when in rome...

i have cast-on-itis like woa. ^_^"

made a felted beer bottle cozy because my friend was making a coffee mug cozy. and i could.

and i just started a cabled top. because i figured out how to do it. and because i don't want to work on my mother's sweater.

i'm a bad person...

corn on the cob... and my head

i just finished a hat for mari-chan's sister.  it's lovely.  it's amazing.  i think even i'm impressed by how nice it looks.


i used a yarn made from corn fiber; i thought it would be fitting, since she's mexican and there's no way it could be itchy.  it works really well for the pattern.  the stitch definition on the cables is great.


i think the knitting only took four days.  it was just that much fun to knit.  i didn't expect to enjoy a hat this much.  it is an excellently designed pattern and the yarn is lovely.  i also haven't gotten much knitting in recently.  and i certainly haven't gotten any interesting knitting in lately.  i think the last thing i was working on that was remotely interesting was icarus.  0.o everything else has been stockinette or otherwise really simple.


it's made me realize that i really need interesting knitting in my life.  i really need interesting knitting in my life.  i've been out more evenings recently with ballroom dancing.  and then there was halloween and the costuming that entailed.  and i just hadn't gotten to casting on interesting projects.  or lace at all.  i think this is the longest i haven't had an active lace project since i started.  and i was sad.  but then i had the lovely hat and i'm designing an ear warmer and i'm planning on casting on some lace this weekend.


of course, this knitting is on top of the sweater i'm knitting for my mother's holiday gift and the shrug for my dad's girlfriend... and maybe some socks for my grandmother... and my other grandmother... and my aunt...

finally

selling a classy tank top on etsy.

thanks to my roomie and her hot body for modeling.

maybe, baby

on the needles:

• grey rectangular shawl for my grandma's friend
  
  
• banana raglan bolero for my dad's girlfriend
  
  

on the back burner:

• holly jacket
  
  
• katharine vest
  
  
• felted box
  
  
• moogle dress
  
  

... i think that's it.



really?

moogle costume.pattern notes

wrist flutes

cable cast on one hundred and twenty stitches (24-24-24-24-24). join.

k twelve, yo, k1, yo, k eleven on each needle. k 1 rnd.

k1, yo, k eleven, centered double decrease, k to end of n, yo on each needle. k one rnd.

centered double decrease every row; k1, yo at beg of and yo at end of every other row until eight sts left on each needle

k1, p3 thirteen rows.


didn't do the collar like i noted in the last post.

made the wire frames for the ears.

wips

my friend just introduced me to a new yarn store. i love it. i want to live there. it sells all sorts of wonderful eco-happy fibers like banana and recycled cotton. i found some wonderful wonderful stuffs.

i found some bright cotton and have cast on for the lacey sweater from loop-d-loop. i'm terrible excited.

and i'm halfway done with the border of the shawl for my mom.

but most importantly, i finally cast on for the white collar part of my moogle costume. cast on two hundred stitches on size three needles. knit two rows in stockinette stitch, and then a row of eyelets (yo, k2tog). purl back.

decreases every eighteenth stitch (from a set of twenty). knit eighteen, k2tog on right half; ssk, knit eighteen on left half - k2tog, ssk at center. three rows stockinette stitch.

for the moogle costume:
pink bonnet: done
flower: not done; have yarn
scarf: done
collar: in progress
ears: not done; have yarn
wings: not done; have yarn (just found it at the wonderful new store!)
cuffs: not done; have yarn
dress: not done; need yarn
vest: not done; need yarn
shoes: not done; need yarn

i think that does it.

due date: katsucon 2008. february fifteenth? hm...

other wips:
hedera socks
super-ultra-crazy thick-bulky weight scarf

...

wow. i think that's it. gee...

vanilla with pieces

i'm having the most lovely evening. there's been a huge thunderstorm and it's nice and noisy out. i've been knitting and listening to podcasts. it's just so cozy with some nice audio and big piece of knitting in your lap.

i finished the knitting on my thermal. it's so soft and squishy. it looks like i could have made it longer, but i'll see how it looks after i block. when i cast on, i was so eager to knit it up so i could do the seaming. and of course, now that i've finished knitting, all i want to do is cast on another big project. not socks, not lace, but another sweater or something.

of course, the only yarn i have enough of is super bulky weight. my mom found it on sale. it's a wonderful color and there's four hundred grams of it, but it's super bulky weight. i have no idea what to do with it. moreover, i don't even think i have needles big enough to swatch. i have a set of size nine circulars. i may have a set of size fifteen straights lurking about somewhere. ... it shows gauge on size seventeen... looking this closely at the yarn, i'm a bit scared.

regardless, i still don't want to seam up thermal. even though i would have a sweater if i did. i also don't want to cast off and weave in the ends of my grey and red vest. it's been sitting in my bag for nearly a month now. i just need to cast off the neckline and sew in ends. that's it. okay, so, there are fifty million ends. or... y'know, fourteen. still, entirely too many.

i think this means i need to go to a knitting group.

i have a kitty~!

actually, he's a wonderfully handsome tom. and he's so friendly and purrs so.

he makes me so happy.

even better, he hasn't shown any interest in my knitting yet. ^_^

in knitting related news, i finished my tofutsies socks. they're so wonderful to wear. and so pretty too.

and i'm one row away from finishing my grey and red striped vest. ... plus weaving in ends... yeah...

kangaroo shoes

i finished the purple triangle shawl. but i still have to block it. somehow, even though i know how amazing blocking is, i feel no desire to block it.

i also finished dave's socks. and they actually fit!


i'm working on a pair of socks for myself now. i found a wonderfully colored skein of tofutsies at the lys and had to try it. i love the colors. and it's so soft! this may be one of my favorite socks yarns. i've finished the first sock and i just started the toe decreases on the second. i was amazed by how quickly they worked up. i just love working with this yarn.

and then i put the sock for me next to the sock for dave.

... and that's why they went so fast.

i'm also working on the shawl for my mother again. i'm farther along than i remembered. i'm almost halfway done with the last tier (not including the border). i think i may be able to finish it for her birthday.

but most exciting, is my sweater. i finished the second sleeve! they're so pretty and soft and fluffy. ^_^ alas, i don't think i'll be finishing it in a month (i started two weeks ago and haven't even started the body), but i should finish it by the end of november.

and lastly, just because. this is what saw from my kitchen window one day, looking out at the neighbor's roof.

squee~!

::bounces::

i'm on ravelry~!