Well I knit away today for at least an hour probably more like two. But does it count when most of the time was spent knitting back and then knitting about three rounds and realizing that when you cast on for the sweater for your son it would have fit but now there's no way? :) So we have frogged it. I didn't really love the pattern anyway so I'll just figure out another pattern to use later. Now it's on the Clapotois that was meant for the Sea Socks 08 Cruise last May. :)
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
So keeping my goal of knitting one hour a day is working. I am not legalistic about it, I just make sure I knit everyday and the results are great. It feels so good to get some things done and to realize if I knit like this I could actually have many finished objects and get it all under control. I guess I am more of a object oriented knitter than I realized. And once I get going I usually knit more than an hour. Right now I am needing to take it easy because I have had some cramping and lots of back pain from baby so the doctor said to take it easy. So I take that as sit and knit. :) Thankfully, Ben is content to sit and play in the living room while mom knits. It means he can talk to me and show me what he is doing and he is perfectly okay with the fact that mom can't get on the floor and play with him. So life is good. I'd better enjoy the calm while I can because I know it will all change once I have two children. But I am sure I can still achieve my goal of one hour of knitting a day it just will have to adjust when in the day I do it.
So what have I accomplished? I'm glad you asked. :)
Here are the completed Basketcase Socks. I just love them. They are at the fair and I can't wait to go on Thursday and see if they won a prize.
These are a quick pair of baby socks to go with my Baby Surprise Jacket so I could enter it in the fair. It had to be a baby set so I whipped these up real quick.
A dishcloth I knit while I was waiting in the emergency room while my uncle's mom was being checked out. She is 87 (I think) and had high blood pressure but they changed her meds and all is well. It's always nice though to be able to be there for family and just sit and knit contently.
And my 4 Corners Dishcloth. Such a fun little knit. I just love short rows in garter stitch.
So as you can see I've been productive. I know none of these are huge projects but the fact I have 4 FO's in a week is HUGE for me. It feels so good. Alright back to the knitting. :)
So what have I accomplished? I'm glad you asked. :)
Here are the completed Basketcase Socks. I just love them. They are at the fair and I can't wait to go on Thursday and see if they won a prize.
These are a quick pair of baby socks to go with my Baby Surprise Jacket so I could enter it in the fair. It had to be a baby set so I whipped these up real quick.
A dishcloth I knit while I was waiting in the emergency room while my uncle's mom was being checked out. She is 87 (I think) and had high blood pressure but they changed her meds and all is well. It's always nice though to be able to be there for family and just sit and knit contently.
And my 4 Corners Dishcloth. Such a fun little knit. I just love short rows in garter stitch.
So as you can see I've been productive. I know none of these are huge projects but the fact I have 4 FO's in a week is HUGE for me. It feels so good. Alright back to the knitting. :)
Friday, July 18, 2008
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Friday, July 11, 2008
So it's been awhile since I updated you all on my knitting. And since I just finally updated my projects page on ravelry I thought it was a good time to also update you here. By the way if you are on ravelry my user name is pinkknitting. Come and find me. :)
First of all I have two finished projects!! Both of which I will enter in the fair this year. The Baby Surprise Jacket has to be a baby set to enter it so I am going to do the little booties in the Opinionated Knitter.
This is the Baby Surprise Jacket obviously. I knit it with Bunny Hop from Crystal Palace. It took me three and a smiggden of a fourth to make it work out. Crazy!! But it's cute and I like it.
And the best part of the sweater is the super cute pink sheep buttons!! I found these in Seattle but I can't remember the name of the store. :(
And this is my second FO. A baby hat. I just love knitting baby hats they are so cute. This is bunny tails from Itty Bitty Hats, my fave knitting book of all time. :) This pattern was super quick and super easy. I am going to enter this in the fair as well. Oh and I used Cascade 220 Superwash on size 7 needles.
Now on to the parade of WIPs.
Tulips Baby Cardigan
The kit for the Tulips Baby Cardigan
Patriotic Socks
Rock n Weave Socks
Ben's Hoodie
Clapotios
Bascketcase Socks
Mossy Socks
And hibernating until I am no longer pregnant we have the tree jacket
So as you can see I have a few things that need finishing. My goal is to knit an hour a day with the goal of using up stash and getting more finished things. On tap for today is knitting on the Basketcase socks and updating my stash on ravelry.
First of all I have two finished projects!! Both of which I will enter in the fair this year. The Baby Surprise Jacket has to be a baby set to enter it so I am going to do the little booties in the Opinionated Knitter.
This is the Baby Surprise Jacket obviously. I knit it with Bunny Hop from Crystal Palace. It took me three and a smiggden of a fourth to make it work out. Crazy!! But it's cute and I like it.
And the best part of the sweater is the super cute pink sheep buttons!! I found these in Seattle but I can't remember the name of the store. :(
And this is my second FO. A baby hat. I just love knitting baby hats they are so cute. This is bunny tails from Itty Bitty Hats, my fave knitting book of all time. :) This pattern was super quick and super easy. I am going to enter this in the fair as well. Oh and I used Cascade 220 Superwash on size 7 needles.
Now on to the parade of WIPs.
Tulips Baby Cardigan
The kit for the Tulips Baby Cardigan
Patriotic Socks
Rock n Weave Socks
Ben's Hoodie
Clapotios
Bascketcase Socks
Mossy Socks
And hibernating until I am no longer pregnant we have the tree jacket
So as you can see I have a few things that need finishing. My goal is to knit an hour a day with the goal of using up stash and getting more finished things. On tap for today is knitting on the Basketcase socks and updating my stash on ravelry.
