ffarffknit

2009-07-29T22:21:00.001-07:00

i dont use this much anymore. obviously.
i post my updates on menwhoknit.com now.

black and cream "times by two" scarf

2008-06-30T19:14:00.000-07:00

the pattern is rows:
12+2/32/4/16/8/8/16/4/32/2/16/4/8/8/4/16/2/32/2/16/4/8/8/4/16/2/32/4/16/8/8/16/4/32/2/+12

green & black stripe

2008-06-27T20:10:00.000-07:00

blue basketweave

2008-06-24T00:00:00.000-07:00

i thought 4 balls would be enough but it turns out 6 was the lucky number.
Knitting up 50g of Lambswool 12ply per a day on 6mm needles, it knitted up quickly.

i'd like to buy some yarn with a really nice sheen. it will really bring out the basketweave pattern i think.

...and then started:

green with blackstripe. and blue

2008-06-18T21:49:00.000-07:00

I finished one scarf and immediately started another...

Pistachio scarf

2008-06-05T18:58:00.000-07:00

I finished the Pistachio scarf. nothing flash really.
now i have to finish the bathmat scarf and try and find some colbalt blue yarn

finishing ribbing

2008-05-12T19:07:00.000-07:00

just have to do the other armhole and the neck and im finished.

back finished

2008-05-08T22:29:00.000-07:00

finished the back of it. cant believe i knitted it in 2 and a half days!
lts hope i dont stuff up the front.
i already have screwed it up because half way i realise i was knitting the wrong size [too small size. idiot!] so im knitting the front in a bigger size and HOPEFULLY it will come out alright. if it doesnt then ill be wearing it around the house. it wont be wasted.

ready for arm holes

2008-05-08T05:09:00.000-07:00

eek! time for arm holes! and i dont know how to read the pattern properly!

green v-neck ribbing

2008-05-06T19:51:00.000-07:00

The Start of the V Neck Vest.
the ribbing at the bottom.

green v-neck

2008-05-06T00:21:00.000-07:00

http://www.berroco.com/exclusives/peter/peter_easy.html
im going to attempt this using thison nom nom nom

2008-05-04T19:10:00.000-07:00

Ive finished a simple scarf using cleckheaton studio mohair. Nothing amazing. I just needed a black scarf.

Im still working on the green moss stitch one from the previous post. i hadnt touched it for quite a few months. Its now a bit longer though - 24 inches.
I've run out of yarn and will now have to make a dash to Wool Baa to get some more in that dye lot.

ive decided im going to knit a vest. why? because i cant find one i like, and they are too expensive anyway. and im freezing. Maybe i should knit some long-johns...

and im a bit in love with this colour.

green

2007-11-30T21:16:00.000-08:00

I bought some Jo Sharp DK in Pistachio the other day and have started on a moss stitch scarf.

I think i might buy two tones of grey and knit another once i finish this.

I also started another scarf in lime green 'fairy floss' that looks like...i dont know. its sort of fluffy but not. sort of like terry towelling. ekk...

orange and black striped scarf

2007-11-25T15:51:00.000-08:00

Finally finished it. it took almost a month.
im pretty happy with it

70s jumper scarf

2007-11-04T17:16:00.001-08:00

finished the red scarf a few days ago. i just have to put the fringing on it.
so i started on this one
Its moss stitch obviously.

Olive green scarf

2007-10-23T05:38:00.000-07:00

6.5 x 72 inches long. I see it as brown but im colour blind but people say its definitely green.

so now im going to the country for a week / 2 weeks / who knows and i have to pack enough yarn to keep me occupied. so im going to have to figure a detailed and time consuming project within a day. tiny needles, pattern and two colours i think.

aborted mock-cable

2007-10-21T01:18:00.000-07:00

Its finished

61 inches long, 5 inches wide

Ive now started on a scarf 6.5 inches wide.
It's 2rows rib, 2 rows moss stitch. it sort of makes an 'aborted mock-cable' look. I like it.

2007-10-18T08:32:00.001-07:00

Finished another and started another. moss stitch. i dont know how to cover up the other yarn as you creep it up with the knitting. i will have to learn this, because its look horrible with the visible carry.
the next one is red and brown striped. 8 rows red *2 rows brown, 2 rows red, 6 rows brown, 2 rows red, 2 rows brown, 6 rows red rep* 8 rows end colour [hopefully red].
Hopefully that will be finished in the next day or so.

grey/black stripe

2007-10-14T18:17:00.000-07:00

finished it.
i think the stripe is up too high. damn it.
and i think it might be a bit heavy too. The light coloured wool was lighter than the black wool despite being the same type which was frustrating. so all 84 inches of it in thick, ribbed wool might be a sauna-scarf.

2007-10-13T20:22:00.000-07:00

I'm onto the next project. pattern is:

after finishing this mohair tiny stitch baby:

black mohair scarf

2007-10-12T21:34:00.000-07:00

Ive finished black mohair scarf. I'll take a better photo of it later. all 86 inches of it knitted in 2 days.
Next im starting a striped ribbed scarf with light grey and black yarn.

previous knitting

2007-10-09T04:42:00.001-07:00

double knitted black/grey reverse scarf.

Striped lilac and pink ribbed scarf.

Blue scarf creatively modeled by me.

"Left over yarn from Doctor Who Scarves" scarf

multi-grey

2007-10-08T21:23:00.000-07:00

So I've knitted 4 balls of wool into this scarf. Its Lincraft 'blossom' 50gms. Each ball knits 15 inches. I thought 5 balls would be enough for a full length scarf plus fringe. but not so.... Its only 52 inches long or so.
Maybe i should have knitted it with 6.00mm needles instead. its very very tight knitting. Its a very serious heavy duty antarctic weather scarf.

recently finished scarves

2007-10-06T22:45:00.000-07:00

The two scarves i have just finished:

Double knit black and white stripe. I started this a LOOOOONNG time ago and i left it out of exhaustion. but i picked it up against about a week ago and finished it. and i am glad.

And a scarf knitted from some wool i was given from America.
The white is actually cream.
This is a very important scarf as its the first one i have knitted, of my own free will that isnt black/white/red/grey!

Beginnings

2007-10-06T22:24:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd start a blog here for my knitting as my knitting adventures are garnering much love on livejournal. so ill do most of it here.

Usually i knit crappy old plain "plastic wool" or that horrible Feathers stuff for something else to do, but the other day i decided to up it from balls of wool that cost no more than $3 to maybe $5. OH EERRR!

So i bought $50 worth of yarn at Lincraft the other day. some of it shown here. its all fake mohair and some weird frizzy stuff. It was to help me get out of a depressive rut.

i started with the Multi-"grey" to knit a scarf. I say "grey" because i think its grey but it could be blue, since im colour blind and not entirely sure of the actual colour.

So i started the scarf that night. 7 inches wide and knitted up to 20 inches long until broke out of whatever stupor i was in for the last week, to realise i was knitting it in stockinette...and of course its curled like a mofo, obviously. which wasnt what i wanted.
so i unravalled it this morning and started again. 1k 1p 1k 1p edges with a window of stockinette.

I like the edges actually...mind you cant see them very well in this photo.
So the next week im holing myself up in my house and knitting for 20 hours of the day as I cant sleep lately. So I might as well spending it knitting, right.

Today is a nice day so im going to sit out on my porch and knit and listen to the people walking past. it perfect. i know people are out there but i don t have to see them.