I haven’t exactly been a ball of fire lately but I’ve finally made some progress on a hat for Jellybean.
I’m making the smallest size of Barley by Tin Can Knits. The yarn is Knit Picks Brava worsted in Wine.
This had been a quick and easy knit so far. Excellent for pregnancy brain knitting, lol. I’m itching to make some sort of Minion hat for Jellybean too. I just need to get my needles free!!!
Balancing my fatigue/all the time mornning sickness and desire to make adorable things for Jellybean is killing me! I have barely started my hexi-ghan. And by barely starting, I mean I have picked out two colors to alternate stripes in red-ish cotton and purple cotton.
Maybe I need something smaller and portable? After my success with Rye by Tin Can Knits, I thought about Barley by the same designer….
(All photo rights to Tin Can Knits and their Ravelry page)
A nice worsted weight project with some neat design elements without being too masculine or feminine. Maybe in some nice Knit Picks Brava Worsted in a nice deep wine color?
Happy Wednesday!
I think I have found my next project and it’s perfect for my current knitting mood! I give you Hexi-ghan by verybusymonkey!
(Photo credit to @verybusymonkey and Hexi-ghan Rav page)
This afghan beauty is knit one hexagon at a time. After the first one you pick up some of the stitches from your finished hexagon to start the next one. So no seaming!!! This is the perfect project for my mood right now. Instant gratification when you complete a hexagon but it builds to a larger project.
I am planning to use up my stash of Bernat Cottontots cotton. Which is sadly discontinued now! (If anyone has any Cottontots hanging out in their stash they want to bargain/trade/donate PLEASE let me know. I seriously love this stuff!!)
I haven’t decided if I want to do colors by rows or just knit the colors randomly as I go. Do I want a patterned design or free form art….what would you do?
After my hiatus from blogging/knitting the past couple of months, I haven’t been able to generate much interest in any of the WIPs I had on the needles. And I can’t knit something I don’t love, so I did some organizing!
2014 Stashbustin’ #11: Henry’s Sweater – FROGGED
Undated/Unnamed Baby Girl cotton baby blanket – FROGGED
2014 Stashbustin’ #5: Antrose – HYBERNATING
Calorimetry Headband – FROGGED
2014 Stashbustin’ #13: A Plain Rye Sock – ACTIVE WIP
Call it a Spring Clean! I just couldn’t bring myself to work on any of these so I made a frog-it or stash-it decision. Only my Antrose and Plain Rye Socks made it safely out of the frog pond. Antrose is great but it’s a lot more project than I want right now, so it’s safely tucked away! I’m hoping to start my second Plain Rye sock soon!
But all this begs an important question, what to do next? Pardon me, I’m off to peruse my Ravelry queue!
I have been woefully neglectfull of my #SockswithSarah KAL. My knitting mojo kind of went out the window during February and March. All I could manage was a few stitches here and there and only every so often.
But over time those stitches add up! At my last update on this sock I was halfway down the leg. Now I’ve turned the heel and I’m working down the foot.
This project is mindless and portable….and right up my alley at the moment. I’m not into committing to a huge WIP right now and I DEFINITELY don’t want to have to think too hard!
What is your go-to mindless knitting project?
I think a picture is worth a thousand words….
I have taken the #sockswithsarah call for a few stitches a day to heart. I have managed a row here and there over these past few days when I have not felt my best. And little by little I have made some small progress. For the original post on these socks, check here.
Think I can call myself the little knitting engine that could?
Happy Knitting
My knitting has been few and far between lately. But before I lost my knitting mojo, I did make some good progress on my Assisted Hatching sweater…
For a memory refresher, you can find the pattern here. I’m making the smallest size using Caron Simply Soft in Pagoda. My cast off edge at the bottom has quite a bit of curl….I may or may not rip it out and re-do it. I can’t decide yet. Next up, sleeves!!
I do love the side vent opening for baby’s big noggin. What a great way to get a good fit and not smush baby’s face as it’s going on!
Happy Knitting!
Happy Presidents Day!
I work at a financial institution which means I get the day off! So I say MORE KNITTING!! I have been petting the skein of hand spun superwash BFL I picked up awhile back.
And then it hit me, I had just shy of enough yards for a Calorimetry by Kathrn Shoendorf.
How can you not want to knit something like this when the author is this excited? (Photo credit to © Kathryn Schoendorf and the Calorimetry Rav page)
So off I go in search of my US 8 straight bamboo needles. I seriously haven’t used straights in AGES! But all my other 8s are tied up with baby sweaters so I gotta do what I gotta do! I’ll also need to make a couple of mods to the pattern length or width to make sure I have enough yarn but I’m a big girl I think I can handle it!
P.S. This will be 2014 Stashbustin’ #10 for those keeping track.
Happy Knitting!!
I bit the bullet and joined the Socks with Sarah KAL over on Ravelry! There are some SERIOUSLY cool socks rocking over there!!
For my next KAL project I decided to take a twist on my last set of socks.
Pattern: Rye by Tincanknits
Yarn: Knit Picks Swish Worsted (100% merino and should make WARM socks!) in Squirrel Heather
Needles: US 4 and 5 dpns
Size: Large
Mods: I’m going to omit the garter ridges on the top of the foot and up the cuff. Don’t get me wrong they are gorgeous! I really like the fit of this sock and want a basic “vanilla” sock right now.
Have you ever modified a sock to fit your “flavor”?
It’s WIP Wendesday!!!
Bolstered by yesterday’s gorgeous sweater and a ginormous case of start-itis, I cast on another baby sweater. Baby fever + start-itis = more WIPs than my husband can handle!
But how can you resist this? Assisted Hatching by Elizabeth Ditchburn Dew….
(Photo credit to © kitchenerstitch and the Assisted Hatching Rav pg)
I’m really glad I have two sets of interchangeable needles, lol…..because I have already made good progress on this sweater!
Yarn: Caron Simply Soft in Pagoda
Needles: US 8 circs (Denise Interchangeable)
Size: 0-3 months
Happy Knitting!!!
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