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i finally got around to processing the photos i've taken of all the projects i've finished since the beginning of last semester. and i did quiet a bit of knitting. ^_^

i made the penguin from knitty for a friend. she's likes penguins. ^_^ here are all the pieces.


and a few days later, i sewed her together, stuffed her, and took a good look at her.


pretty cute, ne?

i also finished dave's tie. it's too floppy and the seam i put up the center is too tight, but it's shiny. @_@


but i must say, the piece i'm most happy with is the scarf for my mom. i used some of the silk dave brough back from china and i worked a modified version of branching out from knitty. since the panels i made were so small (two and a half inches), and i'm obsessed with symetry, i decided to put two panels together, with the leaves going in both directions. i word the panels seperately, then sewed up the center. i'm especially happy with the seaming. i can't tell that it's sewn. when you hold it up, the center is more solid than the rest of the scarf, but you can't see a seam. and it's just gorgeous.


and here's a close up. ^_^


it just has the most wonderful weight. it drapes beautifully. and it's so shiny. and soft. i like petting it. ^_^ and my mom says that she always gets compliments when she wears it. ^_^ her therapist was very impressed.

in other news, i have a fish! it's a school experiment. i have to give him back in three weeks, but for now, i have a very pretty little friend. ^_^

okay, so i can't edit the date on these posts, so, alas, i cannot put the posts from my old knitting blog in here. and they had such nice photos...

well, so, i'm linking. my old blog was at http://www.livejournal.com/users/ingreycableknit

notes.pattern.dave.gloves.02.000

dave.gloves frogged.

::ribbit::

i decided that the fabric was too lose and holey. and they were too big for dave. i'm reknitting them on the same needles, though, and the fabric is looking much better. i think it was just all the lace knitting i'd been doing that was throwing me off. and i've decided to change the pattern slightly, since the first re-re-re-knit attempt was too small, by adding a closure. it's worked flat now, up until the thumb gusset. i'll have to knot buttons and add loops, but it should look particularly swanky. and i've decreased the size of the seed stitch band. looks much finer now.

so, notes!

long tail cast on seventy three stitch
r 1(ws): k1, p1 to end
r 2: k1, p1 to end
r 3 and 5: k1, p1, p3; k1, p1 to end
r 4 and 6: k1, p1 to 5 sts from end, k3, k1, p1
r 7 and 9: k1, p1 to end
r 8: k1, p1 to end
r 10: k to last st, yf, sl st
r 11, 13, 15: k1tbl, p to last st, sl st
r 12, 14, 16: k1tbl, k to last st, yf, sl st

r 17: k1tbl, knitting onto dpns (18 - 18 - 18 - 19)
join, pass unknit last stitch of r 8 to needle 1
r 18: k2tog(last st of r8 and first sts of r9), k2, m1t, k 38 sts, m1a, k2, m1t, k to end
r 19, 21, 23, 25 - 43: k to last increase, m1a, k to end
r 20, 22, 24: k to last increase m1a, k to pair of increase, m1t, k 4(6, 8), m1a, k to end

this is an increase of 34 sts - 8 in the side gusset and 26 for the thumb.