a foggy place . . .

Another belated post

I'm really happy with my flétta, it fits great and the alpaca yarn is much softer than the called-for létt-lopi (natch). After finishing flétta, I charged ahead with my deep v argyle vest. I was still in the waistband when I realised that way back when I cast-on for the project, I was a 36" - I'm now more like a 32" (I blame breastfeeding). So I frogged. I cast-on for the 32" size. I finished the waistband. I took a look at the charts. Only the 36" was to be found. I must have only printed off that chart to save paper. To save the trees. Back to the computer to print off the 32" chart. No file. NO FILE! AAAFGGHHHH! Instead of dwelling on the matter, I've decided to use the RYC alpaca yarn for the colette pullover. I swatched, (final result=2.5 mm needles to get gauge) but I DID NOT CAST-ON. I'm determined to finish a project already in progress - rogue. I also decided to scrap juno - it's too similar to artic, which I prefer, except for the attached scarf thing. I want to put the cable patt for the scarf-thing on the centre back, which would mean starting over, so why not switch yarns? I'll use the blue-turquoise juno yarn for artic and the green artic yarn for the green gable hoodie (Vogue, Fall '08).
whew!

1 week = 1 month

Right?
I have been faithfully plugging away at the sleeves for flétta; I'm using magic loop to do both of them at the same time. Sleeves always seem to take forever.
Today, I used turkish cast-on for the first time, and it was a success right off the bat! I was a little surprised at myself - I don't quickly pick up new techniques. I still have to focus to stop myself from making my yfwds (yos) backwards. I frogged my hederas - I didn't like the way the patt was turning out; I'm making Wendy's double eyelet toe-up socks with the same yarn instead.
I did start the tangled yoke cardigan - I couldn't keep myself from the felted tweed.
I have to cut down on new projects - and my stash!!!

Winter mitts

I've completed the matching mittens for the Húfa hat!
Knitting for small children gives me an enormous sense of accomplishment; I am actually finishing projects left and right.  A satisfying, but strange, feeling for a notorious process knitter such as myself.

Húfa mittens

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winter preparations

Finally, my 3 month-long extremely complicated zipper installation is over.  [Lappi didn't sit on my to-do pile for 2 months and 29 days]  I also made him a hat (the Húfa patt from Lopi 25) using  leftover yarn from Lappi.  I am making him mittens to match the hat; I'm using the Kríli patt from the same book as a guide.

Lappi jacket and Húfa hat

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1st sock!

My very first sock is complete! I am almost at the heel of the second one.  It's been slow-going, but I am pleased with the results.

Heel of green sock

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Lappi: almost done

Lappi before zipper

Lappi is nearly done! I just have to buy a zipper and install it.  It's way too big for my son, which is great - he will be able to wear it next fall / winter.  I am pretty happy with the way it has turned out.   This was my first project with hems - I like! I really really do.  I am trying to get in as much knitting as I can in the next 2 weeks because I am starting a month-long intensive course.  Once the course is done, job hunting begins.  I haven't worked full-time since the end of 2003.  I went back to school to finish my B. A. and then I got pregnant in my final semester.  I have been taking care of my little one ever since.  I am excited to get out of the house, but the idea still feels a little weird.  Working full-time seems to be somewhere in my distant past; an old faded memory from a not very happy time.  I was way too stressed out back then, working 14 to 18 hour days, sometimes 6 days a week in film production.  Nothing exciting, just office administration (photocopies and more photocopies).  I'm glad that the baby means that I can't go back, that I have to find my way into some new career...

Hems and everything else

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Green Sock

This is double progress update - Project Spectrum and the Green Sock Knitalong!  I really love knitting in the round.

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Project Spectrum - Green

I have finished the cuff on the first basic sock.  I have been keeping it in my purse, only working on it in waiting rooms, etc... This is my first sock, I find it really enjoyable and I love working with fleece artist sock yarn.  I am interested to see how durable it will be as a sock, since it is 100% merino.  The various greens, from olive to pine, work really well together the blending is quite seamless and natural.  If you haven't tried any Fleece Artist / Handmaiden yarns, you have to - just for the colours alone, if not the quality and softness. 

I have finished the body for lappi, dominic's next sweater.  The pine green is truly gorgeous, far more rich and full than pictured (badly) here.

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Organising my stash

I am making progress on Héla, it will be done by my deadline Sunday night (the flight is really early Monday). So I've decided to organise my stash a little bit. That is assign my wool to future projects.

My first ever socks! In Fleece Artist Merino sock yarn.

This will be the Gjá sweater from Lopi 24.

This will be Aftur from Lopi 25.

This 100% wool, Selkirk by Ram Wools in Lavender, will become Rogue by Jenna Wilson.

And finally, this lovely RYC Alpaca (in blossom & herwick) will become Eunny Jang's Deep V Argyle Vest.

Frog

I haven't posted in a while because, well, I ran out of cash iroha for the third time with Flétta, and, well, I got a little frustrated and frogged the whole thing. It was 95% done. I had no wish to revisit my previous agonising searches for the correct colour and dyelot. So it is done. I may use the cash iroha for the lace pullover sweater by Laura Zukaite in this winter's Vogue Knitting, but I really need to not look at this yarn for a while. I bought some berroco alpaca from Effiloché, a new LYS in Montréal. Finally, a really great LYS with a wonderful atmosphere. They have SnB every Friday night too. Oh! and the best part (for me, anyways) was that they re-wind your skeins into balls, right there! In 10 minutes! No tangles! Sorry. It has been a long time since I had good service at an LYS, I guess. And they even let me use the swift / winder all by myself! The photo of the lump of fushia is Héla in progress, I have finished the body and half an arm. I have also cast on for Lappi (I do not have the attention span for stockinette), that's the green photo. The colourful ball of wool is some old noro iro I have lying around; I am thinking of making a baby harness - I am little worried about him running away in an airport. We are switching flights in Detroit and Tokyo before arriving in Guangzhou. Last but not least, I have been tagged for the 6 weird things about you. Once I have narrowed it down to six, I will post about it.