amigurumi here i come

ok, so I didn't buy any yarn, but I did purchase 4 crochet needles. I bought them because I wanted to learn how to make amigurumis. It's my next thing...I'm so getting ahead of myself.

& the needles were really cheap, $3 bucks for 4!! cool eh!

gotta love cheap cost of livings. plus I discovered my LYS.

I SO need to stay away from that place!!

congratulate me!

i learned two new tricks yesterday.

after a whole day and a half, plus my mother of trying to figure out how to use the circular knitting, I finally just sat down and concentrated, and it just clicked. Yay!!


and the I-Cord. Well I started with the I-cord because it seemed easy, so that gave me the confidence to work on the circular needles.

I can now knit circularlly! yay! socks and beanies and mittens here i come!

my stashalong entry

(1) My stashalong time frame is from Dec 1, 2006 - Dec 31, 2006. at this time i will not buy more yarn, but I'm alloting myself needles, & books.

(2)I have two balls of Lion's Wool wool ease cranberry & three balls of wool-ease in blush heather that I would like to knit on.



I don't know what pattern I'm going to use it for...if i don't come up with anything... then i suppose another scarf it is!

stashalong.blogspot.com

stashalong

what a great way to get new yarn!!! i hope i get in!

::cross fingers::

etsy creative challenge #27

Just posted this for sale...



as part of the creative challenge #27

this thin scarf is made from two yarns joined into one, i made it thicker than the one lone yarn. I made it super long only because I was using up the rest of the green yarn. the green is super bright neon, and the red has specks mixed in the yarn. I really enjoy making these scarves because a. it's easy, and b. it's super fast to make.

takes only about 2 hours to finish this scarf...easy projects and such satisfaction when you are done!!!

now only if other people think it's just as cool as i think it is!

hellllllp me

I am working on a Windy City Scarf from the SnB The knitter's Handbook by Debbier Stoller, it's actually a lot easier than I thought it would be...so far. Plus all the switching back and forth of the 1x1 rib makes it less monotonous than if it was just a regular stockingnett stit.

The dilemma I have is, I'm not sure which of these colors I should combine with it...the four choices. from left top down then to the right. *Sparkly white, ( White/Multi); *Melange Pink ( Blush Heather), **Pink with extra strands coming out it (pink), & *a pumpkin color (Gold) the parenthesis is their official name!

*Lion Brand Wool-Ease Worsted Weight
**Moda-Dea Cheri

My original scarf color is Plymouth Yarn Encore Knitting Worsted Weight col 180. it's like a berry pink.

which do you think would go? ( i am leaning towards the Blush Heather...or perhaps I should just make the whole scarf ONE color?)

knitting around town

I've been knitting around town lately...well mostly in the car while I'm traveling since I don't drive much around taiwan. Other places I've been knitting at? At my work...not my real work, but the work where I go and hog the computer the whole time I'm there.

My current project? I'm working on a Ridged Eyelet Border thin Scarf with the silk yarn I got from Black Sheep Knittery.

I had tried to make another wrist warmer with it, but I casted on too many stitches, so it was too big. I was then going to wear it as a around the house sock, but it seemed too short for just the ankle...and well it was kinda weird. (as seen below.)



I don't like to dress up around the house, just incase someone drops by...cuz no one ever drops by to see me... so I frogged it, and tried the thin scarf.

so...that's my current project...

oh what to do next??

i am now waiting for the rest of my yarn from the US, so that I may continue working on esther's xmas present... this is my second try. sigh.

so while i'm waiting on that, i'm going to try a lattice stitch pattern on a fingerless glove with the Debbie Bliss alpaca silk that I got from Black Sheep Knittery.


pictures later!!

*

here it the lattice stitch but you can't see the lattice as well...



Here you can see the bumps & ridges better.

but i frogged this so there is no evidence except in picture form.

I'm here!!!

well here i am in taiwan...knitting & sorts. Met up with my aunt yesterday, she gave me the cutest owl dangleys. I think I'm going to see if she would like to sell it. It's super cute.

I knitted Aaron's scarf on the plane, and I'm pretty much done...I'm just working on more length and then finishing it off. I think he would like it...i don't know if it's too big though, since he's a little kid, it might overwhelm him. Hmmm...



anyways.

happy knitting in taiwan.

DID YOU KNOW …

that there are knitting superstitions?

It's bad luck (for the intended recipient) if you leave a project unfinished.

Stabbing your needles though your yarn balls brings bad luck to anyone who wears something made from that yarn.

Don't knit a pair of socks for your boyfriend or he'll walk away from you.

If you knit one of your own hairs into a garment, it will bind the recipient to you.

Knitting for children you may have in the future, but before you are pregnant, is bad luck (it may prevent you from getting pregnant, or bring ill health to the baby.

helpful information

due to my new hobby... i found this article to be useful when inquiring about traveling...

knitting needles are allowed on airplanes...with some restrictions

peace out

just takes two!!!!

this new hand knitting technique is supremely easy. It takes only about two days...like 4 hours or so to finish a scarf. I completed another one today...in that cami color...the forest colors. Nemo's wearing it right now.

But then I thought I'd use this technique on the scarf I'm making for my brother. With a thick yarn, it actually looks wider, and more solid looking...less ropey. It's interesting how the same technique looks different on different yarn.

I might make a thin one like this on the plane...i should take a couple of projects on the plane.

off we go, a knitting!

hands ONLY!

went to a Japanese store, hoping to pick up a amigurmi book, but instead found this knitting book that teaches you to make things with your hand strickly. Strickly on your hands, no needles, or hooks or whatever. Interesting you say? Of course! I contemplated purchasing it in Japan...but then I thought, perhaps when/if I arrive in Japan, I won't be able to find the same book, so I just bit the bullet, and purchased it.

And here's my first project from it!!!



you can purchase it here!

look our world, here i come.

finally went to let's knit yarn shop in gardena. It is run by an old lady. She immediately asked me if she could help me, to which I meekly replied that I wanted to just look around.

She had the stacks of knitting magazines right at the door, and that's where I stopped. She had all the old copies of knit.1. I looked at all of them, and decided on the spring one from 06 was the best, it had a project in there that i wanted to make for friends for christmas. So fyi...all my friends are getting knitted gifts. Yay knits!

So of course with this new information, I had to run to the yarn store and pick up appropriate yarn...they did't have the colors or the yarn, but I substitued the yarn type. worsted for lion wool. same gague, it's all OK.

i'm so excited about this new project. AND i know i can finish it before i leave...or at least one of them before i leave.

so look out yarn, here i come!

what? you don't like it??

Borders had a buy three get one free...so I picked up stitch n bitch nation, a knitting bible and got the crochet bible for free!

as it turns out, I did not like how Isaac's scarf turned out...I shall have to tear it apart, and redo it.

i do have the rest of my life to knit, but i seem to have a forever unfinished line of knitting projects in my head. I suppose one at a time...and not to get over whelmed.

no more pattern books for me...

although, not your mama's knitting book had some good patterns that i'd like to file away... hm perhaps to hit up the libaray.

it was there the whole time.

finally I have a great use for the libaray...they have a whole bunch of knitting books!!!!!!!

so excited!

I picked up a few.

a teen knitting book - although i'm not a teen anymore, it still had tons of scarves to make

&

stitch & bitch nation - the follow up book to stitch n bitch.

onto making isaac's scarf. progress is slow!!

it's not too early to think about valentine's day!

I want to participate in the red scarf project. don't get that confused with Red...it's the red scarf project. I have until Jan to finish a scarf. Yay! plenty of time.

off to SEX ( stash enrichment experience...Off to get more yarn)

* personal progress note. I tried the 2X2 rib stitch last night. It was easy with the directions given by SnB book...Perhaps I will try the bamboo stitch again later today.

ok, time to wake up!!!

pom poms anyone??

I got a pom pom maker made simple yesterday...these were the best ones that turned out so far...I should make more pom poms.

the forest color one is suppose to be bigger then the blue one...but it doesn't look it does it??

for the DBF

hi.

I just finished the gray & grayer scarf. It's even got tassels...it looks good from afar...but look at my first LONG project...



Materials: Choose two colors of your liking. & I used Size 8.0mm needles. Also Set aside a couple of yards if tassels desired.

Directions:
*CO 30 sts.
*With (A) K 26 rows ( garter )
*With (B) K 26 rows ( garter )
*K til desired length. (Mine is 13 blocks with A & B interchanged.)
*BO
*Add Tassel if desired.

Hm...these directions are a little vague...but you get the point right??

and now look at how Nemo's enjoying the scarf...he looks like one of those older Jewish ladies. hehe.


Oh Nemo! Don't steal the scarf!!

onto the next scarf...or...fingerless glove with the new yarn...

i am running out of yarn...maybe i need more?

hm...one always needs more yarn!!

have needles...will knit!

i am a knitting girl. I am on my third project...a scarf for fill. It's gray & grayer. It looks to be a good male scarf. I hope to finish it soon, so that I may start on a new scarf for other people and try out new patterns. I'm making fill's scarf in a striped garter stitch...simple, but time consuming at the same time.

I knit in half an hour incriments...after the half hour, I have to be really focused to knit further. Usually I take a break, and look at patterns.

I am thinking of making scarves for everyone...

10 reasons to knit a scarf:

1. everybody needs one.
2. scarves are varied in technical difficulty.
3. a scarf is always a welcome gift.
4. there is comfort knitting, mindless rows is good for those days when anything more complex would make you cry.
5. how could a scarf not fit??
6. you can always use one more scarf.
7. keeps all your heat from escaping from your body.
8. scarves are easy.
9. you can rob a bank with it!!!
10. lastly...because your friend will have a piece of you with them all the time.

imma Klutz part deux

look at what i've made in the past two days. One project per day... yay me!



the coin purse was the first project I completed...it was relatively easy looking back. I have yet to try harder things...that is the harder things with the instructions...I don't understand them, so I can't carry them out.



I found the fingerless glove pattern online...It was SO simple to make. I'm going to make another set today...in a different color I suppose.

off to more knitting!!