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Small Projects

My Vogue stockings are finished for all intents and purposes.  I still have to experiment with the elastic in the ribbing to see if that will do or if I just want a ribbon to use as a garter, but the knitting itself is done.  They are very cute, however, with the current width of [...]

July 4, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Crochet, Knitting  No Comments

Reaching the Turning Point

I finished Vogue stocking number one!  Yay! And I’ve already reached the heel of the second.  Now this was my first fiddly bit with the first one…the first time my lace pattern went a bit wonky.  I was, therefore, determined that it would not happen again.  No dice.  Same spot, different problem, similar effect.  Not [...]

June 1, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Knitting  No Comments

The great thing about yarn is…

It’s oh so portable.  I’ve had the most insane week at work, with a field trip, the spring musical production, and evening class…and then I came down with a head cold to make it all even more complicated. Yet, my projects were with me all the way.  On the field trip, I started my second [...]

May 23, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Crochet, Knitting  No Comments

WIP limbo

I’m feeling the need to finish a project already!  Of course, nothing is even close to being wearable. My first Vogue stocking is nearing completion, but I need to finish a whole other sock before I can wear them.  I am getting very close to the point where I want to try them on to [...]

May 15, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Crochet, Knitting  No Comments

Forward

I got caught up with the Zarabel sweater this evening, and I’m so much happier with it now.  Those panels are now slanting the right direction. After rereading the directions for the decreases, I’ve decided that it really is the directions’ fault.  It gives instructions for the right side decrease first, then gives instructions for [...]

May 11, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Knitting  No Comments

Un-knitting

So, I’ve been making fantastic progress on my Zarabel sweater.  See.. And then, I realized that I had done the decreases on the front stockinette sections wrong so that the lace panels on the sides were sloping towards the neckline instead of the ones closer to the center sloping towards the sides.  BIG difference to [...]

May 10, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Knitting  One Comment

Lace success…maybe.

So, I needed a new small project to take with me this past weekend and decided that I was ready to tackle the Vogue stockings again.  I’ve got a little more lace experience under my belt now, and had gained a new strategy for dealing with those pesky k3togs.  (The Zarabel sweater pattern has you [...]

May 3, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Knitting  No Comments

The Doldrums

I’m at that point in my two major projects when progress seems infinitesimal.  It doesn’t help that they are both projects that have naturally slow progress (at least for me); the Zarabel sweater is knit, which already slows me down, with lace panels and cable panels that slow me down a bit further; the Spanish [...]

April 19, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Crochet, Knitting  No Comments

Charts, charts, and more charts

I think I’m making good progress on my Zarabel sweater.  Yesterday I finished the ribbing and moved on to working on the charts.  It definitely takes a bit more concentration than my other knitting projects to date, but already the symbols are starting to make sense, which makes my progress a bit smoother.  I almost [...]

April 6, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Knitting  No Comments

Further evidence that I am insane…

New yarn=new project. I just can’t help myself.  I got this beautiful yarn from Sheep City USA this past week.  It’s called Astral from The Alpaca Yarn Co. and is a blend of Alpaca, merino wool, and tensel.  Oddly enough, aside from the soft feel and beautiful luster, the color really attracted me to this [...]

April 5, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Knitting  No Comments