Had a bad Monday?

Have a look at some cute stuff.

And booties to match., originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

I finished these over the past week. The hat is Woolywormhead's Baby Tri-peak hat, and the booties are Oh Baby!Baby booties. I have some comments about the pattern on one of my Flickr photos. I think the hat will be going to Baby Jack, along with the rest of the stuff I need to finish and mail to BC. I just really wanted to knit the booties after doing the hat, so I think I'm going to give those to my roommate's relative who will be having a baby in a few months. I think the purple/brown colors are pretty gender neutral, but correct me if I'm wrong.

Raveled Hat
Raveled Booties

Close up, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

I'm so pleased that I finally got better pooling knitting this yarn as a hat. I tried three or four times as a sock and I was not pleased. The stripes work. I hope Jack's bean isn't too big!

Oh, Baby! Baby booties, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

Catch up

Lazy blogger, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

Here's what I've been up to.

Mini Mitten Ornaments for gifts. And a crocheted sock yarn blanket.

I think I've gone crazy. Crochet is helping with my dexterity now. I can knit Continental now, too.

In other words, I have one more week of classes and two more days of finals and then I get to go home again. My first semester of college went by really fast. Is it always like this? Probably not, right? I've had a great time. I haven't made too many new friends, but I get along really well with my roommate and her boyfriend, and I've got several people from high school here. I am happy to say that I've gotten a bit better at talking to new people though. I've always been a shy person and I'm still shy. I sometimes struggle with being around new people and old friends at the same time. For example, when my best friend's friends visit, and I don't know them very well or at all, then I'd just rather leave. I'm really working on becoming more adult about it, but as with most things, it's going to take some time. End of semester wrap up? It's been nice.

Porom

Porom (365.9), originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

This practically fell off my needles. I don't think it's quite me, though.

Ravelled.

NaKniSweMo?

National Knit a Sweater Month, anyone? I'd love to, but at university, I don't have the supplies. If anyone would be willing to send me a sweater's worth of dk yarn for free, I promise you'll see a finished sweater for Thanksgiving.

Right now, I'm working on my February Lady Sweater, which I've been trying to finish since June (and then ripped and begun again in September due to my sudden onset of looser knitting, which is a whole 'nother story).

She's only awaiting sleeves., originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

I've got a sleeve and a half left to go, and I'm hoping that the sleeves aren't too wide for my arms. I also think it might be just a bit too swingy for me. I'm going to finish it anyway. Just because it's pretty and it will look nice in my closet and on my Rav page. And just because I love Pam. I totally won her contest a few weeks ago, update on that later. I'm also impatiently awaiting her new mitten pattern.

P.S. I MISS MY SWIFT! Brought the ball-winder to school, but not the swift. Dumb! Dumb! Dumb!

Finito!

Start to Finish, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

See? I'm getting all fancy with a triptych. But I do love seeing handspun and knit items compared with multiple photos. These were fun to knit.

Raveled.

Pomatomus for Mother.

Pomatomus for Mother., originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

My mom has wanted me to knit her a pair of socks for the longest time. Hopefully, since she picked out this yarn from the Yarn Garden in February, she'll like them. I plan on having them done for when I go home for Thanksgiving break.

Up next, Finished Handspun Socks and an update on the Mystery Socks KAL

Help me choose!

So Many Ideas..., originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

I already have a ton of socks on the needles, so I'm running out of needles.

However.

I want to knit some colorwork.

My lack of needles won't stop me, but my color indecision will. I think I've got the colors for mittens worked out, but I'm not sure which colors to use for an Inga hat. I'm thinking the oatmeal with the mustard, and use the pink as the other contrasting color. Or maybe I don't want to knit an Inga hat at all...

Any ideas? [Click the photo for Flickr notes.]

It's Socktober!

Mystery Socks, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

Ever since I stumbled upon Through the Loops several months ago, I've been in love with Kirsten's knitting and designs. And this month, for Socktober!, she put together a mystery sock pattern. Last Wednesday, it was the cuff, and today it's the leg. There are two versions of the pattern, a basic and cabled version. I'm doing the basic because I cast on for the 60 stitch version, and that was before she decided to do a cabled version, which isn't designed for 60 stitches.

[Ravel it]

Yum, yum, yum

BEST YARN EVER, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

1x1 rib (I think besides garter stitch, this might be my favorite scarf pattern.) Lies flat, looks like stockinette, and it shows off the colors nicely. Even though I'm alternating balls every two rows, it still seems to be pooling in a yellow and blue criss-cross...It's mostly subtle, I hope.

And omg, this is the best EVER yarn. It's soft and shiny, without being too shiny and it's a nice and even single. LOVE(1) mos. def.

A finished object!

I am mostly pleased with this scarf.
Except for this.

I'm so torn..., originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

How did I let this happen? I think I was trying to force gauge on the rusty yarn. (It's way more brown in actuality.) I don't know what to do. Should I leave it, or rip it out and work the orange on a smaller needle? The last end is not woven in, so it wouldn't be that big of a deal, except that it took me several hours of watching a friend play Grand Theft Auto 4 to knit the last 30 rows...

Yarny Rollup. , originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

So, I leave you with another picture and the info.
Raveled.
Pattern inspired from ThroughTheLoops's Bi-Color Scarf.

Bi-Color Scarf., originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

Received

Caroline, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

It fits her!

Home for the last time.

I’m back from vacation. Again. I meant to get this post up before I left for England, but that didn’t happen. So, here we are. A list of my current projects, as promised.

I’ve been spinning this Interlacements braid. I’m working toward a three-ply. I divided the braid into three parts, and now I’m just spinning the singles as lace weight-ish. I hope that the three-ply will turn out to be a d.k. weight. I really love the colors. The only problem is, the gray dye comes off on my hands when I get to that color. It’s no big deal, just annoying.

What I've been spinning, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

This is the cap shawl from Victorian Lace Today. I really like Emily’s cap shawl(rav link). Mine won’t end up being blue ribbon winning like hers, nor knit out of hand spun, but it will be a nice long term project.

Cap Shawl Beginnings, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

I’m kind of cheating with these socks. I’ve never seen the pattern, just the finished objects on Ravelry, so I’m guestimating. The yarn is Cherry Tree Hill sock yarn. I have three skeins of it, none of which have a colorway.

Gentleman's Fancy Socks, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

This scarf is my pride and joy. It’s based off of Through The Loops’ Bi-Color Scarf. I had some Knitting Notions Superwash sock yarn in Green Apple and I knew I didn’t really want to use it for socks, so I improvised to use it with some coppery-red-brown sock yarn to make this scarf.

Bi-Color Scarf, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

When my mom and I stopped in at The Yarn Garden in Charlotte, she bought me all sorts of yarn because it was a mother-daughter trip to visit Michigan Tech and she pick out this yarn. When I started knitting, I knitted one red pomatomus and she wanted it. Go figure, I never knit the second one. So, hopefully, by the time I come home from college, I’ll have a pair of socks for her.

Mom's Pomatomus, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

These sweetheart socks from an Interweave magazine, I think the Holiday 2007 issue. I took these with me on one of my vacations and broke one of the needles. It’s not too much of a big deal because I only need four of the five to knit them. I love Trekking Pro Natura yarn. The bamboo in it gives it a nice shine and color.

Sweetheart Socks, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

Finally, my Print ‘o the Wave. I’m half way finished with the edging now. Maybe I can finish it before I leave for school. Probably not.

POTW Progress, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

Tomorrow, I’m going to the Michigan Fiber Fest with Shannon and Emily. My last hurrah. For a while, anyway. I’m glad I’m home so I can go hang out with my peeps from ZPDK.

Ene's Scarf

Ene's Scarf, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

Finished forever ago, over two months, even.
Started February 21 2008
Completed March 10 2008
Knitted on US 6 needles with my hand spun, that I thought was going to be for socks, but it turned out a bit thicker. Then I saw Ene's Scarf started from the longest edge and decreased to nothing. I liked that the knitting got smaller as I went on. It made it go faster, I think. "I'll knit a few more rows. They're getting shorter, so it won't take me as long. Then I'll go to bed." That sort of thing. I might someday get a modeled shot of this, but it's summer and I don't really feel like it, sorry to say.

Sweater weather, for sure

Licorice Whip, originally uploaded by Fletch Knits.

Today is absolutely freezing outside. Nearly every county north and west of us got a snow day. But today...Today, I am knitting a sweater to counteract the freezing.

Quickie

Herringbone Progress, originally uploaded by Fletch Knits.

I started this this morning in my first hour class. I'm hoping on finishing it tonight so I can give it to my best friend who is going up the the UP to visit Michigan Tech. I hope she likes it. The neck warmer and the school.

Just thought you should know

All the knitting is finished on my Tangled Yoke. I'm going to bed now. I have school in the morning.

Back to me

Detail, originally uploaded by Fletch Knits.

A couple months ago, my sweater progress stalled, but now that knitting for the craft show and holiday knitting is over with, I've been able to get back to knitting for me.
The cable chart rows go on for forever. Hundreds of stitiches. But now I'm back down to 165 and almost ready to do the shortrow shaping. I can't wait to finish this and get some use out of it this winter.

Holiday post

FO, FO, FO, Merry Christmas, originally uploaded by Fletch Knits.

I finished a pair of socks! I never finish a pair. Sure, I finish one, but never more than a few inches of the other. And these weren't even worked two at a time.
The stats:
Yarn:Kool-aid dyed by me, with Knit picks sock weight bare yarn 100% wool
Needles: 2.25mm Addi Turbo 40 inch circular
Pattern: Basic sock, shortrow heel couple inches of ribbing at the cuff
Verdict: I'm glad these didn't pool very badly. They just striped! But they are awfully pilly, which isn't very nice.
The two following photos are my Christmas present from Santa. How awesome! I've been wanting these for two years. I spend all Christmas morning winding yarn. I think I ended up with about thirty balls, with quite a few skeins left over. I made yarn men with the balls. I'll get pictures. They're cute.

Swiftage!, originally uploaded by Fletch Knits.

Ball winder, originally uploaded by Fletch Knits.

This is the first of a pair of mittens. Elliphantom's Herringbone Mittens. I finished the second one at 6 AM on Christmas Eve morning in order to wash, block, and dry them to give to the recipient that evening before dinner. It's a good thing I had iced coffee.

Herringbone mit, originally uploaded by Fletch Knits.

Sorry that it's been so long without an update. I've just been lazy, that's all. =]

Quick, quick, quick

So quick, originally uploaded by Fletch Knits.

Supa fun. Details on Flickr.

ETA:This was knit out of the yarn in my header.

Late, late, late, bed time now.

Blech. I just finished writing a French essay for my online class, and I'm ready for bed. I still haven't been knitting much, but tomorrow, with little homework that I'll have to do in class, I should be able to knit a bit on my socks.

Current sock., originally uploaded by Fletch Knits.

Okay, I'm going to sleep. Night, all.