Converted?

I can now crochet.

Be afraid.

Be very afraid.

I have a few FO's, but I just moved and all of my fun digital stuff is packed away somewhere. So stay tuned! This summer is bound to be full of many updates to this wonderful blog.

A scarf ... in the summer?

My friend Erin is going to Boston University next year, so I decided to make her a scarf to use. (Winters there are much cooler than here in good old Indianapolis.) I gave it to her before I took pictures because I'm a genius like that, but anyway ... I used the "Grass" green Thick-n-Quick, casted on 12 stitches, and garter stitched for about five-and-a-half feet or so. At the end I made up a pattern that was an 'e' for her first initial; it's there but kind of hard to see because it was the first time I had attempted anything of the sort. I discovered that putting a pattern into a garter stitch doesn't really work. Next time I'll make a stockinette stitch scarf and try an initial again. Or something. we'll see.

I am current working on Cleaves, a cabled hat from Stitch-n-Bitch Nation, a pair of Pedicure socks, and Clapotis. Once I graduate and move home I will be able to finish everything (I hope). This whole last-semester-of-senior-year thing really has put a damper in my knitting output. Such a shame.

Bye.

A few FO's

Wow, it's been a while. So here are some FO's.





These are baby booties I made for my newest cousin. One picture has a pose with my hand to show how tiny they are. So cute!



I got a new cellphone over Spring Break, so naturally I made a new cellphone holder to keep it in. The yarn magically matches my new Lomography bag that I got over Break as well. Hooray to that.



For good measure, here is a new pin I got while in Bowling Green this week. It is Pac-Man eating veggies, and it says "Veggies Rule!" I enjoy.

Bye for now!

Arm-Warmers, Skinny Scarf

Here are some pictures of more projects I have started up in the last few days:



This is the beginning of some cute arm-warmers. They'll go knuckles to elbow, and will be nice to have for windy spring days. Hopefully I'll have them finished by the time I hangout downtown next week. :)



This is going to be an ultra-cute skinny scarf for my friend Kassie. The second picture shows the "wrong side" of the scarf, which is a 1x2 rib pattern. The third picture is the "right side" which is a mock-cable pattern. The ends will have long fringe, and the scarf is going to be super long so she can wrap it around a few times and be all movie-star like.

After I get some more of these UFO's finished I'm going to make my best friend Matt some socks. Those would be the only things I could make that he would actually use I think. hehe. Bye.

Easy spring wrist-warmers, Basic cable hat

Here are the cute little wrist-warmers I am making. They are pure white, and knit with size 5 needles. Tiny stitches! The process went by pretty quickly, however, due to hours of sitting at Mozart rehearsals without much else to do. They are most likely going to a friend as part of a birthday gift.



And that is the hat I am making my brother. The orange is really fun. At the moment I am stuck, because I don't have size 8 double-pointed needles, but a friend of mine from school has some that she said I could borrow to finish this project. I should probably invest in some of my own.

The kittyville hat is completed, but I'm not going to put up any pictures until Steph gets them. ha!

Project Update

Ear 1 is now completed; all I need to do now is make ear 2 and make some pom-poms. Exciting!

During Mozart rehearsals I've been making small spring-time fingerless gloves out of a pretty white sport-weight acryllic yarn. Hand 1 is finished, and hand 2 is about half-way finished.

I received my interchangeable needle kit yesterday, so I will be starting a few hat projects very soon. I am making my brother a hat out of Red Heart Hokey Pokey in Tangerine (which is unfortunately discontinued), and probably the cabled Newsboy hat from Stitch-n-Bitch Nation.

When I'm at home and not procrastinating the accomplishment of my homework I will take some progress pictures. Bye.

Keyhole Scarf, Model Change

Well, since I am not very photogenic, I figured I would use a model. If you can't tell, that model is the one and only Ronnie Gardocki, male of the 645 household. He looks pretty suave in that second shot if I don't say so myself. :)

The Kittyville Hat is almost complete; I'm scared of finishing the ears because I feel like I'm not doing them correctly. But I know Steph will like it anyway, so we'll see. Hopefully that will be finished within the next week.

I've also started Cleaves using some super nice Classic Yarns Soft Tweed yarn. The whole double-pointed needle thing isn't going very well. I might have to cheat a bit on this project, we'll see.

Today I also started an afghan for Warm the World. The yarn I have to work with is really just a bunch of scraps and incomplete skeins, so I'm making some panels/squares and then I'll crochet them together. Should be cute.

More pictures will be up in the next few days of my WIPs and FOs. Bye.

Yorick Scarf and Project Updates

Hooray! Pictures of my Yorick scarf! I ended up using a 100% acryllic instead of wool (the vegan in me is happy about that), so I didn't felt it like the pattern wanted. But oh man, it is so soft and fun to wear. It's also pretty damn punk rock if I might say so. My housemate Lisa said I was the ultimate Alkaline Trio fan due to making this scarf. Naturally I was honored to have such a grand title bestowed upon myself.

Up next: Windy City Keyhole Scarf, and the Official Kittyville Hat! More pics will come when those are finished. Here are some pictures of what I have done so far:

Windy City Keyhole Scarf:


Official Kittyville Hat:


Later!

Irish Cable Arm Warmers

Well, I finally finished these bad boys. I found the pattern at this blog, and used Lion Brand Wool-Ease Worsted Weight in Rose Heather. They are nice and warm and wonderful. I made the thumb-holes a bit bigger than the pattern stated, partially because I like more room to move my thumbs around and partially because I have manly-like hands.

Tube Scarf!

There it is. My first FO from a pattern. I used this pattern, and Lionbrand Landscape's Rose Garden yarn. Please excuse the gross and rather blurry "action shot." Heh. I'm not a very good model.

An Introduction.

Hi. This is going to be my knitting blog, so hopefully it will be updated regularly. Pictures of some FO's are to come in the near future.