As Promised Finally!!

Yes! Pictures!!! Yay!!!

Tatting works that I'm piddling around with
I did this one as a throw together from some other patterns I've piddled with.


This one is a shuttle pattern from The www.theanticraft.com It's called Midnight violets. I was able to convert it somewhat to needle tatting instead of the ol shuttle which I do not know how to work yet. I'm not finished with it yet. I'm still considering this a piddle because I'm trying to figure out how to do the drop in the lower middle point. As you can see these two do not match. But I'm trying. See! I have to do trial and error too. All you needle tatters out there feel free to give a gal some hints/suggestions.


Finally Knitting:
I call it green bag. However the pattern is called "Going Green Shopping Bag". Plus I'm using mostly green yarn so there. :-P



Ya'll enjoy! Feel Free to comment on my piddles. :-)

Sorry for the delay...KNITTING!!!

Okay, so back in February I agreed to test knit for Sam Roshak's pattern Icing. I didn't finish it due to unforeseen circumstances. 1. I frogged it and had to restart after 8 hrs worth of work, 2. eye infection 3. Eye infection turned into sinus funk 4. I had never blocked anything in my knitting life!
There now ya'll know. My secret is out.

So.... Without further a due, here is my Icing:
Yarn: Classic Two 389 by Kaalund Yarns
Bought at In The Making





How I blocked it: The old fashioned method. Straight Pins and foam board. :-)


I had to hide it from my cats. They wanted to eat the yarn as I knit with it and also the foam board. Since I didn't finish the pattern by the deadline, I bought the pattern. Only fair you know. I love reading Sam's blogs and she is a great designer. This is my first lace like project to have ever actually completed. Don't believe me? Check out Ravelry then.
Ya'll enjoy!!

Sock Glory!!

Finally I get around to taking pics and posting them! LOL
I have knitted 3 socks so far in Cascade 220 with size 7 dpns in the Socks101 trainer sock pattern.
Here's all 3


The first one I attempted was pretty off. LOL I didn't understand knitting into the back of the loop, I screwed up my round count and well I got this itty bitty screwed up looking thing. Here's a bit of a close up.


The second one came out MUCH better. However it was not to the pattern specs again. I knitted a couple of extra rounds here and there but the heel turn looks alot better! I did the knit into the back of the loop thing on it. I do like it better than the first.


The third sock was knit Wednesday night. I didn't knit in to the back of the loop on at the heel turn and I know why you have to now! There are holes all along where I picked up the stitches and that's Okay I guess. Lesson learned. This one was knit to the specs of the pattern to the T except the knit into the back thing.


I like knitting socks. All 3 socks took be around an hour each. They are small that's the reason. LOL I am going to continue this journey into the land of socks so that I can further my skills as a zen knitter. LOL
What do you think? Think I'm getting the hang of it? I sure do!
XOXOXOXO

Socks!!!

Yes I'm knitting socks!!!! (I heard ya'll say Finally!) LOL
I've taken on the trainer sock pattern from Knitty's Sock knitting 101 and by jove I think I've got it!!! I'll post a pic in a bit. I'm trying to get ready for work but I wanted to fill ya'll in on my knitting. LOL I knitted 2 of the trainer socks. The first one looked horrible and the second one looked incredible!!! I'm kicking ass and soon I'll have some socks to wear while doing it!
toodles ya'll!! I hope you all had a Happy Easter Weekend!!
XOXOXO

I must resist! I must resist!!!

I have just received 3 count them 3! Yarn sale emails!!! I can't add to my stash! It will explode if I add anymore. Exploding yarn is never fun. It leaves all kinds of fuzzies everywhere and I don't have that big of a lint brush. I think I am going to begin knitting from my stash for a while. The only yarn, notions etc that I am able to buy are for my PRGE, knitter's birthdays and if I ABSOLUTELY NEED IT (which depends on mood ya know).
I've been knitting sock that soar on 2 cirs. I tell ya'll I've got the hang of it!! Woot!! I'm knitting the rib of a child's sock right now with some simple stripes from knitpicks that I've had in my stash for a year now. Look at me I can keep up with my yarn-ventory! LOL
Nope still haven't finished tank girl. I think I have a problem finishing things ya'll. Why is that? Grr it is annoying me and i just wonder how annoying that it is to all ya'll!!!
Gotta get in the mood! Gotta Finish Tank Girl! The finishline is just up ahead!!!

Oh yeah the armwarmer was transformed into a koozie. Yep I didn't like the K2P2 ribbing and didn't want to frog the thing so badabing-badaboom...Koozie. :-) I will restart this project and I think I'm going to tweak Fetching for Calico. I think it would look much nicer and it seems like a simple enough project for me to try cabling. Yes folks I don't do the cable thing, but my computer & TV do!

Pics to appear tonight or tomorrow depending whether or not DH decides to dominate the computer.
XOXOXOXO

OOOO Got something new on the old needles!!

It seems that I have ADD. Tank girl front panel is about 2 hours from completion and I have not wanted to knit on it. Tonight for sure I shall finish that panel!! I missed Grey's last night :-( but I made $40! I had to go in at the Hut and deliver for my sis. She is working a double today and her back was killing her which isn't good if you have to get in and out of your car all day long the next day. I'm okay with missing Grey's. I can watch it tonight after 2 am or I can watch it saturday morning which is just fine by me. I like the 20 sec commercials on ABC.com anyways.

YES I have knitting ADD because last night I wanted to try something new. See I got Socks soar on circular needles yesterday. I read ALL of the instructions and tried to find some needles to practice. Well guess what! I need 2 new circs!!! The ones I have are the old school love to coil up and smack you in the face kind. The hot water and all the other tricks do not work on these. :-( So new ones it is!!! I have 40 to spend on them!!

At a loss about the circs I found my Calico by Berroco in my yarn stash and grabbed my dpns and started knitting a 2x2 rib. and viola!!
I am thinking that this will be my arm warmers!! I love the multicolors and since I'm using 9's, and the yarn is big it shouldn't take me too long!! Yay!!!
Calico is 58% Cotton, 28% Acrylic and 14 % nylon and is pretty easy to knit with. I'm impressed with myself because my guage is coming out quite nicely!!!

Well I've got to get ready for work now. I'm running late. OOPs!!!
Love to ya'll!!! Ya'll are my most favorite people in the world!!!!
XOXOXO
Lesley