Knitting

 

Next to horses, knitting is probably my best loved thing to do! Here are some of the latest projects.

I have moved all the finished work from last year off to the archive, so this is the latest work in progress. I am experimenting with working on a different project every night - to keep me fresh!

 

Viridescent Diamond Cardigan - Norah Gaughan

Love this sweater! It's from an old Classic Elite Book - "Knitting Beautiful Classics". All of my other current projects are stashbusters, but this was yarn bought just for this project. It's Simply Shetland Lambswool Cashmere in Red Hot! I have been struggling a bit with gauge, but I think I am now on track. I love the feel of this yarn, but it's a little splitty to work with, especially on the fiddly left twist, right twist bits.

1/18 Mostly concentrated on the Blue Heron morphing identity shawl, but got a bit done on this sleeve. The color is much closer to reality in this pic. The texture on this piece is just so fabulous!
1/25 No Progress :( - But did finish the Blue Heron Scarf and got a good start on Simurgh.
2/14 No Progress, but I did finish Simurgh and do some work on the socks, so I think this sweater deserves a little attention. No deadlines here or on the socks, so I can swap back and forth at my leisure.
2/24 Worked away this week. Finished the first sleeve and am almost done with the second sleeve. Whoo hoo!
3/2 Both sleeves done and about 7" of the back squared away. I think I am going to need to add length to the sleeves and the body, but I did get extra yarn, so should be okay.
3/16 Making progress!
4/13 Slow and steady, eh? Have a few more rows to go on the right front, then will block and put the body together. Once that's done, will check and see if I need to add any length to the sleeves, then finish those up. Getting VERY close!

Updated - left front done, right front almost done. BTW - this isn't blocked - just pinned up so that I can take a picture.

This shows the right neck shaping and the Perl Gray button that I selected. I think it will be very spiff! This is the closest I have been able to get to the real color of the yarn - you can see how rich and varied the red is. Yummy!



Button bands done on both fronts! Now need to bind off shoulder and start collar. Maybe by the end of April?


Started: January 1, 2008
Finished:
Pattern: Viridescent Diamond Cardigan - Norah Gaughan
Yarn: Simply Shetland Lambswool Cashmere - Red Hot - 14 skeins
Buttons: Perl Gray 3/4 Pewter
Finished size:
Needles: #5 Addi Lace & Lantern Moon Rosewood

 

Teosinte Socks, v2 - WIP

The yarn is Lightweight sock yarn from the Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock club in colorway "Lenore". I made a pair of Teosinte socks for a friend for Christmas and liked them so much, I decided to make my own pair. I love this colorway!

I did the star toes from the STR club socks - a Cat Bordhi pattern - they are really quite nice! The star toe cast on is in her new sock book. You can find Teosinte at Anne Hanson's website. She is a phenomenal designer - her work is definitely worth your attention. Lots of fun socks and check out her shawls!

1/18 - No progress :(
1/25 - No progress :( - But did finish the Blue Heron Scarf and got a good start on Simurgh.
2/14 - Finally finished up Simurgh and put some work into the socks - they are rolling along nicely now. The pattern is knitting up beautifully in BMFA lightweight Sock yarn.
2/29 No progress - work has been very busy and I have been concentrating on the cardigan sleeves.
3/16 Still on the back burner
4/13 Am ready to turn the heels.
4/26 Heels are turned, but I forgot to get pics! Starting up the leg.

Started: January 11, 2008
Finished:
Pattern: Anne Hanson's Tesosinte
Yarn: BMFA lightweight - Lenore - 1 skein
Needles: #0 Addi's

For Cat's Books:

 

 

Tesserae Socks

This project is waiting in the wings - it's another great sock pattern from Anne Hanson. This was my March yarn buy - a beautiful sock yarn from the Woolen Rabbit.

4/13 I knocked these out pretty fast so far - the pattern is a very easy knit and the yarn is wonderful to knit with. About to turn the heels on these too. I knitted them toe up - star toe and will do a heel gusset. These are destined for my friend Peg.


Just about ready for ribbing. I love this yarn and this pattern!

Started: April something
Finished:
Pattern: Tessearae - Ann Hanson
Yarn: The Woolen Rabbit Harmony Sock Yarn - Roasting Chestnuts, one skein
Finished size:
Needles: #1 Addi Lace

Kid Silk Haze Cami

 

This is potentially going to be a self designed lace camisole in KSH. I just cast on so we will have to see how it goes!

3/16 - Ho hum. Working on the cardigan. This falls by the wayside.
4/13 Still by the wayside.
4/26 zzzzzz.

Started: Feb 22, 2008
Finished:
Pattern: None
Yarn: Kid Silk Haze - 3 Skeins
Finished size:
Needles: #4 Addi Turbo

Bird's Nest Scarf revisited

I had some Blue Heron yarn that had been sitting around for a while and needed to knock together a scarf for my youngest sis. Her birthday is in May. So here's the start... Wish I could remember exactly which yarn it is because it's very pretty!

Started: April, 2008
Finished:
Pattern: Modified Bird's Nest Scarf from Folk Shawls
Yarn: Blue Heron something. One skein
Finished size:
Needles: #7 Lantern Moons

Fused Glass

My other fun project that I have been playing around with lately is fused glass. What stunning items you can make! The only trick is not poking yourself with sharp bits of glass while fabricating!


These are buttons I made for the cardigan. Unfortunately, they aren't quite the right color for that project, but I am sure they will wind up on something!


This is a pendant - a bit of a study in complementary colors. The glass doesn't always cooperate - the colors changed in the kiln, but still beautiful! Photographing these things is going to be as tough as photographing the knitting! That's the class I really need to take.


Another piece showing how you can layer the glass and create three dimensional effects. This has a bit of irridescent glass, very subtle and pretty.