I'm currently in the midst of making one of the more boldly colored projects I have yet attempted, an shawl knit in Mini Mochi, in their rainbow yarn. ((color 101)).
it's not an established pattern, and I'm actually going in reverse of a lot of shawl patterns I've seen. ((Knitting from the broadest part down)) so I may have to rip the whole thing out and start over, but so far it seems to be ok. It's the brightest thing I've ever made, so I'm a little nervous. It's wicked soft though, I definitely have to give it that.
I'd love to get my hands on some of the solid Mini-Mochi, because there's some toy patterns from Ravelry that would probably be completely awesome in such a snuggly soft yarn.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Needle Jinx, and Squirrels
So I'm currently debating the merits of trying to find some kind of squirrel feeder, since there is a small red squirrel that has finally figured out how to get onto the tray of our bird feeder. Sort of amusing since he's also a very WET little squirrel. ((It's raining here today.))
But at the same time while I don't really have a problem with him being ingenuity enough to help himself, he realllllly wants to get more seed than the birds spill into the tray, and I realllllllly don't want him to chew the hole bigger. At all.
Also I've decided that I have a jinx on my yarn needles. I can never get past one project without my yarn needles vanishing. My husband and I have searched the -entire- kitchen and now we can't find them.
But at the same time while I don't really have a problem with him being ingenuity enough to help himself, he realllllly wants to get more seed than the birds spill into the tray, and I realllllllly don't want him to chew the hole bigger. At all.
Also I've decided that I have a jinx on my yarn needles. I can never get past one project without my yarn needles vanishing. My husband and I have searched the -entire- kitchen and now we can't find them.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, all that jazz.
I finished my husbands neck warmer in it's oversized glory, and working with the Lion Brand "Amazing" it came out a much better fit than it did with the worsted-cotton. Huh.
The Yarn works in mysterious ways... oooooh.
My one note of interest regarding the "Amazing" is, the dye lot they got at the drug store anyway, came out much darker and earthier all around than they advertised in their 'hey we have new shiny amazing yarn to tempt you with' email. Even the "Wildflower" one I got (I'm making myself one) is very dark and earthy, like maybe the colors were run over an dark gray yarn or something. It doesn't look -bad-, but it does look pretty dark.
Otherwise my big 'crafty' thing for the morning is the pot of Baked-Potato soup I'll be making in the crock pot. Mmmm.
I've made it once before and it comes out pretty darn nicely, even though I'm not actually a big soup fan.
I finished my husbands neck warmer in it's oversized glory, and working with the Lion Brand "Amazing" it came out a much better fit than it did with the worsted-cotton. Huh.
The Yarn works in mysterious ways... oooooh.
My one note of interest regarding the "Amazing" is, the dye lot they got at the drug store anyway, came out much darker and earthier all around than they advertised in their 'hey we have new shiny amazing yarn to tempt you with' email. Even the "Wildflower" one I got (I'm making myself one) is very dark and earthy, like maybe the colors were run over an dark gray yarn or something. It doesn't look -bad-, but it does look pretty dark.
Otherwise my big 'crafty' thing for the morning is the pot of Baked-Potato soup I'll be making in the crock pot. Mmmm.
I've made it once before and it comes out pretty darn nicely, even though I'm not actually a big soup fan.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
The Great Opener
OK so I have no idea why I thought it would be an amazingly good idea to start another blog, but this one might actually link to Ravelry. Whee.
I don't have access to a digital camera right now so everyone is just going to have to bear with me and my tedious descriptions of whatever I happen to feel like annoying you with.
At the moment: my current project ((It is a knit and ramble blog...)) is an neck warmer for my Husband, who tends to overheat in most actually wintery things... but still has a problem getting wind blasted ears and nose. So he's getting the neck warmer in a wool-blend. ((Lion Brand's "Amazing")) So that it's warm, but not TOO too warm, for someone who could probably wander around an Alaskan winter in a light jacket.
((I really hope our son gets his winter weather protection, because lord knows I don't have it.))
The pattern I'm using is: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/easy-neckwarmer-headband
Which is a nice, free pattern, although I did a sample knit in worsted weight yarn (as recommended) and it came out HUGE, so thats a heads up for anyone else following in my footsteps with this one. The idea is terrific, but yarns are devious things, so who knows.
So far I'm really enjoying the Amazing. It is Lions Brand, which isn't exactly "Top End" level yarn, but it's really nice, it's knitting up very soft, and I really don't have the budget for my usual 'champage taste' right now anyway. Also the colorway is quite pretty, if this one is a lot darker than I was actually expecting from the add they landed in my inbox that made me curious about it to begin with.
The one thing I've noticed is that the yarn is making a little 'felt bead' as I draw my hand down it, but that may just be because of the way I draw my hand down the yarn as I knit. I don't know if anyone else has this problem with fuzzy yarns, but I'd be curious to know. ((I'm debating saving it for an eye for a plush toy.))
I don't have access to a digital camera right now so everyone is just going to have to bear with me and my tedious descriptions of whatever I happen to feel like annoying you with.
At the moment: my current project ((It is a knit and ramble blog...)) is an neck warmer for my Husband, who tends to overheat in most actually wintery things... but still has a problem getting wind blasted ears and nose. So he's getting the neck warmer in a wool-blend. ((Lion Brand's "Amazing")) So that it's warm, but not TOO too warm, for someone who could probably wander around an Alaskan winter in a light jacket.
((I really hope our son gets his winter weather protection, because lord knows I don't have it.))
The pattern I'm using is: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/easy-neckwarmer-headband
Which is a nice, free pattern, although I did a sample knit in worsted weight yarn (as recommended) and it came out HUGE, so thats a heads up for anyone else following in my footsteps with this one. The idea is terrific, but yarns are devious things, so who knows.
So far I'm really enjoying the Amazing. It is Lions Brand, which isn't exactly "Top End" level yarn, but it's really nice, it's knitting up very soft, and I really don't have the budget for my usual 'champage taste' right now anyway. Also the colorway is quite pretty, if this one is a lot darker than I was actually expecting from the add they landed in my inbox that made me curious about it to begin with.
The one thing I've noticed is that the yarn is making a little 'felt bead' as I draw my hand down it, but that may just be because of the way I draw my hand down the yarn as I knit. I don't know if anyone else has this problem with fuzzy yarns, but I'd be curious to know. ((I'm debating saving it for an eye for a plush toy.))
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