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Yarn Pop has great totes
I find it a great deal of fun when blogs I enjoy have contests. You’ve probably seen them.” Leave a comment, and we will use a random number generator to pick one of you to get this cool stuff”. I always leave kind words. I have never gotten anything. This morning, however, was different. Lori from Yarn Pop gave me a very wonderful message. “Your comment number was chosen using random.org and you are the winner of the Yarn Pop pack! I am so excited! I could really use some nicer knitting bags for my perpetual, revolving project collection. And I get these! This has definitely been Katie’s Happy Month.…
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Getting Stuff Done
This has been a great weekend for getting things finished, organized, and prioritized. It feels great. Two of the items have photos to share. The rest, though more boring, is necessary and in progress. I present to you, the newborn Batman hat. It worked out pretty well, and I think it should do pretty much what it was supposed to do. I am popping it in the mail tomorrow. 60 stitches, size 5 needles, a bit taller than necessary so that the ears don’t get pulled in, and short-row ears which are knit over 12 stitches, reducing one stitch each row. It is seamed flat at the top. I hope…
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The Deep Fall Knitty is up
And I am in it! My first published pattern. Be still my heart. I have a great deal of intense happy happening right now, and a bit of work to do to get it properly linked. But first, the happy dance. No video attached, just use your imagination (or not, if what comes to your mind is too scary). Leaves of Grass is found here.
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I did it!
My website is now up as a self-hosted WordPress site. I love Lynda.com tutorials! I am not completely in love with the layout, but that is an easy fix. Experiencing great relief and a great need for sleep. Goodnight!
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I may just make it!
I completed the knitting and felting of the gifts I intended my Mother take to Norway months ago. I need to embroider them. Of course, that meant that I had to let them…age…a few months before finishing. Now that her flight is just a week away, perhaps I better get cracking. I will make it! I have eight more to embroider (very simply I might add) and then I need to add hangers to the whole set. They make me happy.
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What's on my needles: Chameleon-style
I have been working on redrafting my Comfy Mitten pattern. I was just going to re-write it to be more coherent, maybe add a size, and redo the photography. Silly me. The primary knitting and drafting is done and I have 6 sizes ranged from a medium kid-size to a men’s XL. There is a bit of work to do before I can release this (translated: gah!, so much to do!). I have, however, completed the preliminary round. This will be called Comfy Mitten-Family Style, and replace the existing pattern.
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And so it begins…
Barely (read, not really) done with my happy sock pattern, I am heading north this week with 2 skeins of Malabrigo Rastita, the book “Knitting Brioche,” and the word cowl running through my brain. Ah, the fun part of designing!
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Still focusing on warm toes
The snow isn’t letting up. It is what I get I guess for living this far North, but I am growing tired. Not a whole lot I can do about it other than whimper softly into my yarn stash. How to brighten it up? Knit orange socks! I am working on a toe-up pattern for a simple sock. This is the second draft. They make me smile. I also love the feel of this yarn (Indulgence from Knitting Fever) and this style of sock. Happiness all around. I also finally got photos taken of the slippers that have kept my toes warm all winter. Based on the Malabrigo Loafer,…
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Its working mostly!
Post next in the ornament saga. 25 ornaments knit, and then I ran out of yarn. This was followed by a mass felting this weekend. It is the way I do things. I throw ’em in and hope they survive. I have lost one item this way in the past, but mostly things are ok. Some colors under felted, some over felted, and many looked wonky. I have learned a few things this weekend. 1) When you find that the wonky one have felted to themselves, it is ok to stretch them and actually tear the improperly felted bits apart, and then when it is all detached and cooperative reshape…
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A massive amount of miniature knitting
This Summer my mother, her sister, and hopefully their brother will be visiting family in Norway. They are all getting older, and one, possibly last, visit would be wonderful. These Norwegian relatives are also generous, and one winter sent us all hand-knitted socks for Christmas. I wanted to return a gift in kind, something wonderful and hand knit. The intent is that they be hostess gifts for the visit. If the visit does not happen they will be Christmas gifts. Nice intro, whatcha makin’? I am knitting a rather large quantity (the goal is 24) of the pattern “Felted Ornaments” by Two Old Bags. The photo shows a bunch of…