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March 2, 2016 · 2:01 pm

Knitting Update

Working on the thumb on the second one - the end is in sight!

Working on the thumb on the second one – the end is in sight!

I finished the first mitt quite successfully. And then, I think I must have been a bit too confident because the second one has not gone smoothly. At all.  I almost got to the point where you put the thumb stitches on waste yarn and it all went pear-shaped – unravel, start again. The second time around I started on the thumb gusset only to release I was four rounds short – needless to say I’m pretty sure my cables aren’t going to match.

Now I have to decide if it’s worth having another go (a whole new pair) or just cut my losses and move on. My plan is to wait and see if I wear them and if I do wear them, to make another pair.

I really want to knit something bigger – something like this

What Eilis is wearing - the one on the right

What Eilis is wearing – the one on the right

I have been making the effort to do a little bit each day – currently I am at 30 mins, but hoping to increase that (maybe more than one session?)

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February 8, 2016 · 2:21 pm

Progress

Progress

Progress

I have been working on my Gibson Mitts (by Kate Atherley). I got a little a bit confused with the instructions and made the arm/wrist part too long. I thought it said do 6 repeats of the cable chart, but it meant 6 repeats in each round and I only needed to do 3 whole repeats – oops!

I’m enjoying knitting this although I suspect it is going to have the same issue as socks – that is you need to knit a second one (and I need to make the same mistake with the second one!).

The yarn is Malabrigo Sock yarn in dewberry – it is a fabulous deep purple colour.

 

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January 30, 2016 · 11:51 am

Another Finished Item

Finished Hat

Finished Hat

I finished the hat while we were on holiday in Albany …

Middleton Beach

Middleton Beach

 

We even made it to the top of here

Bluff Knoll

Bluff Knoll

Sign at the Summit

Sign at the Summit

It came together well and Miss A loves it (I don’t think she has taken it off!).

I really like the construction method – the way the decreases happen between the cables and that even the cables get smaller near the crown.

The yarn drove me a bit batty – the ball kept collapsing… Miss P has put in an order, but I have a few other things on the go – this and this

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January 22, 2016 · 3:48 pm

A New Knitting Project

Current work in progress

Current work in progress

As Miss A won’t wear socks, I needed to knit her something different – she chose a hat. Together we searched Ravelry and found this hat (Azurite). She picked the yarn –Filatura Di Crosa Baby Zarina Print.

I haven’t knitted a hat before, but so far so good.

The instructions call for a LT (Left Twist) which involves dropping a stitch (carefully), moving the stitch behind it to the right needle, picking the stitch up again and the moving the stitch back – really just changing the stitch order of the first two stitches on the left needle. I was not prepared to drop a stitch – no matter how carefully – so I have been using a cable needle. A bit wussy I know, but I couldn’t deal with the drama of a laddering dropped stitch.

I’m finding knitting this to be quite compelling – it is a 9 stitch pattern that I can remember quite easily, so I can knit this while watching various British period dramas – like this one or this one.

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January 13, 2016 · 8:30 am

Socks are finished

Finished

Finished

I finished the socks – first project completed for 2016. It is the Basic Ribbed Sock from Kate Atherley’s sock book. The yarn is Misti Alpaca Hand Paint Sock in shade Queen.

These socks came together pretty easily – I know one looks longer in the image but I think Miss P just pulled one up more. Next up a hat for Miss A (this one). The swatch is currently being blocked.

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January 7, 2016 · 1:08 pm

Field Bag

My new (army green) field bag

My new (army green) field bag

My field bag from Fringe Association Supply Co has arrived – in the much coveted army green (Australians call it khaki). It is fabulous – it stays upright when you put it on a table or the floor, it is a nice solid canvas, it has a pocket inside for my note book and spots for needles.

This was a decadent purchase – it was $85 US (including shipping), which means it was $120 AUD. I loved it and can see myself using it all of the time – it is a really stylish knitting bag not like the frumpy, quilted, flowery things you normally find.

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December 22, 2015 · 1:17 pm

Moving Forward

Miss P's Socks

Miss P’s Socks

I’m continuing to knit these socks – I’m pretty much using The Basic Ribbed Sock pattern from Kate Atherley’s book.

We are introducing the girls to Star Wars (4, 5 and 6) not the awful first three, so we can all go and see the new one. This means I have had a bit of knitting time – each round goes quite quickly. I have just found a counter app for my pebble watch, so now I can keep track without having to stop, find my notebook, and do a tally.

Sorry about the quality. It's a bit hard to take a photo of your own wrist

Sorry about the quality. It’s a bit hard to take a photo of your own wrist

See – brilliant!

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December 8, 2015 · 4:28 pm

More Knitting (On the Plane …)

I went here for the weekend,

Sydney from Mosman

Sydney from Mosman

which involves a plane trip. So I did this

Tension Square

Tension Square

on the plane. It is my tension swatch for Gibson Fingerless Mitts. I was a bit concerned that my knitting needles would be confiscated by security, so I didn’t take my fancy signature arts dpns  as seen here

Second Hermione Sock

Second Hermione Sock

but took some bamboo ones instead (it still would have been sad to lose them, but I don’t think there would have been tears). I knitted while watching season 5 of Downton Abbey – such beautiful costumes.

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February 10, 2015 · 3:27 pm

Knitting Again!

Swatches and the start of new projects

Swatches and the start of new projects

I’ve been able to get some knitting done while watching television (this series).

I have swatched and started working on the February Fitted Pullover (again – you might remember I have tried this once before). The yarn is Sublime Cashmere Merino Silk DK in colour Tease.

I have also swatched and started knitting Hermione’s Everyday Socks. This is yarn I bought from the Melbourne Art Gallery markets (Hawthorn Cottage Yarns).

I suspect progress will be slow.

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December 23, 2014 · 11:22 am

Progress Update

Sewwitty's Plain Sock

Sewwitty’s Plain Sock

My copy of Downton Abbey series 5 arrived, which meant there was a lot of sitting on the sofa time knitting. I just love the costumes …

I have turned the heel, picked up stitches and now I am decreasing back to the original number. I always feel that I am almost finished when I get to this point.

Sewwitty's Pineapple block

Sewwitty’s Pineapple block

I’ve also finished three of the above blocks! I’ve worked out that it is better to do a little bit, go off and do something else, a little bit more etc.

 

 

 

 

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