So I may have developed a new obsession..
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Whoops
A few weeks ago I decided that my yarn stash was getting ridiculous.
Well, respectively ridiculous, considering I’ve only been knitting for a year and I’m knitting on a student budget.
Anyway, I made a list of unfinished projects and projects I already have yarn for but haven’t started and projects I wanted to frog and make into better projects. And I decided I’m not allowed to buy yarn until that list is complete.
And I’ve been doing really well. The last time I bought yarn was nearly a month ago. (Is that true? I might be lying. I can’t remember.)
The problem is that apparently I’ve decided to compensate by picking up sewing again.
Last week I bought these. (Yes, that is a Janet Arnold book they are sitting on. Two actually. I love Janet Arnold. To bits. Lots of bits.)
And I just walked out of a fabric store with these.
And these.
No, I have no idea where this desire to make a quilt came from.
And no, I’m not entirely sure I love the combination of darker colors. Although I’m absolutely in love with the lighter ones.
So uh, yeah. Frugality fail.
Finished Project: Georgia
Pattern: Georgia by Jane Richmond
Yarn: Knitpicks Stroll sock in Basalt Heather
Started: August 15, 2011
Finished: January 29, 2012
There is some sort of fairy magic conspiracy associated with stockinette stitch.
When I first started this sweater I knitted half of it in three days. And then it dragged on and on and on. And then there was some frogging. And then I was all done except for the sleeves. And then three months went by where I could hardly seem to put a dent in it.
And then I picked it up two weeks ago and finished it in two days.
Fairy magic, I tell you.
(Sorry for blurry, camera phone..)
This sweater took me two tries. I think the first time I started off knitting a size 36 which was waaay too big. It’s possible my gauge was wonky. When I started over I knitted a size 32 until the sleeve separation and then starting knitting a size 28 for the rest. I also added a few inches to the body.
And now I have to decide what color to make the next one in.. Maybe a ballerina pink? Or bright red? or green? (Knit ALL the colors!)
PS Happy Valentine’s Day!
Another zippered pouch
I made a new zippered pouch! I also made half of a skirt but it’s not done yet and therefore not interesting yet.
The last one I made only had two layers of cotton (the outside fabric and the lining) and felt really thin. I may have gone overboard on this one. It has eyelet lace fabric, lining for the lace, a layer of thick interfacing, and then the pouch lining fabric.
Does it count as using “leftover” fabric if you haven’t in fact made the thing you actually bought the fabric for?
(The black fabric on the left is going to be the collar detailing for my Violet Baudelaire coat. The black and white fabric is going to be a skirt. The blue dark blue is legitimately left over. And the interfacing is just interfacing.)
This one’s going to live in my purse and store little things that keep getting lost at the bottom of my purse, like bandaids and chapsticks.
Obnoxious Birds
You may recall that about three hundred years ago I started a certain cardigan project with birds.
Well, I’m happy to announce that after nearly a year of frustrated knitting and two long hiatuses, I am officially almost done with this one.
[Cue maniacal crazed laughter.]
No, but seriously. I was looking for steeking tips in other people’s project notes and every time someone said “This project was SUCH a delight to knit” I wanted to stab them in the eyeballs a little bit.
But violence is bad.
Anyway, I finally faced my fears and hacked a project I’d been working on for nearly a year in half. I’m kind of proud. I’m also fairly certain that my steeking techniques are entirely made up. In any case, it seems to be holding remarkably well. All that’s left is the garter stitch edging. And weaving in the ends. And blocking. And seaming the underarms.
So possibly another year’s work.
(Apologies for the crap cell phone photos. My camera is hiding from me.)