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!

Three and a half months

Pre-wash, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

I started spinning this on July 10, 2008. This one took way too long.

Details: Fingering weight 3-ply, 620 yards of Interlacements Roving. I still have a couple ounces to spin, but I wanted to move on to another yarn. I think this yarn resembles Trekking XXL. It will probably stripe with gray, blue, purple, green, and yellow green. (The colors aren't quite true. They're a bit darker than they appear on my monitor.)

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]

Sunrise

Sunrise, originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

There has been a bit of knitting going on, but for now, academia has the upper hand.

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.

Lou.

Lou., originally uploaded by Wileycomma.

You will be missed Fluffy Bun. I hope you're romping around in a field of yummy grasses. I'm glad you were with really good people for the last couple weeks.