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June 29, 2005
When Bad Things Happen To Good Yarn
I need to invest in a swift. That's really all there is to it. I tried to wind my blue laceweight cashmere/silk yarn, and ended up with a terrible mess.
I'll work it out of course. It's far to nice to let it remain in that sad, sad state. I was much smarter with the same yarn in black. I put it around my computer chair.
Now that's more like it.
I also finished my Celtic Cap
I haven't been knitting much lately, as I'm waiting for my shawl yarn to come in. I've tried to knit a few little things to keep me occupied, but seed stich and ribs just aren't holding my attention. New things soon, my friends, I promise!
Also, the Gallery software is up and running, so I just need to upload some pictures, and I'll add it to the side bar.
Two weeks from today, I'll be in New York City seeing Spamalot on Broadway! I'll have an album set up for those pictures as well!
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June 23, 2005
Ooh... Secret Pal Goodies!
An open letter to my secret pal!
Dear Pal,
You can only imagine how excited I was to come home tonight and have a package waiting for me. Once I saw the Singapore postmark, I immidiately called Kirstie to squeal. As soon as I got in the door, I opened the package and started pulling out all the goodies. Beautiful teal yarn (yes! I LOVE the color), a notebook, candy, tea, and the cutest postcard ever! Thank you so much!
Holly
And for everyone else readign this, I know I haven't updated. It's been a long week. I have to post the pictures of the finished hat, and a few other little things. Soon, very soon! In the meantime, I osted a picture of my package, and of all the goodies!
I have mail!
All types of niftyness!
Editted to add the postcard recieved in the package!
Posted by Holly at 12:30 AM | Comments (1)
June 13, 2005
I can't stop knitting!
I have this empty feeling when I have nothing to knit. Since I finished the shrug, it was time to start something new. I purchased the Celtic Cap pattern from The Girl From Auntie so I could practice on different cables before I buy the yarn and attempt the Rogue sweater. Stupid Holly forgot to buy herself enough yarn which means another trip to the Knit Nook tomorrow.
Here's what I have so far:
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June 10, 2005
The finished shrug
It was laundry day, so as usual, I packed my knitting along with me, and drove to Mom's. I had just a few more rows to knit, and was confident on my ability to seam, so I packed the yarn needle with me. Once I finished, my mom just marveled over the way I zipped through the mattress stitch. She's always so amazed of the littlest details of my knitting. I think it turned nicely. Not the most perfect seam ever, but I'm very pleased.
The shrug!
A close up of my first mattress stitch...
Before I could do that though, Maude thought she had a new scarf.
Yours truly, modeling the shrug. I just got out of the shower and look utterly craptastic.
Hmmm, now what am I going to start knitting tomorrow?
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June 08, 2005
For Holly
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This and That
The site is still very much under contstruction. Right now, I'm focusing all my attention on the layout of the blog, and every thing else is being left by the wayside for the moment. In due time...
I also added my wonderful friend and knitting protégé, Kirstie, to the author list. She's moving to Atlanta soon, and this is the best way for everyone to see what she's knitting right now as well. I read through her copy of Stitch n Bitch (my copy was at home) to try to really understand seams. Yes, I can knit lace but can't sew seams... it's screwed up, I know. I'm feeling confident about it now though, and I can't wait to finish the shrug so I can seam it up.
I also bought a tape measure so now I know all my measurements and know what sweater sizes I'll need. I'm becoming a selfish knitter. I had the good intentions of making all of my cousins scarves over the sumer that I can put back until Christmas. Mainly because there are so many scarves I love in the Scarf style book. But now, there are too many things I want to make for myself. My mom, Aunt Paula, and Nana will probably get very nice lacey things, but everyone else is likely out of luck.
C'est la vie.
Posted by Holly at 10:11 AM | Comments (0)
June 07, 2005
Orange warmth!
This is a simple knitting project. I am doing a k1, p1 rib scarf knitted on US 15 needles, that will end up being 6' long, 15" wide with 5" fringe for a friend's birthday gift. Made of 100% Alpaca yarn and her favorite color orange. She will love it!
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June 06, 2005
Ooh! I want!
So I thought my first sweater would be from White Lies Designs, however... I am sold on the Rogue Hooded Pullover. Drool....
Celtic knots... must knit... drool...
Posted by Holly at 11:17 PM | Comments (0)
June 05, 2005
My shrug!
I tend to like natural fibers. There's just something about the feel of a natural fiber that can't be matched by synthetic. However, I decided to start the ribbed shrug from Interweave Knits, and it calls for three balls of Patons Katrina. It's 92% rayon and 8% polyester. It's soft, it's stetchy, and I'm completely in love with it.
So far, the shrug is comig along well:
I'm not really worried about the knitting aspect of it, since it's a k1, p1 rib, but it has seams. Seams scare my like no other thing on earth. I could have completely cheated and knit this in the round, but it's time to over come my fears, and just learn the mattress stitch.
Posted by Holly at 11:27 AM | Comments (0)
June 02, 2005
My first lace shawl...
...and it was a bitch! I've spent the past two weeks working on "Ene's Scarf" from Scarf Style. Of course, now I have to block it. I'm really happy with it, even though I had to rip out many rows last night. Note to self... never frog lace again. Now my A Gathering of Lace book has a shawl that's calling my name, but I'm holding off until I find the perfect yarn. Check out the pictures below!
"Will this ever end??"
Finished! Finally!
A close-up of the border...
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