Stitch DirectionsPattern is worked in

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I broke one of my DP bamboo needles on these socks. So I ran out to my LYS, Main Street Yarns. They had three kinds - bamboo, stainless steel, and birch. The Brittany birch needles had a 5 year warranty and were shorter. I went with themAt first, the needles were a little sticky and I was worried. But now I'm just zooming around the sock...and with a tighter gauge. Oh, and the yarn is Lorna's

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A dishrag, not exactly thrilling. But between a round of cold virus through the family and sock pattern headaches, I needed a cheap thrill.Pattern: My own, garter edge with stockinette stitch.Yarn: South Maid Cotton 8, DK weightThoughts: Fast, easy, mindless. Gotta love it.

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Signed up and ready to go!

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Sounds like the price of cotton fabric , and just about everything else, is about to go up. Let's face it, "he-who-shall-not-be-named" was right - we are addicted to oil. And the cure isn't going to be fun or cheap.If we want a cleaner, safer world for our children, we are going to have to start paying more for things. And that means being content with less. Less clothes, less trips out, less

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I was raised on sloppy, commercially made socks. So when I knitted my first pair of socks with negative ease, I found them too tight. I think the perfect fit sock has zero ease. But my DH considers zero ease socks too loose. So tonight I went looking at sock patterns.A Quick "Ease" Survey of Sock PatternsSensational Knitted Socks = zero easeThe Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns = zero easeBig Book

Tara G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16967156916689083568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966748012066640938.post-53265791532029437112007-03-30T14:17:00.000-07:002007-04-01T19:25:41.092-07:00

Actually they have been done for a couple of days. I just haven't had the time to get them blocked and photographed.Pattern: My own - With heavy influences from Widdershins and Sensational Knitted Socks.Yarn: Lorna's Laces Shepard Sock - CamouflageThoughts: I really liked Lorna's Laces' colors. They come in short bursts, so their placement almost looks random. The yarn split on me a couple of

Tara G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16967156916689083568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966748012066640938.post-49841828853322854452007-03-20T11:13:00.000-07:002008-02-15T22:28:39.833-08:00

Notes: The instructions for this pattern are generic with specific numbers for a man's 9 1/2 sock with a gauge of 10 by 13 stitches per inch.I recommend making increases by knitting through the right or left loop to eliminate the possibility of holes. KnittingHelp.com has videos on making various increases.Knitting TermsK - KnitP - PurlM1 - Increase 1 stitchK2tog - Knit 2 stitches togetherP2tog -

Tara G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16967156916689083568noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966748012066640938.post-64365495133265662892007-03-13T17:06:00.000-07:002007-03-15T14:46:58.123-07:00

This weekend I began making increases for my Dad's sock. It just kept going and going. I finally got out my tape measure and found the sock had grown to 11 1/2 inches...and I hadn't even turned the heel.My Dad wears a 9 1/2 shoe, meaning his sock needs to measure 10 5/8 inches from heel to toe. Obviously, I need to do some math. My first mistake was misreading the Widdershin pattern. I'll blame

Tara G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16967156916689083568noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4966748012066640938.post-30608964700878717842007-03-08T22:36:00.000-08:002007-03-13T17:15:36.921-07:00

Every hiker, woodsman needs wool socks. And knowing my Dad's love of all things sportsman, how could I resist Lorna's Laces Shephard Sock in Camouflage - ordered from The Loopy Ewe of course. A pair of hiking socks in these colors is just the sort of Father's Day gift he would enjoy.I'm trying the toe-up approach to sock knitting this time. Size 0 needles, 10 stitches per inch is making a nice

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