Knitting Update
Oct. 18th, 2010 04:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tephraYes, it's that time again, catching up on the knitting projects.
So after checking what I last posted about here's what I've been up to:
Getting a photo of the vest I made for Mom last Christmas with the zipper sewn in.
Mom won't model so imagine I'm a good five inches shorter than that the hem hits at mid hip rather than at the high hip. It took me four hours to hand sew in that zipper. *ugh* And as much as I hated sewing it in I love the way it came out. Zippered sweaters tempt me but I don't know if I want to take on sewing another zipper in by hand. Perhaps I should invest in a walking foot for my machine.
Knitting tiny socks.
I knit the first one before I left to visit family this summer, and finished the second while I was there. Knitting one of those in public is a conversation starter, people are amazed by the tiny 0000 needles and yarn not much thicker than a few strands of thread.
Then I needed "knit or go crazy" project for the rest of my visit.
It needs blocking but I haven't figured out how yet. Generally you block tams over dinner plates but this one is too large for all the plates in the house. Once I manage to block it I will get a shot of the lace pattern on the top.
Then I was home and wanted a quick project that didn't require much thinking.
That hat in Sailor's Rib again. I will probably give this to my brother since it's effectively "safety orange".
This next one looks horrid in progress.
It's all ribbing so it needs to be stretched over a body to look good. I still need to finish the neck and sleeves and seam it up but Namid will be modeling it eventually.
Then I had a few weeks of being too sick to feel like knitting.
When I felt better I decided to crochet something.
Yes, it's that Japanese hat pattern again. I had most of the cone of yarn from the tam left over so a cotton cloche seemed like a good idea. So far I've worn it more like a bowler but being able to roll that brim down when the sun is too bright is very handy.
And this last one isn't cut because I am damned proud of it.
The observant with good memories will note that's the same pattern as the neck of my red shawl. I made some alterations to the second section (the mesh, diamonds, and chevrons) and then pretty much did the edging that I plan to finish my red shawl with.
Other than those projects all I did was start the ribbing on the over knee socks.
So after checking what I last posted about here's what I've been up to:
Getting a photo of the vest I made for Mom last Christmas with the zipper sewn in.
Mom won't model so imagine I'm a good five inches shorter than that the hem hits at mid hip rather than at the high hip. It took me four hours to hand sew in that zipper. *ugh* And as much as I hated sewing it in I love the way it came out. Zippered sweaters tempt me but I don't know if I want to take on sewing another zipper in by hand. Perhaps I should invest in a walking foot for my machine.
Knitting tiny socks.
I knit the first one before I left to visit family this summer, and finished the second while I was there. Knitting one of those in public is a conversation starter, people are amazed by the tiny 0000 needles and yarn not much thicker than a few strands of thread.
Then I needed "knit or go crazy" project for the rest of my visit.
It needs blocking but I haven't figured out how yet. Generally you block tams over dinner plates but this one is too large for all the plates in the house. Once I manage to block it I will get a shot of the lace pattern on the top.
Then I was home and wanted a quick project that didn't require much thinking.
That hat in Sailor's Rib again. I will probably give this to my brother since it's effectively "safety orange".
This next one looks horrid in progress.
It's all ribbing so it needs to be stretched over a body to look good. I still need to finish the neck and sleeves and seam it up but Namid will be modeling it eventually.
Then I had a few weeks of being too sick to feel like knitting.
When I felt better I decided to crochet something.
Yes, it's that Japanese hat pattern again. I had most of the cone of yarn from the tam left over so a cotton cloche seemed like a good idea. So far I've worn it more like a bowler but being able to roll that brim down when the sun is too bright is very handy.
And this last one isn't cut because I am damned proud of it.
The observant with good memories will note that's the same pattern as the neck of my red shawl. I made some alterations to the second section (the mesh, diamonds, and chevrons) and then pretty much did the edging that I plan to finish my red shawl with.
Other than those projects all I did was start the ribbing on the over knee socks.
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Date: 2011-06-20 01:41 pm (UTC)that last hat looks so awesome, and /epicdrool over that bjd shawl. was that with thread, or like, superfine crochet cotton?
(signed, the girl who hijacked in from HMW's lj)
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Date: 2011-06-20 03:01 pm (UTC)The shawl is #10 crochet cotton and size 1 (2.25mm) needles. The color caught my eye in the store and I kept looking at it every time I walked by for months until I decided to just buy it and figure out what to do with it later.