The (mis)Adventures of Knitting Friends: January 2006

Presents are Good

I got my bag in the mail today from Regan--it's even greater than it looks in the forbidden picture below!

Speaking of presents, here's the sweater I made for my sister for her birthday:

And, just because I'm all sorts of magnanamous (or because I had leftover yarn--you decide), here's a bonus hat for Julie:

I'm going to start socks now. I mean RIGHT now. Wish me luck!

beginning and endings

I started a sock last night!

I was going to do a pattern from knitpicks where you did both socks at the same time using 2 size 3 circular needles. But NOBODY SELLS any that aren't bamboo. and I wanted metal.

So I just picked up some size 3 dpns and then flipped through my new book," Sensational knitted socks" (my order from crafter's choice came in!) and found a pattern marked easy that I could use my knitpicks yarn and size 3 dpns.

I picked one that uses the "easy toe" method (you start with the toes) and used a beaded rib pattern.

look!

annnnnnnnnnnnnnd...Aimee's gift is finished!

So Aimee, if you want to be surprised, do NOT scroll down, OK?

are you scrolling??

shame on you!

dammit Aimee!!!

OK, if you don't want it to be a surprise....

hooray!

What do you think?

I just ordered the pattern for this top.

I didn't order the yarn, though. I thought I might substitute another yarn. Something without mohair to SNAG ON MY NEEDLES!

I was thinking this yarn from knitpicks, in hollyberry. It has close to the same gauge, and I can adjust the needle size if neccessary.

What do you think? Do-able? Or did I just waste $8?

Finally, 2 things done

First, here is the hat and glove set I made for Lovie (that's my sister Teri as the model):

It's the softest yarn EVER! I can't wait for her up-close-and-personal review.

Secondly, this is what I made for Julie. I'm sending the package tomorrow. Julz--if you don't want to know ahead of time, DO NOT SCROLL DOWN! (Oh, and avoid my flickr site, too.)

Exciting!

I'm making a hat and mittens for our Canadian friend, Tot. I finished the hat last night and agonized over the mittens off and on today. Imagine my surprise when I actually started them today and discovered they're pretty easy and the directions make more sense than I thought once I actually started doing it.

Yay!

I'll post a hat pic soon and a mitten picture as well, if they continue going as quickly and as pleasantly. Hee hee.

Julz, I'll probably only go to the post office once to mail both your and Lovie's packages, so hang in another week, mkay? ;)

Meet the knitgeeks

Aimee asked me if I'd make some "evilchicks" for us like I have on my blog. Hooray! I likes making the evil chicks. See if you can guess who is who (and no fair clicking on the buttons on the sidebar. that's cheating!)

Don't you hate it when

you order a different yarn than the pattern calls for, not realizing how close a call it's going to be, then you end up being like an EIGHTH of a skein short?

Shit.

My sister's birthday is tomorrow and I can't finish her present until I get another ball of yarn. From Knitpicks. MAN do I hope they can match the dye lot!

useless scarf

Useless because it's been 60 degrees in atlanta lately.

I made this scarf with the same angora yarn I used to make my Chullo hat.

I liked the broken rib stitch that I used for my father's scarf so much, that I decided to use it for mine, but I added a garter stitch border to cut down on the curling.