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While I was away, I finished a couple of projects.
First, here is a sweater I finished at the end of July and didn't post before I disappeared. (Pardon the substandard picture):
It's the Equinox Top by Kristin Omdahl. The yarn is Berroco Pure Pima. I need to purchase a red cami to wear under it and then 1. I can show how cute it is on and 2. actually wear the thing.
I made a few modifications to the pattern. First of all, I didn't like the A-line shape; so, I made it more form fitting. Instead of shaping with increases and decreases, I changed needle sizes in the appropriate spots.
The Merry Karma 2013 Personal Sock Club is coming right along. In August, the Sock Knitters Anonymous group challenges the members to finish as many socks in progress (SIPs) as they can. I didn't have any unfinished socks. I made a pair of socks for the month anyway:
I did a plain, vanilla stockinette - top down, with a short row heel - sock. I let the yarn do its stripey thing...GothSock Um from Umbridge on Laudanum Lache.
Finally, I made a shawl:
The pattern is Storm Water Shawl by Nancy Lobban. The yarn is Handmaiden Sea Silk. I bought the kit in Victoria, BC years ago. I made the shawl for Camp Loopy Project 3. I think it turned out wonderfully, and I have to thank The Loopy Ewe for the challenge, because I've been needing to make this shawl for the longest.
I had a great Camp Loopy this year. I completed all three projects and was able to use stash yarn. I don't qualify for the "free yarn" this year, because I didn't buy the yarn from TLE, but I feel I came away a little ahead anyway. I have three finished objects to enjoy, I decreased my stash a little and I had lots of fun.
MK out.
Aaaaand.......we're back!
I took a bloggy hiatus, but I managed to continue knitting.
I have a sorta secret project currently OTN:
And that's all I'm going to say about that.
I also have the September 2013 socks going:
Going to go knit now.
MK out.
The July 2013 Socks are finished!
Here are the deets:
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Lightweight in the colorway knitters without borders
Pattern: Sarah's Slip Stitch Socks
Needles: 2 circular - 2.00mm
With the socks being complete, that leaves two WIPs.
Two.
I am chomping at the bit to start my next pair of socks and Camp Loopy Project 3, but I have to wait...I cannot start either project until August 1st.
I do want to finish those two WIPs.
I guess that means that I should work on them.
MK out.
There hasn't been very much movie watching around here, but I did see one in the last week.
In Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, an asteroid is heading towards Earth and the world will end in three weeks. Penny (Keira Knightly) gives her neighbor, Dodge (Steve Carell), a letter from his high school love that was put in her mailbox by mistake weeks before. Because she feels guilty for not having given it to him sooner, Penny tags along to help when Dodge sets out to find his love. It was entertaining but a little predictable. I liked it though.
MK out.
Hello Y'all!
I finished Camp Loopy Project 2 on the 15th and here it is:
The challenge was to knit an at least 500 yard project (between July 1 and 31) that is popular with other knitters that I had not knitted before. I chose the Hitchhiker by Martina Behm.
Is it a scarf? Is it a shawlette? Yes.
I used a Wollmeise We're Different coloration of Fledermaus that I had in my stash. It's so nice that The Loopy Ewe allows you to participate with stash yarn as long as it is something they carry in their store.
It has bright to wine-ish red and charcoal-ish black in it. I was only able to squeeze out 40 and three-fourths teeth out of the skein. It is the 80/20 Twin - which has only 510 yds, compared to the Pure. It has 575 yards. It is fine though.
I also finished the June 2013 Socks!
Here's a better photo in the sun:
I used Madelinetosh Tosh Sock - one of the squishiest sock yarns around - in Betty Drapers Blue. SKA has more than one challenge per month, FYI, and I chose Literary Theme. The pattern is Snow Queen Sock by Emmy Coplea.
It was the first time I've ever worked a Dutch heel. It was easy...So, don't fear the Dutch heel!
Wednesday, I showed you the July Socks. I am zipping along on them...I should at least complete the heel turn today. The pattern does not require extensive concentration or a quiet room; so, yay! I may actually finish them in July. That hasn't happened in quite a while.
I've picked out my Camp Loopy Project 3 yarn and project already:
The challenge for Project 3 is to knit something out of 800 yards of yarn, single stranded, (and get a picture posted on the website between August 1 and 31.) I choose to make the Storm Water Shawl. The yarn is Handmaiden Sea Silk that I had in my stash. I bought this yarn in Victoria, British Columbia seven years ago.
Yes, you read that right.
Back to knitting on WIPs while I wait for August 1st.
MK out.
