Archive for December, 2007

Saturday, Pattern Day #27

Saturday, December 29th, 2007
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If you are knitting or have already knit a pattern that I’m talking about, leave me a comment and I’ll update my post with a link to your version. If you’ve written up a pattern and you want me to link to it, send me an email or leave me a comment and I’ll post it! It makes the list longer and my job easier.

  • I’d start the ruffly thing a bit lower on Fanilla and add some short-rows to turn it into an empire-waist, but it’s a pretty design. I like that Berroco is creative with the shapes they put out, and this is another interesting offering from them.
  • Have you seen these Daisy Stitch Hand Warmers from the Purl Bee? They’re so cute! If I didn’t already have my Dashing gloves, I’d make these in a second.
  • Heeheehee! It’s a knit lobster. I would totally do this up if I had kids. Add this to the growing list of sea animal patterns out there. Example here.
  • I had no idea it was full of ends and things! Apparently Saartje’s Booties are a bit of a pain for those who don’t really like seaming and weaving, so in comes Fleegle with Saartje’s Fleeglized Booties. Excellent!
  • Here’s a nice Bolero Sweater that looks cute and cozy. Example here, with modified neck and sleeves.
  • Here’s the Rangoli Hat from Adventures of a Desi Knitter. Example here.
  • I like these Cabletini Socks (PDF), example here.
  • I also found these cute Wollmeise Socks from the same place.
  • From Punta del Este, here’s Caroline, Violeta, Valery and Miranda.
  • I really want to knit Stella’s Hat!

Finished Cabled Baby Jacket (and mittens, and a little ornament)

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
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Cabled Baby Jacket

Happy Christmas Eve, suckaz! I am finishing things like all get out.

Cabled Baby Jacket, started June 13th, 2007, finished December 21st, 2007
Pattern: Cabled Baby Jacket from Nursery Knits by Debbie Bliss
Yarn: Higgins Tweed, sadly discontinued.
Needles: Size 4 circulars.
Modifications: None! The pattern was wonderful, perfectly clear and needed no improvements.
Would I knit it again? I love this little jacket so much. I would definitely knit it again for any future babies that spring from my womb, but I think I’ll stick to knits that require less seaming when I knit for other people’s babies. I don’t have much time for finishing, because I prefer to knit on the TTC instead of seaming and all my other time is taken up with school. I’m terrible with putting it off, so it takes me longer to finish a seamed object than a non-seamed object, which means there’s greater pressure and I constantly fret that the baby will get too big and the present will be ruined. Still, it came out fantastic and hopefully the parents will like it.

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Saturday, Pattern Day #26

Saturday, December 22nd, 2007
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If you are knitting or have already knit a pattern that I’m talking about, leave me a comment and I’ll update my post with a link to your version. If you’ve written up a pattern and you want me to link to it, send me an email or leave me a comment and I’ll post it! It makes the list longer and my job easier.

Post-Holiday cleanup with a Home-made Swiffer

Friday, December 21st, 2007
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Need to clean up after yet another giant Holiday party? Fleece is your answer.

Swiffers

I’m totally doing this! This is a great idea. Now all I have to do is figure out a way to make a homemade housekeeper.

Cheers, CRAFT.

Creativity Is…

Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
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Light Bulb

What is creativity to you? The Glass Door Knob’s Holiday Guide 2007 has interviews with a variety of creative people. It’s quite an interesting read! Seeing as creativity is my main research focus, I was excited to read their responses to the prompt, “creativity is…” Here are some of the more interesting responses.

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Buttons! In Circles!

Monday, December 17th, 2007
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I love these wreaths. If only I had giant piles of buttons with which to make one. Anyone have tips on where to get buttons in bulk?

Saturday, Pattern Day #25

Saturday, December 15th, 2007
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If you are knitting or have already knit a pattern that I’m talking about, leave me a comment and I’ll update my post with a link to your version. If you’ve written up a pattern and you want me to link to it, send me an email or leave me a comment and I’ll post it! It makes the list longer and my job easier.

  • Finally, the Piggy Mittens are out!
  • In other pig-related news, here’s Lola Curly the Pig (PDF)
  • Minutia are cute little sweater decorations. Not sure if I want to use this pattern or one that I have in a book somewhere. Whichever is easiest, I’m doing 6 of those for Christmas presents.
  • Here’s a flakey sock pattern.
  • ILGA LEJA’s free pattern is Sea Swirl.
  • This poncho would be great if it wasn’t a poncho.
  • Jess (PDF) is a pretty popular name for a Rowan pattern, so I’m not sure which book this is from. I also can’t tell if it’s nice or not, seeing as the photo is too low-res. Ah well, a mystery pattern! Find out what it looks like by knitting it.
  • Here’s a great tutorial / pattern for knitted bangles.

E-Day!

Friday, December 14th, 2007
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Touch of Grey Blocking

Yesterday was E-Day. That stands for Eve’s Day of Axtreme Yndustriousness. EDAY.

My theory is that if I have too much to do, I will GIV’ER and get everything done. If I don’t have enough to do, then I’ll be lazy and not do anything. So I artificially increased my workload to push myself, and this is the result. My jobs were thus:

  • Plan out main points of my paper
  • Write 6 pages of my paper
  • Finish seaming baby jacket

First two legitimate, third as a challenge. Here’s what I crossed off:

  • Plan out main points of my paper
  • Write 5 pages of my paper (I’m a slow writer)
  • Finish seaming baby jacket

All in all, I’d say that’s a pretty productive day. Considering the amount of extra research I had to do yesterday, I’m well on my way to finishing this paper and well on my way to finishing that baby jacket. The buttons still need to be sewn on, but I don’t have enough battery power in my camera to show you what they’ll look like. I have daisies and duckings! I’ll let you choose when my camera comes back to life.

More DIY Ornaments

Friday, December 14th, 2007
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Holy cow! A lot of ornaments and Christmas decorations have been popping up on the knitterweb lately. Here are just a few. Ornaments made of:

It’s a good day to be a Christmas tree.

Works of Art

Thursday, December 13th, 2007
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Malabrigo Warhol

Malabrigo in Guernica

Malabrigo with Dogs Playing Poker

You can imagine what this post is about. I bit the bullet and bought myself some Malabrigo. It is soft, and wonderful, and will become a neckwarmer on the bus to Kingston on Sunday as a celebration of finishing my last paper of the year.

Oh my goodness, I can’t get over how soft it is. I’m so glad I live near Romni Wools! On the way back I kept looking into the bag and touching it. The Beau spent a lot of that trip rolling his eyes.