Saturday, August 26, 2006

On the needles...


sock for ME!
Originally uploaded by evilsciencechick.
I got my mom's socks off this week - hopefully she got them today, as tomorrow is her birthday. Sorry no final picture - I literall finished them on the way to work and then mailed them from there.

I started taking the shuttle in, as I refuse to pay for a parking pass ($100 increase over last year) as I'm only going to be here for a few more months. Anyway, I've discovered the joys of knitting on a bus - a little bumpy, but it's a nice way to start and end the work day. Plus, I'm probably known as "that weird girl who knits and makes faces."

I started a pair of socks for ME. I bought this yarn at my LYS, and for the life of me, I can't find the label. I think it's called "socktastic" or something like that. A superwash wool/cotton/something else combo. Anyway, I don't remember ANYTHING on the lable saying that it was self striping. I started on my standard easy toe pattern, and noticed...hey...STRIPES! I had to take advantage. I ripped out the 3 inches I had started, and began knitting the chevron pattern from Sensational Knitted Socks, which was designed for self striping. This isn't a toe up pattern, so it'll be my first grownup socks knitted this way (the baby socks weren't toe first, but they were teeny tiny). I can't be nervous about running out of yarn, though, as I have 450 yards of it. w00t! Also, it calls for an "afterthought heel," which makes me nervous. I am DOWN with the short row heel, but I think it only works for the toe up patterns.

It's hard to see the chevron pattern so early in the process. There were two other chevron type patterns I could have chosen: one was too lacey for this yarn, IMHO, and one called "welt fantastic" which I REALLY liked...and almost tried...except it was a 12 row repeating pattern. No way would I be able to knit that on a bus or watching tv without starting at the chart. So the standard chevron it is - a 2 row pattern.

Monday, August 07, 2006

procrastinatorial FO's

I like making up words.

Dude, it's been so long since I've posted anything on a blogger blog, I almost forgot how. HA!

OK, so TECHNICALLY I have some UFOs. There is the infamous shawl, which I haven't touched in almost a year. There is also Knitty's Branching Out, which I started and stopped after repeated frogging, ripping, and angst. It LOOKS so easy...but it's not.

So Aimee was right - I knit in the evenings instead of write. BAD ME! But there ya go.

A peaches and cream washcloth, pattern from this site, in the "open stars" pattern.

cotton washcloth

I made some toddler sized socks for when I visit my friend Elizabeth this week. I had made the pinwheel blanket for her newborn Lily, but felt guilty for never having knitted her son, Dylan, anything. These are just out of cotton.

baby socks!

I made a little hedgehog from my Family Circle knit toys book - same one I got the pink pig pattern from. He's done in Caron simply soft and lion brand fun fur yarn.

hedgehog 2


And finally, my WIP - a gift for my mother: uhh...a knit elf condom.

weirdo looking sock

No really! It's a sock! There will eventually be two.
Pattern from Sensational Knitted Socks, the best sock book ever. The Easy Toe pattern, which I like because:

1. it's knit toe up, so you can make the most of what yarn you have
2. there's no toe seam to get caught between your big toe and your shoe, making a painful blister. OK, maybe only I have this problem with socks.

Sunday, April 23, 2006

Groovy Toe Socks

At his special request, I made these socks for my nephew Robin's 11th birthday:

Robins Socks--Side

Robins Socks--Toe View

Made from a washable fingering-weight wool on size one needles.

(I've made a number of other, smaller items in the last couple months, but haven't gotten pictures of most of them. Sorry.)

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Yay Julie! Devil Hat Goodness

Thanks, Julie. Em and I both love the hat!

Devil Hat

Devil Hat, Side

(I think she has it on backward, but it's still cute as heck!)

Friday, March 24, 2006

socks are done!


socks are done!
Originally uploaded by evilsciencechick.
My socks are finally done! seriously, that last inch took the longest. I had moved on to other things. I decided to pick it up last night and not go to bed until it was DONE!

They are a tad bit big, so I might try to shrink them in some hot water.

wash cloth


wash cloth
Originally uploaded by evilsciencechick.
Made from some cotton Peaches and Cream, laying on top of my laptop to give some size perpective.

I got the pattern here.

it's the "chinese wave" pattern.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Impromptu Hat

Ok, here are pictures of the Impromptu Hat. I know 2 of you have already seen it, but we do have a couple of other readers here and I wanted to show it off.

For those of you who don’t know the back story, I started making the same baby blanket as the Evil Science one below, but my yarn wasn’t soft enough for a baby. Em saw me pulling it apart, popped it on her head, and asked if I could turn it into a hat for her—so I did. And there you have it.

Hat1
(Please excuse the attitude.)

Hat2

Monday, March 13, 2006

pinwheel baby blanket


baby blanket
Originally uploaded by evilsciencechick.
Here it is! almost done!

It curls up a bit on the sides. I tried a couple of rows of pearl to combat this, but I might have made it worse. oops. I'm hoping that after I sew the lace edge on, then block it (can you blow acrylic?) it will stop curling.

So what do you think? Too girly? just girly enough?