A depressing moment in a knitter's life:

Well my lovely readers, the most depressing thing that can happen to a knitter happened to me today. I was on my way out the door to my knitting club and I double checked my yarn bag to make sure I had everything to work on my project. But the project was not there! My husband and I searched and searched to no avail. I even called my aunt's house where we went last weekend to see if maybe we didn't pack it up with us, but I was sure I saw Mike carry it out. So much for making progress on my project. Now I am torn between turning to something else or starting in on another project (there are always several in line.) Also, I am bummed that I missed my knitting club. We had a fun little group last week and I was hoping to repeat the experience this week! I will keep you all posted as to where my path takes me....

My Hula-hoop pt. 2

So I finished up the remodel of the hula-hoop last night, and it was still a little too big. More importantly, it is still way too short! One of our guests asked if it was a swim suit. Ack! So I think I am going to change my project and make it into a shawl/stole. I'll have to look for a good lace pattern for that though, so in the meantime, I am starting my copycat shawl. A coworker commissioned me to make a new shawl in a 'non-itchy' yarn that is a copy of a shawl she has from the 50's. The original is a mint green acrylic with a matellic thread through it. I am using Caron's So Soft in Autumn Red to replace it. http://shopcaron.com/shop/cart.php?target=product&product_id=121 (For those of you familiar with Color Me Beautiful, my friend is a Winter.) I believe it is going to be knit up on 6's, but I need to test the gauge first to make sure (see yesterday's post for the reason gauge is important in knitting.) Until then....

My Hula-hoop

I finished my bustier today! Here's the bad news....I didn't have enough yarn to make a bustier so I was just going to make it into a girdle (like the pirate wenches wear.) So I bound off and got ready to try on my latest and greatest creation. Ladies and gentlemen, we have a gauge problem! My fitted girdle is the size of a hula-hoop. A pink and gold, glittery hula-hoop. Apparently I didn't measure as carefully as I thought I did before I started! Oh well, maybe now I will be able to make the full bustier after all....back to the drawing board.

5/21/07

So you can see, getting started isn't always the hardest part of things! I got this blog started and have busily been working away on projects without knowing how to add my pics to this thing! I think I got it now, so prepare to be updated at least weekly, ideally semi-weekly.

The first pic is of a grocery sack holder I knitted. (If anyone has a better term than 'grocery sack holder'-boy is that a mouthful!-feel free to chime in.) How did this project come about, you may ask? Well, this is what happens when you have skads of the same acrylic (Red Heart-everyone's favorite!) yarn and one skein of a somewhat nifty novelty yarn that you bought on a whim and have no idea what to do with. The acrylic can be used to make cat blankets for the Humane Society, but I'm sure those precious cats are just as sick of this blue yarn as I am. Also, I don't know about everyone else, but I despise the grocery store and only go as often as I have to. As a result, I have a fair amount of plastic sacks that just get tossed up on top of the old refrigerator until they pile over the edge and start dropping on your head when all you want is some milk for your cereal! Augh! (I'm sure I'm not the only one to have experienced this.) So, I thought, why not create something lovely with some spare bits of yarn to contain the unorganized mess on top of my fridge. Ta-da!

The second picture is a pair of fingerless gloves I knitted and crocheted from a book I got at the library called, what else? Knitting Loves Crochet. They are knitted from microfiber yarn that, while wonderfully soft, snags like no other. You will be cursing it just as I did, I promise you. It makes finishing a pain as well.

I also finished the lovely pink ribbon top that I redesigned from the horrid 80's decade it came from last night, but will be posting it later this week. Next up is another ribbon yarn from Keep me in Stitches in McCall. I will be knitting up a bustier on size 19 Addies. They are huge! (And they cost more than the bleeping yarn did!) Until then....