A Wintry Day

Lots of snow--20" arrived on Wednesday. It's now Saturday and it's still hanging around because of intense cold. On the knitting front, I've finished one sleeve, the back and the left front of my Nordique Swing. I've also finished my first sock down to the two--thanks to knitting while I watch the girls play with playdough or color! I did finish Ken's sweater last week-end. I'll post a photo when I get one!

January 6, 2011

Well, Christmas has come and gone and I haven't posted anything since October. There are too many other diversions--Ravelry for one. I ended up not finishing all of my Christmas knitting because I had to order a zipper for Ken's sweater. It finally arrived today and I'm hoping to sew it in over the week-end.

I did some unexpected knitting before Christmas. I knit a sweater for Olivia with Lightning McQueen on the front:

Then I ended up knitting socks for Shawn! Kendra gave me the okay and I was delighted to knit him another pair. I had knit socks for him several years ago, but they had broken up. I'm not quite sure what the relationship is at the moment, but he was very pleased with the socks.

And, now, I'm finally working on a few things for myself. I'm working on Nordique Swing and a pair of socks for me!

An October day

I'm working on both a pair of socks for Elaine for Christmas and a hat for Sue for Christmas. After that I only have Ken's sweater. So, there should not be a problem getting the Christmas knitting done. Elaine's socks are moving right along. I just started them before I went to WV and today I worked on them during the department meeting and then this evening while I was watching CSI. Sue's hat is to do with a pair of mittens. Both are black and white to go with her black coat. She maintains that she doesn't want a hat, but she just might enjoy a hat during recess when it's so cold during the winter.

I am looking forward to getting to something for me. I do have a sweater picked out, but it's waiting until all the Christmas knitting is done.

Finished sweater

I forgot to post the sweater that I was making for myself. Here's photo of the "renaissance pullover". I liked it much better once I put a jersey under it. Without the jersey it was too clingy. It is very soft and I love the color.

I  also like it against the back ground of the dining room carpet! I continued to work on Kylie's sweater last night and it is going along quite quickly. I'm almost done with the right front up to the shoulder.

A Beautiful Sunday

The weather's beautiful and the knitting's good! My Sideway's Cardigan has been blocked:

Of course, now I have to sew it together and that's  a daytime event. I was going to do that this afternoon, but the weather conspired against staying indoors. Perhaps next Sunday--after Kendra and Sue's birthday party on Saturday.

I've also started Kylie's birthday cardigan. Here's the almost completed back. I've finished the back and

the two sleeves. I wanted to finish the easy knitting first. The two fronts have a rather complicated cable along the opening and then up a hood. It's an adorable pattern--I just hope that it's not too small.

The end of February Vacation

It's almost over, but the knitting has been flying. I've been watching the Olympics every night and knitting along with the watching--which can be a trick! I'm nearing the end of the cardigan for Carly's wedding. It has been an amazingly fast knit, but I should have realized that size 9 needles and lace would translate to a quick knit. Of course, last night I totally messed up the decreases on both sides of the front--read 4 for 3 for the number of decreases at the neck edge. So, ripping out both sides--oh well. Here's a photo of the back a few days ago:

I'm planning to knit this afternoon, since we are babysitting this evening and there won't be time to knit. I am pleased so far. I really like the yarn--much nicer than most cotton yarn. It has a warm feel to it. Too bad that it's discontinued.

February vacation

What a lovely week! I've started a cardigan to wear to Carly's wedding in April. I'm using the yarn suggested--Tahki Sky which happened to be on close out at Webs! That's a good thing about making up a pattern that is a few years old. The yarn is lovely--a soft cotton, organic yarn that is a pleasure to use.

The pattern is just challenging enough to be interesting. I kind of go back and forth in my knitting between ridiculously easy to much more challenging. The Renaissance pullover--which I am just now finishing--was really easy to almost boring. The three stitches in this cardigan are much more interesting. I've done the three bottom parts--wanting to knit all the parts that required a particular stitch. They were all knit side-ways. Last night I picked up the stitches on the back and am knitting upwards in a stitch that looks like crochet when you're done with one repeat. I'm planning to wear this over something black with black pants. The intended event is the Rehearsal dinner.

Of course a lot of this knitting is going on while I watch the Olympics. We've been taping the late night events and then I watch it in the early evening before that day's events begin. I told Ken after the Opening Ceremonies, that for the next Olympics in two years I want a big screen TV!