General Update

Mr Tealjeans is going strong. I have a big chunk of the cable rib done and I will be casting off the bottom within the next week. I kinda dread working on the sleeves for a few reasons. I don't like working on dpns or magic loop with a giant monstrosity of sweater constantly turning and twisting as I work on it. It also gets pretty monotonous even tho I will most likely add special decreases so the sleeve are a good fit. I have short arms and want to make sure the cables start in the right place. I am thinking about adding a lifeline at the sleeve joint just incase I knit up a sleeve and hate the fit.

Neapolitan socks are coming along nicely also. I have one down and I am to the heel turn on the second one. I will hope to hack away at these tomorrow while doing some football knitting. I think that is the best time of the year..lol - playoff football=great knitting. I am not sure if I'm keeping these socks, I like the colors which I have started to call "neo" socks but I'm not too savy on the acrylic feel on my feet, even if these are just house socks.

I want to start my Feb socks for the KAL after the "neo" socks but I don't know if that is a legal move. I am itching to start either broadripple socks or roundabout socks. I may do Jaywalkers in Opal Neon... so many choices and not enough knitting hours in the day!

I started a BSJ(Baby Surprise Jacket) with some Bernat Softee in some really brite colors that I have in my stash. I guess I don't know how to count because I am about 20 rows in and I have to frog the entire thing. My decreases are soooo wonky and cannot be fixed. Two hours down the knitting drain. poopsicles.

My mom was calling me incessantly the other day because she wanted to know how to wash her socks that I made for January's commitment. I told her that there are three ways you can do it. If you want them to last hand wash and dry flat. If you want them to be really clean then machine wash and lie flat. If you want them soft but possibly eaten by the dryer then machine wash and machine dry.
She said "I'll machine wash and dry those"...."if they get eaten you will make me new ones"...pfftt she is sooooo right.

WIP-Neapolitan Socks

I went to A.C. Moore because I still have had a 25$ gift card and bought some fingering weight baby acrylic. I don't know why other than because the colors were soo nice. I started a pair of cable twist socks on Saturday and finished one yesterday. I have to start the other and finish before the end of the month so my needles are empty for the start of my February socks.

Pattern:Cable Twist Socks
Yarn: TLC Baby
Color: Neapolitan
Needles: Knitpicks Harmony Dpns size 2

WIP-Mr. Tealjeans

I am really making some good progress on Mr. Tealjeans. I really like this sweater to far because there are no seams and I really not one for finishing. As long as there are only a few ends to weave in after the knitting has commenced, I will be a happy camper.
I started the cable rib portion today and so far I have memorized the four row repeat. I could knit the remainder of this bugger without looking at the pattern because I have read ahead so many times because I don't wanna screw it up.

My so called scarf

I want to make one but I haven't come upon the right yarn yet. You know what I mean, when you find it the angels sing and whatnot. It's like you just know... well anyway, I want to start on with some frogged moonlight mohair that I have in the stash. I was even thinking maybe I could pair it up with some lime green micro spun. I want it to be : soft springy blockable pretty I don't even need them to be in that particular order... help me out.

Mr GreenJeans

I have renamed this to... Mr.tealjeans. So far I am almost to the part where I can try it on.

Garter Rib-January KAL socks

I finished my socks today and they are awesome. Details on my blog and on ravelry.

Pattern:

Garter Rib by Charlene Schurch Craft

Size:

size 7 womens
Needle: us 2
Yarn:Schachenmayr nomotta Regia Color 4-ply / 4-fädig (one 50 gr skein)

Mr GreenJeans

I cast on for Mr.Greenjeans and so far I am 5 repeats out of 8 into the start of a really great sweater. I am excited.

I am ready to cast on for my mom's socks. I promised her my first pair for 2008.

Yarny Update

Santa was good to me, or should I say all of my family was good to me when it comes to all the yarny goodness in the world. Honey Bee bought me one of each of the colors of Opal neon from LittleKnits.com . I bombarded him before xmas because I knew it wouldn't be on sale forever and I didn't want to miss out on all the colors. I have been eyeing this up since it came out in April of this year and haven't bought any because I couldn't hack the price ($18 bucks, best I found was $14)... Anyway, I got eight skeins at $7.40 each which is excellent.

I bought 6 skeins of Caron Simply Soft Heathers in Deep Teal to start my Mr.Greenjeans with my Walmart gift card from J's dad. I have been really spoiled with Raverly these days and I don't even feel like linking anything in this post, so use your google muscles if you need to see the color or pattern. Seriously I think that Ravely is the best thing since sliced bread, even tho I have had sliced bread my entire life and have never had the experience of slicing my own sandwich bread.
I also got a gift card from Michaels, Joann's and AcMoore and a gift certificate for knitpicks. I can't even start to think of the cool stuff I can get. Oh yarn, how I love you soo sweet. I know I need to get a sweater stone and hopefully scope out a yarn swift.

I also bought a postal scale today so that I can divide my 100gr sock skeins into two 50 gr balls and so far it works pretty well....

look me up on raverly...same name as here 'razorknitgirl' or livejournal as 'razorwristgirl'

Ravely

I'm so excited!!



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FO-Knee Socks

Yay! I finished the 'knee socks' that I was working on for my sister's x-mas gift. I just need to block them and wrap them up. I just took pictures and let me tell you how hard it was to take them! I got the pictures that you normally take with no probs but trying to take a picture of the back of your own legs is harder then it seems. I tried self timer on the chair, self timer on the floor, bending backwards and standing in my own light, etc. Kitty even tried to get in some of them and I kept telling him to get out of my shot. Anyway, here they are....















See below for the pattern, yarn details and all that good stuff.

WIP- Labernum socks

Pattern: Labernum from Sensational Knitted Socks
Yarn: Knitpicks Essential in Burgandy
Needles: Aluminum size 2's








I need to finish kitchnering the afterthought heels but other than that these are 95% done. These will be x-mas gifted... I will do these again because it is a 4 row pattern repeat and easy to memorize.

FO-Mittens from Knit n' Style

Pattern:Mitten from Knit n' Style (December 2007)
Yarn: knitpicks wool of the andes and swish leftovers from hats, etc.
Needles: size 6 dpns








These mittens are made from the top down and I really liked the pattern until I got to the thumb and the remainder of the pattern is in the Feb 2008 issue. I had to figure out the rest of the pattern from the thumb down which wasn't a problem but kinda ticked me a bit. I guess it will teach me to read the pattern entirely before I start, then I would have known that the entire pattern wasn't there. I will gift these to my sis for x-mas. She already has a hat made from knitpicks swish in grey and purple and these mittens will match great.

FO-Fuzzy Feet from knitty

Pattern: Fuzzy Feet from knitty
Yarn: Lion Wool in Lemongrass
Needles: size 11 dpns

I haven't worked on these since August. I can probably finish these before x-mas but I don't think I need them for a gift like I had thought when I started these. I really like the color so I might keep them for myself. I like to do all my felting at once because it is a waste to run the washer for just a pair of slippers.

WIP-Foliage from Knitty.com

Pattern: Foliage from knitty.com
Yarn: Lambs Pride worsted in Wilk Plum
Needles: size 6 dpns and size 6 circular







I really want to have this done before x-mas and give this to my sister... fingers crossed.

WIP-Knee socks

Pattern: based loosely on Knee socks pattern on Streets and YO's blog with short row toe and heel
Yarn: Knitpicks Felici in Hummingbird, one skein each from toe up
Needles: Knitpicks Harmony size 2 (I LOVE THESE)

These are going to be gifted to my sister for x-mas. I will def have these finished before then if not before the end of the weekend. I really like these but not for me.

WIP-Palindrome scarf

Pattern: Palindrome
Yarn: less than 2 skeins of SWS in color Natural Earth
Needles: Size 7 and a spare size 6 dpn for cables

I loved this yarn and this pattern together. I normally do cables without a cable needle but this time to make the reversible cables I used a spare dpn for a quick turnaround. This is going to be a x-mas gift for my mom, but she doesn't internet so no prob with posting this now. I have to make a hat to match but I should have no prob kicking out a cabled hat to match with the leftover skein I have. I bought three just incase... leftovers are always good :)

FO-Quickie Baby Sweater

Pattern: Quickie Baby Sweater and Tender Wraps II blanket(google it)
Yarn: Caron Pound of Love in "Purple"
Needles: Size 7


Here is a finished baby sweater and blanket that was gifted in August to a friend's sister. I didn't change a thing about either of the patterns. I really think the buttons made it pop.

Sock stash

Long time no post. I pretty much just read the knitting posts on livejournal. I joined a sock KAL and I figure I might as well capture the insanity that is my sock stash. I never realized how much knitpicks sock yarn I have. I normally buy enough from knitpicks so that I get free shipping so last time I bought tons of their new sock essential colors. So here it is, luckily it snowed last night and the other half is outside shoveling so I can take pix and not worry about him seeing the real size of the stash. I figure I have enough to make at least 20 socks, but I didnt take pictures of any of the partial skeins. Also, Santa is bringing me 7 skeins of Opal Neon (from littleknits.com...it's 60% OFF right now) and I just bought some Regia from Destash so that should take me to almost FOURTY PAIRS OF SOCKS. So joining a knit-a-long will help me to keep a goal of making at least one pair of socks a month.