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5/28/2009 11:22:09 AM
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At the risk of scaring you all...
I`ve been doing a makeup "Cast On Mania" session which was done in Feb by Village Hopelessly Overcommitted over in Raverly. To follow no cast on WIPs only in January! I wasn`t able to participate at the time despite the mania part being inspiration by me (mania = average one cast on for every day of the month - not necessarily a cast on on EACH DAY)
May is actually Cast on Dreams which is simply to cast on at least two things you`ve always told yourself you`re going to make and have dreamed/dwelled/obssessed on but for whatever reason have not started yet... and that`s good too cause I`ve gotten at least 5 casted on!
So I`m a little behind but of 26 cast ons this month, I`ve finished 3: BCB #4, my first shawl using SKK`s pattern & Elann`s Superwash Bamboo... photo later today, and my first Calorimetry!
Been keeping track of my full list here (all links go to Ravelry project pages and MOST have actual OTN photos)
http://leonineponderances.com/may-cast-on-maniacast-on-dreams/
I had other WIPs before this month but now I have a LOT ... but all the better for WIP Wrestlemania ... 2009`s answer to Ravelympics, in July. It`s a group on Ravelry too if you want to join in...
I`m excited cause last night I actually attempted a new design of my own as my cast on. Feeling really good about it and using a skein of that Filtes King Super (bulky version of Extra) which is so scrumptious!
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5/28/2009 11:26:53 AM
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Marta
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Oh that`s a totally cool idea, Bets!
I am close to finishing a wrap (or is it a mini blanket?) in Geranium, and itching to start knitting for new grandson-to-be...
Marta
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5/28/2009 1:01:19 PM
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bets
Posts 18976
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Ohhh-Marta, we gotta put our heads together on the GrandsonKnitting. There`s a lot of notcoolenough4mygrandson out there.
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5/28/2009 1:09:31 PM
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CatBookMom
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A Watermelon sweater sounds cool! (sorry about the pun)
I`ve been doing very little knitting for myself, though I`ve finished a bunch of hats and a scarf for my seniors group. I got a hat, 2 tams and a short scarf out of a bit less than 3 skeins of Cotton Fleece that was donated, using the Meret beret pattern; photos on Ravelry eventually. Last night I did a little sock-yarn square for a DWB fundraising group project for Sock Summit 09.
I`ve had a sock OTN for DH for weeks; had to ravel back because it was too long and now I keep forgetting to get him to try it on. I still think the leg is too loose but I`ll be darned (sorry) if I`m going to rip it all back.
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5/28/2009 2:26:01 PM
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Sandra D
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Megan,
I`m glad I read your post, now I know what your "COM" projects that you mentioned in Ravelry mean! I have to chuckle, it is exactly what I try not to do for fear of utter knitting chaos...going to read up on it in Rav and see how it works out!
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5/28/2009 8:04:33 PM
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Marta
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Oh, wouldn`t I love that, Bets?! Just be warned that I am not up there in the company of Goddesses...:)
Marta
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5/28/2009 8:24:41 PM
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bets
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Oh, now Marta,
You know the whole point of knitting for grands (and kids) is to make total strangers melt in the checkout line, right? Whip those folks into line! ;-)
DD has seen and respects the melt power....LoL
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5/28/2009 9:19:49 PM
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Marta
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My DDILs have seen it too, and I do get bonus points...
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5/28/2009 10:03:51 PM
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bets
Posts 18976
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(jumps up and down with little patty-cake claps)
Yay!
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7/11/2009 5:23:19 PM
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bets
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Good golly it is HOT! I got my Aurora in and have been playing with multi-colored yarn this week. I still have to finish my lace yoke pull, and I finally snagged a copy of the corresponding little girl`s dress with the same detail at the yoke.
What`s got your interest this week?
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7/11/2009 5:53:03 PM
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most of my major WIP are done, just waiting for Tom`s tender ministrations, I have a Scarf With No name, The Jeanne Shawl and Stonewall on the needles at the moment. Also seeming a cat together tonight.
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7/11/2009 6:58:01 PM
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kellygirl
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I`m using my stashed Pegasus from the bag sale to make a short sleeve cardi. The first one came out a bit small and I gifted it to a friend. I LOVE Pegasus. What a nice yarn. I`m so glad I`m working through the stash. It`s fun finding and knitting some of these gems!
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7/11/2009 7:46:03 PM
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Billie
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Sally Melville`s Favorite Sweater. And all the other stuff...
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7/11/2009 8:32:41 PM
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Jamie
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Plugging away at another mitered square blanket. Started the Spring Agate yarn for a scarf in blues. Got a 7-8 yard warp on the loom for placemats. I want to try the Adara for weft, with the cotton natural color on the loom. I like to combine 8-12 threads from weaving stash in cottons for a weft. Makes nice thick placemats. After this warp I am set to do several scarves in Millifili colors, and perhaps some Pegasus and other medium weight cottons for scarves. I`ll probably use white tencel of tencel/cotton yarn for part of warp and the weft. I promised once scarf to a good friend in California.
Happy knitting, Jamie
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7/12/2009 2:38:31 AM
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Eastlake in Louisa Harding Kashmir Aran from here a few years ago...front is finished, back about halfway, perusing the sierra aran for sweaterbabe`s cables and lace kimono wrap for next in cue....
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7/12/2009 5:40:09 AM
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Les
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I have been knitting up the yarns from the Dyeing retreat. We had some small balls of about 1/3 skein which I am using to make some baby hats for the oct. sale. Having fun "cutifying" them.
Have the sock yarn we dyed to mimic the self patterning yarns on the needles for a sock,
a mitred baby blanket from sock yarn and
a scarf called "Gust" in some Fleece Artist BFL Sock. There are other things languishing in the corner having lost interest in them right now.
The scarf pattern has 12 row repeats which I was mucking up regularly. I finally bought some index cards and wrote out each row on a card and attached them with rings and it has made such a difference for me. I had been using sticky notes to mark the row on the pattern sheet but must have bought the cheap ones - they kept falling off my sheet protector. Now I`m safe!
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7/12/2009 9:01:44 AM
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Shui Kuen Kozinski
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Finishing a lino chic (moonstone color) lace scarf with an Estonia lace pattern. I love the combination of both the yarn and the lace pattern, will write it up oneday.
Next, may be an oriental stitch pattern scarf?????
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7/12/2009 9:10:38 AM
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Marta
Posts 2140
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The little knitting I`m getting done has been on a modified Tender Blankie for DGS-to-be. Lots of things waiting...
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7/12/2009 11:21:57 AM
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Stuff on needles, but not worked on much. Have something that needs seaming. Another thing needs ends weaved in. Working on a shawl(!) and of course a sock. Not making much progress on the sock. Have discovered that I can`t work with DPNs when my eyes are tired cuz then it feels like all the pointy DPN tips (even the ones that are just sitting idle) are "poking" at my eyes with just the slightest movement. It`s real annoying.
Been reading printed books or listening to audio books, and playing on the Wii. Hooked on Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010 with the Wii Motion Plus, and also with Dance Dance Revolution.
-Marie
http://smariek.blogspot.com
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7/12/2009 12:09:44 PM
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Sandra D
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I`m halfway through the armhole of the back piece of a cardigan from the self-striping Kelly yarn from last year`s bag sale. This one`s going to have plenty of ease! I`m using an easy lace pattern from the Perla shell pattern from one of the Needful books. It is keeping my interest up in figuring out what to do at either ends of the rows where there are partial stitch pattern repeats whose stitch counts vary with shaping.
There are so many other warm weather yarns that I`d like to try in my stash before summer is over. Kind of like the outdoor house maintenance I`ve been busy trying to schedule this summer too :-p.
Bets, the other day I pulled out the only thing so far that I made from my Paton`s Katrina stash, a pink shell, and tried it on. That was nice yarn! So soft next to the skin and comfortably stretchy...I think your lace yoke pullover in Katrina is going to be great!
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