Another Spinning And Knitting Blog

Ravelry

2007-09-26T11:01:00.000-07:00

Holy shit. I finally got my Ravelry invite last night. After signing up like, three months ago. I had almost forgotten I signed up.

It is not often that I find myself aligning with much of the knitting zeitgeist. I was getting bored with socks when people started being enchanted with them, and my interests have waned (I like to think of it as "specified") to lace (good lace, here, fine lace, not stupid boring lace that is barely lace at all, even though I totally have Icarus wadded up in a ball in my closet needing a wash and a reblocking as I type this) and anything else that is either stranded color work and/or items that are knitted with nothing larger than a size 5 needle (although frankly, I think 5s are pushing it).

But ravelry? That shit is cool. I am finally (finally, god I am so cheap) buying a digital camera with a macro function this weekend - nothing special, but enough, I think, to actually be able to take decent pictures of my stash/projects. With my new Macro Awesomeness almost at my fingertips, and this awesome tutorial on how to light it, I figure I should be up and running pretty quickly.

This site focuses exactly on why the internet is awesome for the knitting, and lets me ignore a lot of the other crap. Love it.

Variegated Yarn Is The New Fun Fur

2007-09-21T11:20:00.000-07:00

So I was checking out the new Fall Knitty, and while I don't feel like there is a huge number of catastrophic failures out there (although, I'm sorry, but you are never going to convince me that the beret is coming back, and I say this as someone who bought Anna Zilboorg's hat book, which like, why did I buy that?! I am never going to make something out of that book. It is like, too lame for RenFest people. I don't think homeless people would ever wear any of those hads), I am a little bugged by the whole "I wear clothes made out of variegated yarn" thing.

Por ejemplo:

Cherie Amour - although the gauge is too thick for me, the pattern's cute, I assume, but it's so difficult to tell because of the color vomitousness. Same with Mr. Greenjeans and Roam.

Sure, I know, not difficult to replace with a solid color - it just seems to me that variegated yarn use is the first sign of someone who has lost the perspective when it comes to knitting. We all go through it to a certain degree - I get the wicked hard jones to start doing really intricate Norwegian colorwork because I know that it is inordinately difficult, and proof of skill, but then I check myself and think "sure, it's beautiful, to a knitter, because we inherently see the skill or value therein, but to everyone else, it looks like a grandma sweater." And then I move it off my list again, having to content myself with perhaps selecting a cute ski sweater (I guess I'm going to have to come up with my own reindeer-patterned yoke style) or something else to lust after.

I think this is also a problem with my peeps, the spinners. I am warning you, variegated yarn is a gateway drug. Because you think "wow, look at these color combinations, and all in one yarn, color color color" and then you get tunnel vision about how perhaps that thing that reminds you of wildflowers in the spring in the skein will look when you, yourself are covered in odd little blotches of red, yellow, green, blue and brown. Answer: like your Koigu vomited on you.

And I love Koigu. I think Variegated yarn has its place. And that place is called "Accessoryland". Socks, gloves, fuck, ladies, I'll even give you a scarf, perchance even a hat, if you can stop rolling into the yarn store proudly wearing the cardigans you made out of hundreds of dollars' worth of ugly, ugly yarn. If you want interesting color combinations, think stripes. Think Fair Isle. Fuck (I can't believe I'm even saying this), think intarsia before you think "well, I'm just going to make this out of variegated yarn because it's like, every pretty color in one!"

Don't even get me started on variegated lace shawls. I'll just leave it at the point that here you are, spending all this time making this beautiful lace piece, and you decide to fucking ruin it by making it in a variegated colorway, removing any ability for people to actually see the details in the lace? Stop. Please, please, just stop. I know, colors are pretty, but just walk away.

This also goes for you self-stripers out there. Enough.

Scouring a fleece

2007-01-27T15:53:00.000-08:00

I am currently in the process of scouring an Icelandic raw fleece.

I tried to skirt it as best I can - I just ripped off the stuff that had like, black gluey buildup and turds.

There is a lot of grass and crap on it, but I am hoping I will wash most of that out.

It is hard work, and one thing that I don't think has been mentioned quite enough in all the instructions about scouring fleeces and washing fleeces and blah blah blah, is the smell.

Good lord. Barnyard+animal turd+wet wool is a really unholy combination. Sure, my hands are going to be soft, but at the expense of my olfactory sensibilities. I am not kidding, it stinks. Bad.

But I didn't realize until today that it was a white fleece (long story), which makes me excited. For the dyeing.

Spinning with a wheel

2007-01-26T09:41:00.001-08:00

First wheelspun singles, originally uploaded by siobhanmc.

So I finally got a spinning wheel, after what seems like years of pining after one.

It's a Kromski Symphony (and I bought it from the woolery, and was really pleased with the service and speed).

I put it together Wednesday night, but because of social commitments, I didn't have a chance to play around with it until last night. Which is the only thing I did.

I was a little concerned that the wheel wasn't going to suit me, since I didn't have a chance to try out different wheels (well, okay, let's be honest, I did have a chance, but I am not the kind of person who looks at my knitting/spinning hobbies as the kind of thing I really want a physical commitment to - I mean, I very rarely buy from my LYS, I don't attend knitting groups, it's just not my bag. Everything that I've done with knitting has been on my own and with help from the great internet, and I figured that I would just adjust to whatever the foibles of my particular wheel).

Which I did. The Kromski has a dead spot at the top of the wheel, when both footmen are in line at the top of a treadle, and I don't know (since this is the first time ever I have ever even touched a real working spinning wheel) if this is typical, but it can get a wee bit annoying. Nothing too bad, but just a little vexing.

I was also concerned about some comments regarding the Symphony being a right-handed wheel only. Since I began with spindle spinning, I feel more comfortable drafting with my right hand (right? That's the one that pulls the fiber out of the wad from my left hand that is holding it) - I don't find it difficult - I just have to remember not to crank my fiber all the way over to the left, and hold it more comfortably in front of me.

I am very proud of my singles - they're thin and lovely and I think they totally don't look like they are beginner singles.

Fall Knitty Review

2006-09-12T09:09:00.000-07:00

Okay, so first of all. This is my first review of a knitting magazine, but I'm thinking of doing them more often, because often when I google a pattern, I find that other people's opinions of the patterns are usually pretty helpful or at least help me see it in a different light (when I am blinded by the skinny model and may not realize that those nipple bobbles will be highly unfortunate in the bright, critical fluorescents of my office).

Starting off with the articles, most of the stuff is super-boring. I mean, it's handing to know how to do a double crochet bind off, but it's not crucial, and not something I am like, dying to know. And let me add at this juncture that if you are having a really hard time figuring out a 3-needle bind off, there are some issues that you seriously need to address with your skill level. I mean, how fucking intuitive could something be?

Jenna's column is too smart for me. I think it's outstanding that knitty features it because I know one day I am going to totally need that stuff when I have sacked up enough to design my own sweater, and the length thing is perfect for one of the designs in this issue, actually, but it's all mathy and hard and I'm like "pop".

The real good article in this is the one about the double-knitting of socks. It's genius, usable, and just really, really, really cool. That shit is what really revs my motor. So crafty and ingenious!

Okay, so on to the patterns.

Viveka - red, bell-sleeved sweater.
Well, first of all, it's made of Tactel, which is polywhatsit and nylon. I have this thing where I hate the drape of non-natural fibers. I mean, sometimes it can be used to its advantage, and you get weird, cool, shapeless stuff that looks kind of good in a deconstructed way, but man, this so does not. If it was in a wool or alpaca or silk blend or something, I think it would look way better. Also, the neckline? Is shitty. It's too low, and you have to wear a shirt or camisole underneath it, which then lends itself to that super layer pudge (have any of you larger girls actually tried layering a deep V over a t-shirt or tank? It looks like shit because it makes your tits look like giant escaping beach balls. I don't like it. The sleeves are alright, though.

Lucie - collared variegated purple pullover
God, save us from variegated yarns. I mean, look. There is a time and a place, and neither of those is "now" and "all over your torso." The silhouette is totally cute, and this is the one I would consider making (but it would have to be lengthened because that sucker would totally show off ass crack), but never, never, never in a variegated yarn. Just because it looks pretty in the skein does not mean it will look pretty as a top. I see people wearing variegated yarn clothing items and they look like sad knitting myopia victims. Do it in a solid, maybe with some stripes or even, ooh, accent seaming and it would be adorable.

Cactus Flower - Mohair and something else pullover with mohair cowl neck
What kind of robots are you people who can stand to have mohair lounging around your sensitive, tender little necks? It feels soft to the hand, sure, but when you put it against soft sensitive skin, you know what it feels like? Satan.

Ivy - wrap cardigan.
...oh, wait, sorry? What did you say? I was asleep from boredom as I have seen this pattern 900,000,000 times already.

Serrano - red lace cardigan
This is cute. I don't like the hook/eye combo because it has a tendency to make those of us who are more bustular look like "HULK SMASH" but that's not to difficult to insert a decent button band or something. It's pretty, light, and would be perfect office cardigan material.

Avast - Men's grey zip-up cardigan.
This is fucking cool. I dig the raglan sleeves, the collar, the tiny little detail at the bottom. It's hip and not grandpa-ish. More of this sort of stuff, please. Well, that is what I would say if I ever would consider knitting for my husband.

Sherwood - green kid's pullover.
Kid's clothes are invisible to me. I am not going to review any of them.

Intolerable Cruelty - mauve skirt
What made me decide to review this Knitty. "Hey guys, are you busy knitting stuff and haven't found enough things that make you look like a total whore? Fret no longer, streetwalkers and skanks! Here is a skirt just for you!" And here's something else.

I think that this skirt would enhance a slim figure, and look absolutely fabulous on a voluptuous one. Wear it anywhere that you want to draw attention to yourself. It will turn heads.

Yeah, of johns. And fat chicks, do not believe her. It will make you look like a fucking purple ribbony bratwurst.

Little Slip of a Thing - purple and green slip stitch felted bag.
Oh my god, did you say a felted bag? With slip stitches?! HOLY CRAP, I HAVE NEVER SEEN ONE OF THESE BEFORE!!!! Oh wait, yes I have. Also, that color combination is horrible. Now if it were pink and that green, I would say "cute but still boring".

Lizard Ridge - Noro patchwork afghan
This is breathtaking. Absolutely beautiful.

Red Herring - red and brown herringbone socks
I love these. The colors are cute, the pattern is adorable, and I could totally see these as knee socks with a tweedy skirt.

Cable Net - blue intricately cabled socks
You better like cables just for the sake of doing them, because nobody will ever compliment you on these unless you beg for it, which is a shame, because they're beautiful and cranking out a pair of these would be quite the accomplishment.

Sox on 2 Stix - see title
Besides the inordinately annoying pluralizing with "x", making socks on two knitting needles is letting the terrorists win. This should be illegal.

Diamante - purple socks
Good for those of you who are making a giant wardrobe of handknit socks to wear every day. I have a thing against purple.

Sugar on Snow - neckwarmer hat thingy
Neckwarmers need to die. That hat is ugly.

Tamarah - weirdo lace shawl
HOLD THE FUCKING SHAWL OUT SO I CAN SEE WHAT SHAPE IT IS! It is also too small, but that can be fixed.

Twiggy Tweed - orange and pink bag
It will be a cold day in hell before I actually use a knitted bag as a purse (I do have a knitted bag that I hold my spinning junk in), but if I was forced at gunpoint to pick a bag, it would be this one. It is not horrible.

Back To School - washcloths with words on them.
I'm not gonna lie to you. Washcloths can be really handy. I have a couple of them lying around that I use for cleaning my toilet and other gross things. But I don't think I would, oh, spend time doing intarsia or Swiss Darning to put stupid words on them.

All in all, I found it to be a very disappointing knitty. Hopefully winter will be better.

Embossed Leaves Socks

2006-09-12T08:59:00.000-07:00

Embossed Leaves Socks - IK Winter '05
Originally uploaded by invinciblegirl.

From the Interweave Winter '05.

Normally I don't do socks because I get bored. There's a great article in the most recent knitty about how to double knit (without crossing so you're sort of knitting two things at the same time) socks, which is like the only actual good thing about knitty this season (we'll get to that later), but mostly I get bored.

I really liked the star-shaped decrease pattern, and it was my first time doing a pattern with a lace bit all the way down the foot while simultaneously working the gusset. It's alright. I think I am going to use nicer yarn next time.

I'm wearing these today because I'm out of white athletic socks. They're nice, but my feet are kind of hot.

Icarus

2006-09-12T08:41:00.000-07:00

Icarus blocked
Originally uploaded by invinciblegirl.

This is what I did this summer. Well, this and not brushing my hair.

(what do you want from me? I took a month off! I am allowed to be slobby!)

Anyway, I bought this yarn while the parents were in town (Alpaca with a Twist Fino in whatever color this is...oh yeah, black) so that my mom and I could start projects together. Her mission: to knit socks. My mission, to finish this shawl in a month.

Which I did. It was way low on the difficulty scale, mainly because the lace was all at the end, and the body of the shawl was just some dumb yarnovers. Like every increasing shawl, this took forever towards the end. I added a repeat, wanting the shawl to be longer than it was originally (since most shawls are too short and my gauge is tight), and then was like "hey, stupid, you're going to run out of yarn."

Fortunately, I had two balls of Kidsilk Haze in Wicked that I had gotten as my "free" gift when signed up with Rowan last year, so I figured I would just use those for the lace pattern. I was actually really pleasantly surprised by it. The lace popped because of the mohair, and the body of the shawl looks all floaty and ethereal and the drape is nicer because the mohair is a little weightier.

It is not nearly cool enough to wear this anywhere, and it being black makes for some difficult wardrobe choices, as it is not particularly casual unless I am going to a potluck as Elsinore, Vampire Of The Li'l Smokies.

I do plan on wearing it to the opera in November, for Madame Butterfly. And yes, my hair will look different.

Lily of the Valley Stole

2006-09-12T08:27:00.001-07:00

Stole on Mom
Originally uploaded by invinciblegirl.

So here is a better picture of the stole with my mom modeling it.

Can you tell during the summer my interest in knitting wanes significantly? I have barely done anything lately, and not just because the A.C. upstairs is broken so my knitting room is hotter than hades. I also blame Puzzle Pirates for sucking away all my free time.

Anyway, this is a better picture of the stole - I really like it because of the shininess that you can see on it brought out by the silk.

This was taken while at Lake Wallenpaupack in the Poconos, hanging with the parents. My mom was nice enough to bring the shawl with her so I could take some decent pictures since I don't actually have a digital camera myself.

Hanging on the clothesline
Originally uploaded by invinciblegirl.

Here's another picture of it, artfully arranged on the clothesline. By the way, the Poconos are beautiful.

Wrist Distaff

2006-04-28T10:55:00.000-07:00

wrist distaff
Originally uploaded by invinciblegirl.

I've made a note on the photo of how to create this, but this is how I did it, just so in case someone else is looking. I have no idea of the practicality or lack there of of my particular interpretation from other people's pictures, but this is what I did.

I had some Paton's Merino lying around from ages ago, and figured that I would use that (I am not particularly obsessed with the loveliness of my tools, just in case you were wondering why I used an orange in the babyshit hue family). So I cut 5 equidistant lengths (longer than you would think, because they need to be long enough to single crochet (in my case with my fingers) into a length long enough to fit around your wrist and have 4-5 inches of droop down on the bottom. After you're done, tie a knot in the bottom.

I attached beads to the bottom stringies, which I guess helps with weighing it down and keeping your fiber from crawling all over your arm.

Really, so worth it to make one. So, SO worth it. It just goes to show that 99% of the difficulty of doing something when it comes to knitting/fiber/spinning, blah is working up the confidence to figure "what's the worst that can happen"?

Spun Single
Originally uploaded by invinciblegirl.

This is what that looks like when it is spun and set. I have been using part of a disassembled sconce setup that we got from Bed, Bath, and Beyond a long time ago. The architecture was basically a metal rail that you screwed into the wall, and then you hooked these three things with candleholder bases at the bottom of varying lengths onto it. We lost the rail, but still have the hangy parts, which works perfectly to weigh down the yarn while drying.

Plying
Originally uploaded by invinciblegirl.

And this is what I am currently actually doing on the spindle. I am basically standing in my theater room, watching a rerun of Footballer's Wives (god, that show, she is the crack rock) and letting balls of singles roll around the floor while I try my damnedest to make sure that one isn't wrapping around the other, but that they wrap around EACH other. Plying is a fucking pain in the ass.

Spinning

2006-04-27T10:56:00.000-07:00

I have been having a middling time spinning on the drop spindle. I think that my problem is that I was working really hard on getting thin singles so I could ply them into thin yarn because I am not a fan of bulky yarn and I wanted something delicate and hand spun, like a scarf or a shawl or something.

Well, I don't think my drop spindling skillz are really going to cut it.

I have a bunch of unplied singles that are lying around - they're some kind of wool, kind of soft (I wish I could remember what it was) in a heathered green color. I tried plying it and almost killed myself, my cats, my yarn, and the television in my fits of complete rage.

Boy, I like the drafting/spinning part, but plying just pisses me off.

So I broke up with that fiber for a while, and decided after a long hiatus from spinning that I would try the other fiber I got - this Interlacements color way. The dying is gorgeous, and I'm finding it a little nicer to spin - I think the staple length is longer than the other stuff. But I know that the plying is going to kill me again, and I am trying not to think about it.

I did improve my spinning experience by about 150% last night, after I decided to make a wrist distaff because draping fiber over my shoulder and then dropping it and getting it all caught on my spinning was infuriating me and making for some very odd furry yarn blobs.

Makes a huge difference. HUGE. Now I can contain my fiber and use my left hand just for drafting. I had no idea.

Chip is still making fun of me for wanting a wheel, even though I am bugging him nonstop about it every time the discussion of my birthday or Christmas comes up because seriously, it is all I want and I wish he would just get it for me.

I made the mistake of mentioning that as a long-term goal, after I became a proficient enough spinner on the wheel (which yes, I realize, will take years), I wouldn't mind learning how to weave, and maybe getting a loom.

Oh, the Amish jokes. They never stop being funny. "Ha ha, we should get you a butter churn after that."

Finished!

2006-03-20T20:24:00.000-08:00

Bi-Color Cables - completed (2)
Originally uploaded by invinciblegirl.

Man. I can't believe it. I finished it a couple of days ago, but I didn't like where the buttons were (I put them too close to the edge, so I got more gap than I have now (a little gap is nice and charming, I think, but too much is encouraging sausaginess).

More flattering than I would have thought (except for the pajama pant roll around my waist - not the best look) - the darker pantel I think is actually slimming, with the cables acting like outlines for some sort of modicum of shape.

Oh, who am I kidding. It is REALLY soft and comfy and I think looking forward to its future as a work sweater.

Hey! Can you tell this was taken in my bathroom?

Dang

2006-03-14T13:56:00.000-08:00

I can tell you right now that this cardigan is going to, how do you say, not fit?

WHYYY!!!??

I am still going to stitch it up, but goddamn, how close to gauge do I need to get!? Why is it so bizarrely gargantuan?

Bi-color Cables body (blocking)

2006-03-12T18:01:00.000-08:00

Bi-color Cables body (blocking)
Originally uploaded by invinciblegirl.

Being blocked. It looks far more like an actual piece of clothing now.

I haven't sewn up the hem facing, and it still looks a little oogly down there but I will fix that when it is dry.

Good gracious

2006-02-28T10:24:00.000-08:00

Boy, this is one ugly-ass sweater.

"I tried to take that supreme loseriness of wearing a assy sweater vest over a shirt, and incorporate it all into one UberUgly sweater. Which is exacerbated by the most heinous, unflattering colors that have ever been known to man."

I do like the Starsky, though. Although I have a feeling after seeing an unfortunate picture of a rather well-endowed woman posing in her one-button cardigan from IK, that it might be the sort of thing that is better left to the svelte, as it has the possibility of making me look like a pudgy snowman.

Let's talk about skill level

2006-02-24T11:48:00.000-08:00

This is prompted by the Knitting Olympics. I am not so much a joiner of things as other people are, and I really don't like to deadline myself when it comes to my knitting. I might joing a knitalong if the mood strikes me, but generally I'm kind of a loner when it comes to this kind of stuff. I have a few questions, possibly, but that's what the internet is for, and as time progresses, I find that with a little judicious googling and some sitting down and actually thinking about it, I can figure out what's going on.

And also, look, I realize that the potential for flamewars in knitting blogs his huge (and hilariously overwrought, but I guess if you really are into something and it turns into a community, then there it is). But I have to say I was really sort of disappointed with how far people really were willing to push themselves.

And I realize that it's not my place and that it's none of my business if you want to knit scarves out of Lion Brand for the rest of your life, but when the challenge is to do something challenging, I hardly thing a sock is the thing. Even if you're a scarf knitter. I mean, you've got two weeks, dude, pick something else! Pick something that is going to require some sweat, some tears, some blood! Short rows are not it.

This is all coming from a process knitter. I get bored, about halfway through, of the same old thing and end up having to push myself through to get that sense of accomplishment. But the thing is that knitting is not rocket science. So you screw up something, or don't put something else where it needs to be - rip it back and fix it, or ignore it and make it up as you go along.

I know, I am a jerk, and I am not really that interested in people's stupid wristwarmers (oh my god, wrist warmers and ponchos are going to be the goddamned death of me), and would rather see something that has required some effort, some resolve, some real hardcore attempt and bringing oneself beyond what has been done in the past. I want to always be able to say "this is a new thing I've done" with every project I start. Otherwise what's the point? Padding my wardrobe with sweaters that cost $160? When I live in Texas?

Bi-color cables body

2006-02-24T11:45:00.000-08:00

Bi-color cables body
Originally uploaded by invinciblegirl.

This is what I'm working on now.

It's the pattern from IK Winter '05. Yarn is Austermann Barkarole in Glacier Grey and Nordic Blue.

This is the body mostly finished (without the hem sewn up). I am pretty happy with how quickly I'm progressing on it. Also, I'm happy that I can take the sleeves with me to Houston this weekend as they're more portable.

Cross-Country Rainbow Chullo Past Project # something

2006-02-24T11:44:00.000-08:00

Cross-Country Rainbow Chullo
Originally uploaded by invinciblegirl.

This was my first fair-isle. Pattern is Cross-Country from Knitty.

This is without a doubt, the thing I have used the most that I have made. It got really cold a week ago and I wore the shit out of it.

Turns out that fair isle is not the time to do tension experimentation. The top looks a little Basil's Cathedral for me, but nobody will notice and if they do, I punch them in the throat.

And so, my tassels aren't done. So what?

Lily of the Valley Stole

2006-02-24T11:41:00.000-08:00

Mom's Stole
Originally uploaded by invinciblegirl.

Pattern is this one (oh my god, I paid for a pattern).

Yarn is Copper Zephyr. (I used a little over two skeins, so it was pretty econonomical and I made it longer than the pattern said).

This was actually a really good experience from beginning to end for me. There are a few mistakes where I think I missed a YO somewhere, and then tried to fix it three rows later, in a daring bid of confidence that did not so much pay off (do not overestimate your skill level, grasshopper, but I will talk about that in another post). But nobody will notice, and if they do (mainly my mother, who I made this for), I will tell her to shove it as I spent hours and hours knitting thread.

The yarn is lovely, and my god, I can not wait to do another Fiddlesticks pattern because the instructions were gloriously easy to follow. I wish everyone wrote instructions like they do.

I still haven't sent this to my mom. It is sitting on my desk in my knitting room/office as I type this. Poor forlorn wrap.

Koigu Gloves - Past Project #3

2006-02-24T11:32:00.000-08:00

Koigu Gloves
Originally uploaded by invinciblegirl.

Pattern from here.

I think either I did not measure my hands correctly or that pattern kind of sucks because those gloves make my hands look like Mr. Potato Head's. Except more psychedelic.

I do like the Koigu, but that is probably because it is one of my favorite yarns.

I mentioned on the picture caption that the fingers on the left hand look very nipply, and that was performed due to the pattern. I recommend doing a less tapered round of decreases per finger so you don't look so creepy.

Actually, I would just recommend finding one of the brazilian different stupid fucking patterns of fingerless gloves (almost as stupid as the goddamned wristwarmers that are so ubiquitous, and it's like, dude, my wrists have never been cold) and just knitting to the end of your finger, do a K2 tog round of decreases and then pull the end through, hat-stylee.

These were knitted for me to smoke cigarettes in without freezing my hands off. Unfortunately, due to their puffiness and general non-fittitude, I handle cigarettes like I have no tendons in my hands.

Kiri shawl - Past Project #2

2006-02-24T11:25:00.000-08:00

Kiri shawl
Originally uploaded by invinciblegirl.

Created about a month after the Tank Top of Humiliation, this I actually use. Patteren is here, but it is a pdf so you are warned.

Even though my blocking leaves much to be desired, but that's because my tension on the first half of the cast-off was terrible and you can't make points when the edge is taut as Carmen Electra's breastal skin.

This was done in Peruvian Baby Cashmere in Cashmere Blue (which I think is a misnomer unless they are breeding blue cashmere goats). I have at least 8 balls of this left.

I also have 4 skeins of the Premiere in Azalea left. What I don't have is any idea what to do with them.

Shapely Tank - Past Project #1

2006-02-24T11:18:00.000-08:00

Knit shapely tank
Originally uploaded by invinciblegirl.

Okay, so this is the first clothing implement I made, more than a year ago. It's made with Classic Elite Premiere in Azalea. You might not be able to tell the color because I took it in the orchid room I had in the old place, with fluorescent lights, and I look like a corpse.

A corpse with huuuuge tits.

Bored with the endless stockinette (I took on the job in order to learn shaping and stuff. Mostly all I notice now is how the seaming created all this gnarly wrinkliness by my boobs), I decided to do some trinity stitch on the shoulders. Which was a mistake because it looks totally dumb.

I have worn this in public approximately no times.

Original pattern is here

A Knitting Blog

2006-02-24T11:11:00.000-08:00

There are people on the internet who would mock me endlessly about the fact that I started a knitting blog. Those people should never find out about this.

But you know, how much can I really tell my husband? The poor sap has totally already learned so much about orchids he's all "phalaenopsis" this and "oncidium" that and I just pity the poor guy when I finally get my spinning wheel which I hope he buys me and like totally soon, fucker.

So this is my super awesome knitting blog, featuring pictures taken by phone camera because I am crappy and have lost two digital cameras in a year and a half and now can not be trusted.