What's on your needles?

Is anybody knitting anything?

I finally worked up the nerve to begin the Aeolian Shawl. I must say, after studing the 8 PAGES of directions and charts, I still didn’t know where I was beginning in the construction. (Am I starting at the “point” of the triangle or where?) Hey, I may have KnitB4ItWasHip, but that doesn’t mean I know everything about it - even if my pride fools me into thinking so.

Now that I am in it, the pattern is very clever. The construction begins at the center of the LONGGGGG side(hypotenuse) of the triangle and the increases create the center point! Ha! I’ve got it.

I only wanted to put beads on the edge. However, I was snookered into the whole shawl being beaded ( because of the construction mysteries), but they make great stitch markers! Thanks to those little buggers, I have only been hoodwinked a couple of times on the repeats.
My first few hours of knitting have (K)netted this:

A Purple Swing

This is the latest. I dawdled finishing because I couldn't decide if I liked the buttons. Then, I stumbled upon a bracelet while shopping. I dismembered it and used the pieces for buttons and Voila! It works. Although, I'm not thrilled with the photos, in person, the buttons look great.

More Pics of Baby Ryan's Sweater

Ryan's Sweater

Frugal times call for frugal gifts - even if they are hand knit. The family down the street has a new baby and before he got too big I wanted him to have a hand knit sweater, The Baby Albert sweater by Sally Melville is just the right choice. Easy knitting for me and style to boot, this seamless sweater will keep little Ryan toasty around the house as he learns to crawl and sport with his brothers. I used 2 skeins of Lion Brand Wool Ease Worsted in Wheat - it didn't even cost $10.00. It is rugged enough for those boys who's dads want them to look "like a boy" and precious enough for all the rest!

Crazy People!

My mom said that I could post this picture I made called Crazy People. He looks like a cat, but with a triangle shape; he has buck teeth and his feet are connected. He has red nose hairs too. I want to say I got this idea from a picture that I did on Microsoft paint. So I want to thank Microsoft paint. Crazy People looks crazy and is crazy.

POMATAMUS SOCKS

As usual I still have trouble finishing things. I began this project on June 20th. These socks are still on the needles - 6 needles to be exact because I am knitting both socks at the same time. I'm using two sets of double pointed needles as you might guess.

The socks are knit with Tess Yarns Super Baby and Sock yarn, a hand dyed delicacy of 75% Wool and 25% Nylon. I purchased it at Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival this year.

The pattern is available as a free download through Knitty.com. What a talented designer Cookie is. She has several beautiful sock patterns to choose from.

Khaki Cables

This beautiful cardigan sweater pattern was published in Winter '06 Knitters Magazine. The yarn is Williamstown by Valley Yarns and distributed by Webs. I found it at Stitches East in Baltimore in November '07. I don't know if the multicolored tweed flecks are visible on the photo, but it is really turning out to be a better choice of yarn than the original Karabella Aurora8 the pattern called for.

The pattern is an easy repeat for the "rope cables" because when the "stag horn" cables are complete every 16 rows, then it is time to do the cable row for the rope pattern.

I have now finished knitting all the pieces and need to block it and stitch it together. Then there is a "front neck band" that is knitted once the fronts are stitched to the back at the shoulders, then a unique frog closure is attached to the fronts.

Stitching all the pieces together continues to be my least favorite thing to do second only to spacing buttonholes. At least this time, I won't have to do the buttonholes.