Knitting.....

I swear I have been knitting. I wish there were more spinning going on, but there's not. I started a sweater sometime before the holidays. I usually knit the sleeves first, but this time I knit the body first. It's a cardigan with a traveling stitch pattern. I have worked it up to the armpits and I will begin the sleeves after finishing a scarf for a coworker. This sweater is going to be sweet...and I'm actually going to write down the pattern. I'll stop the yammering and post the pictures.

Oh yeah....the yarn is Dream in Color Classy, black parade (I think) is the colorway.

Saying Goodbye is the Hardest Thing....

Earlier this week, I got a puppy. Unfortunately, with my job and social life I decided I couldn't possibly give this little thing what she needed, so I had to give her back. It was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do. She was such a cool little thing, I hope someone can give her a good home and lots of attention.

D.O.G.

Squishy Bliss

I love the fabric that Debbie Bliss makes....but there were a lot of ends for one ball of yarn....regardless, I do love this sweater, even if it is a bit long. Anyways, on with the pictures!

These pictures are old, as well as the FO, but I would like to point out that the ends are weaved in now and there are buttons on it as well. Maybe someday I will get around to posting recent pictures of it, but for now, this is what you get!

Mmmmm, Soy Silk

I picked up this yummy Soy Silk from SWTC in the Rainbow colorway this weekend while at River Knits' Sock Club. It's nice and soft and so silky smooth...I have begun predrafting and with any luck I will be spinning some by this weekend. Not too excited about the bright chunks of hot pink in there, but I'll cope. Anyways...there is 8 ounces here. My plan WAS to do another fractal stripe yarn like the one spun for the handspun bias rib scarf from my last post; but when I got home and took the fiber out of the bag the top was in two pieces who's color did not match nor was consecutive (very disappointing). So, I guess I will just take the larger of the two pieces and do the fractal striping method.

Handspun Bias Rib Scarf

Okay, so the pictures aren't the greatest, but I didn't have the greatest light either...

This is my handspun yarn, 2-ply. I spun the handpainted fiber (PoppyFlowerFiber) in order to get a striping sock yarn. Since this pattern calls for sock yarn, it was perfect. I love the way the stripes are turning out. I will give more details on the pattern and spinning method at a later date.

I hate weaving

Either late last year or early this year, I started and finished knitting a sweater in which I designed. It had a large band of colorwork near the cuff of the sleeves and near the bottom of the cardigan's body. Three accent colors plus the background of the sweater. It was knit from Debbie Bliss Cashmerino DK and it is so plush. It has also been sitting in my WIP basket for months and months...weaving not done. So...having knit night last night, I decided to take in the sweater so that maybe the other knitters would force me to finish it. Although they did not actually have to MAKE me finish it; I did. I got all the ends woven in and when I got home I sewed on the buttons (coconut buttons). It was meant to be more of a house sweater than something I would wear out in public--not because it is ugly, but because it's shape isn't all that flattering to my figure. I'm just so excited that I finished it!!

Pictures one day soon, I hope!