01.05.10
Posted in accessories, baby stuff, booties, hats, lace, mittens and gloves, scarves, shawls, stoles, and wraps, socks, sweaters, toys at 2:05 am by pauline
I was so inspired by Abigail’s FO mosaic I wanted to have my own. So here it is , 37 objects fiinished in 2009.
Everything, except the two cardigans, were started in 2009. I started Breezy Cables (top row ) back in 2006 using some beautiful yarn that I bought from Harrisville, NH during our cross-country drive. I knitted it in a KAL with Jenny to keep me motivated so that I can finish it and wear it to Stitches West 2007. I ended-up knitting a sample Millicent sock for Cookie and ran out of time. With a little encouragement in the beginning of Summer 2009, from Margit, I finished the cardigan by the end of Summer.
That left the the Fall to finish a couple of Cardigan for Arwen sweaters that Margit and I started in our two-person but infrequent KAL in 2007. Now that Breezy Cables was done, the plan was to work on Arwen once a week at lunchtime and again at BobaKnit so that they will be done by Halloween, allowing us to greet trick or treaters in our elfin garb. Margit finished hers a few days ahead of schedule and I finished mine on Halloween.
As long as I can remember, I’ve always want to weave. I made a scarf(lower right), a table runner(lower left), and a placemat(center right) with my rigid heddle loom. Last year, I read everything I can about weaving. The vocabulary, the equipment, the yarn was all foreign to me. After a year of reading books and several issues of Handwoven I can read a draft and can read through an article without looking up a word. Maybe 2010 is the year I get into weaving with a 4 harness loom! Or, I can spend a little more time exploring the intricacies of rigid heddle weaving.
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01.10.07
Posted in mittens and gloves, yarn at 12:57 pm by pauline
Those last few weeks of “cold” California winter (yes, I know we are wimps as far as winters go) have motivated me to knit gloves.
I’m using the Rowan Tapestry (30% soy & 70% wool) that I bought at Purlescence Yarns. It’s amazingly soft and the fibers are really long and strong.
The pattern is from A Gathering of Lace.
I’ve finished the pinkie and am working on the ring finger right now.
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12.30.06
Posted in mittens and gloves at 3:53 am by pauline
Joe was headed for the Urbana Conference in St Louis and his big Chewbacca hands were going to be cold so I made him some mittens. His hands, while really long, are also very narrow, making him the perfect candidate for some handmade mittens!
My new LL Bean Boat & Tote bag carried the project nicely. The finished mittens are 11″ long and 8 ” around the knuckles.
Pattern:
Materials: One Ball of Lion Brand Jiffy Yarn
Gauge: 15 stitches to 4″
Needles: US Size 10.5 circular or Double Pointed Needles
Cuff:
Cast on 22 stitches.
K1 P1 for 1×1 ribbing in the round for 12 rows.
Round 13: knit increasing 1 stitch after every 3 or 4 stitches until there are a total of 28 stitches. Keep knitting until the round is complete.
Round 14: K1, place marker, increase 1, place marker, knit to end of round.
Round 15-16: Knit all the way around
Round 17: Knit to marker, slip marker, increase 1. Knit to 2nd marker, increase 1, slip marker and knit to the end of the round.
Repeat rounds 15-17 until there are 11 stitches between the markers.
Next Round: Knit 1, remove marker, place next 11 stitches on a piece of waste yarn, remove marker. Cast 2 stitches onto the right needle, and knit the remaing 27 stitches to the end of the round. (30 stitches total)
Continue knitting the 30 stitches until the mitten is within 1.5″ of the fingertips, approximately 9.5″ from the bottom of the cuff.
In the next 5 rounds, decrease 4 stitches every round until there are 10 stitches left. Weave the ends together with a Kitchener stitch.
Now the only thing left is the thumb. Transfer the stitches from the waste yarn back to the needles, pickup an additional 2 stitches from the bottom of the cast on stitches. (13 stitches total) Attach yarn, leaving a 4″ tail and knit in the round until it covers the thumb. Cut yarn leaving a 4″ tail and weave it through all the stitches. Draw the yarn tight to close the opening, and pull the yarn to the inside of the mitten.
Weave in all loose ends. Use the yarn at base of the thumb to sew up the holes between the thumb and the hand.
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