In the interests of full disclosure...
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spinningphoenix...of my Works in Progress, at least.
I'm moving my craft blog to DW from Blogger effective the beginning of 2010. The few posts I managed to drag screeching and kicking through the Blogger interface are here.
More about me tomorrow; it's after 11:00 pm, it's my mother-in-law's birthday tomorrow, and I have to be in another state by 8:00 am. As Elizabeth Z. would say, Onward.
I tossed all my WIPs out on the floor this evening and took lousy flash pictures of them. Full Disclosure #1: This is not all of them. There are more in the basement in plastic totes, and somewhere around her is a 90%-finished Bristow sweater that should just need blocking, sewing and button bands. I'm not sure where it's hiding. These are the WIPs that I can reasonably say are actually in progress. A few have been relegated to the Frog Pond of Ripping Despair. And boy howdy, there's a lot of socks...
Here are the Socks:
Andromeda Socks from Knitty in Knit Picks Essential Kettle-Dyed sock yarn. In active rotation.
Lime & Violet Sasquatch yarn in simple rib texture pattern. Semi-regular rotation.
Muscari Socks from Knitty in Wisdom yarns Poems sock. Ready to graft the first toe since October.
Elfin Leftover Socks in leftover Trekking (??). Got past the heel before I ran out. I think I've found a pinch-hitter to finish the short cuffs, so these should be finished shortly.
Cachoeira Socks from Knitty in Jojoland Melody. I like the pattern, but it's really attention-intensive. So they've been in the closet for a while.
Traveller Socks from Nancy Bush, in Kroy sock yarn. Another attention-intensive pattern. This is as far as I've gotten in months.
Rattlesnake Creek Socks in Plymouth Happy Feet. The yarn is great, the pattern was crap. I'm still a little bitter about that, so these have been in the closet since last spring.
Cardinals Socks in Sisu. So far I've only knitted these at the Cardinals baseball games -- when it wasn't too cold, to hot to touch anything (let alone wool) or too crowded to even work the Magic Loop. That's eliminated the last three games we've attended in the last two years. I may have to give up on these.
And here's the non-sock Works in Progress:
Ripple Scarf in navy Patons Classic Wool. I started this when I thought I could knit an entire ribbed scarf in a week to make the December 15th deadline for the Red Scarf Project. I'm halfway done and may have enough yarn to finish this for next year.
Work Gloves for the husband in Plymouth yarn. He's worn out three pairs so far over the last five years or so. The first glove is done except for finishing off the yarn end on the thumb; I didn't have scissors handy last time I worked on them. (After the picture was taken, I managed to yank out the loop and rip out three stitches. Should have taken the twenty seconds to take care of it right then.)
Muppet Hat #2 in Red Heart Light n Lofty, for charitable donations. I finished a scarf and a hat in this yarn in December before I admitted defeat and sent the other five skeins home with my mom. I hope she doesn't remember who gave me the seven original skeins in the first place.
Miscellaneous dishcloths for the really brain-dead knitting times.
Spindle spinning some cheap wool roving I dyed with Easter Egg tablets in the crockpot to make the color break. I have one TP tube full of singles, and I'm occasionally adding to it. Kundert spindle in "Taos" pattern, btw.
Central Park Hoodie in some off-brand tweed yarn purchased on a cone from Webs. The back is already finished, and the fronts are up to the armhole shaping. I like the way the yarn looks, but not the way it feels. Still working on this in active rotation.
Boobalicious Tank from Big Girl Knits in Unger Daffodil cotton/acrylic. This wasn't my first choice of pattern, but it fit the yarn best. I haven't worked on this in at least a year, so it's barely avoiding UFO status.
Self-designed cowl in Dream in Color Smooshy. I wanted something I could pull up over my nose for cold, windy walks to get the mail this winter. Unfortunately my designed-on-the-fly lace collar doesn't lie flat, and I'm out of yarn. I plan to rip this out and whip up a quick Burning Embers Cowl, so I can decide if I want to bother spinning my own yarn for it. This now makes the fourth reincarnation for this yarn.
I'm also nearly finished with an entire Blue Moon Fiber Arts Sheep To Shoe kit, but I held off taking pictures in case I can finish the last bobbin of singles this weekend. Hopefully I'll have pictures to post tomorrow.
That's it for now; I'll work on making the blog look pretty and put together some user icons tomorrow. It's now 12:45 am, and I'm off to bed.
I'm moving my craft blog to DW from Blogger effective the beginning of 2010. The few posts I managed to drag screeching and kicking through the Blogger interface are here.
More about me tomorrow; it's after 11:00 pm, it's my mother-in-law's birthday tomorrow, and I have to be in another state by 8:00 am. As Elizabeth Z. would say, Onward.
I tossed all my WIPs out on the floor this evening and took lousy flash pictures of them. Full Disclosure #1: This is not all of them. There are more in the basement in plastic totes, and somewhere around her is a 90%-finished Bristow sweater that should just need blocking, sewing and button bands. I'm not sure where it's hiding. These are the WIPs that I can reasonably say are actually in progress. A few have been relegated to the Frog Pond of Ripping Despair. And boy howdy, there's a lot of socks...
Here are the Socks:
Andromeda Socks from Knitty in Knit Picks Essential Kettle-Dyed sock yarn. In active rotation.
Lime & Violet Sasquatch yarn in simple rib texture pattern. Semi-regular rotation.
Muscari Socks from Knitty in Wisdom yarns Poems sock. Ready to graft the first toe since October.
Elfin Leftover Socks in leftover Trekking (??). Got past the heel before I ran out. I think I've found a pinch-hitter to finish the short cuffs, so these should be finished shortly.
Cachoeira Socks from Knitty in Jojoland Melody. I like the pattern, but it's really attention-intensive. So they've been in the closet for a while.
Traveller Socks from Nancy Bush, in Kroy sock yarn. Another attention-intensive pattern. This is as far as I've gotten in months.
Rattlesnake Creek Socks in Plymouth Happy Feet. The yarn is great, the pattern was crap. I'm still a little bitter about that, so these have been in the closet since last spring.
Cardinals Socks in Sisu. So far I've only knitted these at the Cardinals baseball games -- when it wasn't too cold, to hot to touch anything (let alone wool) or too crowded to even work the Magic Loop. That's eliminated the last three games we've attended in the last two years. I may have to give up on these.
And here's the non-sock Works in Progress:
Ripple Scarf in navy Patons Classic Wool. I started this when I thought I could knit an entire ribbed scarf in a week to make the December 15th deadline for the Red Scarf Project. I'm halfway done and may have enough yarn to finish this for next year.
Work Gloves for the husband in Plymouth yarn. He's worn out three pairs so far over the last five years or so. The first glove is done except for finishing off the yarn end on the thumb; I didn't have scissors handy last time I worked on them. (After the picture was taken, I managed to yank out the loop and rip out three stitches. Should have taken the twenty seconds to take care of it right then.)
Muppet Hat #2 in Red Heart Light n Lofty, for charitable donations. I finished a scarf and a hat in this yarn in December before I admitted defeat and sent the other five skeins home with my mom. I hope she doesn't remember who gave me the seven original skeins in the first place.
Miscellaneous dishcloths for the really brain-dead knitting times.
Spindle spinning some cheap wool roving I dyed with Easter Egg tablets in the crockpot to make the color break. I have one TP tube full of singles, and I'm occasionally adding to it. Kundert spindle in "Taos" pattern, btw.
Central Park Hoodie in some off-brand tweed yarn purchased on a cone from Webs. The back is already finished, and the fronts are up to the armhole shaping. I like the way the yarn looks, but not the way it feels. Still working on this in active rotation.
Boobalicious Tank from Big Girl Knits in Unger Daffodil cotton/acrylic. This wasn't my first choice of pattern, but it fit the yarn best. I haven't worked on this in at least a year, so it's barely avoiding UFO status.
Self-designed cowl in Dream in Color Smooshy. I wanted something I could pull up over my nose for cold, windy walks to get the mail this winter. Unfortunately my designed-on-the-fly lace collar doesn't lie flat, and I'm out of yarn. I plan to rip this out and whip up a quick Burning Embers Cowl, so I can decide if I want to bother spinning my own yarn for it. This now makes the fourth reincarnation for this yarn.
I'm also nearly finished with an entire Blue Moon Fiber Arts Sheep To Shoe kit, but I held off taking pictures in case I can finish the last bobbin of singles this weekend. Hopefully I'll have pictures to post tomorrow.
That's it for now; I'll work on making the blog look pretty and put together some user icons tomorrow. It's now 12:45 am, and I'm off to bed.
