Ravelry saved my knitting.

I love Ravelry with a passion. It brought knitting back into my life. It got me out of the house, living, laughing and enjoying things again. I've posted many of my projects over there (I'm tallyho) and I absolutely love project stalking others! It's an invaluable resource, great for the knitting community (nothing like free advertising!) I've bought yarn, books, needles, gadgets...all kinds of shit because of word of mouth on Ravelry.

I'm just happy to be knitting again!

So I thought I'd drag this here blog back to life a little. Maybe. :)

Look!

 

It's a sweater back....for a baby! I'm knitting! zomg....

Not flat.

Hiya! I'm a bit scarce lately. Not really been knitting too much, and it's creeping up on baseball season! Little League Rocks! The first practice is Monday night.

Here are the most recent photos. R2D2 rocks, too!

Flat.

 

 

With all the action photos...thought maybe a "flat" photo or two was in order.

Plodding along, almost time to start the other cable panel. w00t.

And for all of those that think "why are you knitting this thing you hate?"... I don't hate it. I get bored easily! And scarves are bad for that. :P

I know.

 

I'm lazy. I'm sorry! This is the half finished scarf for MBF. You can imagine the rest of it if you like...mirror image! Oh wait...I can do that for you!

C'mon...vogue.

 

Ohh....100!

My last post was my 100th! Who knew I could blabber on so much? Ok, so everyone knows. Whatever! :P

I treated myself to one of these:

I am wearing it today, even! I <3 it. It's replacing the one that is on permanent loan to the Newark Train Station. (At least that's where I recall it ending up last year. Oops.) [My winter coat is also there, we're not discussing that...] I'm sure the two of them had a grand time riding across central England. lol.

Anyhow...it's from Rabbitch's Cafepress! It's a nice quality product, and I am so glad I talked her into it! w00t!

Also:




going soooooo slow!

Update...Cable Scarf

So here it is...modeled by V...being silly, of course:



Here you can see the elongation starting to happen, going from 6 rows (at bottom) to 8 rows (4 times) and ending with 10 rows (at top):


And a pseudo in-focus shot of the "drape":

Scarf on Bedpost, Relaxed

Hello!

Yes. Boring title. Howdy to everyone stopping by from Rabbitch's blog. The particular t-shirt I want is this image, with a caption like, "Knitting without a helmet." or something equally as witty. I'm sure she'll think of SOMETHING. (hint, hint!)

Here's a picture of a mitten:



I'm not particularly proud of said mitten. It doesn't fit anyone I know, didn't care for the colors together, and I hate the construction (seemseamed). So, I never knit it a partner. I've had this mitten for a year. Just hanging out. I got a camera for xmas. It needed a home. My mitten needed a friend. It is no longer a mitten, but a "stylish" (fine..."weird") camera tote. With a thumb. Whatever. It works.

I'll have update photos of the scarf project soon, knitting is slow going on it, my hands have been achy.

Three cheers for recycling my own crappy knitting! Hip, hip, hooray!

99 Cables to Knit on the Scarf...

99 Cables to go, get one down, wrap it around, 98 cables to knit on the scarf.

Take 1:



This Pattern.

We (MBF, Mom, and I) decided that 8 inches was too wide. Mom and I also decided I should bump the needle size to 10 for a looser fabric. I'm using KnitPicks Swish yarn in Coast Grey (don't tell my aunt!)

Take 2:







It's now twice this long. I know...I'm such a speed demon... (riiiight)

(ETA:) Looking at those photos together, of take 1 and take 2...I think my count is off! The newer one looks like I've skipped rows. (This would explain why I keep "losing count") I was debating using ribbing to connect the two ends, less bulky on the neck. Now I'm thinking I should just start stretching (elongating) the cables, arranging is so that it's like a 30 row cable behind the neck...coming back down to the 8 rows at either end (or um...6 rows.). Does that sound dumb? Help me Obi Wan! You're my only hope!