Finished projects

Here are some finished projects. I haven't blogged in a few weeks. So much for being resolute. I hopefully will be back on Saturday morning schedule next week. I had a meeting, retreat weekend and a nice visit with my 94 year old aunt. She taught me to knit. These are my Monkey socks designed by Cookie A. Yarn is Cherry Tree Hill Sockittome Cherry Blossom. I love this yarn.
This is a bath mitt from Rhonda White's Bath and Spa Sets leaflet. It's PnC. Below is facecloth to match. It's a birthday gift for a friend who received soap sack for Christmas.
At long last this is Julie's Pi Shawl. Yarn is Red Heart Plush in Marina. If I make another of these, I won't make the faux increase rows. They were a pain.
These are Tea Time Socks in Lana Grasso Meilenweit designed by Adrienne Fong. They're mosaics. I've purchased red and green yarn to make Christmas socks. While knitting these, I had several "chats" with Adrienne on Ravelry. Being able to chat with designers is fun.

Why no Saturday posts?

On January 17 through 21, I attended a knitting retreat at Kanuga near Hendersonville NC. I took classes in sweater design and working with color. We learned to design a drop shoulder sweater a la Alice Starmore/Elizabeth Zimmerman/Varian Brandon. These are pictures sent by one of my fellow knitters. Most were taken after breakfast Sunday morning while waiting for worship service. Kanuga has a huge "great room" with a big fireplace and that's where we are. Some pictures were at the guest house I stayed in and are pictures of my housemates.

Lady on the left below is from Toronto. She probably traveled the farthest. Most of us were from southeastern US.

I'm the one on the left in picture below. I'm working on my pink sample sweater.

House mates--Mother and Daughter from SC I'm still working on my sample sweater but have already cast on my first real "designed" sweater. I'll be posting pictures of it in the future so stay tuned.

It must be Saturday morning

This week I've been confused about what day it was. All those holidays had me confused. If I'm blogging, this must be Saturday. I made a resolution to blog on Saturday mornings. This means I've been resolute for 5 days.This is sock one of my Cookie A Monkey socks. The yarn is Cherry Tree Hill Sockittome and colorway is cherry blossom. The yarn feels yummy and I can't wait to wear them. I'm about 1/2 inch down on foot of sock 2.
This is a pumpkin hat from www.lettuceknit.com which was on my SnB calendar in October. I thought Tristan should have one so here it is. The yarn is from my scrap stash so I don't have a clue other than acrylic. You can see from the striping that I used two different yarns. The striping trick worked well for hiding the fact that I had two dyelots.
This is Mid December Monthly Dishcloth KAL. Yarn is Bernat Handicrafter Cotton. Pattern is called snowflake. This one has a seam which was not a happy experience.

I'm still working on Julie's Pi Shawl. I'm working the border so--soon!!! I also made a bath mitt for a birthday gift and will make washcloth to match tomorrow. I'll post pics of these next week.

Till then....

Where has time gone?

Happy New Year (almost)! It's hard to believe I haven't blogged in a month. I've been busy with Christmas preparations and have been "playing" on Ravelry. Since becoming a raveler, project pictures seem to get uploaded there instead of here. One of my New Year's resolutions is to get back onto my time management track. So Saturday mornings will be blogging/computer play time. Here are the past month's completed projects:

This is Rachel's Knitting Room KAL for December. Yarn is PnC Ecru. Designer is Marilyn Wallace. These are Autumn Leaves socks designed by Debbie O'Neill for The Knitter.com SOTM club. The yarn is Classic Elite alpaca sock. I used size 1 needles and used magic loop for last sock. I really liked magic loop.
This is a gift. Soap sack is from Rhonda White's Spa & Bath Sets to Knit. This one is Refresh Soap Sack. Yarn is PnC. I can't remember colorway.
This is another Christmas Tree hat. This one I made for my mother-in-law for gift. This one was designed by Norma Brinkley-Staley. I had some issues with the pattern and had to wing the last few rows. Hat is made from Red Heart Supersaver worsted paddy green. I liked Reenie's hat pattern better. I used this one because I had some worsted in my stash and didn't want to drive 25 miles to craft store for bulky.
This soap sack is a gift. Pattern is from Rhonda White's Spa & Bath Sets to Knit. Pattern is Tranquility Soap Sack. Yarn is PnC.
This is another TheKnitter.com SOTM selection. I love this sock. I will make another pair later with longer cuffs. I wear, wash, feel them every day until they dry and put them back on. Yarn is Reynolds Soft Sea Wool, pattern is A Little Twisted Sock by Debbie O' Neill.
This is another gift. Pattern is Diamonds and Lace Fingertip from http://www.knitwits-heaven.com/. Yarn is SnC painted desert.

This is dishcloth to go with fingertip above.

My mother-in-law's gift funded the purchase of a spinning wheel which I'm learning to use. The wheel is named "Rusty" after her. Thanks Rita.

OTN--Julie's Pi Shawl which I hope to finish by next post and Monkey socks by Cookie A.

In the queue--theknitter.com SOTM Tea Time kit, some toe up socks, more prayer shawls, a sweater project starting February 1.

Another resolution is to work socks, KALs and charity knits on odd months. Even months will be used to make sweater projects. I also will work on Christmas gifts on Sunday afternoons. Saturday afternoons will be used for sewing/spinning projects and rubber stamping. Hopefully this time management plan will work out. I'm usually good at adhering to schedules. Weekends will have to be a little flexible due to trips, spinning classes and stamp camps.

Again HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Christmas tree hat is from http://www.materialwhirled.com/. Isn't it cute? Yarn is unique handspun by Reenie and tree ornaments added during spinning.

This is angel of love dishcloth from http://www.knitwits-heaven.com/ using PnC Ecru.This is mid-November monthly dishcloth KAL. It was designed by those ladies at knit-wits heaven. There was a mistake in the rows that we didn't catch till finished so I intend to frog this and make another later using different color yarn. That's why ends aren't woven.
This is fishtail lace bookmark using DMC traditions and size 1 needles. It is the monthly bookmarks KAL mid-November.

This is Rachel's knitting room's KAL for November. It too was designed by Alli and Lisa at Knitwits Heaven. Suggested yarn was solid yellow which I didn't have so I used this. It's SnC. I'm not up on my cartoon characters so I don't know the name of this.

This is the other half of the mid-November monthly dishcloth KAL. I was expecting Christmas theme so will frog this and make another using different color.

This is Pretty Kitty fingertip made with PnC ecru. Pattern is from http://www.knitwits-heaven.com/ (yes, I like their patterns).


OTN--pi shawl for Julie, Little Twisted socks, Tranquility soap sack. I have about 4 more Christmas projects to make. Then I can knit more socks which I truly love to do.

Shopping's done--still knitting

I'm still doing Christmas knitting. I finished Pretty Kitty dishcloth this week and started a matching fingertip. Pretty Kitty was designed by www.knitwits-heaven.com. I also finished sock 1 of A Little Twisted Socks and am working on my pi shawl. Christmas knitting is caught up but still have some to do. So I'd better go knit.

Christmas is a coming

Busily making Christmas gifts here as well as making a pair of a little twisted socks for me and a pi shawl for a friend. Here are projects finished the last few weeks.

These are not a Christmas gift. Well, maybe they are. They're my Dublin Bay sock-a-long socks made with Regia Bamboo on size 0 needles. They were a little big in the foot so will probably cut back about 8 sts for next pair. I tumbled them dry and that helped.
This is Nativity washcloth from www.knitwits-heaven.com using PnC ecru. I made three of these for gifts. Recipients will receive matching fingertips on their birthdays.There's little squirrel in there. I liked this pattern. It's the November KAL for monthly dishcloth group. Yarn is Bernat Handicrafter sage green. Yes it's a UFO. This is November KAL from monthly bookmark group. Designer is Liz Hanson. I was short about a yard of this very special hand-dyed DMC Traditions dyed by my friend Brian (www.brileyknits.blogspot.com). I will frog this and rework using about 6 stitches less.

Another Christmas gift. This is Lighthouse washcloth from www.knitwits-heaven.com made using PnC ecru.

OTN--a little twisted socks, Pretty Kitty dishcloth, and Pi shawl for my friend.