A Bitter Knitter

Take some yarn... (well, not just some yarn.  Lots of yarn.  About 1200 yards in this particular instance.) Add some knitting needles, a few stitch markers, a handful of blocking pins, and an emergency crochet hook.  Wait 125 days (who knows how many hours... I'm not sure I really want to know that number...) and then, if the Knitting Fates have smiled upon you... ...your yarn will grow up to become a sweater. My NaKniSweMo sweater is finally all grown up.  *sniff*   More photos when I can get some one to take them for me--I'm just ecstatic with the fact that these sleeves are LONG ENOUGH for my abnormally long arms . Also, since my last post, I've finished another pair of socks: These are the first pair of socks I created without a specific pattern--they are knit straight from my brain.  They are also my first socks with afterthought heels.  I love the colours, especially of the variegated yarn.  The LYS I ...

If there was an award for being an inconsistent blogger, I would win.  My last post was a month ago as I was one week into NaKniSweMo. I think I'm going to add November National Whatever Months to my "I don't" list.  I did get about 16 inches done, which I calculate to be 19,074 stitches.  Not bad for moving in the middle of November, but not exactly a 50,000+ stitch completed sweater. I still have quite a bit to do; It's not close to done by any stretch of the imagination.  But for now it's on hold as I frantically knit Christmas presents.  I read the Yarn Harlot's blog today as I was taking a break from knitting and completely agree with the statement of "I feel like I'm going into this Christmas with no reserves."  I started knitting for this Christmas months ago, and yet I'm still really pushed for time.  (That and my family is Christmas-ing on the 19th, which cuts into knitting days.) I haven't completed anything since my...

Good Morning (or whatever the appropriate greeting might be for the time at which you are reading my blog).  For me, it is promptly 8 am as I type this sentence and is the beginning of DAY 6 of NaKniSweMo.  Thus far I am nine inches or 4.4 ounces along in the knitting of my sweater.  In terms of my goal, I am 0.6 ounces (2%) behind where I need to be in order to finish by the end of November, but have knit 9724 stitches, whereas I only needed to be at 8333 stitches yesterday to reach the 50,000 mark, which puts me almost a day ahead in terms of reaching my stitch goal. Am I boring you with this?  How about a picture? Well, I shall leave this post short because: a) as I previously illustrated, I have knitting to do.  (I'd like to catch up that 0.6 oz that I am behind as well as knit today's full oz.) b) this is the only project I have in my active project basket, having officially hibernated the others for the month.  (Officially meaning I changed th...

My last blog post was two months ago... I have started and frogged multiple projects and am still working on some stealth projects, but I finally have things to show you!  (With all pictures, click to embiggen.) 1- Musical Mitts for Read Headed Sister This is one of the stealth projects I'd posted about previously, but since her birthday is now passed I can show them to you! They are knit in alpaca and are wonderfully soft.  She tells me that she loves them and that everyone who sees them is jealous. 2- Captain Hats 1 & 2 Some of the ladies at Knitter's Anonymous had knit this hat and I just loved it, so I knit one for a friend (tan) and one for me (grey) . It's a very fun, fast pattern (hooray for bulky yarn!)  3- Raspberry Chocolate Mitts for the Cure These were knit at the Yarning for You " Knit for the Cure " event and donated to Susan G. Koman for the Cure .  The colours remind me of raspberries and chocolate, hence the name of the mitts...