Works In Progress Wednesday

I have the same things on my needles as I did two weeks ago, so there's nothing new for What's on My Needles. I have made progress, but haven't had much chance for pictures. We're more than half-way through Vest-uary, & all I have to show for it is 3 half-finished vests.

I had to do some sizing adjustments on my Aleita Shell, so I've been doing some frogging & re-knitting. I'm reached the neckline division again, though, & am now closing in on the armholes.

The red & blue is the Shawl Collar Vest by Amanda Berka in Elizabeth Austen "Andes" wool from Chris' Needlecraft. The pattern is doing a reasonable job of breaking up the colors. Because the piece is folded & sewn together, I'll also avoid the dreaded vertical lines across my front, so I'm continueing with this experiment.

These are the possible colors I'm considering for yoke section of the Vormorgun Létt-Lopavesti by Védís Jónsdóttir. I went into Chris' Needlecraft to find the grey yarns, since I knew they carry Plymouth Galway.

What's On My Needles This Wednesday

In honor of Vest-uary, my knitting so far this week has been all about the vests. I'm nearly finished with the plain stockinette section of my Aleita Shell. I'm not sure when I'll have enough free time to puzzle through the start of the divided section, though.
To that end, I've started another project to have plain stockinette available for KIP knitting. This is the start of Vormorgun Létt-Lopavesti , free pattern at Istex. I'm using Plymouth Galway Worsted from my stash of going-out-of-yarn-business wool, purchased at what used to be Knit & Hook. (It now only sells rug hooking supplies.)

What's on My Needles Wednesday

This month has been all about the sweaters. I'm slowly but surely making progress on my Susie Hoodie, but have also been lured into starting new things. The pinkish beige is the start of Mr. Greenjeans, from Knitty.com, in Dream In Color Classy that I bought on clearance as Kirkwood Knittery.

I'm also experimenting with a vest/shrug pattern for this two-tone yarn. I haven't decided yet whether I like this or not.

Disappearing December

Where did two-thirds of December disappear to? Or, for that matter, the year 2008?

I don't have much in the way of finished objects to show for the past two months. The small items I did finish are Christmas presents, & thus aren't going on the blog yet.

My KIP/carry-around project for the month has been these socks. They are the "Christmas is Coming" colorway from Dyeabolical Yarns. I cast them on Thanksgiving afternoon, while waiting for the turkey to settle enough to have pumpkin pie.


The one finished item I can show is a hat that I knit for the Caps for Kids charity & handed in at the St. Louis Knitter's Guild luncheon.


I have finished both sleeves on my February Lady Sweater, but it remains to be seen whether or not I'll finish the body before the remainder of 2008 disappears.


I've barely touched my Susie Hoodie at all this month, & still have a little bit left to go on my lace vest. I'm hoping to finish the vest next weekend, in time to wear it to a New Years Eve party. That might very well end up the last Finised Object of 2008.

What's On My Needles This Wednesday

I've managed to *somewhat* restrain the Cast-On-Everything-Possible impulse since
finishing the UFOlympics, but I have started two new, large projects to replace the two sweaters I finished.
Both newly-started sweater projects are using yarn that has been in my stash for quite some time. I'm doing the Susie Hoodie from More Big Girl Knits, in Brown Sheep Lamb's Pride Worsted yarn. I'm loving this pattern so far.
The other sweater I started is the February Lady sweater, in Colorado Yarns Knitaly. I'm stalled while I figure out how I want to place the increases in the eyelet increase row. I'm also not sure I'm happy with where the button holes ended up in the yoke. I didn't stop to think that the length between button-holes was written for the small size. I wish I'd left a couple more rows between the button-holes, but I can't decide whether or not I want to try to frog this yarn.


I also have some smaller new projects on the needles. I started a pair of Dashing mitts, from Knitty. They are further along than this picture shows. I'm waiting until I have some quiet time this weekend to do the thumbs, & I hope to have them done by my birthday.

I'm also playing around with making mitts from leftover sock yarn. As you can see, however, I made the thumb hole just a *bit* big on this one.

What's On My Needles this Wednesday

Since finishing Icarus, most of what I've been working on is socks. I got back to working on several pairs that were interrupted by the shawl knitting, as well as working a bit more on my Amtrak Socks.


The Amtrak socks, & the Regia Kaffe Fassett socks are my current "carry-around" knitting; the ones that go everywhere & get worked on while waiting in line & such.



The grey/black socks are Classic Elite Alpaca Sox, which finally have the gussets complete & will be my next set of "carry-around" socks. The black-with-colored-streaks socks are Mountain Colors Bearfoote, which are still at the gusset stage & require strong light for me to be sure the decreases are lining up with each other.


The blue-green socks & the second Lime & Violet "Spiceland" sock are both finally at the toe-decrease stage. The Lime & Violet sock had been in "time out" waiting for me to rip back 4 rows, because I overshot how long the foot should be to match the first sock. (There's a reason why I do all my socks 2-at-a-time now.)




Finally, but not on my needles, I thought this picture of Joxer was just too funny not to share.

Dropping Off the Squares

This Wednesday post is all about what came OFF my needles in the past week.


I finished my daughter's sweater in time for her to wear it to the Sticks & Stitches game on Sunday.




I also finished a third Warm Up America square during the first period of the game & handed it in to the collection basket.



Here's a couple more shots from the game. Also, more pictures from the St. Louis Blues official website are published here.



I've been to other Blues games before, but this was the first time that I was there when they WON a game. I guess I'll have to bring my knitting more often, since it seems to be good luck!

What's On & Off My Needles Wednesday

This Wednesday I have something off my needles, & two related things still on the needles.




I have about 20-30 total rows to go on the arms, then I'll be able to bind them off also. Of course, the body of the sweater only appears to be off the needles, since I'll need to knit the neckline ribbing last.

What's Off My Needles Wednesday

For Wednesday of this week, I have items OFF my needles!



I finished a hat for each of my kids this week. Two Jolly Roger hats inspired by the We Call Them Pirates chart on Helloyarn.com & a hat with hearts & flowers for my daughter. (A 7 year old little girl didn't want a Jolly Roger. Imagine that.)




I also finally Kitchnered the toes & removed all needles from my Friendship Socks. I finished the knitting before Christmas, but didn't want to try doing Kitchner stitch while I was all stressed out from holiday preparations. I saved them for my "Hurrah, we've gotten the tree down & packed away" reward.


The yarn Yarn Love in the Friendship colorway from the Loopy Ewe.