tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62074155418684287472024-02-18T22:14:35.153-06:00On being a knitwitKnitting, living, and surviving graduate school...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08767014954898881101noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207415541868428747.post-39449851263741875772012-11-09T22:33:00.001-06:002012-11-09T22:33:17.898-06:00Darn it - Not so everlasting.<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I always mourn the loss of a handknit, but I don't think anything is worse than finding a hole in a handknit sock. The amount of time for the original knit, how much I love every pair, it's just too much.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've lost a few socks over the three years that I've been knitting socks. I've attempted to darn them, but I'm afraid of my darning skills and me pulling the sock back out of my shoe and seeing an even bigger hole.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The sock is question this time are my Wineberry Rose Socks in Dream in Color Everlasting sock. (Not so everlasting, I guess.) I don't blame the yarn, I'm rather harsh on my socks. I wear them to work, and these pair were probably worn every week since I finished them last September. I take it thats about 65-70 wears in the past year, in tennis shoes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ill attempt to darn these as well, but I think they'll be retired to house socks. No more work for them.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08767014954898881101noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207415541868428747.post-31713352933034320492012-05-03T21:23:00.000-05:002012-05-03T21:23:30.573-05:00May Your Spring Be Green<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The SO, my uncle, some others and I stopped by the Japanese Biotanical Gardens last weekend. (It's less than 5 minutes from the new MadTosh store).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">May your spring be as green and lovely</span>. </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08767014954898881101noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207415541868428747.post-6275789842228446122012-05-02T00:01:00.000-05:002012-05-02T00:01:00.279-05:00WIP Wednesday - Knit - a - long!<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hello again. I've gone back to work full time, and the stress had sent me into a knitting frenzy for a while The blog kind of went to the wayside for a bit, and well, the housework did too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm getting my groove back and I have a lot to show. I've joined a few knit-a-longs and my forever sweater ardielse is almost done! (No pictures of her though, she is just too close to being finished. Just the bottom hem is left, and then the finishing and modelling the beauty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">So instead, here are the KALs I'm working on:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/holden-shawlette" target="_blank">The Holden shawlette</a> with a small KAL group I really enjoy. I don't have a good recent photo, once it gets too big its really hard to photograph on the needles. I'm about ready to start the lace section</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And everyone's favorite infliction at the moment: The Color Affection Shawl. I'm knitting mine in Madelinetosh Merino Light. (A new MadTosh store opened in Fort Worth!!!) And the most interesting thing happened. I picked out two colors at the store to go with the skein I purchased at the FiberFest last month. The green and the blue skeins are the same colorway (Cousteau) bought at two seperate times. They are going to go SO WELL together. SO EXCITED!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For more WIP Wednesday, make sure to check out <a href="http://tamisamis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tamis Amis</a></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08767014954898881101noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207415541868428747.post-48233348241547260782012-04-13T00:02:00.000-05:002012-04-13T00:02:00.162-05:00FO Friday: My Little Pony Feet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I finished my figit socks this week. This pair really reminds me of old school My Little Pony. They are just so punk rock girlie!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have several of the same WIPs going on this week without much progress, so I thought I would share just my latest. I know it's springtime, but I couldn't resist doing some colorwork. It was just calling my name. I started a pair of Endpaper mitts. The colorwork makes the knitting go so fast!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">See the cute little project bag? I made it! I'm so proud of how my progress is going with the sewing. I kind of went overboard on making project bags, so I put the extras that I made in my etsy <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/BeaKnitwit?ref=si_shop" target="_blank">shop.</a></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdKCF3yhk3Gd7IsfLXQzH3fUm1EFunf4AmdBLJeX38RMaeVG3F2grFQ15Ae9zj9hpVmjRVgMunockXRMqI6F8QfHApP-Z0fNwB638OXqzsC9DIHQ2a3sO0jKuOzrlFiHz1BcuGPiyeHOu/s1600/P1000719.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZdKCF3yhk3Gd7IsfLXQzH3fUm1EFunf4AmdBLJeX38RMaeVG3F2grFQ15Ae9zj9hpVmjRVgMunockXRMqI6F8QfHApP-Z0fNwB638OXqzsC9DIHQ2a3sO0jKuOzrlFiHz1BcuGPiyeHOu/s320/P1000719.JPG" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">First off, Madelinetosh had a huge booth and I ended up in their corner more than once. I picked up some Tosh Merino light and and two skeins of their worsted merino cashmere blend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Two skeins of The Alpaca Yarn Company Astral. It's a tencel and alpaca mix. It's so shiny and soft.</span><br />
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And of course, since I'm trying to learn how to spin, I picked up some great fiber as well. Both are BFL, which was reccommended to me as easy for a beginner because of the long staple.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The beautiful purple is from Wooly Wonka Fibers and the blue and brown is from Two If By Hand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I had so much fun finally being able to go to my local fiberfest. Now to spin/knit all these goodies up!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08767014954898881101noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207415541868428747.post-15468869530374702442012-04-04T00:01:00.000-05:002012-04-04T09:50:07.781-05:00WIP Wednesday: Feeling Red<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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As I looked into my WIP bag this week, I noticed something... I think I might be feeling a bit red. First up is a new set of stockinette self-stripey socks using Cherry Tree Hill in the colorway Black Cherry. The photo is via my new photobox setup my SO gave me for my birthday. Isn't he wonderful?</div>
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Next up is my Adeilse. She is growing slowing but steadily and is about 4 inches below the arm now. By the time I finish this one, the summer will probably be in full swing here in Texas. It was already 85 and humid this past weekend. She'll be nice in the fall though. </div>
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Also in the picture is my new cake bag. Isn't it adorable? My brother bought it for me as a birthday gift at the DFW fiberfest. If you come back tomorrow, I'll show you all the great other goodies I got there. (Hint: It'll be soft and wonderful!)</div>
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Oh, and one more piece of news! I got a GREAT deal on a sewing machine that I've been eyeing for a while. I'm going to learn to sew! Oh, the project bags I could make....</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> I also chose not to block the shawl out to sharp points at the end. I'm loving the right angles of the triangles. Hopefully, I'll be able to post some modeled pictures in the near future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We recently painted our bathroom a beautiful greyish blue a few weekends back. My old grungy hand towels are so old they're from my old college dorm room days. So, I decided to knit up a nice bright blue hand towel. It's a simple basketweave stich pattern in Sprout 100% cotton. I've </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">never used this yarn before, but its knitting up very soft and squishy. I might end making a couple more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">The Christmas box is no longer empty and that seems like both a large and small accomplishment. Large, because I love being prepared and starting is the hardest part. Small, because there is so much still to do. I'm starting easy with the washcloths, but who knows what else will end up in that box before the fateful day? I have some ideas, but yall will have to stay tuned.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My </span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wingspan-2" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wingspan</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> has doubled in size. I just finished the fourth triangle out of eight. It's a super simple pattern and the short rows really give it a cool look.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I'm already worrying about having enough yarn to finish. I bought the yarn on clearance and they had *exactly* enough. I'm hoping doing 3/4 sleeves will help make sure I have the right amount to finish. Keep your fingers crossed for me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">This week's pet photo is suprisingly not Tippy. Aptly named Fidget was really interested getting in the way of my photos last night. He finally let me take my pictures after he had his own portrait done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">They're now available at <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/BeaKnitwit?ref=si_shop" target="_blank">Be a Knitwit! Designs. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">To enjoy more Fiber Arts Friday, hop on over to </span><a href="http://wonderwhyalpacafarm.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wisdom Begins in Wonder</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> and for more gorgeous FOs, stop by </span><a href="http://tamisamis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Tamis Amis.</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> Happy Friday </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">everyone!</span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08767014954898881101noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207415541868428747.post-84257280927250446492012-03-07T00:01:00.000-06:002012-03-07T00:01:00.623-06:00WIP Wednesday: A little sweater and a little yarn<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Emergency baby item in progress! I found out that I'll be going to a baby shower on Saturday and of course I wanted to give something handmade. I'm trying to whip up a </span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/springtime-baby-cardi" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Springtime baby cardigan</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> in time. I have some super cute dark green buttons to go with this little cardi. I'm a little worried the arms are too narrow, but my baby experience leaves a lot to be desired.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In frustration with my wheel, I pulled my drop spindle back out last night. It actually looks like yarn!!! This is the best I've done so far. I'm using Knitpicks Wool of the Andes Roving. I figured it would be great for practice because its fairly inexpensive and I wouldn't feel terrible if I ruined it. Out of my 100 grams, this is the first bit I feel is really usable. I am so proud to show it off today.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">I ended up holding the flyer in place when I needed the yarn taken up, which resulted in overspun sections and me loosing my rhythmn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;">Luckily, there is a fiber festival in the area at the end of March. All the classes have been filled up for months, but maybe I could take my homemade wheel along and get some hands on advice.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If you haven't been able to tell so far, I really love making hats. They're awesome! Super quick to knit, almost always fit, and just great gifts. I also love to wear hats. The trouble is, I almost alway end up giving them away as great gifts. In my knitting lifetime, I've probably knit over twenty hats. Do I own a knit hat? Of course not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">So being the sneaky knitter that I am, I wore </span><a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/felicity" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Felicity</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> out the day I finished it before giving it away to a friend. I was able to get a few snapshots with me modeling the hat with my SO. It's really a quick knit, and I made this one out of Berraco Lustra. I'm working on one now with a little less slouch (more beanie-esque) for me to keep. (Maybe, we'll see how that goes..)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Remember to check out all the other beautiful FOs today at <a href="http://tamisamis.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Tamis Amis</a>!</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08767014954898881101noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6207415541868428747.post-74918227636678792852012-03-01T13:08:00.002-06:002012-03-01T13:08:46.141-06:00Rolling Waves Beret Released! <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">It's been so hard to keep this hat under wraps, but I wanted it to be a surprise. My first hat pattern was accepted by Knitpicks Independent Designer Program!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">The Rolling Waves Beret is a lacy beret that is a super quick knit. It's worked up in Wool of the Andes Bulky in the colorway Beach Glass. The lace pattern reminded me of the waves of the ocean, so I thought it was the perfect fit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif;">You can download it now <a href="http://www.knitpicks.com/patterns/Rolling_Waves_Beret___D11564220.html" target="_blank">here</a> on Knitpicks for only $1.99</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08767014954898881101noreply@blogger.com6