Really wanted to get the auction knitting done and off my plate, so spent an entire weekend in my jammies finishing up the project. I know it seems incredible that I couldn't do it in less time, but to be honest, the fingerless gloves were the hold up. BTW, thanks to Liz from the Advancement office who modeled the set for me.
by Andrea Halasi is a beautiful pattern, but black didn't show off the lacework of the pattern. If I were to knit it again, I'd definitely use something lighter.
Also loved the cable knit hat pattern I chose by Anne-Mari Kokkonen (free pattern on Ravelry). I was working on the same needles as I did for the scarf, so I needed to CO more stitches than the pattern asked for. Started with 100 for the ribbing and then adjusted that number to work with the cabling. Worried the entire time that it wouldn't be big enough, but the cable was very stretchy, which worked well as I was trying to knit a hat to fit all sizes of head. The pompom is just tied on the hat so it could be removed if necessary. Ordered a "fur" (and I use that term very loosely) pompom in orange that I thought might be cute, but it was the more horrendous thing I've ever seen. Tacky, cheap, and not fur-like in any way. Put two plastic googly eyes on it from your crafts drawer and you'd have a Tribble.
The fingerless gloves were really what took me two days to complete. I wanted to use the pattern I'd used in the past as I really like the look, especially of the palm. Although the pattern on the back of the hand is beautiful, I knew that I really needed to continue with the simple cable pattern from the sides of the scarf and throughout the hat. Problem was, the yarn was smaller, the needles were smaller and the counting was, of course, different. Started with two cables on the back of the hand and made it past the gusset and up quite a ways before I realized it just wasn't working. Frogged and started again, this time with three cables. Much better, but had a little problem with my counting and had to frog down to the ribbing and start over again. The third draft of the pattern worked and although there were a few more hiccups, the glove finally looked okay in the end. Finished the second glove on Sunday, and of course, it went much more smoothly. They look a little rough in the photo, but on the hand, they are quite nice. Now I'm just hoping that someone, anyone, will bid on the set.
Other than stitching in the ends, the scarf was completed during our February break. Blue Strips
Also loved the cable knit hat pattern I chose by Anne-Mari Kokkonen (free pattern on Ravelry). I was working on the same needles as I did for the scarf, so I needed to CO more stitches than the pattern asked for. Started with 100 for the ribbing and then adjusted that number to work with the cabling. Worried the entire time that it wouldn't be big enough, but the cable was very stretchy, which worked well as I was trying to knit a hat to fit all sizes of head. The pompom is just tied on the hat so it could be removed if necessary. Ordered a "fur" (and I use that term very loosely) pompom in orange that I thought might be cute, but it was the more horrendous thing I've ever seen. Tacky, cheap, and not fur-like in any way. Put two plastic googly eyes on it from your crafts drawer and you'd have a Tribble.
The fingerless gloves were really what took me two days to complete. I wanted to use the pattern I'd used in the past as I really like the look, especially of the palm. Although the pattern on the back of the hand is beautiful, I knew that I really needed to continue with the simple cable pattern from the sides of the scarf and throughout the hat. Problem was, the yarn was smaller, the needles were smaller and the counting was, of course, different. Started with two cables on the back of the hand and made it past the gusset and up quite a ways before I realized it just wasn't working. Frogged and started again, this time with three cables. Much better, but had a little problem with my counting and had to frog down to the ribbing and start over again. The third draft of the pattern worked and although there were a few more hiccups, the glove finally looked okay in the end. Finished the second glove on Sunday, and of course, it went much more smoothly. They look a little rough in the photo, but on the hand, they are quite nice. Now I'm just hoping that someone, anyone, will bid on the set.
There's another Knitting and Stitching Show in London tomorrow. Just got an email that they've discounted the Sunday tickets to half price. May have to look into it, but as we all know, I can't ever go to one of those without coming back with something I don't really need.
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