weaving love.

I started my 4th weaving project yesterday. It was one of thoes listen to your gut moments. While I was warping the loom I was having some trouble with the yarn and I really should have stopped then and picked another yarn. I didn't. I finished warping and started weaving. I noticed right away that something wasn't right about the tension. Then after wewaving about 1 1/2 inches I noticed my first broken warp thread. It didn't snap it just slowly fell apart. as I looked I watched another one fall apart. The yarn was disintegration. So I pulled it all off the loom and put it in the trash. The yarn just wasn't strong enough to be used as a warp and I was basically pulling it apart. So today I picked a yarn from deep in the stash. It doesn't have any ball bands but I'm pretty sure it was knitpicks stroll in a taupe heather color. Its plenty strong and is holding up much better. I used about 1 3/4 balls of it to warp a 8 inch wide surface on a 12 dent heddle. I am using mini mochi for the warp and even though I only have a few inches I can see that this is going to be a very pretty scarf.

a very sporatic blogger

Im not a very good blogger. Im blaming my new loom, It"s so much fun to weave. I got a 20 inch flip rigid heele loom and I love it. I have been pulling out old stash and weaving away. Life in generally is super stressfull right now and weaving is very calm and mediatative. I think part of it is that I'm so new at it that Im just playing with no exspectations.
In knitting news, I started a small shawl. It's my first shawl ever. Mostly Im trying to use up some sock yarn stash and there was a KAL on the cold sheeping forum so I jumped in.
I finished a hat for Raven at work. She's leaving to move home. She wanted the kitty hat from Stitch and Bitch so I did that. I also finished the dead fish hat for Gin from Knitty. That was an adventure. I changed the pattern to make it look like a pokemon charachter.

post missing

I just noticed that my post about finishing the Aidez Cardigan is missing. This was my 2nd sweater finished in January for the IntSweMoDo2011. It turned out well except for the seam on the collar is a little bulky and the collar is a little to tall for my small frame. After I wore it a few days It wasn't as annoying.

Goals for Feb

My goals for Feb:
At least do a few rows on the 2nd sleeve of Kerrera
Finish the Fish hat for Gin (soooo over this project) DONE
Finish the eternalism vest from the new knitscene DONE
Finish the body of the greenfield cardigan and start a sleeve
Work on the spud and chloe hoodie Kal
Knit a sock for the sock yarn stash KAL
Go through another bin of yarn and make sure it is photographed and already in my Ravelry stash
No yarn purchases
Don’t start anymore new projects this month OPPS

Figure out how to update the knito meter on my blog. (MIGHT JUST REMOVE IT)

first sweater done for IntSweMoDo2011

Here it as a finished sweater for 2011. I started this one on Jan 3rd of 2011 and finished it around the 8th I think. Super fast knit on size 15 needles. Its in puffin which I was really happy with. It's a one ply yarn but it's pretty sturdy. The pattern is very simple and takes no effort to knit up. I wanted to start a new project before I went in to the ufo finishing frenzy.
I then went to work on my Aidez cardigan and finished all the knitting for that today. I just have to block it and assemble it. I think that will be a good weekend project. Hopefully it will be warmer and dry this weekend.
I havent done any sock knitting for the 12 socks in 2011 challenge.
I haven't bought any yarn so I'm still clean in the cold sheep challenge.
I have knit up 11 balls of yarn so far for the 100 balls of yarn knit in 2011.
Seems like to many things to keep track of.

2011 goals

Heather raglan too big, needs another sleeve (might fit Gin)

Kerrera needs some seaming and pockets

Malabrigo yum

Traveling sweater on size 3's

Harmony by Kim Dolce

Goodale in pashmina

delancy Cardigan needs sleeves and collar



Hallets Ledge

Greenfield cardigan












The Xylem Cardigan

Can't remember what this one

The dude sweater atempt #2

Hooray cardigan

Aidez almost done and a current work in progress

Winter sostice also current

Missing pictures for:

The heather hoodie vest ( dont even know where that project is)

The tree jacket pullover I keept in the trunk of my car for emergency knitting then forgot all about it.

So why all the pictures?

I went through my projects page on ravelry and YIKES!! I have never had so many unfinished projects before. Big ones too. So 2011 seriously needs to be about finishing what I have started.

I have what 16 sweaters in progress, and the really sad thing is that none of these pictures are current and many of these sweaters are a back, or a sleeve, or less away from being done.

There are a few here that are going to be way to big for me and thats part of why I havent finished them. Now that I run I am much much smaller then I was before, but I'm thinking my daughter might be able to wear some of them.
So either I finish them or frog them in 2011.

Lets see what the sock situation is. I joined the sock stash knit down for 2011 to use up some sock yarn in 2011. I'm going to finish some socks that are also in various stages of not doneness.

It's almost 2011 and the new Twist

My favorites from the new Twist collective. I bought the pattern for the green one. It is called Roheline and it's by one of my favorite designers Suvi Simola. I will be using tosh Dk in a wicked turquiose color. Then I bought Klimova ( the purple pullover) I love the cabled on the sleeves. That one is a Alison Green Will pattern. I was going to use malabrigo rios but it's all wrong for the cables, so I'm going to see if I have some worsted malabrrigo.
The other two are patterns that I thought were really pretty, especially the grey cardigan but it's done on very small needles so I'm going to watch and see if anyone modifies it for more of a light worsted yarn.

The pattern on the end I posted as a reminder that last season it was my favorite and I actually bought it and cast on the same day. It is one of the many Ufo's floating around.







Where did the year go? I completely gave up on blogging. It was too much work to keep up with Ravelry, twitter, facebook and keep a blog. As the year went by I became less and less active on each one. Who has time to work full time, clean the house, keep up on the web and still knit ? Not me. BUT, I did find that blogging was a good way to keep a diary of the projects I really wanted to work on or the inspiration for a project. Lately, because I dont' have the time to finish anything I have been forgetting what I have actually started. Not good. I'm afriad to count up the UFO's that are pilling up here and there.

I also started running this year, I ran a half marathon this month. It helps me to deal with the stress of life. Now that it's dark before I get home from work, and I'm afraid to go run alone in the dark I don't have that outlet for the stress. So I am going to try and knit more. I should focus on finisheing up some projects.

Right now I have Aidez by Cirillia Rose n the needles. It's a Berrocco pattern. I have the sleeves done and the right front. It's super easy to memorize the cable pattern so I can work on it anywhere.
I also have the habitat hat by jared flood on the needles. Not super easy to memorize and very slow to knit. I'm using his shelter yarn though and its very pretty.

A hat for Erica, its folliage from knitty in malabrigo and I should try to finish that today and get it out of the pile.

Then yesterday I started the Hooray cardigan by Vera Valimaki because I have this purple grey malabrigo rios that I wanted to use for Klimova from the new twist but the gauge was too light. So it was a good excuse to start this new cardigan by Vera, I love her patterns.

Also in the bag is a half done handwarmer for Holly.
This is just the list of projects in my current project bag. I'd better get back to knitting.