On 16th I knitted the last stitch, wove in ends grafted edge for my Hot socks Nanna rug:
I started in March 08; it is 8 x 15 squares, half square border, 7 x 100g sock wool. 2 x 100g grey socks wool, done in garter stitch with 2.5 needles, and took over 170 hours to knit. And on my legs and feet as I type.Then later on 16th, I knitted the last couple of rows of my Fetching Mitts: As there are 7695 finished pairs of these on Ravelry (as at 9.00AM Sydney Oz time, 21 Dec) I decided to take an "arty" photo:
Although there is a cool breeze coming through the window and making my feet cold, it aint cold enough for me to wear these.. they are in the drawer waiting for 09.Having finished both these and doing RnR (rip and redo) of my knitting machine Minty Fresh and building up the strength to go another round with the KM - there was only one thing to do:
Pick up my CPH and knit. I went with the collar and looked on Rav to see how other collar doers did, so, collar first, and bands extending across the collar. That decided, I've done the collar and button band and am onto the buttonhole band. Shelley, my SnB friend gave me a quick lesson on mattress stitch, and I've even sewed up about 10cm of one of the sides.
I did make a positive start on my Crescent Moon scarf, I've redone the "cast on 13 sts" to the same as the Swallowtail shawl, do the K2 garter and pick up the purl bumps, very happy with this, much much better, and have taken it's prelim photo, may rip it back and redo a little section I went back and didn't fix very well, I will do a post just for it sometime next week, after I've had a bit more of a think about it.
It was a cool day yesterday so I asked daughter #1 to help me model my Drops sleeved shawl, here is my "arty" photo, the rest are on flickr or Rav.
So as I'd done some "arty" photos, I got friended on flickr by a photographer... Oh my stars! I shall never whinge about stupid arty photos again! It's my pet hate and proof that it's one anyone can take, but show me the knitted item as it really is: front, back, no hands in the way, no belt pulling in a too big, no arms over the head to cover the lousy sleeve cap contruction.. only showing the side view to hide the fact that it makes a skinny model look frumpy.. (ranty over now). So that will teach me, wont it?
Well, I'd like to wish everyone a wonderful stress free Merry Christmas. (And thank you for reading.) And give you one of my beaded cards:
3 comments:
Your sock yarn rug looks great! And what a lot of hours of work...The Fetchings look very nice too. I did some this Christmas for a gift also.
The sleeved shawl looks like a wonderful pattern, I'll have to check that out!
I like the sock blanket you made, it's the one I saw you working on at SnB once isnt it? Very nice anyways. Thanks again for the invite to the machine knitting group, I've just gotta find some time to sit down with comp and machine. I thought it was fasinating reading how you made your shawls. Very pretty
Leeanne, yes it was the one I was working on at SnB. I like to make lots of notes on what I'm working on! especially as I haven't found anyone in Sydney to help with the tricky stuff. Heaps and heaps of help from the Rav girls in Canada, I couldn't have done the green Minty cotton top without their help! (Oh and Jane in UK too! that green ruler gadget is the most amazing thing!)
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