Well Meh!

here we are again nearly 4 months since i last posted, no excuses just an overall mehness. I could use the whole getting married thing as an excuse but well it wasnt all that stressful realy, when i get around to it i'll post some photos (expect that arund january)

I suppose i should show you what i have done this year, i think this is almost everything i have knitted since about February! Hopefully nothing I have shown you before but if so i apologise.
Rather than bog everything down with lots of images here is a natty flickr mosaic of everything with links to the bigger photos!

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Originally uploaded by bumblefee.

1. P1010075, Sedum Cardi for me. Ravelry

2. DSCF2089, Sheep Yoke Cardi for soon to arrive baby. Ravelry

3. IMG_6663, Aeolian Shawl for me. Ravelry

4. P1020069, stripey cardi for above baby. Ravelry

5. P1020066, Cabled drops cardi for same baby. Ravelry

6. P1020060, Imagine Sweater birthday gift for MIL. Ravelry

7. P1010940, Pirate mittens for me. Ravelry

8. P1010938, earflap hat for me. Ravelry

9. P1010826, Vinnland socks. Ravelry

10. P1010823, foray into crochet #2. Ravelry

11. P1010822, foray into crochet #1. Ravelry

12. P1010818, Dr Horrible style wristwarmers. Ravelry

13. P1010813, Batman jumper. Ravelry

14. P1010811, Lacy gloves. Ravely

15. P1010775, Lacy hat. Ravelry

16. P1010761 Aran Jumper. Ravelry

Not a lot to show for close to 9 months knitting but there we go.
Have also added twitter widget, I seem to manage to update in 140 character or less more often.

In which i once again return from falling off the planet...

So December kinda disappeared huh. I have excuses I started my new job (its good so far), went to my friends wedding (pictures here) Anthony was over, and I got a horrible horrible cold flu thing that knocked me for six, my lungs are still trying to escape.

I have not however been entirely idle in this time.

I finished my scarf:

Its a bit too long for proper pictures! Its Backyard Leaves from the scarf style book, in Knitpicks Andean Silk in i believe appropriately leaf, rav detailios.

I also got the christmas stockings done in time (altho mine was finished late xmas eve due to afore mentioned illness)


Anthony's was lined cos well the colourwork was a bit scrappy on the inside. Details

Illness also meant that the one piece of xmas knitting i was doing wasnt finished in time but daddy didnt mind:


Alpine sweater from the lionbrand site knit in Knitpicks Swish (Which is very nice) in delft heather and indigo heather (which may have been a little purple, damn you colour representation on monitors...)


I then seem to have got myself into some what of a loop. It started with this:
A little iphone case for my friend, because since living in edinburgh and being a posh lawyer she has become a ya (tho we still love her) thus i decided her phone needed a ya sweater too. knit as per the pattern.

My dad saw it and said oh i know someone that keeps theirs in a sock could you knit him one. So I did:Again close to the pattern except knit in the round and the bottom grafted
My other friend saw it and said hey can you knit me one for my camera

So I did, this time again in the round but using the chart from the Anemoi mittens. Then my dad decided he wanted a case for his SatNav/GPS (depending on your nationality)
Thus i did, I had asked what he wanted on it he said (i think) jokingly the World, well I aint one to shirk from a challenge so a chart of the World was drawn up, I also made it a wee bitty wider and longer to accomodate the chart/beastie.


I had decided that my 5 year old ipod was getting a bit past it (30 minute battery life anyone) and that a larger capacity would be fun, so a new ipod was got (and new headphones as you can see) thus it needed a case to keep it shinyKnit in the round on less stiches for more snugglyness, at this point i wanted it done quick so dispensed with the colourwork, I also changed the rib to 1x1 to make the top tighter so there was no need for a button etc.

I then showed this to my friend at work who then asked if i could do one for her DS

I did, this time knit in chunky not DK, as i didnt think i had any red DK, as it happens i do but this made it quicker. knitted to fit the DS.

They are all based in varying degrees of looseness on the Argyle Iphone Sweater and mostly (appart from the first one) knit in acrylic. Ravel it up here and here and here and here and here and here.

I am not showing them to anyone ever again....

I do still have the stoopid sock in progress which make good train knitting and my silk cardi has a body:

The sleeves are mostly done but its all being ignored due to the 5 cosies in the past 10 days and now I am knitting my friend mittens based on the ones in Twilight (which you really dont want to get me started on)

WIPdate: week 4

Or is it 5? I cant remember. So here we are, end of November, managed to post everyday woo me, now I can go back to only posting when i have actyual content.

I didnt get my sweater finished but considering that since the last week of October I have knit 2 sweaters, a pair of mittens, most of a scarf, some fingerless gloves, a xmas stocking, slippers a washcloth and another scarf I reakon thats pretty good going.

As for the Wips, the only postable change has been in scarf:

It has grown a bit from last week, got 4 and a half repeats left so really only an evening or so's worth of knitting, when i can actually be bothere (not tonight too tired).
As for the socks I think they have had half a row knitted on them since last week, oh well.

I do think its time for more casting on soon.

Blink and your miss it

The progess that is!

The WIPs as they stand:teeny tiny scarf half



2 half feet.

I am so tempted to start more casting on but if i do that i doubt these will ever get finished and I need to get on with the Sekrit Sweater which i doubt will be done by then end of the month as I am only halfway thru the front oh well.

Weekly WIP (W)Update

I went out in the freezing cold to take advantage of the last vestigies pf daylight to try and get vaguely colour accurate photos.

In no particular order.



Backyard leaves scarf, half a side done.



Blue sweater which is going along nicely



Mermaid socks that i dont think i have touched since last week



$5 in Vegas, which is actually turning out nicer than i thot


Mittens, finished the ribbing and done a repeat and a half of the cable pattern.

Thats it for this weeks update, hopefully I can keep up the FO a week output

NaKniSweMo progress: 11"

Quick and Cheap

First the quick, my mum's work are having a charity raffle 2moro and she needed pink things to donate as prizes after a wander round the shops I remembered I had a bunch of chunky pink yarn so after combination with some 10mm needles I had a scarf:
Also while shoping i got me some new shoes:
Which, once i gett used to walking in them shall be worn with bridesmaid dress at wedding in December. Bonus part, they cost £5.

NaKniSweMo Update: 8.5 inches

WIPs on Parade

Ok, so after essentially a week of casting onthe WIPs are as follows, in order of casting on:


Backyard Leaves scarf in Knitpicks Andean Silk in Leaf (or Lettuce I forget) has been cast on for sometime admitedly and is now half way there.


Coupling Socks in Attain Gold, thats right people SexSox!

$5 in Paris, or as i like to call it $5 in Vegas due to the sparkly Noro Aurora yarn.

Convertible Mittens in Per Trving, too much rib on too wee needles!Some variations on the theme of mermaid socks in opal Hunterwasser (or whatever its called)

Purple Sweater (which is blue) in Knitpicks Cotlin in Dessert.And most recently cast on (save super sekrit NaKniSweMo project) fetching the remake in cygnet superwash DK, I like these ones better as they are a bit bigger and smooshier.

So thats it, FOs as they come!

Lets play catch up!

Well dont I just suck at this blogging thing! I havent meant to not post in so long honest but well life has just got away with me what with weddings to plan etc. There has also been a whole host of technical difficulties not least of all coming home to my computer being on the fritz having it working for around 24 hours and then dying and taking the harddrive down with it (sob) meaning much much loss of stuffs (weep) ((and yes i know i should of backed up)). But anyway I am not going to go into the details of my trip away (i have been home now for just over a week, cry) but there are pictures of the whole shebang here.

What i will give you seeing as this is technically a knitting blog n all is a run down of all the knitting i have finished lately, and there has been a fair bit:


Fuzzy Felted Dice bag, cos i ama big geek.
Yarn is Patons SWS in geranium and the pattern i just kinda improvised myself, sorta made a had with eyeholes and then felted all heck out of it. Ravelry details here.

Mangyle from new Knitty for mr Anthony, now I know what you are thinkign what about the sweater curse, well I figure i have the ring on my finger so its all good and he asked me for it cos he wasnt ever gonna get round to knitting it himself. I finished it at 1.30 the night before i flew back that picture was taken at Seattle airport (hecne the plane). Yarn is Patons classic merino in natral mix, grey mix and worn denim, rav details


Hooded sweater for meeee, photo is kinda soft focus as my mum was cooking pasta in the kitchen when i took the photo (same with the dice bag) so the lens of the camera steamed up!
Pattern is Judith that was in magknits, now i think its on rav somewhere, yarn is Rowan summer tweed in summer berries, had a bit of a yarn issue in that i got halfway thru the hood edge and ran out so had to make a mad dash to the LYS which luckily had some in the right colour, i also got some super awesome buttons from JoAnns that look all vintagey like. Ravelry it up

A cardi for wearing over my bridesmaids dress in Decembeer as it will be chilly! Pattern is Cropped leaf somthing or another from knitty and the yarn is Knitpicks Andean Silk in Pitch (i do enjoy this yarn its squooshy) to Ravelry
Lastly, Thistle Shawly thing, pattern is the Scotch Thistle Stole (which i kinda object to the name as Scotch is whisky but no matter) yarn is handdyed cashmere fromthe knitting goddess in lavender again I ran out but couldnt get more so its a bit forshortened but i think its an ok size now its blocked out. Raaaaav

So thats that, there are a few WIPs as the progess bars attest and soon there will be more as ihave decided in a clear bout of madness that I amgonna cast on a project a day until i runout of needles, but of course this will be stalled onSaturday when i start NaKniSweMo to knit up a supersekrit xmas projecty but generally thre will be lots of Wippery. I also need to do something about spinning up the meagre stash that i have and generally getting the wheel out for the first time in months...watch this space!!

Ooh and also we have set ourselves up a wee wedding site which can be reached from the link in the sidebar over there

Shiny things and Lacey things

Sick boyfriends = not doing much = lots of DVD watching= lots of knitting time, thus things have actually been finished/progressed!

First the finished:

The necklace from the kit i got when i was here at Easter except that i made it wider and shorter (and ran outta thread in the process) was quite fun using the teeny tiny needles!

I have also finished the first half of the Scotch Thistle Stole:

bubbly unblocky goodness, the 2nd half shall be postponed til i get the Wedding knitting done.

All this finishing means i am all ready to start my olympic project 2moro, shall we get up at 5am to cast on, we shall see!

I am also working on something else as a kinda side project, we got given a bunch of red heart so i decided it would be a way to sate my crochet urges so i am making it into a puppyghan:

I shall granny square it up til i run out of yarn, it is of course for this cutie:

Who is either a pirate or has been hitting the sauce while we aint looking.

Anyway stay tuned for olympic progress for now its back to the strange musical...

hmm..what... oh. Hello

Yes so its been a bit quiet on the blogging front. I havent really done anything blog worthy. Had me some mighty jetlag and didnt sleep for 5 days, during which I had my final exam, that was fun! Think it went ok tho. Finished up project and what not so all i have left is a presentation on Friday so thats good.


There has however been knitting!


I wanted to get something for my project supervisor and figured i would knit him summat, and since the project was on pig DNA well:
I have no idea what the yarn is, stuff that Yorkie gave me she thot it may be Jaeger and it feels like it might have some manner of cashmere and or silk in it. Its squooshy anyway.

Hopefully more exciting things wil happen, or at least there will be more knitting soon!

toodles!

And another one

Another bag, another door handle
You kno the drill by now, yarn is some linen stuff Yorkie gave me. What I hear you cry is that pink stuff showing through?


Its....Yarns!

the first yarn i have bought since October! the best part? it was £1.99 for the lot from oxfam woo charity shops. I'm fairly sure thats its wool, bargaintastic!

Introducing Venus...

"The new venus" or at least I'm sure she was back in the 1970s or whenever when my mum got her! but I have claimed her as knitwear model extrordinare and other such shenanigans. Thus allow me to introduce Venus:
Who clearly has no shame.


Next, on my drive to do skyence every day i pass a lot of sheep what with it being the countryside n all, ans as it is that time of year there are lambs a plenty.


First up regular common or garden ones with a twist:
They decided waslking away as the photo was being taken was a good plan. There are several fields of lambs all in there wee blue jackets, which apparently save a lot of lifes cos if wee bodies get wet they get very cold very quickly.

Then there are a field of Zewarbles which i couldnt get brilliant pictures of but you get the idea
The lambs are stupid cute, pure black save a white blaze and wee socks with ears at right angles to their heads.

Next, In shocking events there has been knitting, finished knitting even!


Yet another Saturday morning bag, this time in knit picks sparkles in sunset and sirdar firefly in midnight (suitably themey colourways no?) really i think this is so fug its fab! Also the 4 I have made thus far got a testing at Tesco this eve and fared well.

And therres more...

The clap! really it is infectious. in Lornas laces shepard sock in daffodil, hence the flowers behind it.

And of course as i couldnt possibly just have 2 WIPs I cast on again for the entrelac socks with smaller needles, still seemed a bit wide but i perseverd and it seems oki now:

Thats it, I'm on holiday for 3 weeks so maybe I'll get round to posting more than weekly, tho reports have to be written and boyfriends shall be visited so we'll see