Bad knitter...

I promised pictures nearly two weeks ago didn't I? My bad. I was distracted by a great many things, few of which involve knitting. Brief run down.

1. Lost old job, needed new job, found new job, new job sucks but it pays.

2. School is kicking my ass largely because I'm letting it since my brain is tired.

3. I started a sweater. Yes another. This time I am am trying Tempting from knitty spring 04 ( i think). Smaller than Janda and since its all ribbing, a more interesting knit. I've made progress.

4. I'm a bit lazy.

That's all. On to pictures!!

That is a Hermione Cable and Bobble hat from Charmed Knits (best book ever!) and it is why I am sick of cabled. I started matching mitts too but I screwed up and had to frog. It was a hard thing to do since I love and adore them. It's one ball of myster wool. I lost the ball band but I do remember its 100% wool. Its lovely and soft and warm and awesome!

Next are some lovely gloves and they are why I will not fear weaving in a few ends. I love and adore them, but my mother stupid dog chewed a massive hole in one. Anyone now how I can fix that? They are Patons Kroy, only one ball! on size 3 needles.

Next is Wisp from Knitty spring (or summer, I can't remember) 07. My first real foray in to the world of lace weight yarn and my last for a while. It's very pretty but was kind of a pain in the ass after a while. It's Rowan kidsilk night. You can't tell from the picture but it sparkles.

I also mentioned walmart and a wamrhead in my last post but I never got around to taking pictures of those things. I will tell you that I have become a fan of kool aid dying (hense walmart) and I went on a hat bender last month. I made 2 caloriemtries using my own hand dyed, a ravenclaw beret (also from charmed knits) and a pixie hat from knit wits. They are all awesome and mean that I have a very warm nogin.

Next Post: The Giant Green Thing.

Not dead!

I swear! Not dead! I've just hit a bit of a knitting wall. Too many big projects, not enough time to finish them. I have finished a few things, but I haven't uploaded the pictures yet, so it's going to stay a surprise for a few more days.

Here's a bit of a preview though:

I am a bit sick of cables.
I will no longer get annoyed with weaving in 4 or 5 ends.
Lace is pretty, but not my thing.
Who knew walmart was good for something other than toilet paper and dvds?
ANNNNNND
I have one warm head.....

Be back soon!!

Still on Track!

Classes start again and I am in the middle of a living space reorganization, but I have doing well on my knitting resolutions!

Still making progress in the Wisp, though I have slowed. I'm on the 12th repeat, after being distracted by Clapotis and life for about a week. I'm hoping to finish the Wisp by the end of the week. I maybe actually do it to! Wouldn't that be a miracle? I did hit a snag. I broke yet another pair of circs. I don't know how I do it, it must be a talent. But the point is I am now knitting Wisp with nothing but the two little points. I'm too cheap to buy a new set of needles so I have to make due.

On the Clapotis front I am still making progress. I'm on the 4th repeat of the third section. I must say, those dropped stitches are so much damn fun. I love them! I almost wish there were more, but then there would be no knitting, just dropped stitches and that's not very practical.

Back to the resolution track, I am still doing well! I haven't bought any new yarn, not counting the few balls of sock yarn, since last year. (Shut up, everyone knows sock yarn doesn't count) I even went through mt knitting books, bookmarked patterns on line and stash on Ravelry and earmarked each yarn for a particular pattern or project. It seems less daunting now. Not counting the socks, I have about 4-6 months of knitting ahead of it. But we all know I'll be distracted by socks, so I'm probably set until next fall.

A new cycle begins

Happy 2008! I took a break for the holiday, but here I am with a new revelation. Well, not so much new, as a new found willing to confess.

I am a serial starter.

I have this bad habit of starting projects with gusto, knitting like mad for the first 1/4 to 1/2 of the project, getting bored and moving on to something else which also is unlikely to get completed in a timely fashion. Unless the project can be completed in less than a weekend or is destined for someone else, I completely incapable of finishing a full project.

I always knew I was bad at finish but dude! Ravlery revels all! I was looking at my projects list and wow, that was a lot wip's for one knitter to have started in only a few months. There's the vintage-y long gloves (only one is finished), fetching (one cuff finished), the giant brown scarf (only 10" long), Tropicana socks (stalled at the first heel), the plain ol' socks (4" of the first cuff), Wisp (half done and in less than a week! And, I am still interested. I might finish this is a timely fashion), the stash-busting cropped cardigan ( 2" of the back) and the latest edition, a Clapotis so I can be just like every other knitter on the planet. That's a grand total of 8 new projects started in the past 3 months and none of them are close to being done, and half of which are not being actively knit on, AKA hibernating. Yeah, I'm bad.

Yeah, so new resolution, finish projects before starting a new one and no more than 5 wip's at a time. Seems reasonable right?

Pfft, who am I kidding.