Category Archives: Knit

A Good Day of Thrifting

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Paul and I had an awesome weekend, we stayed at a lovely hotel in Spokane, walked Riverfront Park, (If you haven’t been there, go! It’s alot of fun.) Went out to a nice dinner, caught a movie and had a nice relaxing time. However, on a Sunday there isn’t much to do, so we came back to Moscow and decided to hit up Goodwill and our local yarn store.

The brown is for another secret project for my nephew, and the dark navy blue is a sweater vest for Paul! He picked out the yarn himself! Since I am at a standstill with my sweater vest I thought I could work on one for him in the meantime. (yeah, we’ll probably be one of those ridiculous dorky families where I knit matching sweaters for the whole family for our Christmas portaits…) So I am pretty stoked about those two projects to work on until I can get my sweater vest back on track.

However, the thing I am most excited about is this chair, found at our local Goodwill for $9.

It’s obviously just a bit scrunched in there at the moment, but as we’re moving to a bigger, better place in a few months I figure it can squish in with the globe table and the terrarium table.

It’s more green and not as gold as it looks like in the pictures. But isn’t she a beaut? I am pretty excited about this chair. And it’s super comfortable!

And I also found a place to put my hearts!

Sweater Vest blocking

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So I went to the yarn store in Spokane where they said they had Cascade Yarns, and turns out they didn’t have any in stock. Ugh. So, I have the front half of my sweater vest done, but don’t have enough yarn to finish the back. So, I am blocking the front.

I know it looks kind of ginormous, but keep it mind it’s all stretched out! What do you think?

Valentine’s is fun for knitters

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So this was what I made for Charissa and Autumn for Valentine’s Day. (Also in the package were assorted hearts, candies, chocolates, letters, notebooks for writing love letters, and some funny “Twilight” inspired Valentines.

This, for the darling and ever cute Charissa.

And this for the darling and ever stunning Autumn.

I think I’ll call them scarflettes.

And a little something to cheer up your Saturday Morning: Avett Brothers (But that is mostly for you, Autumn)

Sweater vest

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I’m making a sweater vest for myself. And now as I am about 1/4 of the way through it I am realizing that I really don’t think I have enough yarn to complete it. But I guess that just means I’ll have to stop in at Lamb’s Ear when I come to Tacoma and pick up some more of this stuff.

That’s the front panel.

It’s made from the leftovers from my sweater and Erika’s.

I also made some cute little hearts for Valentine’s Day, although I am not sure what I am going to do with them yet.

Any great ideas for me?

Shalom Revealed

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Shalom has been completed. (Well, it hasn’t been blocked yet, but it just came off the needles about 10 minutes ago)

The backside:

I love it, and it fits pretty well. The sleeves are a little looser than I would like, but that is alright.

It hangs a little crooked on me… I need to learn how to knit for people with scoliosis, apparently, but all in all I am pretty pleased with how it turned out.

It’s so comfy cozy. I can’t wait to cast on my next sweater!

Giveaway!

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I promise you are going to want this.


A seed stitch hat, made in a beret style.

It’s made in an off-white acrylic (sorry, it’s what I had on hand) yarn.

I feel like I must warn you, this isn’t a very warm hat, since it’s so loose, and the seed stitch isn’t the tightest, but it is cute, so it’s got that going for it.

So, you know the drill, leave a comment telling me how much you want this hat to be your very own and you get yourself an entry. Put it on your blog and you get yourself another entry.

**EDIT: Please made sure to add your blog entry as a separate comment, as I use a random number generator to figure the winner, thanks**

The winner will be drawn Thursday evening at 6:00 pm.

Good luck!

Lots of things handmade.

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Shalom update:
Done with bodice, 1/2 way through one sleeve. The sleeves are the hardest part to keep going on…you feel like you should be done already! But it’s still fun to work on.

Those crochet flower holders I was thinkin’ about making.. I tried a prototype. Turned out alright, but not quite how I wanted it.

I’ll definitly be making more, though. Hopefully for a wedding coming up this July (yipee!)

Also, been crafting a little for the besties. Although it’s a suprise and they’re not allowed to know what it is yet. But it’s knit and it’s got buttons, which automatically makes it awesome. Wanna see a sneak peak?

I love buttons.

And I decided since I had yarn all over the living room, I’d make it a bit tidier and I ended up really liking the look it made:

Sometimes I feel bad for Paul with all the knitting needles and crochet hooks I accidentally leave on the couch, just waiting for someone to sit on, and yarn trailed around the living room…

Ok. Off to do some other Saturday fun stuff.

A sneak-peek, plus Shalom update IV

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So, I’ve got another give-away planned for early this week, not sure exactly when it’ll be up, either Monday evening or Tuesday (Scratch that, it’s up, take a look) I’m not saying what it is yet, but here’s a sneak peek:

And the Shalom is nearing the bottom:

Sorry, awful picture and awful lighting. I always wait until the evening to take the pictures. But its really a much nicer color than the picture shows, and not very bulbous at the bottom, that’s just cuz it’s on too small of needles… I’m completely in love with this sweater. I can’t wait to wear it!

Keep your eye out for the upcoming give-away!

Shalom Update III

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The Shalom is progressing at a rapid rate. Just last night I got into the bodice part and I’ve already gone 6-7 inches. It’s so easy when you don’t have to count! But trying to make it into a few sizes bigger but only having the pattern in a size small, well, that’s a bit of math for you. You know, making sure the sleeves end up in the right spot and not coming out the middle of your back or something. It’s not quite at a stage where I can try it on yet, but soon soon. And if it doesn’t fit, well… well that’ll be terrible and I’ll have to start over. So we’re just going to hope it fits.

And here’s a picture of the back, you can see where I pulled off the sleeves and am letting them hang around on the white yarn until I am done with the bodice, then I’ll go pick up those lonely stitches with dpn’s (double pointed needles, for those of you not in the know) and make some sleeves.