Girl's Shrug

I had a ball and a half of yarn left over from my niece's sweater... so I decided to make my daughter a shrug. I couldn't find a pattern in her size, so I measured my gauge, and my daughter, and improvised. It worked well! I worked it in 2 pieces, and then grafted together. Berroco Comfort DK yarn, size 7 needles, and crocheted trim on the sleeves. She likes it a lot!

Frogged...

Well, I really did it. I ripped out the 6.5 inches of Whisper I had completed. I just didn't like it, and couldn't seem to quite get gauge. The sleeve still seemed way too big! Maybe I'll retry using lace yarn, but honestly, it seems like a dull knit... so as much as I like the look of the finished object, not sure I have it in me to continue!

In other news, I finished my first sock, and have the second started! Love them, and am eager to have a nice pair of socks to wear! I'm also making a little shrug for my 4 year old, and she's excited. I'm hoping that holds her off a bit on the questions of when HER sweater will be done (she's quite bossy- both older kids are in fact, they yelled at me for knitting something for myself! After all, I just finished a sweater, now it is their turn!)

More fun with koolaid!

This is the second skein I dyed with koolaid. Started by painting it with a turkey baster LOL, and it looked like an easter egg- yellow, purple, blue, pink, and I wasn't a fan. So I kettle dyed that in a reddish purple, and now have another "eh" skein to work with! I bet I'll like it once I play with it some more, as I adore the other now. Dyeing is very addicting, and I would love to get my hands on some actual dyes, not just koolaid.

Sock progress! And still whisper issues...

I'm loving the yarn as it knits up for my socks. I wasn't sure on it, but it is fun, colorful and working up nicely. I love it, since the sock is such a simple design- 2x2 ribbing, basic 8 stitch per inch sock. Fun, but I'm ready for the last few inches of the foot to be done LOL.


The whisper... sigh. I so badly want to love this project, but stockinette is dull, very dull. I had to go down to size 6 needles after realizing gauge was not right. So who knows if this will even fit correctly. I'm kind of half-heartedly working on it here and there, but am contemplating ripping it out and just knitting something else with the yarn. I just don't know what!

Fun with dye!

I had a lot of fun two nights ago with some Knit Picks Merino/nylon bare sock yarn, some koolaid, and some food coloring. Totally addicting! With three small children, I didn't want to mess with toxic chemicals, so I decided to give the koolaid thing a try. Well, all was great, used 5 packs of Black Cherry for the 100g skein, and put in the microwave. Goofy me should have realized the whole inside was too smushed, and stayed bright white LOL. Oops. And by that point, it was 9pm, I was out of koolaid, but am too darn impatient to have waited for the next day. (I was feeling too lazy to head back to the store for koolaid!) So I plopped some vinegar and food coloring in a pot, soaked the yarn in vinegar/water, and then put it in the pan. While on the stove, it looked like spaghetti vomit, but now that it is dry, it has potential. Or not. I have not decided yet!!!

In other news, I cast back on for Whisper, 76 stitches right from the start. It looks big still, but I refuse to start AGAIN. I also ripped two sock patterns for myself that I'd started. I was using Cherry Tree Hill DK sock yarn, in spanish moss colorway. I think I've decided I'm just not crazy about the yarn. But my 4.5 year old daughter adores it, and I think we'll be making her something with it. Fun!

First socks!

My first pair of socks- miniature sized :) I decided to make my almost one year old a pair first, for this fall/winter. It's a basic sock, Drops design pattern from ravelry, and was very easy to follow. So fun! I want to try a different heel construction though. These socks are a 12-18 month size, and still a bit big, but I figure he has a while to grow into them before he'll need wool socks :) Well, a few months at least.

Decided not to try to line up the stripes, as I kind of like the not quite matched look, especially on my little man. I love how quick these were- definitely nice after having to rip out the whisper progress.

Speaking of Whisper, I'll be casting on for that again tonight or tomorrow... I have a ball winder from Knit Picks, and a swift, on the way, which should make winding the rest of the yarn for it much easier. And more sock yarn- some undyed, to play with koolaid. Woo hoo!