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.

 

 

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

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

 

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

 

 

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.

 

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

 

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.

 

 

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

 

 

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

On the Needles Friday - October 3, 2014

No completions this week but I did manage to cast on another pair of socks.  So now on the needles I have Rolling Rock Sweater, Circle Socks and Hermione's Everyday Socks.

 

First up is my Rolling Rock sweater, I am now about half way through the body of the sweater.  This pattern is a Henley style sweater and once I was able to join the front and knit in the round I am making good progress.

 

 

Next is my Circle Socks.  I have only 1 1/2 repeats of the circle pattern to complete and this pair of socks will be done.

 

 

The second pair of socks I have just started is Hermione's Everyday socks I am knitting using Lorna Lace's Solemate.  I don't remember knitting with this yarn before but I am loving the feel of it.

 

 

A 'Box of Fun' managed to make it to my house this week.  In the box was 2 skeins of Solemate (Reno & Rockwell), Cascade 220 (Violet) for my 3rd Loopy Academy project, ChiaoGoo needles and my Camp Loopy Bonus Yarn (Summer Bloom).

 

 

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

 

Mary