KNITTING OVERLOAD (KNITTING WITHOUT DOG HAIR IS NOT AN OPTION)

KNITTING OVERLOAD

I am warning you. This is a picture/project heavy blog entry - about time, I know. I took a bunch of pictures last weekend and throughout this week, so here we go. But before we move to the yarn content...

DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!

Here is the long awaited picture of my "knitted" birthday cake. Melissa and Nancy surprised me with this beauty. It is made from scratch - totally original - I love you gals!!!

Do you now understand why I had such a sugar rush and crash a couple of Friday nights ago?

Remember that I am not able to concentrate lately on one knitting project. Well, here is a sweep through the most current projects:

The Mystery Stole 3 is coming along - slowly but steadily. I am about 10 rows into clue no. 4.

Yarn: Suss Crunch - Color Neutral (50gr/153yds)
70% Cotton, 20% Acrylic, 8% Nylon, 2% Alpaca

Yarn: Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport Yarn - Color Yellowstone #201
100% Superwash wool (200yds)

Two more multi-directional scarves... Seems to be my favorite scarf pattern these days. And I guess I'll have a big stack of scarves ready for Christmas. :-)

I finished sock no. 1 with the Opal sock yarn. Sock no. 2 needs to be cast on, otherwise no. 1 will be an only child...

Last Sunday at Knitch I bought some gorgous Blue Sky Baby Alpaca Chunky in Petal Pink. Mouse pointed me to this cute scarf pattern on a German website and I thought that would be a perfect pattern for this soft yarn. I would like to just knit a big blanket with the Baby Alpaca and roll myself in it. Mmmmmmm....

This is what I knitted Sunday afternoon at the shop - I finished the scarf Monday night. Super-fast knit, really! It was funny tho'. I wore a black linen skirt to work on Monday and when I got off the bus (after knitting on the scarf) I looked like I had a petal pink baby alpaca sitting on my lap on the bus. I was covered with fiber. Note to self - bring a dish towel next time...

And here is the chart - I changed the symbols a little and translated it into English:

The chart shows only the RS rows. On the WS rows, knit the knits, purl the purls. Treat the yarnovers also as purls.

Cast on 28 sts.
Knit 1, knit the pattern repeat twice, knit 1. The edge stitch on each side of the pattern repeat is knitted on RS and WS rows. Repeat the 10-row pattern repeat to your little heart's content.

I used two balls of the Baby Alpaca (100gr/108 yds) on needle size US #13. Have fun, if you knit this scarf. Let me know if you have any questions.

Finally, I knitted a belt. Something I've always wanted to do. For my birthday, hubby gave me a bunch of really cool initial-"C" belt buckles. So, I bought a skein of Noro Daria Multi and started knitting the belt, thinking one hank (it had only 54 yds on it) would be enough. And it would have been if I were 20 pounds lighter. So, I had to go back and buy a second hank. Anyway, the belt turned out cute and I like wearing it. Since I have lots more buckles, I will go through my stash for other yarns.

Also finished the multidirectional scarf with Melissa's handspun. I love the curly fringe. :-)

Mulitdirectional Scarf - Melissa's Handspun

I started the Twisted Flower sock from Cookie A. By now I am way past the heel. It is a very pretty pattern. I LOVE HER DESIGNS!!!

And I convinced hubby dearest dear to string beads for me for a scarf with a beaded fringe. He sure is a good cookie - doing all the crap work for me. Here is what his work space looked like:

And since the yarn I am using is some slippery cotton blend from Cascade (sorry, I will have to hunt the label down for more details), he also used Jen's method for winding the yarn:

And here is the beginning of the scarf with the beaded fringe.

So, that's what I've been up to. Interesting, besides getting into all these new projects that I also finished a few things. That makes me feel better. :-)

This weekend will be fun - dyeing yarn at the Peachtree Handspinners Guild on Saturday, and on Sunday I am going to Knitch for some quality knitting time. It'll be interesting tho' because the shop is renovating the upstairs and there is going to be no access to all the chairs, etc., that they usually store up there and take down for customers during the knit-ins. Kim and Nell actually suggested we bring folding chairs, if we can, since some of the groups are sometimes very crowded. SO, tonight I am not only BYOD (bring your own drink), I am also BYOC...

Have a great weekend!

PS: I told you about our fun interns. One of them has a blog and actually posted a picture of me, sitting at my desk. The blog is in German but there are actually quite a few good pictures of midtown Atlanta.

Posted by Claudia on July 27, 2007 7:34 AM | Permalink

KNITTING WITHOUT DOG HAIR IS NOT AN OPTION

KNITTING OVERLOAD

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