03.05.09
Falling Leaves socks
My first (and maybe last) pair of lace socks have been languishing on the needles for over a year. I’m trying to finish them before spring so that I can use these needles for another pair of socks, but as you can see it’s slow going.
Pattern: Falling Leaves Socks
Yarn: Lane Cervinia Calzetteria
Needles: Adi Turbo US1.5
03.04.09
Arm warmers
I’m done with winter. But unfortunately winter isn’t done. I knit some arm warmers so I could start wearing short sleeve shirts again.
Yarn: JaegerSpun Wool-Silk DK weight
Pattern: modified Staghorn Cable Wrist Warmers (ravelry link or download)
Needles: US5 and US6
03.03.09
9.5 miles
My yarn stash is down to 9.5 miles! My new goal is to knit the stash down to 5 miles before mid-June. I have a bunch of projects in the works, so this really shouldn’t be a problem 
03.02.09
Baby Surprise
I mailed a package today for my new niece or nephew:
Yarn: Lana Grossa Meilenweit Colortweed
Patterns: Baby Surprise Jacket and Magic Slippers
Needles: US3 (sweater) and US1 (slippers)
03.01.09
Seafoam Scarf
I finally found an appropriate scarf pattern for the 100 grams of Art Fibers Golden Chai that I bought in September 2007. The seafoam scarf…
It took me about 14 months to decide on a scarf pattern for this yarn. I’m sure it won’t take me another 14 months to finish the scarf… my goal is to finish it in time to wear this spring.
02.28.09
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I love the binary hat pattern! I think the pattern is so clever! Had I not been on a tight deadline for making this hat (it’s a friend’s birthday present), I would’ve made the hat say something in binary… but I couldn’t think of something witty to say that used exactly16 characters (there are 16 cables in the hat, each representing one binary number). Maybe next time, I’m sure I will be making more of these in the future.
Pattern: Binary hat
Yarn: Lamb’s Pride Worsted
Needles: US6 and US7
02.02.09
Free pattern! Staghorn cable wrist warmers
I just finished writing up a pattern for staghorn cable wrist warmers. The pattern starts at the wrist, so it’s easy to make them longer or shorter depending on the amount of yarn you have. Mine each used up a ball of yarn about the size of an apricot. These are a super quick knit and a great use for small amounts of yarn left over from other projects.
Yarn: Knit Picks Wool of the Andes, can substitute any worsted weight wool
Needles: US6 and US7 dpns
Gauge: 5 sts and 5.5 rnds per inch
You can download the pattern here and view the Ravelry pattern page here. Happy knitting!
01.21.09
Progress!
No pictures yet, but I did make some progress on my 2009 goals. I designed and knit one original pattern. The socks I started last year now have heels plus about 1 inch of the leg done. I could bind them off now and they would be perfectly good socks. But I’ll keep knitting. I’ll make them longer. For extra credit. Or something. I also bought needles for the Malabrigo lace scarf, although the pattern is TBD. I feel like I’ve made a great deal of progress but there is still a great deal of stash and many unfinished items sitting in my queue.
Pictures and maybe even a pattern will be coming soon, hopefully this weekend.
01.01.09
One mitten down…
I was able to finish one thrummed mitten over Christmas break. I made the thrums for this mitten a little bigger and also added 4 stitches to the mitten (so 48 instead of 44). I really like how the mitten turned out, it fits and I think it’s going to be extremely warm. I have to get more fiber before I can start on the second mitten, so I’ll probably have to wait until the weekend to make more progress on the second mitten.
I have a bunch of leftover fiber from the first pair of mittens, I think I’ll make a felt garland for spring.
