Sunday, January 20, 2013

Only a Week Late


So much for a resolution to blog more regularly! (Well, in my mind, I thought "once a week, usually on the weekend." Reality is, "when I get to it!")

To the right is the pitiful pile of FOs since last I posted. Both are "one day wonders," a bib and a dishcloth.


The bib is mindless, but the cloth, not so much. Closeup of the pattern to the left.

It's the January Challenge Cloth for my dishcloth group and knit up into quite a pretty cloth (I'm thinking blankie or scarf, though I may poke my eyes out with pointy sticks before that happens!)

But it's done and reported and now I can move on to other things.

Both FOs are Bernat Handcrafter cotton. The bib is Batik, the cloth, off-white. Available at Smiley's.



And currently On The Needles and now large enough to warm my toes, is the current scrapghan.

It started out as a mindless project to use up odds and ends and odd balls of wool stuff. The plan was to donate it. When I decided that it would replace the well-used (and well-worn) Rambling Rows afghan that I made years ago with ack, I started stash-diving into the "good" stuff of well-aged hand-dyed yarns that I have collected as souvenirs on vacations. Then, I pulled out some single balls I got in grab bags. Yummy things like the big purple bit (that's alpaca) and the frosty rust bit at the bottom (also alpaca). It's wonderfully snuggly (or it will be) and it makes me happy just to look at it!


Current WIPs on the sofa where I sit and knit include a sweater for the Hypothetical Future Tiny Princess (the pink) and a tee/vest for me (the brown).

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Saturday, January 05, 2013

Off to a Good Start

 Resolved: to post more regularly.

Eyes right: first woven project off the Flip in 2013. Three cotton dish towels in an unmercerized cotton purchased (I think) from Webs and aged nicely in stash. Finished size, approximately 15" X 24".



First knits off the needles, car and TV knitting. A pair of dishcloth cotton baby bibs in Bernat Handcrafter cotton, Beach Ball Blues.

Bib on the top is sort of cobbled together with i-cord ties.

Pattern for bib at the bottom can be found here.

I finished both in record time (today, in fact) and used about 1.5 balls (about 2.5 ounces) for both.
And this, is one of the last FOs of 2012.

A teensie baby sweater in the dreaded "pinque" colorway, because it seems, we are getting one of those pink-wearing small people in the spring.

Yes, the Tiny Princes (Original and Too) are being joined by a Tiny Princess.

We are excited!

Yarn is Filatura Lanarota Cool Cotton from Smiley's.

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Monday, December 31, 2012

What a year!

I've been keeping track of my yarn usage for the last 11 years. I've been posting those totals here for at least the last six. And this year is no exception. Despite my missteps of blogging, I have actually been very productive with my fiber arts:

2 adult sweaters
3 afghan squares (for my charity group)
4 bibs
29 pairs of booties
2 cat toys
17 children’s sweaters
1 Christmas stocking
9 coasters
19 cowls
13 dishcloths
3 dishtowels
5 adult hats
1 baby blanket
5 pairs of mittens
1 pillow cover
13 placemats
2 potholders
6 baby caps
1 felted purse
1 bathmat
6 scarves
1 shawl
8 tea toters
1 teddy bear sweater
6 holiday ornaments

I used a total of 34,526 yards of yarn (that’s more than 20 miles!) weighing just a hair under 33 pounds!

This is the 11th year I am keeping track and my 4th most productive year.

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Saturday, December 29, 2012

It's Been a Long, Long Time

I've been away from the blog for so long that I had to think long and hard about how to download photos (especially since Kodak has gone belly-up) and then, to figure out how to log in to Blogger.

So, hoping this works, because at the very least, I'd like to be able to tabulate 2012 fiber-wise.

I've been knitting and weaving, and I entered the fair again this year and did very, very well. Sadly, I took few photos and most everything that I made has long since been sent to its intended recipients.

Some of the newer stuff, though, was photographed and for your viewing pleasure:


A scarf of the long and narrow variety, woven of various novelty yarns, mostly viscose and silk.





The fringes of said scarf showing the variety of yarns.



A set of dishtowels. Same warp, differing weft. Cotton chenille.



Current On The Loom project. More dishtowels, this time in a smooth cotton. Love the faux plaid that the space dyed cotton is making up into.


I am hoping to get back into blogging regularly into the new year. I look upon this as a documentary of my fiberlife. a journal, if you will. I do it for me. If it affords pleasure to the random reader, great.

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Sunday, May 06, 2012

Moving Right Along

  

What's this?
Why, this!

EZ's Surplice Baby Sweater and matching bonnet .

Yarn is Plymouth Encore in several stashed shades (same as the Rambling Rows blanket that Bub --Big Ugly Baby--is seated on).

Both are relatively mindless once I got in the groove.

Good TV knitting; not especially good car knitting because of the need to check the pattern regularly.

Fair entries.

And I believe that this is 12 of 12.

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Sunday, April 22, 2012

Selected FOs

 We took a little trip last week (photos will come, perhaps later today).

I discovered the perfect memorizable pattern for car knitting, odd ball-using: the Morehouse Merino baby bootie.

Eighty-two miles for the knitting of a pair!

Aren't they cute?


Assortment of washable wools and blends. All in teeny tiny newborn size. I have officially replenished my Welcome to the World stash. All are in need of ties of a sort. Must check the ribbon stash for something suitable for each.


And what's that in the background?

Fresh off the needles, the latest edition of Mindless TV Watching knitting. Rambling Rows afghan (by Cottage Creations) in the smallest size, using up leftover balls of Plymouth Encore that have marinated long enough in the stash.

I plan to make a matching sweater and hat (to become a fair entry -Infant 3-piece Sweater-cap-blanket) and then will add an edging to the blankie with the yarn that is left.

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

That Would Be 10 and 11

 The Tiny Prince Original needs a new Wallaby! He's outgrown his last one (red, his favorite color).

Mammo (that would be I) pulled out the yarn and the pattern, then decided to knit up a similar sweater (hoodie, pouch) but from the top down this time. Kids to Grown-ups Seamless Sweaters had just the ticket. Yarn: Filatura Lanarota Easy Wool in the denim heather colorway to the rescue.

Tiny Prince Two/Too will be getting one as well.


And then there was Number 11!

Same pattern as before, but made to the exact specifications of the pattern!


This one's a size 4. The yarn is Sidar Tropicana Cotton Effect DK (100% acrylic) in a shade of pink best described as "watermelon."

Impossible to photograph true.

It's sort of a vest, sort of a sweater.

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