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I really do knit. Really truly. Heck, I finished this months ago! But it is hard to wear something out of wool and silk in July.
W was pretty fun to make (though the instructions for a bit were counterintuitive). But with my tattoos (unhappily covered by the turtleneck), W needs to be worn over something when at the law firm.
I only have about a ball and a half of the yarn left (Chasing Rainbows, Dove colorway - leftovers from the wedding shawls). What should I make next?
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My holidays went swimmingly despite all of the angst about finishing projects and cooking and generally the wacked out nature of it all. My hubby decided that our small condo with cat could handle a tree and used his artistry (though I will admit to suggesting the googly eyes) to make a tree using our pumpkin, which has been handling the change of seasons inside quite well.
Christmas Eve was spent watching Rent while knitting on a scarf for Dulaan (stash yarn, mistake rib, nearly done even). I sang along, nearly loud enough to be heard next door. It was a weekend of musicals: Avenue Q, Rent, Aida (mostly me).
Christmas morning, I made homemade cinnamon buns (tasty and messy) which I will certainly do again with a few nifty changes. Christmas night I made spiced potato slices, which are very tasty and too easy. The day was full of hugs and laughter and chatter (and a wee bit too much television - I hates the demon box). Boxing Day is back to work and try to finish some small set of tasks.
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Sort of.
I am working on (have been, am still, quasi) Teva Durham's Yoke Vest. I didn't want it to be too warm. I wasn't sure I could fit it. I wanted to wear it for the holidays. I didn't want to swatch.
Ooops.
I finished blocking (though I didn't weave in the ends) the Yoke Vest last night. I tried it on (before blocking) and it was a crop top. Well, I didn't swatch, so I knew it was a bit dicey. I hoped that severely wet blocking the little sucker would make it big enough, long enough, and dog gone it... Well, I got part of what I hoped for.
The Yoke Vest is wearable, barely. It is a mite bit short (I tend to have a very tight row gauge). It's not wearable. It won't be wearable until probably about June. Enter the Yoke Vest project:
Rather than find someone to fit the silly Yoke Vest or modifying the pattern and making another one I am going to finish losing the last 10-15 odd pounds and wear it. It fits the waist and is almost long enough, 10 pounds should do it. Ten pounds lost will shrink my boobs enough to have it be both comfortable and long enough (amazing how much length is lost going around boobs instead of through).
Yeah, oops.
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I don't have any knitting to show right now. I have blocking that I could show, but I want to wait until I know the project is done (truly really done).
Today was the holiday department party at work. We do a Yankee Swap every year, and this year the limit was $10, a little low if you normally get something nice. It was just right for a kitschy, gag gift.
My contributions to the festivities were Eggnog minicupcakes, Triple Ginger minicupcakes and this:
Only pink. The facial expressions upon opening this item made it well worth it. I, on the other hand, drew #1 and made out like a bandit. I have some dark chocolate and ramekins (which I have wanted for a while, but am too lazy to just go out and buy). What tasty treat should I make first?
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I feel like I haven't really been doing my part. I have been knitting. I have even been finishing, but I never really take pictures and post them. My photography skills are pretty poor and my understanding of the digital camera even more so. I am still trying to bring in all of the photos that I had from last year (or earlier this year) that aren't lost, but certainly aren't around.
Finished:
Pattern: One Skein Wonder from Glampyre Knits
Yarn: Malabrigo (ooh, soft!) in Emerald Blue
My only real modification was to knit the border as a lattice stitch. I am not sure if I will ever run a ribbon in through the lattices, but it is cute and warm and too tight in the arm holes to wear (because I can't bind off loosely to save my life). I am still very slowly losing weight, so eventually I will be able to wear it and cover up my very tattooed back at work. Sweet!
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It just hasn't felt much like Christmas. My hubby and I haven't done any decorating. I haven't done a lot of cooking since Thanksgiving, including baking (my waistline thanks me). The first of the big holiday parties start this weekend, and I still haven't wrapped my gift. Secret Santa is one of those holiday traditions that I appreciate. I like being able to buy gifts for one of my friends each year without it becoming some strange drama about who did or did not get presents (because some of us never aged out of middle school).
I am not really doing much for the party. I am making mini cupcakes, of which I will probably take a photograph or two. I'm not sure how I will decorate them yet, but it will be cute regardless.
Below is a picture of some of the scarves I have knit recently (as in since the last ice age) for Dulaan. I love making cabled scarves, and especially love using some of the bigger more complicated cables from sweater patterns to make something nice like the scarf on the right. The blue scarf is my own pattern (not enough like a pattern to post), where I used garter ridges to take the place of row counters. Fun fun!
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I am taking a little break from stuffing and labeling Holiday cards for the moment. Christmas is rearing its ugly head and taking over my life. I have been knitting nearly constantly and running through a gauntlet at work. I have a ton of things that I am working on and there seems to be very little time to get everything done.
We're doing Christmas cards (I think) tonight, and I am doing Christmas shopping (and picking up a miniature muffin tin or two for me) tonight as well!
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I swear I have been knitting!
My friends and I are celebrating a group birthday (not mine, I'm a June baby) this Friday and I wanted something new to wear that is interesting, warm but not too warm, and work appropriate (and it will probably get a lot of screen time this month). It would be nice if it were festive, but that is mostly an added bonus.
Enter the Yoke Vest from Loop-d-Loop. I have heard lots of scary things about the sizing (but I bought it as an art book, so don't really care), but I am attempting this pattern anyway.
My issues are simple. I am frightened by any pattern that says it is very stretchy but the small/medium is a bust of 28.xx. It makes my eyes bug out. I don't think of myself as a large anymore (well, most of the time), so I am still trying it as written (sort of, more on that later). I want to wear this to go dancing at a goth club/night, so black yarn is good but bulky wool is probably bad. Black won't show off the nifty styling of the piece, but it will help keep it work appropriate as it will most definitely cover enough of my tattoos.
Solution! I am making this out of Misti Pima Cotton & Silk double stranded with a strand of crochet cotton to hold the beads. Little size 8 seed beads strung on and added willy nilly to the fabric (well, sort of every 3 stitches in the beginning and less further up when I realized how many beads it would take). How does it look? I'll post a photo tomorrow (or tonight) when I will hopefully be past the bust shaping and into armhole land!
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