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!