Central Park

A photo from my walk home last night. It was so nice to walk, yesterday was the first day it was cool enough to walk in weeks and weeks.


Twilight is pretty.

Haruni

So this week has turned into the week to block long-done shawls. Here's my Haruni. It's a present for my Aunt. It's a great pattern (I'm making it again in silk lace) but I was amazed that it turned out huge. It hangs below my tush. I was expecting it to be a small shawl. Now I'm glad I didn't add any repeats, especially since my Aunt is several inches shorter than me.




Pattern: Haruni by Emily Ross
Yarn: Wollmeise 100% in Brombeere

Streaming Stole

I finally blocked my second pooling stole! I cast-off months ago, but I just had the time (and inclination) to block. And it looks great.



I love the feel of lace just after its been blocked, it's so lovely and crisp.



Pattern: Pooling Streams Stole by Gladys We
Yarn: Wollmeise 100% in Blue Suzanne

Fourth of July

Fireworks as seen from my office:

My Livingroom

Here is my picture for the day. It also functions as proof that at one point in time my apartment was neat! Sure I moved in September 1st and it's now July 3rd and this is the first time it's been clean. You wanna make something of it?


Yes, that is a bookshelf full of yarn. In case you were wondering.

New Camera

I got a new camera today. It is tiny and blue and unlike my old camera actually works (it recently threw in the towel). I'd like to be one of those people who takes pictures every day, but I don't really see that happening. Hopefully I will be able to take and post some pictures though - and not all of yarn and knitting (lots of yarn and knitting though, no worries).

Here is my inaugural picture - it's of a bit of lake in Central Park. I had to wait for the gondola (steered by a dude in a red and white striped shirt - v. authentic) to get out of the frame before I took the pic. And I had to adjust the contrast a bit - it was washed out by the sunlight. I think it came out pretty nicely. If I do say so myself.

OMG - I actually finished something!

Ok, so it's not that insane that I finished something, I've actually finished a couple of things since my stripey socks, they just haven't been blocked and photographed yet. But the baby blanket didn't need to be blocked, so when I finally got the last skein of yarn I finished up, bound-off, wove in (I had mostly done this already, I am brilliant!) and was done!



As per my tradition, this blanket will be getting to said baby around his 1st birthday. :)

Progress - somewhat

So I'd really like to finish up some of my projects, but work is seriously getting in the way. Ah well, I finally finished my stripey socks (KnitPicks Felici) that I cast-on during my bar trip in August 2008 (yes, a year an a half ago, really).



And I'm making some progress on my Sundara Sweater - which is taking forever. I know it's largely so slow due to the fact that I got to the waist and then had to rip back to before the bust-darts, but it's still bugging me. Ah well. I'm through 2/3rds of my hip increases, so the end for this one is actually in sight!


Pattern: Skinny Empire from Custom Knits
Yarn: Sundara Fingering Silky Merino in Flaming Flamingo

Epic Fail...But look! Lace!

So...I must admit my Knitting Olympics projectw as an epic fail. I got maybe 6 inches into the back. It's gorgeous, but I had no knitting mojo during the Olympics. We'll see if I manage to get back to it, now that it's all warm out.

But, in better news - look! I cast one some lace. Here's the start of my Haruni in Wollmeise 100% in Brombeere.



And mittens! Finished mittens! Finished Colorwork Mittens!

Knitting Olympics

I am participating in the Knitting Olympics, which start tomorrow, and in their honor I'm going to try to go back to blogging my knitting. (In fact, I'm going to go post my big projects from 2009 tonight, since I haven't posted in a year.)

For the Olympics I am planning on making Veronik Avery's Military Cardigan from her book Classic Knits. I'm going to swatch tonight with my intended yarn - MadelineTosh Vintage in Tart. This is going to be one big, red, cabley sweater.

Raja's Baby Blanket (2)

I am in love with Op-Art. It is such a cool pattern. Less cool? Weaving in all those darn ends. Next time I'm going to check out TechKnitter before I start - she's got some cool ways to avoid all the weaving. And yes, there will be a next time.



I love how it blocked out - I was really unsure if I was going to manage to square it, but it got there in the end. Thank heavens for blocking wires.

Sweater Success!

I actually managed a Rhinebeck sweater this year! And, even better, I made it in 2 weeks - thanks to the playoffs.

Pattern: Amelia
Yarn: Madeline Tosh Worsted (now DK)
Size: 38
Mods: I moved the waistband up, so it actually hit my waist.
Thoughts: I love this pattern with a passion. I love the neckline, the garter edging, the yarn, the color, the buttons, everything. Wonderful. Next time I make a cardigan I need to put the button holes closer together.

Sundara Sweater

Here's my Black Cherry Bolero. It's lovely. More due to the yarn than to my skills, but I'll take it. :)



Pattern: Lemongrass Bolero
Yarn: Sundara Aran Silky Merino in Black Cherry
Mods: I made a narrower collar as I was running out of yarn. I used a i-chord bind-off to keep the edges from rolling.
Thoughts: Pay more attention when picking up stitches! Even after a complete do-over I'm not in love with the collar - it warps at the bottom. Eventually I should pick that out and reknit it. But not yet.

Pooling beauty

I made this stole:

Out of this yarn:


Gladys (aka Wenat) is a genius! As is Claudia from Wollmeise. I was so excited by this stole that I wandered around Central Park (ok, I was walking to work) looking for the perfect shot.

Pattern: Pooling stole
Yarn: Wollmeise Sockenwolle in Versuch 1
Thoughts: Pooling is awesome. Awesome, awesome, awesome. Now I need to collect a zillion skeins of yarn to make pooling projects from!

Birthday Socks

Karina's Birthday present.


Pattern: BFF Socks
Yarn: Painted Skeins Superwash Merino Sock Yarn
Notes: My first two-at-a-time socks. I found it very fiddly, but I'm not sure how much of that was my dislike of this pattern/colorway.