On (Off) the Needles Friday February 24, 2017

For the past couple of weeks I have been working on pair #2 for my 2017 Socks from Stash and Scraps Challenge. 

I finished the pair this morning and am pleased with the finished socks.  This pair should wear like iron since the main yarn is Opal Sock yarn.  I followed Blender Socks recipe to knit this pair.

I did not use the purple/green painted yarn but I did use the last of the navy yarn from the 1st pair of stash socks.

Now that Loopy Academy Winter Session has started I need to get knitting.  First up is my button project.  I am using some of the yarn from Loopy Ewe Paint Box Autumn colorway and will be following Mediate Cowl Pattern.

 Take a minute and stop over at Patchwork Times and see what others have on their Needles.

Happy Knitting,

Mary

On the Needles Friday January 27, 2017

I finished my Fade-In Fade-Out Sockens on Wednesday.  I really like how the color changes were done, makes it look like that is the actual colors changes of the yarn not scraps used to knit the socks.

This is the first pair of socks finished for my  2017 Socks from Stash and Scraps.

I needed to adjust the number of rows for the medium blue color yarn which I used all of that color. 

This is the yarn from my scraps I started with.

After finishing the socks I picked up the Featherweight Cardigan I have had in progress.  Now I am just waiting on Loopy Academy to start again.

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Happy Friday Knitting.

Mary

On the Needles January 20, 2017

Getting close to completing my Fade-In Fade-Out Sockens. 

I had an issue with the heel with the second sock that slowed my progress.  First time I knitted the heel I started on the wrong row compared to the first sock.  Tried telling myself it is just a sock and no one will look that close at it, wasn't convinced so I ripped it out.  Second try I dropped a stitch and I found out a couple rows past and could not successfully pick it up, so I ripped it out.  Finally the third time I completed it successfully.

Finished the last color change on the first sock and getting ready to start the ribbing.

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Happy Friday Knitting!

Mary

Weekend Project Update January 15, 2017

No completions to announce but progress has been made.

I have finished one heel so far and getting ready for the second of my Fade-In Fade-Out Sockens.  One thing I did do so this pair would not end up being a UFO is I wove in all of the ends in the foot portion before working the heel.  I just completed weaving in the ends for the second sock so I can begin that heel.

 

I am using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel pattern which is one of my favorite heels to knit.  With that heel I like the fit of the socks much better than other heels I have knitted.

I still have the table runner on the loom.  I have about 10 more inches to weave before I start the last set of borders and hearts.  I can hardly wait to see how the hearts turn out once the piece is off the loom and wet finished.

That is what I have been working on this weekend.

Go Pack!

Mary

On the Needles January 13, 2017

During the week I started on the first pair of socks for my 2017 Socks for Stash and Scraps group.  2017 Socks from Stash and Scraps is a small group of one (Me) but open to anyone.  Goal for the year is simple - knit 6 pair of socks from your stash or leftover yarn from completed projects.

For my first pair of socks I am using the recipe for Fade-In Fade-Out Socken I found on Ravelry.  All the yarn used is leftover yarn from other projects.

I am knitting the socks 2-at-a-time on separate needles but still using the magic loop method. The first sock is ready to for me to start on the heel which will be done using the navy color yarn.

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Happy Friday Knitting.

Mary

On The Needles - Friday 1/6/17

Through the past several years I have acquired (like most) a allot of left over yarn from knitting projects.  After I would finish a project I would roll the yarn into a ball and throw it in the top drawer of a plastic storage bin next to my desk.  The drawer isn't big but you can jam allot of yarn into it.  The other day I tried to open it I decided something needed to be done with this yarn.  I decided my knitting goal this year is to knit 6 pair of socks from my scraps and stash.  With Loopy Academy, Camp Loopy, work and it takes me about 2 weeks to knit a pair of socks I thought that was a pretty safe goal to attain.

I went through the leftover yarn from the drawer and tentatively separated colors into bags and trying to get about 100g of yarn per bag.  I ended up with 6 bags so far but I'm sure I have another stash of scraps somewhere but this is just fingering weight, worsted weight is another year.

For the first pair of socks from my scraps I am going to use the 'recipe' from Fade-In-Fade-Out Socken I found on Ravelry.  Kind of a calm colorway for the first pair.  I think the top right yarn is alpaca and cotton blend so hopefully it will play well with the other yarn.

My in between project right now is Featherweight Cardigan and I am using Cascade Heritage Silk.

This cardigan was started during Camp Loopy last June and I would work on it every now and then.

Without measuring it looks like I am getting close to starting the ribbing.

And because I don't have enough yarn and I had a rollback credit at Loopy Ewe a Box of Fun showed up at my house yesterday.  My very first skeins of Wollmeise were in the order which I plan to knit Elfe, I used that pattern before but this time I am adding sleeves.

Well I was rather chatty this morning.

Happy Knitting!

Mary

Where Have I Been for 3 Months

It's been a while since I have posted but here is my last 3 months in review.

In August we took 2 of our granddaughters camping in Destin Florida for a week.  Had a great time - lots of laughing, shopping, and walking on the beach.

Finished my Camp Loopy Project #3 - Elfe.  Loved knitting this top so much I want to make another but add sleeves to it.  I knit Elfe using Dream in Color Smooshy in Butter Peeps and Malibu Sail.

Finished 3 quilts.

I had surgery on my foot in mid September

Finished a pair of socks I started in July.  The pattern is Double Eyelet Toe-Up Socks by Wendy D Johnson and the yarn is Trekking XXL

Started and finished knitting a cardigan - all done except blocking and adding the buttons.  The pattern is Woodstove by Alicia Plummer.  This is a great pattern, I love the texture on the back.  The best part is that the button band is knitted along with the body of the sweater and its knitted top down - no seaming, no picking up stitches.  The yarn is Malabrigo Rios in the Ivy color.

Also did a little weaving and finished a few of scarves.  The ones I chose to picture are a couple colorweave scarves, the rest were plain weave in solid colors.

And that is the recap of my last three months.

Mary

On the Needles Friday - July 17, 2015

I feel really accomplished this week, I finished my Campside shawl on Tuesday with the exception of blocking.  I used all but 14 inches for my yarn, a total of 720 yarn was used for this shawl.  I know I have never used that much yardage in 2 weeks - my new record in knitting.  The picture is after I finished the ribbed border.  I highly recommend this pattern if you are looking for a big cozy shawl to wrap up in.

 

 

Since I'm in-between Camp Loopy Projects I revisited my Socks on a Plane.  Only a couple more inches of the leg and I can call these done.

 

 

My yarn came on Wednesday for my Camp Loopy Project #3.  I will be knitting Elfe using Smooshy from Dream in Colors.  The colors are Butter Peeps and Malibu Sail.

 

 

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Mary

On the Needles Friday - July 10, 2015

I'm making great progress on my Camp Loopy Project #2 - Campside Shawl.  I really have fallen in love with this yarn (Mrs Crosby Carpet Bag), it is so soft I can hardly wait to wrap up in this shawl.

I finished the 3rd set of charts today with one more set to go before the ribbing.  I am finding the pattern easy to follow but I was a little apprehensive before I started knitting it because of the comments is Raverly but happy I am making it.

 

 

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Mary

On the Needles Friday - July 3, 2015

Once again it's been awhile since I posted anything on my blog but here I am again.

 

On the needles now is my Camp Loopy Project #2 - Campside Shawl.  I am using Mrs. Croby's Carpet Bag yarn, love the feel of this yarn and gives great stitch definition to the garment.  This morning I finished the first set of eyelet charts and moved on to the next set.

 

 

Last Sunday I finished Project #1 - Dream Stripes.  I liked the pattern except that I am not happy with how each row starts with a slip stitch, it seems to pull too much with the color change every other row but blocking helped.  For this shawl I used Lorna Lace's Shepherd Sock (Andersonville) and white Loopy Solid Series yarn.

 

 

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Mary

On the Needles Friday - April 24,2015

WARNING!

This post contains some seriously white legs.

 

Making progress on my Loopy Academy projects this past week.  I started my Clog-n-Soc last week.  The felting is done, it took 3 trips through my front-load washer to loose almost all of the stitch definition.  They still feel big around the foot but my guess after they are washed a couple more times they will tighten up.  First picture is before felting and the second is after.  The only thing left to knit on them is about 5 - 6 inches of sock.

 

This morning I started Sleeves for my striped project.  I have wanted to knit Sleeves for along time, I think this sweater will be very well used now that we are entering the A/C season.

 

 

I finished my socks last week for the slipped-stitch project - Dalekanium.  The pattern is easy to knit up but the socks are still a little bigger than I like with even going down a size.

 

 

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Mary

On the Needles Friday - March 27, 2015

Been along time but I am now feverishly working on my Semester 2 Loopy Academy Projects.

 

My first project I started is Dalekanium socks for my Slipped Stitch Project.   Love the pattern, simple to follow but if you decide to knit it knits up big.  This is my second start for the socks, I chose the size according to my foot but ended up way to large so after 4 inches I restarted with smaller size and a much better fit.  The yarn is Zitron Trekking, love the little pools of color.

 

 

For my Striped Project I will knitting Sleeves by Martina Behm.  The yarn is Loopy Solid Series in Caramel, Lake, Ice, Silver Sage, Apricot and Strawberry.  I've been looking at this pattern for awhile, thought Sleeves would be great for those cool summer nights or indoors when hubby has the air too low.

 

And for my Felted Project I will be knitting Adult Clog-n-Soc by Bekah Knits.  I am using Cascade 220  in Turtle and Pumpkin Spice and 220 Superwash in White for the sock part.  Hope these turn out and I will definitely be making more for next winter.

 

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Mary

On the Needles Friday - December 26, 2014

Well it seems that I have only been posting once a month lately - may need to change that in 2015.

 

I finally have completed my First Semester of Loopy Academy.  The cowl and hat requirements were actually completed in September but the mittens took awhile to get motivated to start.  I wish I would have put more thought into the colors then I could have had them all match and wear together.

 

For the cowl I knit Irish Mesh Cowl.  Love the stitch pattern and it really worked up fast.  The yarn is  Loopy Legend's - Theresa's Vineyard.

 

 

For the hat requirement I knit Intuitive, I did make some changes but I never made any notes on what I did.  Love the yarn, Madelinetosh Merino DK in Red Phoenix.  Love the color but it tends to bleed which I still plan on soaking in vinegar to hopefully set the color.

 

 

And my last project is Grove Mittens.  Love the texture the pattern creates but not really liking the cuff and the sizing is small even though I increased needle size.   I used Cascade 220 Superwash yarn in the color Violet.

 

 

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Mary

On the Needles Friday (Sunday) - November 14 (16), 2014

I wrote this post early Friday morning, saved the draft, went to work and never came back to it until today.

Over the past month I have gotten sidetracked from my knitting and now that I have returned to work after my foot surgery my forward progress has really slowed.

 

I have completed the body of Rolling Rock and I think I'm going to do the neck band before I do the sleeves.  I plan on getting to that done this weekend since the weather is predicted to be cold here and that will hopefully motivate to work towards completing the sweater.

 

Another slow go are my Socks on a Plane, I'm getting closer to the gusset increases.  I really like the Opal yarn, love the patterning the yarn creates.

 

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Mary

On the Needles Friday - October 17, 2014

Still rolling on with my Rolling Rock.  Almost done with the body of the sweater, just another inch of the ribbing to go.  I think I am going to do the neck bands before I knit the sleeves that way there will be less weight to move around.  This is a picture of the back of the sweater.

 

 

About half done with the foot of my Socks on a Plane socks.  I really like the striping of the Opal yarn and the cable along the side of the foot keeps it interesting.

 

 

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Mary

On the Needles Friday - October 10, 2014

This post should actually be called On and Off the Needles Friday.

 

I managed to complete both the pair of socks I had been working on last week.  First completed were my Circle Socks, love the fit of these and can hardly wait to put them to good use.

 

 

Second pair of completed socks are the Hermoine's Everyday Socks.  This completion is my new record.  I can usually knit a pair in 2 weeks with my schedule but this pair was completed in 7 days.  This pair is going to my sister for her birthday.

 

 

Still making slow progress is the Rolling Rock sweater.  I am about 5 inches from starting the ribbing then the body of the sweater will be done.

 

 

This morning I started another pair of socks using Opal yarn, it's October needed to go German.

I have decided to use the pattern Socks on a Plane.  It's a nice simple pattern with a cable running up the outer side of the sock.  The best part is I'm using stash yarn, I found that I have had this yarn since 2011, time to put it to use.

 

 

Take a minute and stop over at Patchwork Times and see what others have on their Needles.

 

Mary