January 29, 2004
i'm back in the saddle again (in a steven tyler screech, that is)
its been a while since i've updated... i had all these lofty goals of keeping up this well-narrated knitting journal... but hey, i s'pose i could do worse. i havent COMPLETELY abandoned it yet, and i'm already making my what, second, third post? yeah, i rule.
this will be a VERY photo-intensive post, as i've worked on/am currently working on a lot of things lately. now that i'm back in school, i now have the "benefit" of my long train rides every day to and from the city. so i've knit a lot, and gotten REALLY good at tetris!
so, many many pictures to come. but first! a story:
on the train tuesday morning, a rather large black man got on at the second stop, and sat down directly opposite me. he then proceeded to look at me more than necessary, and finally said "excuse me, miss?"
at this point i'm thinking, aww geez i just want to ride the train in peace.
"are you knitting? thats real nice."
this is where my shock kicks in...
"yea i used to knit a bunch. my dawgs thought i was CRAZY, but shit i was warm, man."
and... my jaw's now on the floor. and i'm trying SO hard not to laugh because he's being really genuine.
"so is that a feather and fan? yea i dig that."
WOAH! so it's most certainly not a line at this point, he actually knows what he's talking about... so we had a lovely chat until he got off 3 stops later, and i got my nice restful train ride after that :)
now, pictures!!
i recently reorganized my stash using a whole bunch of bags, and thumb tacks. yay!!
the baskets are yarn by category: wools, sock yarns, and novelty (ribbons, etc). the metal basket top left is cotton. the colorful bag right next to the shelf is velvet touch and other such feely yarns. the kiss my face bag, all tahki aran and soho tweeds. green mesh bag holds the green mountain spinnery yarn that will be turned into Rogue. and frankly i have no idea whats in the mothers at home bag...
missing from the wall is another canvas bag with 10 sk. noro silk garden in it.
anything that didnt fit neatly into a category, or hasnt found a bag yet. sitting on top is an old lace tablecloth that i'm repairing.
the yarn that will be turned into an elvish (lotr) inspired felted bag. patern and pics to follow as i get started on it. brown sheep nature spun.
the feather and fan item in question on the train. almost all of one skein of mountain colors hand painted. i'll do a second, and if that's long enough for a wrap... leave it at that. this is sort of a "hey i wonder if that'll work..." patern.
closeup of the feather and fan patern. taken from an old patern card my grandmother had folded into the lace table cloth.
fiber trends felted mary jane/ballet slippers, one finished, one halfway there.
toe-up sock (my own patern, or lack of) using regia and socka sock yarns. my second socks ever! (please somebody teach me how to do two at once... ::sigh::)
update on the neverending skirt... its getting there. i guess.
my very very first try at two color knitting. the design on the back of the hand will be a mallorn leaf (or malorn? i cant spell...) surrounded by salt and pepper green and purple woolease sportweight stitches. that was worded horribly, but its late and i dont feel like fixing it. the second picture is just me playing around with paint shop pro :)
thats all for now! tomorrow, if i remember, i'll update with the chart for the mallorn leaf, and possibly the patern for the elvish bag if i get to making it up durring class... heh.
this will be a VERY photo-intensive post, as i've worked on/am currently working on a lot of things lately. now that i'm back in school, i now have the "benefit" of my long train rides every day to and from the city. so i've knit a lot, and gotten REALLY good at tetris!
so, many many pictures to come. but first! a story:
on the train tuesday morning, a rather large black man got on at the second stop, and sat down directly opposite me. he then proceeded to look at me more than necessary, and finally said "excuse me, miss?"
at this point i'm thinking, aww geez i just want to ride the train in peace.
"are you knitting? thats real nice."
this is where my shock kicks in...
"yea i used to knit a bunch. my dawgs thought i was CRAZY, but shit i was warm, man."
and... my jaw's now on the floor. and i'm trying SO hard not to laugh because he's being really genuine.
"so is that a feather and fan? yea i dig that."
WOAH! so it's most certainly not a line at this point, he actually knows what he's talking about... so we had a lovely chat until he got off 3 stops later, and i got my nice restful train ride after that :)
now, pictures!!
i recently reorganized my stash using a whole bunch of bags, and thumb tacks. yay!!
the baskets are yarn by category: wools, sock yarns, and novelty (ribbons, etc). the metal basket top left is cotton. the colorful bag right next to the shelf is velvet touch and other such feely yarns. the kiss my face bag, all tahki aran and soho tweeds. green mesh bag holds the green mountain spinnery yarn that will be turned into Rogue. and frankly i have no idea whats in the mothers at home bag...
missing from the wall is another canvas bag with 10 sk. noro silk garden in it.
anything that didnt fit neatly into a category, or hasnt found a bag yet. sitting on top is an old lace tablecloth that i'm repairing.
the yarn that will be turned into an elvish (lotr) inspired felted bag. patern and pics to follow as i get started on it. brown sheep nature spun.
the feather and fan item in question on the train. almost all of one skein of mountain colors hand painted. i'll do a second, and if that's long enough for a wrap... leave it at that. this is sort of a "hey i wonder if that'll work..." patern.
closeup of the feather and fan patern. taken from an old patern card my grandmother had folded into the lace table cloth.
fiber trends felted mary jane/ballet slippers, one finished, one halfway there.
toe-up sock (my own patern, or lack of) using regia and socka sock yarns. my second socks ever! (please somebody teach me how to do two at once... ::sigh::)
update on the neverending skirt... its getting there. i guess.
my very very first try at two color knitting. the design on the back of the hand will be a mallorn leaf (or malorn? i cant spell...) surrounded by salt and pepper green and purple woolease sportweight stitches. that was worded horribly, but its late and i dont feel like fixing it. the second picture is just me playing around with paint shop pro :)
thats all for now! tomorrow, if i remember, i'll update with the chart for the mallorn leaf, and possibly the patern for the elvish bag if i get to making it up durring class... heh.
January 07, 2004
christmas wrap-up
i'm trying to get some sort of doccumentation of all the projects i've completed, which somehow makes me feel better about the massive amount of things in PROGRESS at the moment...
phase one is complete, i just put finishing touches on my hats page (more to come later as pictures come in, i assure you). link: HATS if you're so inclined to take a peek.
now just a few of the things i'm most proud of...
BIG COLORFUL PICTURES are a good way to keep the attention of your audience. if i had one, i'd do that ;)
i'm such a dork, i even use math in my KNITTING! this here's my fibonacci bag, and if you need that explained... well, you'd darn well better be under 13.
(tahki aran tweed)
lucy was BORN to model stuff like this. she kept the scarf on like ALL afternoon. was a bit soggy under the chin... but hey, that's why i used acrylic!
(velvetouch, the softest ever)
now, i know, they're in hats. and they're on the hat PAGE too, but that's lucy's mom and older sister, and i felt it was only fair that they get equal journal-time. just incase one of them runs for election some day.
phase one is complete, i just put finishing touches on my hats page (more to come later as pictures come in, i assure you). link: HATS if you're so inclined to take a peek.
now just a few of the things i'm most proud of...
BIG COLORFUL PICTURES are a good way to keep the attention of your audience. if i had one, i'd do that ;)
i'm such a dork, i even use math in my KNITTING! this here's my fibonacci bag, and if you need that explained... well, you'd darn well better be under 13.
(tahki aran tweed)
lucy was BORN to model stuff like this. she kept the scarf on like ALL afternoon. was a bit soggy under the chin... but hey, that's why i used acrylic!
(velvetouch, the softest ever)
now, i know, they're in hats. and they're on the hat PAGE too, but that's lucy's mom and older sister, and i felt it was only fair that they get equal journal-time. just incase one of them runs for election some day.
January 06, 2004
bienvenido!
i thought... everyone else is a million times cooler than me, cause they have somewhere to post fabooo pics of all their knitting projects, spinning stashes, and fuzzy kitties... and i wanted in on the fun.
so boo, here i am!
expect much fuzziness (wool and other) in the upcoming days... but for now, i'm exhausted. and rowan is too. night!
i thought... everyone else is a million times cooler than me, cause they have somewhere to post fabooo pics of all their knitting projects, spinning stashes, and fuzzy kitties... and i wanted in on the fun.
so boo, here i am!
expect much fuzziness (wool and other) in the upcoming days... but for now, i'm exhausted. and rowan is too. night!
