The Question of pants...

I started a pair of pants for the doll yesterday and I'm not quite sure if they are going to be the right style, so I might be knitting a different pair after these ones are done. I don't know yet. The goal for this week is to try and get the him, yes the doll is a him, stuffed. Not quite sure if this will be possible since it is a busy week but we shall see.

I do have another pattern for pants that I will have to modify if the first pair doesn't look right. Should be interesting either way. If nothing else it would give me some practice with the clothing if it doesn't work out. Though I really do feel like I am knitting something like a doctor who scarf while working on these pants with the start of 60 stitches. It made me laugh.

Starting to come together... or is it?

Look at all those body parts! Slowly but surely this one is starting to come together. Laying out the base body gives me an idea of exactly how tall this doll is going to be roughly when it is finished. More customization is on the way after I get this bugger stuffed so that I have a more accurate idea of how to add things such as ears.

Started on the pants today while I was out with the girls at the knitting group I am in since I finished the last arm off tonight. I am not looking forward to seaming the fingers at all but it is a task I have to do. I am getting a bit more excited on how it is going to look as well as ideas on how to modify this pattern.

Knitting...the Doll consumes me!

I have started a new project...to knit a doll. It is been an interesting task thus far! I have been knitting like a fiend so to speak. I have so far finished the body, one foot and one hand so far. So I have one hand one hand and one foot at least for main parts that I need to finish. There are other implements that I have work on to add since this is a custom doll that I am kind of flying by the seat of my pants for some of this. I do have a list of other doll ideas that I am want to work on if this one comes out well enough. This could be an interesting and lucrative venture in the long run so we will have to wait and see.

Trellis Shawl with a Whovian Twist

I started knitting a trellis shawl at the beginning of June out of this lovely Alpaca that I bought from a local farm. After much fussing and working on the pattern I took it into one of the local yarn shops for a bit of advice and to my dismay I would not have enough yarn to finish the shawl in that lovely variegated yarn. So my options were to tear it out and make the shawl narrower or buy different yarn. Well when I was wandering though a local Micheal's I noticed that Vanna's choice yarn was on sale and my mind immediately switched gears and I came up with the idea to used the shawl pattern in combination with the series 18 who scarf pattern and this is what I have come up with.

Now I did make the shawl narrower then what the pattern calls for and I may make it shorter then the 60" but I'm not sure yet. I have gotten so many compliments on my series 18 scarf that I wanted to make some thing I could wear at work that I could pin in the front. I'm really liking how it is coming along so far not sure what will happen when if I try to block it since it is an acrylic yarn which I am not sure blocks well if at all.

Trellis Shawl

Well I have started a new project that I will hope to have pictures up sometime later this week. Two inches is not far enough into the pattern yet to get a good look at it. I am using yarn that I bought from a local alpaca farm called Till Farms. It's 84% Alpaca and 16% Merino wool that is variegated purple, green and blue. The trellis patterning gives a nice stripped, patchwork feel to the coloration since the pattern moves 'weaves' itself back and forth' I am not necessarily looking forward to blocking this piece because of its length but it will most definitely have to be done since it is curling quite bad. I love my mom for allowing me to borrow her steam iron.

My friend Liz who can be found here on Blogspot at: http://lizseelye.blogspot.com/

Has done this same shawl pattern and it came out lovely. We are going to block her shawl tomorrow.

iTardis has Arrived!

Well I am happy to say that I have finished my first Tardis iPod Cozy and it feels good. If anyone were to see me this morning at 5:30am when I had gotten home from work wired as all get up I was weaving in ends. I must say I had issues with the three needle bind off at the end for the dock connector but I solved them before I had went into work.


There have been some lumps and bumps but on a whole I have found it to be a fun learning experience. Now the moment we all have been waiting for. Here is as good of a close up of the front and back as I could manage to capture.

iTardis Materializing?

Well I figured I would add another little update of my lovely little cozy which is coming along well but...I noticed that I did some miss aligning of the doors, something I will have to make sure I fix with the next cozy that I do. It is still a bit hard to tell even in the close up, or at least closer up since my camera does not like to auto focus with so many pointy objects to focus on to get a real close up. Hopefully the problem will be solved when the cozy is finished.

Apparently I have become popular with my friends and I now have a short standing list of cozies I shall be making for others. Fun fun for me ^^ gives me lots of guinea pigs...test subjects... er... interesting gifts! Yeah that's it!

iTardis? Why yes yes it is

I decided a few days ago, well about a week a go baring having to wait on white yarn to come in at the local JoAnn Fabrics to make myself a iPod cozy but not just any iPod cozy oh no. I am making myself a TARDIS. Been something I have wanted to do for a little while now and I finally got it started. The top picture is just a happy accident that I decided to monopolize for the rest of the in progress pictures. Here is a close up of the cozy after the first few rounds.


This particular cozy I have actually started twice, I tore it out once because I was gaping horribly at the connection point of the round. The second progress picture with our lovely Weeping Angel, is the nice start that I have had after ripping the bugger out three or four times just to get the windows to look right since I have made a tiny modification to the patter. I have another modification that I will more then likely try on the second cozy before I try my super secret cozy idea that will take much more planning. It is a surprise.


For now here are a few pics to show for me to share more should follow soon now that I am over my fear of US 1/UK 2.25 double pointed needles.

To Do! List

I have made myself knitting To Do! List. That I have printed out to hang on my door in my room right in visual range to be used as a reminder. I also figured I would post it here so that others can see what is on the list.

Knitting

o Work on Dad’s Jacket
o Work on TARDIS iPod Cozy
o Figure out new cozy pattern with doors
o Finish spring colored scarf

The iPod cozy is coming along nicely so far hopefully I will get a chance to take pictures tomorrow. I found the pattern through a live journal community and have started to modify the pattern slightly so that I can embroider the window panes instead of knitting each individual one. First time working on size 2.25mm or US 1 double pointed needles. It has been quite interesting so far and I have only had to tear it out once... so far.

Crafty Finish

Well what else is there to do when you are home sick on the couch? Pull out some knitting needles and yarn and finish some of those U.F.O.s which I did today. Mainly the pair of magic scarves that I have started one was from vacation and one was started not long after. The first is the lovely black motif that can go with nearly any choice of wardrobe. I thought to do something different with fringe so I only added it to the corners and like the results. Knitted out of black Red Heart yarn from my stash.


The second would be a splash of color, unlike the first magic scarf pattern that was knitted on a pair of US 8 this lovely was knitted up on a pair of US 6, in a lovely James C. Brett Marble a wonderfully soft acrylic blend that is machine washable. Now this particular yarn is noted for being used on double point needles but I had little less then half a skein left and decided to turn it in to a short scarf or scarflett that could easily be worn with a broach pin to dress up outfit.
This is what my couch looked like after a days worth of knitting. The large overflowing zipper bag contains the Einstein Jacket I am working on for my dad if the bleeding yarn will ever come in! Every shipment seems to lack the yarn that I have been looking for. The project on the needles is a pleated project, well the one the pillow that is. As you can see there is a bag of knitting implement and tools by the pillow along with my lovely pink measuring tape.


All in all not a bad days worth of knitting and listening to an audiobook while sick on the couch.

New yarn and beads!

Went to Threadbender on Friday curious to see if they had gotten a shipment of Marble Chunky in so I could continue my work on my dad's Einstein Coat, alas the did not but I found something else that I have been waiting for...beads! Lots and lots of wonderful beads to knit with!

I bought a skein of Claudia Hand Painted Yarns, which is a fingering weight yarn made out of merino wool. The color I have chosen is sunrise and the beads are a lovely mix of pinks. I have some ideas on how to make up a new pattern for a beaded scarf and I have enough yarn and beads left over from my first beaded scarf to try out a tester.

I plan on finishing up my pair of magic scarves first before trying to tackle the beaded project.

Fun with Scarves

Well yesterday when I went to work far to early then what I should I started a new scarf, another magic scarf from Crazy Aunt Purl. This time out of Marble done on a size 6 or 4.25mm. I am really liking it in a variegated yarn. This one is coming out a little thinner and if it is long enough it would make a nice attractive men's scar f or a dress scarf. Either way I will try to get pictures up here later this week. I have to finish weaving in ends on the scarf I did on vacation.

Almost there

Well I have finished the main part of the scarf, a nice 60 inches to be exact. I will be finishing the rest of it when I get home due to not having any tapestry needles to weave in ends and no crochet hook to be able to frindge the scarf. Though I'm still on the fence with that one. I will have pictures up hopefully later this week after I get home tomorrow.

Tonights project, look up how to carry colors of yarn along while knitting. I have an idea just don't know if it will work.

Knots of string

Well I have been working on the scarf, I'm about 50 inches into it now. I have about 10 inches to go, which I might have almost finished. Otherwise it will be finished on the way to Busch Gardens tomorrow. So I might have to take an extra few balls with me because I will need something to do on an hour and a half car ride. It has been a lot of fun.

But I should have known to ball the skein of yarn I am using before I started but alas I did not and since it was getting to be more then an mess inside of its paper wrap and well I decided to try and ball it. What a mess! I should know better, it took me the better part of the better part of a half an hour while watching golf with Grandpa unknotting the blown up mess of yarn that is attached to a pair of size 8 knitting needles and a 49 inch long scarf. Which made it even more interesting.

I wish I would have brought my knitting answers book since I need to figure out how to carry yarn along since I want to try and take a checkered patterned scarf like the one that I am working on. So we'll see if I can figure it out if I have enough yarn left to experiment with since I am not going to bust out the mohair if I dont have to.

Cruising along

Well I have added another 13 inches to the scarf. Feels pretty good, got about another 20 inches to go which I might be able to knock out quite quickly on the way to the Flea market tomorrow. I'm hoping that I don't run out of yarn. I also took a few in progress pictures that I will have to put up after I get back home.

Not sure what I will do if i run out of yarn or finish the scarf...maybe start a new project.

It's Magic

That is how this scarf is starting to feel, my little scarf is moving along quite well. I managed to crank out 15 inches today, off and on through the day. I should have brought it with me when I went to see the Manatees, but that was okay. That makes my little scarf about 27 inches so far I am thinking about making close to 60 inches. Not sure if I want to add fringe or not but I might. I will try to take a picture of it tomorrow so I can have at least one work in progress.

Planes and Knitting

Well this will make a nice first post to my knitting blog here. Today was the day that I left for Florida for my vacation and I started a new project. Not necessarily the project that I was going to start but there was not much I could be done about it since well I forgot my scissors the rest of my knitting goods, well besides the yarn and needles. So well I brought my copy of Crazy Aunt Purl's Drunk, Divorced & Covered in Cat Hair and I leafed through the patterns. I decided to give pattern for the Magic Scarf a try. So far I have found it quite fun and well it would give me a chance to get rid of a skein of stash yarn that I had no idea what to do with. Red Heart is not necessarily my favorite yarn to work with but it seems to behaving quite well so far.

Though the pattern has given me a few ideas to try once I get home with other yarns. So I guess we will have to see what happens.

PS. I really need to update the images on my ralvery account!