Saturday, January 20, 2007
I've Moved!
Please update your lists, my blog has moved to: www.kimmishknitting.com
It's up and running already.. so enjoy!
Please update your lists, my blog has moved to: www.kimmishknitting.com
It's up and running already.. so enjoy!
Friday, January 19, 2007
What Will I Do Now?
At officially 12:05pm today.. I... finished.. knitting.. the TCC. Not to say that I'm totally done with it.. but there is no more knitting to be done at all. None. Over. Finished. No more knitting.
...What will I do now?
I know what youre thinking.. "How about weaving the ends and blocking and seaming and buying the buttons and wearing it?!?!!"
Yeah I know.
I may try to block it this weekend.. but I tell you.. my Alfred has been a terrorist lately and I'm afeared of what he might do with a sweater on a blocking board. If I had an extra bedroom or something there wouldn't be a problem.. but I have no such space. The plan is to put the blocking board on the diningroom table.. Alfred also has an affinity for pins.. One day I noticed one of my blocking pins on the floor in an odd place.. and then I looked for my pincushin and it wasn't in my bag.. I proceeded to use the rest of the day searching for it.. When I finnally found it most of the pins were pulled out and it was obvious that Alfred thought it was so much fun. I ended up putting them in an old perscription bottle that has a lock on it..
So I dunno.. but it needs to be done so I can wear this dangd ole sweater.
It has taken me 10 months to finish the knitting of this thing.. No wonder I feel so lost about it.. lol. I started back in March of 06.. that is just nuts.
Anyway.. I have to go get ready for work now.. if anyone has any tips for how to keep a kitten off a drying sweater.. please let me know!
At officially 12:05pm today.. I... finished.. knitting.. the TCC. Not to say that I'm totally done with it.. but there is no more knitting to be done at all. None. Over. Finished. No more knitting.
...What will I do now?
I know what youre thinking.. "How about weaving the ends and blocking and seaming and buying the buttons and wearing it?!?!!"
Yeah I know.
I may try to block it this weekend.. but I tell you.. my Alfred has been a terrorist lately and I'm afeared of what he might do with a sweater on a blocking board. If I had an extra bedroom or something there wouldn't be a problem.. but I have no such space. The plan is to put the blocking board on the diningroom table.. Alfred also has an affinity for pins.. One day I noticed one of my blocking pins on the floor in an odd place.. and then I looked for my pincushin and it wasn't in my bag.. I proceeded to use the rest of the day searching for it.. When I finnally found it most of the pins were pulled out and it was obvious that Alfred thought it was so much fun. I ended up putting them in an old perscription bottle that has a lock on it..
So I dunno.. but it needs to be done so I can wear this dangd ole sweater.
It has taken me 10 months to finish the knitting of this thing.. No wonder I feel so lost about it.. lol. I started back in March of 06.. that is just nuts.
Anyway.. I have to go get ready for work now.. if anyone has any tips for how to keep a kitten off a drying sweater.. please let me know!
Sunday, January 14, 2007
Alfred Eats My Addis..
Believe it or not.. I have been knitting! I just haven't been blogging or writing much.. er.. anything at all.. but this is about to change.
Coming soon (Hopefully in the next 24 hours) will be a brand new domain name for my knitting blog.. with 100 (Yes.. one HUNDRED) gigs of server space.. Which is good.. because last time I tried updating here my current server wouldn't do it because it's full. So I won't be having that problem anymore.. Yayyyy!
But yes.. the link to my blog will be changing.. it will be even easier to remember than it is now.
www.kimmishknitting.com
I have already registered it.. it just hasn't taken hold quite yet.. but soon my pretties.. soon!
So in actual knitting news.. Yesterday I actually decided what I wanted to do about my TCC sleeves.. so I found my sleeve in progress and I just started knitting.. I ended up deciding that 10 extra rows before the shoulder shaping would be just the right amount to add length to the sleeve.. and if it happens to grow a little after I wash and block it, it will still be within the ok limits of comfortable sleeve length.
And ofcourse Alfred thinks that he owns my sleeve (and my new Addi Turbos) and all the other yarn related items in the house.. He is slowly being taught differently.
Speaking of Addi Turbos... I OWN SOME! WOO!! Lol.. It was the gift I picked out and watched Bradley buy for me for Christmas for him to put in my stocking.. So I finnally tried them out yesterday.. and they are really.. smooth.. and the cord is soooooo flexible.. I really like them.. but I think I still like my Denise needles the best. I could see using Addis for certian things though.. They do sure feel luxurious though.. that's for sure.
Also I've been working on Alfred's Kitty Pi bed.. it seems to be going well.. but I am SO close to running out of yarn on it that I've moved it to the back burner for a while. I have also put in an order for the missing yarn.. I hope it gets here soon because it is a really great project for me to work on at work.
Course I do wish I were finished with my TCC by now.. apparently we're going to have freezing HIGH temperatures in the next couple of days and I am going to be COLD.. but oh well.. I'm sure I have plenty of cold days left... hopefully.. lol.. atleast one.. would be nice.
So I guess that is about it.. Expect some changes around here soon.. namely writing more oftin.. I am committed to writing atleast once a month when I pay the new domain name bill. lol. But hopefully I will write more than that.. and soon!
Believe it or not.. I have been knitting! I just haven't been blogging or writing much.. er.. anything at all.. but this is about to change.
Coming soon (Hopefully in the next 24 hours) will be a brand new domain name for my knitting blog.. with 100 (Yes.. one HUNDRED) gigs of server space.. Which is good.. because last time I tried updating here my current server wouldn't do it because it's full. So I won't be having that problem anymore.. Yayyyy!
But yes.. the link to my blog will be changing.. it will be even easier to remember than it is now.
I have already registered it.. it just hasn't taken hold quite yet.. but soon my pretties.. soon!
So in actual knitting news.. Yesterday I actually decided what I wanted to do about my TCC sleeves.. so I found my sleeve in progress and I just started knitting.. I ended up deciding that 10 extra rows before the shoulder shaping would be just the right amount to add length to the sleeve.. and if it happens to grow a little after I wash and block it, it will still be within the ok limits of comfortable sleeve length.
And ofcourse Alfred thinks that he owns my sleeve (and my new Addi Turbos) and all the other yarn related items in the house.. He is slowly being taught differently.
Speaking of Addi Turbos... I OWN SOME! WOO!! Lol.. It was the gift I picked out and watched Bradley buy for me for Christmas for him to put in my stocking.. So I finnally tried them out yesterday.. and they are really.. smooth.. and the cord is soooooo flexible.. I really like them.. but I think I still like my Denise needles the best. I could see using Addis for certian things though.. They do sure feel luxurious though.. that's for sure.
Also I've been working on Alfred's Kitty Pi bed.. it seems to be going well.. but I am SO close to running out of yarn on it that I've moved it to the back burner for a while. I have also put in an order for the missing yarn.. I hope it gets here soon because it is a really great project for me to work on at work.
Course I do wish I were finished with my TCC by now.. apparently we're going to have freezing HIGH temperatures in the next couple of days and I am going to be COLD.. but oh well.. I'm sure I have plenty of cold days left... hopefully.. lol.. atleast one.. would be nice.
So I guess that is about it.. Expect some changes around here soon.. namely writing more oftin.. I am committed to writing atleast once a month when I pay the new domain name bill. lol. But hopefully I will write more than that.. and soon!
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
One Year Older.. One Sleeve Richer
I should be ashamed of myself.. I have no excuse for not blogging for so long.. I really can't even tell you why.. What I can tell you is that I haven't forgotten about you guys and I hope you still like me anyway..
Can I tempt you with a picture of my sleeve?
This is the sleeve I have completed.. but I have the second sleeve over half done.. it's nearly to the shoulder shaping.. I'm debating whether or not I want to backtrack and add an inch into it before I get to the shoulder (Yes.. this would mean undoing the shoulder on the first sleeve too) but I'm thinking that if I really need another inch I could just er.... block it into submission? I'm not sure on that.. I've never blocked wool before.. Any thoughts?
Another tempting tidbit is the fact that I've had another birthday recently (I'm 22 now!) and I got a very special gift..
His name is Alfred..
And he's bugging me right now.. lol.. He's about 10 weeks old now I think.. I'm not totally sure when he was born.. but he's seriously cute and very attached to me. I call him Alfie.
I want to make him a KittyPi.. which should be fun for a first leap into felting... I think it'll be a good Christmas vacation project unless I get to it before then. I haven't knitted around him yet so I don't know how he'll handle it.. but I refuse to allow him to run off with my yarn!
I kindof feel bad.. it's currently hunting season and I haven't even begun knitting my dad some hunting socks at ALL. He seems to really like avoiding the fact that I need to measure his feet to make a proper sock.. but theres always next year eh?
I go through little spurts of knitting.. then some time of non-knitting.. but I'm always thinking about it.. I even got to order the new Knitter's Companion book, which seems to really be as great as everyone says it is.
Alfie is waiting for me to lay down with him.. and I just can't refuse that face... so I'll try to write again soon.. especially before another month goes by.
To anyone still reading this: Thank you for putting up with me : )
I should be ashamed of myself.. I have no excuse for not blogging for so long.. I really can't even tell you why.. What I can tell you is that I haven't forgotten about you guys and I hope you still like me anyway..
Can I tempt you with a picture of my sleeve?
This is the sleeve I have completed.. but I have the second sleeve over half done.. it's nearly to the shoulder shaping.. I'm debating whether or not I want to backtrack and add an inch into it before I get to the shoulder (Yes.. this would mean undoing the shoulder on the first sleeve too) but I'm thinking that if I really need another inch I could just er.... block it into submission? I'm not sure on that.. I've never blocked wool before.. Any thoughts?
Another tempting tidbit is the fact that I've had another birthday recently (I'm 22 now!) and I got a very special gift..
His name is Alfred..
And he's bugging me right now.. lol.. He's about 10 weeks old now I think.. I'm not totally sure when he was born.. but he's seriously cute and very attached to me. I call him Alfie.
I want to make him a KittyPi.. which should be fun for a first leap into felting... I think it'll be a good Christmas vacation project unless I get to it before then. I haven't knitted around him yet so I don't know how he'll handle it.. but I refuse to allow him to run off with my yarn!
I kindof feel bad.. it's currently hunting season and I haven't even begun knitting my dad some hunting socks at ALL. He seems to really like avoiding the fact that I need to measure his feet to make a proper sock.. but theres always next year eh?
I go through little spurts of knitting.. then some time of non-knitting.. but I'm always thinking about it.. I even got to order the new Knitter's Companion book, which seems to really be as great as everyone says it is.
Alfie is waiting for me to lay down with him.. and I just can't refuse that face... so I'll try to write again soon.. especially before another month goes by.
To anyone still reading this: Thank you for putting up with me : )
Saturday, September 23, 2006
That.. was a Close One..
I feel slightly ashamed.. I let my domain-name expire for 3 days.. I knew it was up in September and I thought I had plenty of time.. but obviously not. lol.
I hope it didn't scare anyone.. I'm still alive! I've just been sick.. and I don't like doing much when I'm sick.. I just lay on the couch and watch TV.. It's a kind of sad existance.
I do have some of my first sleeve on the TCC done.. I just hit a little snag when I went from round knitting to flat for the shoulder.. somehow the wrong side rows are on the odd-numbered rows which throws off the cabling.. so somehow I have to get it back on track.. I think if I cut the yarn and start the yarn on the other side then it should work out.. but I'm not totally sure.. I do plan on trying it soon though.
I'm also concerened that they are going to be too short.. but I won't know that until the sweater is put together..
But anyway.. I am still here and I plan to be here for atleast the next 12 months.. lol.
I will be posting again as soon as I work out the sleeve thing.
I feel slightly ashamed.. I let my domain-name expire for 3 days.. I knew it was up in September and I thought I had plenty of time.. but obviously not. lol.
I hope it didn't scare anyone.. I'm still alive! I've just been sick.. and I don't like doing much when I'm sick.. I just lay on the couch and watch TV.. It's a kind of sad existance.
I do have some of my first sleeve on the TCC done.. I just hit a little snag when I went from round knitting to flat for the shoulder.. somehow the wrong side rows are on the odd-numbered rows which throws off the cabling.. so somehow I have to get it back on track.. I think if I cut the yarn and start the yarn on the other side then it should work out.. but I'm not totally sure.. I do plan on trying it soon though.
I'm also concerened that they are going to be too short.. but I won't know that until the sweater is put together..
But anyway.. I am still here and I plan to be here for atleast the next 12 months.. lol.
I will be posting again as soon as I work out the sleeve thing.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Left and Right.. Just Right.
Late last night.. at around 1AM I finnally did it... I finnally finished... The Right Front.
It looks amazingly similar to the Left Front.. but.. you know.. for the right.. Which is just what I wanted ofcourse.
So there we have the Back, the Right Front, and the Left Front... and I will admit to you here and now that I have no idea how I am supposed to seam those together.. The collar construction really confuses me and I have no clue what I'm doing..
But I'm not going to worry about it right now.
Next on the agenda is the sleeves.. and hopefully working them in the round. I'm going to try my darnedest to do them in the round because I personally know that a seam down the inside of my elbow drives me totally insane. I will persevere. If I can make it through the right front... I can make sleeves round... Right?
I hope so.
In Jaywalker news.. well.. there isn't much.. I got almost down to the toe and decided to try the sock on.. and.. er... it didn't.. fit. It was too tight to pull over my ankle.. So I increased my stitches to try again and it really seems too big and the yarn is doing something funky to the striping pattern that I really don't like.. so I'm thinking I might try a bigger needle size and go back to the first number of stitches to see what happens. Unfortunately I can't take a picture of the stripey weirdness right now because the sock is in the car.. and the car is at Wal*Mart with my husband.. So maybe once I work out what I'm going to actually end up with I'll post a "before and after" picture to show the weirdness.
Speaking of pictures.. I do finnally have a picture of the bear I made for my Aunt Nelda (The one I finished in the police car.) Unfortunately my dad misunderstood what kind of picture I wanted.. so this will just have to do:
This is my Mammy and Pappy, the bear, and their dog Sam
I wish the detail of the bear was better.. but I guess I just have to take what I can get in this case.. cause if I heard right the bear is already in Atlanta with my aunt.
So there you have it.. and I am really eager to try the sleeves out.. so I must go do that before I get too tired to think straight.. lol.
Sleeves.. in the round... I can do it!! (I hope.)
Late last night.. at around 1AM I finnally did it... I finnally finished... The Right Front.
It looks amazingly similar to the Left Front.. but.. you know.. for the right.. Which is just what I wanted ofcourse.
So there we have the Back, the Right Front, and the Left Front... and I will admit to you here and now that I have no idea how I am supposed to seam those together.. The collar construction really confuses me and I have no clue what I'm doing..
But I'm not going to worry about it right now.
Next on the agenda is the sleeves.. and hopefully working them in the round. I'm going to try my darnedest to do them in the round because I personally know that a seam down the inside of my elbow drives me totally insane. I will persevere. If I can make it through the right front... I can make sleeves round... Right?
I hope so.
In Jaywalker news.. well.. there isn't much.. I got almost down to the toe and decided to try the sock on.. and.. er... it didn't.. fit. It was too tight to pull over my ankle.. So I increased my stitches to try again and it really seems too big and the yarn is doing something funky to the striping pattern that I really don't like.. so I'm thinking I might try a bigger needle size and go back to the first number of stitches to see what happens. Unfortunately I can't take a picture of the stripey weirdness right now because the sock is in the car.. and the car is at Wal*Mart with my husband.. So maybe once I work out what I'm going to actually end up with I'll post a "before and after" picture to show the weirdness.
Speaking of pictures.. I do finnally have a picture of the bear I made for my Aunt Nelda (The one I finished in the police car.) Unfortunately my dad misunderstood what kind of picture I wanted.. so this will just have to do:
This is my Mammy and Pappy, the bear, and their dog Sam
I wish the detail of the bear was better.. but I guess I just have to take what I can get in this case.. cause if I heard right the bear is already in Atlanta with my aunt.
So there you have it.. and I am really eager to try the sleeves out.. so I must go do that before I get too tired to think straight.. lol.
Sleeves.. in the round... I can do it!! (I hope.)
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Look Ma, I'm Jaywalkin!
Ahh yes.. April has finally come through for me. She sent me the magical mathematical key to the Jaywalker pattern. And really.. I guess if I had sat down with it long enough I might have been able to figure it out myself.. but she spelled it out really easily for me so now I can confidently jaywalk myself silly.
Did I mention I have really small feet?
Oh.. well.. I do.. and I'm knitting my Jaywalkers with 52 sts around.. Which is kinda nuts when you think about it.. But it really seems to be working out.
And let me just tell you.. this is the most fun (without trying too hard) I've had with yarn in a LONG time.. My yarn choice has made this pattern so darn fun I can't hardly stand it. I was even showing it to the guys at work and they'd give me that look.... you know the one... and I kept pointing and saying "LOOK! CHEVRONS!!" and then they'd finally walk away from the desk.. lol.
I know you'll understand.. so I'll try it with you..
LOOK! CHEVRONS!
Is that cool or what?! I love it.. and I hope I can end up wearing them atleast sometimes in the winter.. For this is 100% wool yarn and I live in Texas..
But even if I never wear them a day in my life I will still be pleased.. because I'm making chevrons and they look SO NEAT!
.....I'm a knitter dork...
Oh and guess what else I finally got done this weekend? The rest of the writing for the Right Front! YAY FOR ME! So I've started knitting on the TCC again.. All of this bodes especially well because I have TCC to work on at home.. and Jaywalkers to work on at work.. (Hehe.. I get to knit at work!)
So I'd be expecting another TCC picture soon.. I'm almost to the scary gotta-have-a-life-line part of the pattern where I will be reuniting with Mr. Spreadsheet again..
I have faith we can make it through!
Until then... LOOK! CHEVRONS!!
Ahh yes.. April has finally come through for me. She sent me the magical mathematical key to the Jaywalker pattern. And really.. I guess if I had sat down with it long enough I might have been able to figure it out myself.. but she spelled it out really easily for me so now I can confidently jaywalk myself silly.
Did I mention I have really small feet?
Oh.. well.. I do.. and I'm knitting my Jaywalkers with 52 sts around.. Which is kinda nuts when you think about it.. But it really seems to be working out.
And let me just tell you.. this is the most fun (without trying too hard) I've had with yarn in a LONG time.. My yarn choice has made this pattern so darn fun I can't hardly stand it. I was even showing it to the guys at work and they'd give me that look.... you know the one... and I kept pointing and saying "LOOK! CHEVRONS!!" and then they'd finally walk away from the desk.. lol.
I know you'll understand.. so I'll try it with you..
LOOK! CHEVRONS!
Is that cool or what?! I love it.. and I hope I can end up wearing them atleast sometimes in the winter.. For this is 100% wool yarn and I live in Texas..
But even if I never wear them a day in my life I will still be pleased.. because I'm making chevrons and they look SO NEAT!
.....I'm a knitter dork...
Oh and guess what else I finally got done this weekend? The rest of the writing for the Right Front! YAY FOR ME! So I've started knitting on the TCC again.. All of this bodes especially well because I have TCC to work on at home.. and Jaywalkers to work on at work.. (Hehe.. I get to knit at work!)
So I'd be expecting another TCC picture soon.. I'm almost to the scary gotta-have-a-life-line part of the pattern where I will be reuniting with Mr. Spreadsheet again..
I have faith we can make it through!
Until then... LOOK! CHEVRONS!!
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- Name:Kim
- Location:Houston, Texas, United States
I'm a tiny short woman who loves to knit clothes that actually fit me. I first learned to knit when I was about 10 but I never got beyond knit and purl. I didn't pick up knitting again till about 2 years ago, and now with the help of tons of library books, I'm chugging along and I think I'm pretty darn good : ) I'm married, and love my Australian husband dearly.
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