progress on projects, new projects

knitting on wrap around sweater, its slow going as each front section starts out with 96 sts. up to decreases now but thats' just below the waist.

working on some booties for charity=newport hospital.

gotta make a 'fred' cuckatoo for the top of an afghan.

elephant afghans, have made a bunch of these, now we concentrate on a teddy bear shape but having a problem with a round shape for ears. so easy if i was to crochet it.

checked out numerous sites on round dishcloths, potholders, etc.

Charity, wrap around sweater

Booties for local hospital.

to left is wrap around sweater, slow going due to size of the needles used.

knit irish fisherman, wrap around sweater

gregs hat to match his sweater, this is the back















this is the front, also made a braided cable hat for gregs mom while visiting with her on sunday.

re-re-re-restart of wrap around sweater

worked on this at docs on monday. there were 2 other women sitting there knitting on their projects.

back section is all done now

pattern

scallop edging along baby afghan.

start with * 3 dc in one space, skip one space, slip st in next, skip one space, rep from across, work corner according to pattern

baby afghan, layette finished

baby afghan and layette with extra mittens all done

finished project

one poncho finished, 5 more to go with hats.

Listened to a book on tape: Stitches in Time by Barbara Michaels the tale of a quilt as it's traced through the century to the owner and maker. Cool mystery, only 2 hour book.

finished projects

added a knit meter so you can see how many miles i've knit alllready this year. i started late and will not back track to jan 1.

also have 10 of the 14 angel dishcloths done.
also have the baby layette done, working on the afghan that goes with that order.




back view




side view of the irish fisherman sweater.






yep it fits.










gregs sweater almost done, just not neck, til he tries it on again.

one side of reverible poncho

other side of reversible poncho

knitted cap with sun visor, done

projects finished

got cap with visor done,



gregs irish fisherman sweater done



sunday i finished a yellow baby layette but left it on the island for this summers craft show.



started on a knit poncho, as i have 6 of them to make. this is a reversible poncho, can be turned to either side.

progress on projects, new projects

irish fisherman afghan is done, and more yarn to make 6 poncho and hats.

gregs sweater is on hold :{

ripple afghan using white, navy and varigated.

also Kathy ordered 14 angel dishcloths besides the above items.

progress on ongoing projects, new things, tools, pattern

ok get ready for the novel, it's been SO long so i've updated the site.

Jaunt around town: Mom came to the mainland on Wednesday and we went to drop off things I had made at senior center for their craft sale in December. We found out that they did not want them, nor do they want us to make anything more for them, nor can we take yarn due to not making items for them any longer. What a major disappointment, now what do I do with afghans, shawls, covered hanger and kitchen things.

TOOLS
I keep a lot of my knitting tools in this loose leaf binder.

First the needle guides, they tell me exactly which US/English needles I'm using.

There are many envelope clear plastic sections, one for each size needle that i've marked with black marker in bottom right hand corner.

The Land line method

shown here with white yarn threaded through each stitch, but continue knitting along incase you have to revert back you won't lose any stitches. This is the black knitting tote bag someone ordered recently.

This picture shows 6 crochet angel dishcloths from a recent order.

Knitted tote bag, front, back sections.

Idiot cord used for the tote bag shoulder length straps. I'm using my size 14 needles, these needles should be screwed into a cable needle but i just wanted to make the cord so i need the real short needles only. To make the cord, co 3 sts, * k 3 sts, push sts to other end of the needle and k3, rep from *, you are getting yarn from behind the sts on the needle and it will be pulled together to form a braided appearance.

tote bag completed.

gregs irish fisherman sweater with one landline, back section here, almost up to the armhole decreases.

the IF afghan in background it's an order i recently got. 3 skeins of yarn from hospital for booties. Also Joanne dropped off bags of yarn for Navy relief afghans also yesterday. That and an order for 2 afghans will keep me busy while completing Gregs sweater. No way can I have it done for our anniversary but I did manage to make his favorite oatmeal raisin cookies.

progress on projects, TIPS

Got vinny's raglan knit pullover sweater all done. had started it very late afternoon on sunday.

plan to work on gregs sweater now in between laundry.

also a few tips i've learned: used to watch knitty gritty where jackie howell showed how to wind up a ball of yarn so it'd not roll all over the floor but the yarn would come from the center of the ball of yarn. picture should show that you hold back to the side the start of the center of the yarn and continue to wind the yarn into a ball, holding back on that starting end as that is what you'll be using when you start your project. I really like this method as many times i'm making mittens at the same time -from two different balls of yarn and want the same exact length for each. same when making two sleeves at the same time. and again when im making Barbie doll slacks or sleeves. this method is excellent when traveling on a plane or in a car, put the yarn balls in the magazine holder in front of you and you won't have to worry about the ball of yarn rolling down the plane aisle to the back of the plane.

to start, wrap yarn around a few of your fingers, keeping the beginning end off the side at all time.

continue wrapping the yarn into a ball by rotating 1/4 turn after 10 wraps. you can see the beginning end off to the top left.

end result is a ball of yarn that you can pull from the center and not have it roll all over the place. This method is also excellent for use with a self striping yarn when you are attempting to make 2 sections start at the same point in the dye process.

another tip is a landline, it's when you're working with a complicated pattern, like lace and if you drop one stitch you have to start from the very beginning. what i do in these cases is string a piece of contrasting color yarn through the stitches and leave the string there for 2-3". then make another landline. When i made the lace curved shawl i had about 5 landlines every inch or so and it was a time saver as i had to rip back to that point several times.

progress on irish fisherman sweater

you can see this is still on the needles as i work on it. got the one diamond done now and hope to have more later on today. it's lightly snowing outside so the lighting is just right=don't need the inside lights on at all. you can see from left to right: lobster claw pattern, diamond and the honeycombs, encased between right twists. i had recently viewed a hardbook of my moms about cables and found a pattern there for a braid cable. i actually put some on the hospital booties til we got a letter that they prefered just the regular knit patterns. i also would make for them a white bootie(mitten) with a red heart on them. wish i knew why they stopped wanting those as well.