Month: January 2006

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Knitting olympics

This has been a topic I have mulled over many a time in the last week. Do I do it? Do I not do it? Can I really work on one project for that long without giving in to other knit temptations? I have the perfect project for it. Brocade from Rowan, I started it the day after I got it in the mail & got about 4″ done, then put it down to work on christmas gifts and I haven’t picked it up since. It would defenitely be a challenge during the olympics but I want to actually watch the olympics, not stare at a chart on a magnet board for hours on end each day. That might actually call for wearing reading glasses, again!So I have a decision to make, keep on with what I have planned or put it all away where I can’t see it to work only on the Brocade. Hmmmm….that is one tough decision! I do want that sweater to wear & this winter would be nice so that is a pro. The only cons are reading the chart and working on one lonely project.

On other topics, I didn’t get much knitting done because I picked up a book that Mary loaned me, ‘These is my Words’ and didn’t put it down until I finished it last night! Great book, I laughed, cried and George kept asking me ‘Why are you smiling so much over there?’ The main character, Sarah Prine, was absolutely my kind of woman! Strong, smart (without a college education), loved books and made her way in the 1880’s with nothing but her bare hands & the love of her family! If there were one time that I could transport myself to it would be the 1800’s, settling the west. It’s not a fantasy either, I see it for what it was, the hard work, the danger, the sacrifice. I love it. Plain and simple!

Now back inside to try to finish the rug for Sadie’s room. The rounds are over 400 sts. I want to end at around 700 sts I think. Every 4th row I increase 16 sts so that leaves me about 75 more rows. We’ll see when I get up to 600 sts just how big the diameter of the thing truly is and decide how much further to go. I added a band of black and dark pink fair isle. Just the simple little 3 row fleur de lis to add a bit of interest. I am now back to the solid pink for the rest of the rounds. I will do a fun bind off of some kind. Maybe a bobble bind off. Can’t think of the name of it but I used it on the collar of the Drop Stith cardigan out of the fall 2005 interweave knits. Very subtle but there is interest in it, like a rug binding should have!

 

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APAD #124

My version of Tracy’s post. Our chairs are actually the same exact chair, when moving a few years ago we needed to get rid of 1 of the 4 chairs we had like this, so Tracy was gifted! Hers is actually in much better condition due to mine being dropped out the back of the truck on I-5 at 70mph. But hey, it works and you wouldn’t know its traumatic background had I not told you!

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Knitters anonymous, sent to me by my SP. My answers are in italics.

 
For each question select your answer and write down the score
given in brackets [ ].
Upon completion of the questionnaire, add up your total score and
compare it to the profiles given at the bottom of the page.
How often do you knit?
[0] Never
[2] 2-4 times a month
[4] 4 or more times a week
[1] Monthly or less
[3] 2-3 times a week
How long do you knit in a
typical session?
[0] 15-30 minutes
[2] 30-60 minutes
[4] 6 or more
[1] 2-3 hours
[3] 4-6 hours
How often do you knit 4-6 hours per session?
[0] Never
[2] Monthly
[4] Daily or almost daily
[1] Less than monthly
[3] Weekly
How often during the last year have you found
that you were not able to stop knitting once you had
started?
[0] Never
[2] Monthly
[4] Daily or almost daily
[1] Less than monthly
[3] Weekly
How often during the last year have you missed
work or not been able to do other things expected of you
because of knitting?
[0] Never
[2] Monthly
[4] Daily or almost daily
[1] Less than monthly
[3] Weekly
How often during the last year have you needed a
first knit in the morning to get yourself going after a
heavy knitting session?
[0] Never
[2] Monthly
[4] Daily or almost daily
[1] Less than monthly
[3] Weekly
How often during the last year have you felt
guilty after knitting? Yarn buying?
[0] Never
[2] Monthly
[4] Daily or almost daily
[1] Less than monthly
[3] Weekly
How often during the last year have you been
unable to remember what happened the night before
because you had been knitting?
[0] Never
[2] Monthly
[4] Daily or almost daily
[1] Less than monthly
[3] Weekly
Have you or someone else been injured or neglected as a result
of your knitting?
[0] No
[4] Yes, during the last year
[2] Yes but not in the last
year
Has a relative, friend or doctor been concerned
about your knitting or suggested you cut down?
[0] No
[4] Yes, during the last year
[2] Yes but not in the last
year
Total score
If you scored:

0-7 Well done, you are a sensible knitter.
Make sure you stay aware of how much you drink and look
out for your friends and family.
8-15You knit a bit more than you should, and
this could affect your health in the long run. Keeping a
knitting diary may help you to see how much you knit
and where you could cut down. If this doesn’t help,
visit a doctor for more advice.
16-19 You are a fairly heavy knitter, and
could be damaging your health. You should consider
visiting your GP for advice on how to cut down on your
knitting.
20-40Knitting is causing you to have health
problems and having a detrimental effect on other
aspects of your life and the people around you. You are
a very heavy knitter and should seriously reduce the
amount you knit. Visit your GP for advice. They may
then refer you to other sources of help and support in
cutting down on the amount you knit.

Now all of you that know me, you tell me if I answered accurately & how damn funny are some of the answers!!!

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Progress pictures

I thought I would post some progress pictures (ehem, sp).

First the start of the Angelica sweater, I used hpy merino that was the last of the crack yarn in my stash but I just couldn’t get the gauge to work the way I wanted it to so I scrapped it & went to some Adrienne Vittadini yarn that I have in my stash

Next is the round rug for Sadie’s room redo~

Her room is going to be pink, white, black. The pink of this yarn is quite a bit more bright than I could get with my lighting. So here is the comforter that is coming soon.

I love it! Love it! Love it!

It’s a bed in a bag so you get all linens in the picture! Fantastic!

I will make the rug about 6′ in diameter. I am hoping the texture of the boucle yarn doubled will make it a bit like chenille once washed & I may even starch it a tiny bit but we’ll see how solid it comes out. I am using a worsted weight boucle cone yarn I got off ebay doubled on size 8’s. It’s pretty solid but still soft. I am doing random black and gray stripes through it also to bring it into the room decor even more.

At Target’s holiday clearance they had a ton of girly pink, black and fuschia items for $.25. Ribbons that I will use on her curtains, purses that I will decorate shelves with. Cut glass mirrored items. It will be very parisian and fun. I need to go find a really rad lamp at ross to go next to her bed! It will be very fun to do the whole room over. We are even painting her armoire and bed again. Whew! I sweat thinking about all the work involved but she is getting older and defenitely deserves it!

I am off to knit until George gets home from East Beach & volleyball. Then we’ll do some home improving junk!

Enjoy your Saturday!

 

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knitting quagmire

Why do I do this to myself? I fall in love with a dozen yarns & a dozen different ideas all at once & must cast on! If only I had the stamina to start a project, work on said project & finish said project. But Nooooo, I have too many ideas to keep myself all pinned down! So right now on (and around) my chair are 5 projects that I have started in the last week. 5

Now I would love to just finish one or 2 of them to get them out of the way but then I feel guilty for having those others just laying there all sad & dismissed. SO I hop back & forth, back & forth. I know, it’s still knitting getting done on projects but no one project is getting completed immediately!

Then Thuy brings me the coveted teal/blue dye-all-over alpaca and I can’t keep from touching, searching patterns, swatching. Bad, bad

I would like to do the knitting olympics but in all honesty I am way  too much of a knitting whore to settle down with 1 project for that long span of time! So I will try to be content with my tangles of projects, masses of strewn about patterns and disarray of needles. I love my knitting even when I want to commit fibrecide!