tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33483202011-09-04T19:52:02.836-04:00amethyst musemy bouts with creativity recorded here. the original ADD knitter!hazenoreply@blogger.comBlogger3061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1126182947248331352005-09-08T08:35:00.000-04:002005-09-08T08:35:47.286-04:00TestTest of the blogger for word capabilities.hazenoreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1122408130273082302005-07-26T16:01:00.000-04:002005-07-26T16:02:10.290-04:00My Wish List: Rebecca 29 Rowan 37 Rowan Denim People hazenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1122222572336006552005-07-24T12:26:00.000-04:002005-07-24T12:29:32.343-04:00This is the back of the criss cross top from the summer VK. I've been finished knitting for a while, and have procrastinated on the finishing. I've only blocked the back so far. I'll block the front and sleeves tonight. Next up...seaming.hazenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1120784206539246042005-07-07T20:56:00.000-04:002005-07-07T20:56:46.543-04:00Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.hazenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1120784133983350152005-07-07T20:55:00.000-04:002005-07-07T20:55:33.986-04:00Haloscan commenting and trackback have been added to this blog.hazenoreply@blogger.com54tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1120514394951074172005-07-04T17:52:00.000-04:002005-07-04T17:59:54.960-04:00Happy 4th!Knitting sucks. At least for me right now it does. I finally completed Accidentally on Purpose top from Stitch 'n Bitch Nation. Blocked it, and you know what. It blocked to 28" long. I wasn't looking for a vest. I'm pissed. I'll knit it again. One day. Right now I'm thinking of reusing that yarn for the Honeymoon Cami or Soleil. I also started Gracie from Rowan 31. Size 2 needles hazenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1119377143107833472005-06-21T14:04:00.000-04:002005-06-21T14:05:43.113-04:00I'm back over here. No j.o.b. means no paying for typepad. I must make do with FREE. Lots of knitting time, not much knitting getting done. Too many projects, and always looking for new ones to start. Some projects frogged.hazenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1118262099415495112005-06-08T16:21:00.000-04:002005-06-08T16:21:39.470-04:00testhazenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1080506256474680162004-03-28T15:37:00.000-05:002004-03-28T15:40:10.530-05:00i'm moving to typepad. (eventually, this moving stuff is time consuming!)
http://thapurplehaze.typepad.com/amethyst_muse/
hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1080485099003343292004-03-28T09:44:00.000-05:002004-03-28T09:47:32.733-05:00wow. can't believe its been over a week since i last posted! knitting is moving right along. i finished the first sleeve of the eyelet top, and the back of the little black top, and cast on for the fronts of both, as well as the cabled shell. i promised myself that after these projects are done, i'll pick up at least one of my UFOs from last summer--like the glace shell, and smooch. that being hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1079819465266664252004-03-20T16:51:00.000-05:002004-03-20T16:54:54.920-05:00with a burst of energy (and blogsurfing) i wound another ball of yarn, and early this morning i finished the back of the little black top. now i'm trying to decide whether i should cast on for the front, or get the i-cord out of the way. in the meantime, i'm making [slow] progress on the eyelet top. i wish i could show you a picture, but there aren't any online. it's from last summer's FCEK, and hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1079724856823178942004-03-19T14:34:00.000-05:002004-03-19T14:36:41.763-05:00my knitting buddy is the best!! i was so surprised at what i received in the mail yesterday. just a few days ago i was thinking if i could figure out how to make beaded stitch markers. (did i mention that here?) and that's exactly what i received from my secret pal. and i love the case they came in too.
last night i reached the armhole shaping of the back of the little black top. i am loving hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1079375307286491672004-03-15T13:28:00.000-05:002004-03-15T13:31:21.153-05:00so much stuff to knit, so little time, and only two hands! i started yet another new project yesterday, the little black top from the S'nB book. finished the back of the cabled shell. i don't care for the luxe yarn, but it came out very nice. i'm hoping that the slight scratchiness of the yarn will dissipate with a good wash and some fabric softener.hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1079113614188971642004-03-12T12:46:00.000-05:002004-03-12T12:49:11.903-05:00oh! and i'm still lusting over Rogue, but have yet to find the *right* yarn for it. i want cotton, or maybe a wool/cotton blend...but somewhat lightweight, that I can conceivably throw on year-round. HELP! All suggestions greatly appreciated!!hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1079109608583255592004-03-12T11:40:00.000-05:002004-03-12T11:42:26.340-05:00I've gotten a headstart on spring and summer. I'm gonna be a tank girl too! My three current projects are coming along. The eyelet top is a little slower of course, on size 3 needles. I also have 3 UFOs that have come out of hiding. Some quick finishing, and they will be done. Although I suspect that one project may need more than just some quick finishing.
I am so thoroughly ehtused my my hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-107704012220002512004-02-17T12:48:00.000-05:002004-02-17T12:50:36.090-05:00I KNOW I have WIPS to finish. But the call for a NEW project is strong. But hell if I know what it will be. Sporing/summer items of course. And as a segue into the warm weather, I'd like to knit a t-shirt. I really like the top-down t-shirt in the Winter 03/04 IK, but am clueless as to what yarn to use to substitute. And then there is the girl-child. If she'd stop growing so quickly, I'd be hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1076770429742930792004-02-14T09:53:00.000-05:002004-02-14T09:55:41.030-05:00i've not been knitting very much. finally finished one sleeve of cafe bastille. the pattern called for 18" in lentgh, before armhole shaping, but that was WAY too short. for the boy-child, i had to add an additional FIVE inches to the sleeve length. can you say orangutan arms?? aside from that, i'm in a slump. i want to knit, but not any of the projects listed on my WIP list. i want something NEWhazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1076770166409051002004-02-14T09:49:00.000-05:002004-02-14T09:51:17.153-05:00You are Mohair.
You are a warm and fuzzy type who works well withothers, doing your share without being tooweighty. You can be stubborn and absolutelyrefuse to change your position once it is set,but that's okay since you are good at coveringup your mistakes.
What kind of yarn are you? brought to you by Quizillahazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1074888348437290922004-01-23T15:05:00.000-05:002004-01-23T15:07:17.763-05:00i'm back.
there hasn't been much knitting going on. i frogged Core when it became apparent that my darling girl-dhild is growing much faster than i can knit. i have to hustle with Sweet so that it will be wearable. or i may decide to frog that too. she's at an in-between stage. mot kids patterns are too small, most adult patterns are inappropriate for her age. still teaching her to knit, albeithazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1073620072291950152004-01-08T22:47:00.000-05:002004-01-08T22:49:06.670-05:00no new knitting content. i haven't knit at all this week. i've been hovering in a state of exhaustion, combined with a terminal case of nausea. add to that an incredible bout of stress, and it's a wonder anything is getting done. i'm very worried about how things are going to end up for me. it is really getting to the point where i may lose everything, and to be honest, i'm scared. i don't hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1073334761518461992004-01-05T15:32:00.000-05:002004-01-05T15:33:52.763-05:00Happy New Year! Knitting has slowed down a bit, as I pick up the writing once again. But yes, I still manage a few rows here and there, while waiting for the muse to strike. I've finished the body of Cafe Bastille, and started the neckband. When that's done, I'll start the sleeves. Still contemplating warm weather gear, so I haven't started anything new. I'm avoiding Sweet, because it callshazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1072477006490645122003-12-26T17:16:00.000-05:002003-12-26T17:17:48.013-05:00hope everyone is having a happy holiday.moving right along with core and cafe bastille. i am midway up through the armhole shaping in the back, but it needs to be ripped back. the body needs to be longer, for my extra tall son. he says its too short. i didn't realize what a long torso he has. . still thinking ahead to future (warm weather) projects, but nothing is really grabbing my attention.hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1072119834559149862003-12-22T14:03:00.000-05:002003-12-22T14:04:52.216-05:00well, i worked some more on core this saturday; at least until i got tired of blue hands. and i added quite a bit to cafe bastille. i should be up to the armholes soon. i hope the sleeves go just as fast. i also started a plain k3,p3 scarf yesterday. it was quite cold this weekend. but today, it's in the 50s, so i'm not so pressed about it. over the next couple of days i want to do some hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1071896672258275642003-12-20T00:04:00.000-05:002003-12-20T00:05:27.576-05:00finished the back of Sweet. used slightly less than two balls of Silky Look. i wasn't too thrilled with this yarn at first, but i'm really liking it now. i have a total of 10 balls, and sweet may take 5-6. what to do with the rest...?? true to my word, i've turned my attention to Core. here come the blue-tinged fingers.hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1071812914072605622003-12-19T00:48:00.000-05:002003-12-19T00:57:37.763-05:00sweet is coming right along. i'm almost done with the back. babygirl loves the color (hot pink). and i've got about 11 inches so far on Cafe Bastille, with general approval from the man-child. neither one will be done for christmas, so they will be a post-christmas gifts. the wrist is feeling better, as i gave myself a bit of rest from knitting. and alternating between size 4 and size 11 hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1071627155662887872003-12-16T21:12:00.000-05:002003-12-16T21:14:57.436-05:00oh hell. 2/3 of the way through the final sleeve for Chippy and I run out of yarn. i was sure it wouldn't take more than one ball of Cotton Ease, but i guess i was mistaken. so that is on hold until i can get some more. i've gone ahead and seamed up the shoulders and pulled it over my head. undecided whether or not i need to close up the boatneck shaping a wee bit, so for now it stays. i wenthazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1071366987673973042003-12-13T20:56:00.000-05:002003-12-13T20:57:15.966-05:00i was "forced" to start a new project. [that's my story, and i'm stickin' to it]. Cafe Bastille from the fall IK. It's going pretty fast, and is a change up from the smaller gauge projects i'm working on. Hopefully it won't aggravate my wrist too much. hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1071244420619474332003-12-12T10:53:00.000-05:002003-12-12T10:54:27.546-05:00SS Turtleneck is done!! its a little big, and i still have ends to weave in, but overall i'm pretty damn pleased with it.hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1071036144812261872003-12-10T01:02:00.000-05:002003-12-10T01:03:10.060-05:0021 rows to finish the final sleeve of the SS turtleneck. i'm so excited! i can't wait to wear this thing. i've been perusing my knitting books, and my stash inventory. i think i want to try the DB Ruffled Cardi from the summer '03 VK. i plan to use LB Microspun. found out today that my local Michael's is CLOSING! How can they do this to me???
tomorrow, while the sleeves are blocking, i'll hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1070854052768794682003-12-07T22:27:00.000-05:002003-12-07T22:28:15.576-05:00one third of the way up the sleeve of the SS Turtleneck, and i've run out of yarn. no biggie. it is no-dye-lot acrylic. so i picked up Accordian and finished the right front to that, only to find out that it's too short. i *forgot* to make note that i lengthened the back by 1". no biggie. now i'm working on Sweet. yup another project. i figure with so many projects well on their way to hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1070760802175076172003-12-06T20:33:00.000-05:002003-12-07T22:28:29.013-05:00moving right along with the final sleeve to the SS turtleneck. i love it so far. still think it will be a bit big, but that's okay. it is not horrendously big, just in a sorta "i lost weight" kinda way. even though i have not yet lost said weight. i will definitely need another skein of Simply Soft. i'm nearing the end now.
Does this mean i'm a "real" knitter? for the past few days i've hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1070483746467011172003-12-03T15:35:00.000-05:002003-12-06T20:32:22.860-05:00the turtleneck on the lush turtleneck....(i think i will rename this the SS turtleneck. SS=Simply Soft) looks great. i'm very happy with how it is turning out thus far. the real test is knitting a MATCHING sleeve. i get too tangled up to do two sleeves at once, but i have some trouble knitting sleeves that match in size.confession time: i started a new project. Core from pipsqueaks for hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1070415635572491132003-12-02T20:40:00.000-05:002003-12-02T22:36:25.046-05:00Note the date: today i pick up stitches for the lush turtleneck. let's see how many times i frog till i get it right. Update: so far, so good, i think i finally got the hang of picking up stitches!the front of Chippy is done. i had to salvage a couple of extra long cast on tails to finish binding off. even though i still have a sleeve to do...i know that is going to take a complete ball.i'm hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1069809930548582342003-11-25T20:25:00.000-05:002003-11-25T20:26:01.560-05:00Grace may have to go. i was on gauge with the sleeves, but i've started and re-started the back and am not happy. i can't get gauge at all. weird, huh? i'm wondering what else i can use the purple bandolino for. hmmmm....moving right along with Accordian. the back is done, and i'm working on one of the front pieces. its a really easy pattern, and i'm looking forward to making one for myself, hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1069078620262058672003-11-17T09:17:00.000-05:002003-11-25T20:15:49.733-05:00added progress bars. if you can't see them (in pink) please let me know! not much knitting this weekend. more time spent writing. i did finish the hood on LoTech. hope to get some more done this week.hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1068826575954904702003-11-14T11:16:00.000-05:002003-11-14T11:16:35.796-05:00trying to add the progress meters to my blog, but it doesn't seem to be working. ok back to knitting! LOL i've finished all the pieces of LoTech but i need to let them "marinate" while i contemplate picking up stitches. also finished the front of the lush turtleneck, but now i need to lengthen the back to match the front. i *thought* it matched up, but was mistaken. maybe this weekend i'll hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1068446031013908252003-11-10T01:33:00.000-05:002003-11-14T11:12:15.716-05:00i haven't been writing much. however, i did manage to finish the hood and pockets of Lo-Tech. i'm working on the final sleeve now, while the fronts, back and pockets are blocking. aside from that i haven't been doing much else. i need to hunt down a ball (or two) of Red Woolease chunky so i can finish the ribbie cardi.hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1068176121536457072003-11-06T22:35:00.000-05:002003-11-06T22:35:19.440-05:00i'm writing. really i am. 1046 words so far today. but i've been knitting too. don't ask how i do it, but i knit while i'm at the keyboard--i really need some dictation software!. anyway, i worked on the top-down cardi. finished the first sleeve, and finished the collar. that collar made a hell of a difference. it actually looks like something now.i tried it on, and it is still slightly hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1068084731851409562003-11-05T21:12:00.000-05:002003-11-05T21:12:49.516-05:00finished the pocket of Lo-Tech. and now i really need to pick up more WoolEase. i've gone back to work on the top-down cardi. i'm just about done with the first sleeve. the 20" zipper i bought seems to be a little short, so i will probably go back and add on to it, to accomodate the 24" zipper i found.
3XChic x2 - gonna try again. this time a size large. i haven't actually *started* this hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1067961973669403902003-11-04T11:06:00.000-05:002003-11-04T11:06:12.290-05:00finished another front of Lo-Tech, and started on a pocket. this is really coming together pretty quickly. i'm also doing the NaNoWriMo thing, so my knitting time will be sporadic over the next month. hopefully i will still be able to get further along on the project already started. the good thing is, i won't have time to start anything else!hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1067841420411383542003-11-03T01:37:00.000-05:002003-11-03T01:36:58.786-05:00i've been all over the place the past few days. finished a sleeve on Chippy, rejoined the pieces of Ribbie Cardi, and started the 2nd front piece of Lo-Tech. finished up babygirl's sweater wednesday night. she wore it thursday, and it is *just* fitting. it won't last very long. but it is warm, so much so, that she ended up taking it off. she also said it was itchy, but i think that was hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1067309980797694902003-10-27T21:59:00.000-05:002003-10-28T21:03:09.636-05:00i sewed up one seam and one sleeve of the GPPand let her try it on. as i suspected, the neck is a little difficult to put on, but otherwise it fits. i'm glad i fudged the neckline, or else she would've never gotten it over her head. she likes it. she is going to wear it thursday for her school field trip (provided it's not cancelled). i need to get back to Chippy. i think i'll take that to hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1067176831691346322003-10-26T09:00:00.000-05:002003-10-26T09:03:25.743-05:00after a stressful week, i was definitely in need of some knitting therapy. al the pieces are done for babygirl's GPP. i finished the neckline (after frogging 3 times) and sewed the shoulder seams. the sleeves are blocking, and i'll get them sewn in today. after that, i think i'll work on the sleeves for Chippy for a while. have i mentioned that i really dislike knitting sleeves?hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1066573574378841852003-10-19T10:26:00.000-04:002003-10-19T13:14:28.006-04:00worked on GPP grand plan pullover yesterday. re-knit the back and finished the front. i'm happier with how it came out this time. i used a larger needle and loosened up my very tight knitting. it is more drapey and not as stiff.i joined the pieces of the ribby cardie and started the decreases. i'll be glad when this one is done. accordian has to be frogged. the back is too small, and i hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1066421614829389352003-10-17T16:13:00.000-04:002003-10-17T16:13:34.803-04:00the "no-swatch demon" got me again. 3XChic is too small--at least for its intended recipient (mom). ok. so i didn't swatch. but i did check my gauge, and it was spot on. i made the smallest size. figuring the finished measurement is 40", surely it will fit. HA! too small. but the homespun feels just lovely, and now i want a homespun sweater. at least i have another unfinished sweater that hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1066321022859060692003-10-16T12:17:00.000-04:002003-10-16T12:19:14.816-04:003XChic is blocking. why is it....the last portion of the last sleeve seems to take for-e-ver! the ribby cardie sleeve has been on the needles for two days already. i started on the front of the lo-tech sweat, that should be done this weekehnd, i hope.pondering the next projects in the queue.....hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1066133655792817142003-10-14T08:14:00.000-04:002003-10-15T11:36:25.363-04:00between sunday and monday, i started a toddler sized accordian. between maintaining a nice tight gauge, and k4p4 rib, my hands hurt. now, when doing rib, i always have that annoying problem that the last knit stitch before a purl stitch comes out loose and crappy. well thanks to another blogger, (i forgot who), i found out that wrapping the yarn under then over on the purl stitch after the hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1065905196746291102003-10-11T16:46:00.000-04:002003-10-11T22:52:24.916-04:003XChic is done. all thats left is blocking, neckline and seaming. i finally got back to the ribby cardi. yesterday i started and finished one sleeve. tonight i'll work on the 2nd. picked up a zipper for the top-down cardi, but i think it's too short. i want to lengthen it a little bit. and i want to make accordian for my daughter. she's not a toddler, but the adult small would be way too bighazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1065587088065097352003-10-08T00:24:00.000-04:002003-10-11T16:42:22.183-04:00i want to make this:hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1065545167080118562003-10-07T12:46:00.000-04:002003-10-08T00:31:18.170-04:00oh hell. i was plugging away at the back of Grace today. took a good look at it, stretched out on two needles, and i said to myself, "hmmm....this looks a little small". break out the measuring tape, and hell yeah! by like 4 inches!!! i scratched my head and said, "WTF?" i re-checked my gauge on the sleeves which are complete. they are right on point. but for whatever reason, my gauge on hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1065243619121559552003-10-04T01:00:00.000-04:002003-10-04T01:00:19.273-04:00OH CRAP!!!! i've been chugging along with the 1st sleeve for the ribby cardi , loving that it's moving along so quickly...and you know what??? two-thirds complete, and i realize (like an idiot) that I DIDN'T CAST ON ENOUGH STITCHES!!! at this point i'm supposed to have 54 stitches, and i have 44. SHIT. i'm pissed at myself. hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1065067000819317212003-10-01T23:56:00.000-04:002003-10-01T23:56:40.186-04:00moving right along....worked on the first sleeve of the top down cardi. but that's boring...stockinette round and round we go. so i started the right front of the ribby cardi and i'm almost finished with that. also put down a few rows on the back of Grace. all in all, its been a good day.hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1064988974018028932003-10-01T02:16:00.000-04:002003-10-01T02:16:13.946-04:002nd sleeve of 3XChic is done. now i can move on to something else. this is a christmas present, so i can let it "marinate" for a bit, while i work on something else. i think tomorrow i will try to get back to work on my daughter's sweater. i have more stuff to make for her, and i want to get started before she goes through yet another growth spurt. i fudged around with the numbers/gauge of hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1064854924123324742003-09-29T13:02:00.000-04:002003-09-29T13:02:04.226-04:00oh yeah, i forgot....Happy Birthday to Me.......hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1064839453584621192003-09-29T08:44:00.000-04:002003-09-29T08:44:13.126-04:00up late last night, working on the top down cardi. finished the ribbing and am ready to start the sleeves. i think this past week has been a week for sleeves. i really dislike knitting sleves. keeping track of increases, decreases...more of a chance of messing up. i become an anal row counter when it comes to sleeves, to ensure they come out looking the same. so, this morning, i'm back to hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1064694595237431552003-09-27T16:29:00.000-04:002003-09-29T08:38:10.286-04:00transferred stuff to my new template, but obviously something's wrong. i just don't feel like playing with it right now. i'm plugging away at my top down cardi. the rows are endless and it seems like it's taking forever. i may take a break from it and work on Grace today.hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1064693329736733912003-09-27T16:08:00.000-04:002003-09-27T16:08:49.776-04:00well, i chose a new template. now i need to working on getting all my stuff back. this sucks.hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1064635214957079772003-09-27T00:00:00.000-04:002003-09-27T00:00:15.120-04:00what tha hell? i tried to edit my template, but it only partially loads into the template editor. i really am not in the mood to select a new template and all that crap. in any case....Grace has TWO complete sleeves, and I've started the back. Top Down Cardi is coming along...still knitting the body portion. And I've started yet another pattern. the Grand Plan Pullover that was featured in IKhazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1064268217734988412003-09-22T18:03:00.000-04:002003-09-22T18:03:37.836-04:00finished the back to 3XChic yesterday. it is a very quick knit. now i'm back to the raglan cardi. hopefully i can finish the body on that this week.
i've been strangely attrached to the poncho knit-along. i'm not a poncho kind of gal. or at least i thought i wasn't. however...there is a pattern that has been calling me for a while. it is in the Fall '02 FCEK. The one with Greenlee (fromhazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1064102652613430292003-09-20T20:04:00.000-04:002003-09-20T20:04:12.696-04:00i started yet another project. only because i'm still waiting for more yarn from elann.com, and i needed something to work on that was pretty mindless at the park today. i started 3xChic, which will probably go to my mom. still plugging away at everything else, and i will NOT start anything else. really. i can't. i figure i can finish the top down raglan cardi by the end of the month. maybe hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1063517552120173852003-09-14T01:32:00.000-04:002003-09-20T20:01:48.010-04:00well, the left front of the ribbie cardi is done. this is going real quick like. i'm alternating between that and Grace, with some [yuck] swatching in between. been looking for an online vendor that has Berroco Uxbridge Tweed with reasonable shipping.hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1063425687164079872003-09-13T00:01:00.000-04:002003-09-13T00:01:27.040-04:00HOLY CRAP!!! Thanks to this link, and an animation of how to pick up stitches i realize i've been doing it ALL WRONG! currently, i have 2 or 3 projects awaiting the dreaded "pick up stitches". but still, there is a wee bit of confusion, when a pattern states "pick up and knit". do i pick up a stitch, knit it, then pick up another? do i pick up al the stitches then knit? i can't wait to try outhazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1062958805394543562003-09-07T14:20:00.000-04:002003-09-07T14:20:05.403-04:00not much knitting going on. i started a temp gig on 8/27, which was supposed to end on 9/5, but (lucky for me) has been extended one more week. sooo....transitioning into working again has left me exhausted. lol but a good exhausted. i feel like i'm a functioning member of society again. Inishmore is coming along really slowly. i haven't even finished a complete pattern repeat. i started hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1062366000970962832003-08-31T17:40:00.000-04:002003-09-07T14:14:11.410-04:00oh bloody hell. the FCEK wrap top is too big. wayy too big. have i lost weight since i started it way back when? possibly. i've got to frog it. probably the whole thing, and start again. but not today. not anytime soon. as far as i'm concerned, it can languish in the frog pond for a season before i look at it again. ARRGGGHHH!!!!hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1061946956003884762003-08-26T21:15:00.000-04:002003-08-26T21:15:56.076-04:00the Interview Game:1. Leave a comment saying you want to be interviewed.2. I'll reply and give you five questions to answer.3. You'll update your LJ or blog with the five questions answered.4. You'll include this explanation.5. You ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed. And it just keeps going, and going, and going.hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1061946897273734822003-08-26T21:14:00.000-04:002003-08-26T21:14:57.346-04:00INTERVIEW, questions courtesy of Unfurnished Brooklyn [Iris]1) What is your favorite season?I think I would have to say the fall. The beginning of the school year, the start of football season. Its not too hot, and the leaves are changing colors. I even like seeing all the new school supplies--books and pens in the stores. I guess that comes from the writer in me. But throughout my life, thehazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1061896043280484072003-08-26T07:07:00.000-04:002003-08-26T07:14:44.746-04:00i've heard it said that knitting is therapeutic. never had any opinion one way or the other, i just enjoyed it. but after the past few days, i can understand the zen of knitting. as it turns out, it looks like i will not be getting to nyc for my grandmother's funeral, and its killing me. add to that the stress of still being unemployed, having a job dangled in front of me then taken away, andhazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1061748337558303092003-08-24T14:05:00.000-04:002003-08-24T14:05:37.570-04:00INISHMORE has begun. I started it friday. Its not as difficult as I thought it would be. (more about that later)I still haven't completed an entire pattern repeat, only because I've been otherwise distracted. My grandma passed away friday afternoon, at the age of 96. She'd been terminal for quite some time, so it was expected, but that doesn't make it any less painful. I am trying to get hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1061502750822126092003-08-21T17:52:00.000-04:002003-08-21T17:52:30.723-04:00finished the front of the glace shell. joined the shoulder seams, then stopped. yes, once again, stalled by the "picking up of stitches". one day soon, i'm going to make it to S'nB and take all my projects that are waiting to be finished, and beg someone to give me some hands-on-instruction on picking up stitches.
i'm undecided whether i should start the lo-tech sweat, or the ribbie cardi. hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1061411955521966982003-08-20T16:39:00.000-04:002003-08-20T16:39:15.556-04:00knitting is moving along slowly. i've been working on the front of the glace shell and i'm just about to start the neck shaping. later tonite, i'll get started on the last i-cord for the FCEK wrap top. i'm midway through the armholes of Chippy too. i think this weekend, i will try once again to tackle Smooch. it's funny, i find myself looking at fall stuff, when i know i won't put on a long hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1061060304509332842003-08-16T14:58:00.000-04:002003-08-16T14:58:24.523-04:00I got a job!
Well, I'm at least 98% sure I have a job. I should have a start date come monday. August 20th makes 1 year since I've last been employed. It has been a rough year to say the least, and I'm hoping it will only get better from here.
Disregard my last post. I'd maybe completed 20 rows or so when my needle fell out. I ended up frogging the whole thing. I also figured that I hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1060621500627854502003-08-11T13:05:00.000-04:002003-08-11T13:22:57.290-04:00this is my latest project. from Ram Woolsthis railroad ribbon yarn is a pain in the ass. needless to say, this project will be hanging around for a while.hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1060567590966491092003-08-10T22:06:00.000-04:002003-08-10T22:06:30.976-04:00this weekend i: 1. finished the final strap on the ChicKami. when i tried it on, the straps were too long. ohwell. that fix it will have to wait for a rainy day. 2. finished the neckband of the FCEK Wrap Top and seamed the sides. i forgot to leave a little opening for the i-cord, but that's minior. now i have 52" total of i-cord to knit. but not today. instead, i went back to the Glace hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1060445106788493152003-08-09T12:05:00.000-04:002003-08-09T12:05:06.706-04:00i'm ready for fall/winter projects! the kids are back in school monday, and i've been really stepping up the job hunt efforts. and i've been writing. all of which has taken away from my knitting time. i've got two interviews this week, and i really need to get one of these jobs!!
send good thoughts this way!hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1059969232770835742003-08-03T23:53:00.000-04:002003-08-03T23:53:52.663-04:00i've been knitting. but sporadically at best. i have ONE strap to go on the ChicKami, and I put it aside. the Katrina Wrap Top has been bugging me. I finished the left front, which matches the right front perfectly. now i have to add another inch to the back so that will match as well. and then i wound one ball of Glace, for the glace tank i put aside. I have one more hank to wind, and onehazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1058928521938744522003-07-22T22:48:00.000-04:002003-07-22T22:48:41.856-04:00oh my. been a few days since i last updated. still working on the ChicKami. have about 15 rows to go before separating for the front and back. ithink i'm goiing to be making this more than just once or twice. such a simple pattern that can be altered in so many ways. not much else in the way of knitting going on, since i'm in the midst of pre-birthday party errands to run. man, i can't waithazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1058364072284017192003-07-16T10:01:00.000-04:002003-07-16T10:01:12.136-04:00Pagan is COMPLETE! i finished it sunday. i threw it in the washing machine and it came out so nice. even the stockinette edge is cooperating, with hardly any rolling at all. that accomplished, i attempted to pick up stitches on the ribbed vest for the neck. UGH! it looked horrible. frogged it and put it aside. i'm making progress on Chippy. i also need to finish the Katrina Wrap Top. i hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1058056795025544672003-07-12T20:39:00.000-04:002003-07-12T20:39:55.050-04:00in the bright light of day, i didn't like the way the edging came out on the pagan armhole. so i frogged and reknit. in other news, i finished the front of the ribbed vest and joined one shoulder seam. that one too, awaits picking up stitches around the neckline. are you seeing a pattern here?? i think, in the future i will read the pattern all the way through before i commit to it. i *hatehazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1057943954637367832003-07-11T13:19:00.000-04:002003-07-11T13:21:19.643-04:00as i was a little confused with smooch, i picked up the ribbed vest and started on the front of that. i'm past the ribbing, having just started the stockinette portion. this vest is quick and maybe will be done by next week. i hesitate making a deadline, because i usually bypass them. i think later today i will tackle smooch and see if i can get one side done. some time this weekend i also hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1057628934982535732003-07-07T21:48:00.000-04:002003-07-07T21:48:54.876-04:00uh oh. Smooch is starting to confuse me. the pattern says to work as given for back until 12 rows less have been worked thanon back to beg of armhole shaping. that was simple enough. i thought it was slightly too low, so instead of 12 rows less, its more like 7 rows less. now, the part where i divide for the neck, incorporating the eyelets and the neck decreases is confusing me. [sigh]. hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1057356375469546272003-07-04T18:06:00.000-04:002003-07-04T18:06:15.480-04:00working on the front os Smooch. minor mishaps with the lace portion, but i'm past that now. i think i can maybe finish it this weekend, providing i don't get interrupted. then it will be back to finish Pagan, the berroco shell, the ribbed vest, and everything else currently on my WIP list. need to find some $$ to get the ChicKami pattern. i want it sooo bad!!!hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1057031464214031522003-06-30T23:51:00.000-04:002003-07-04T18:04:02.583-04:00aw hell. this is not my knitting week. i was working on the left front to the Katrina wrap top. i'd just started the armhole when i realized (like a dunce) that i was making a SECOND RIGHT FRONT. yup. that's right. forgot to reverse the shaping and seed stitch border. there's no saving this one. i've got to frog the whole piece back to the beginning. needless to say, this has lowered my hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1056918017208675372003-06-29T16:20:00.000-04:002003-06-29T16:27:58.246-04:00Note to self: stop trying to knit, or follow charts after midnight.in my excitement, i cast on for Smooch last nite (really, early this am). i figured i could finish the lace portion then put it down. i frogged FOUR times because i just wasn't getting it right. pulled out books, reviewed alison's tips....nothing was seeming to come together. and now it's sunday. and after some sleep, i'm backhazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1056848626669267272003-06-28T21:03:00.000-04:002003-06-28T21:06:19.760-04:00well, thanks to Alison and her smoochy helpful hints, i cast on for Smooch, with bright-ass red Cotton Ease. i want to wear this for my daughter's birthday [July 26th]. i think i have more than enough time to finish. the directions for the picot edging were slightly confusing, but alison managed to clear my head. once i finish the edging, i'll go back and finish the front piece of the Katrinahazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1056558197427124162003-06-25T12:23:00.000-04:002003-06-25T13:05:46.860-04:00i have smooch envy. i really want to make smooch, but i don't have the yarn. i'm hoping some money will fall into my lap soon so i can get my smooch on. so, instead, i started chippy from rowan 27. i'm using cotton ease again, this time in denim blue. a really easy pattern. my son caught sight of it, and likes it, so it may end up going to him instead (the benefits of wearing the same size hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1056345811023182032003-06-23T01:23:00.000-04:002003-06-25T12:23:39.643-04:00i finished a front piece of the Katrina wrap top. it turned out about 3 inches longer than the back, but it seems that was my own fault. so, after i finish the other front piece, i'll go back and add on to the back. i am not looking forward to the 52" (total) of i-cord i have to make to finish this top. i want to start Smooch, but i've decided on RED instead of the blue i already have, so i'll hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1056252873425426032003-06-21T23:34:00.000-04:002003-06-21T23:34:33.470-04:00You're a cutsie knitter! 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hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1056051166041143462003-06-19T15:32:00.000-04:002003-06-19T15:49:16.526-04:00for trade:
an unopened pack (10 balls) of Katia Colorado, in a pistachio green color (#9, second from the right on top).
looking for some nice summer weight yarn. rowan would be nice [wink, wink]. will consider all offers.hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1055824234801158582003-06-17T00:30:00.000-04:002003-06-17T00:30:34.823-04:00oh! i forgot all about Paulina!!! i think i may have to start that soon. well..at least swatch for it.hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1055816803101405462003-06-16T22:26:00.000-04:002003-06-16T22:43:01.330-04:00i haven't knit a blasted thing since....friday. i can't even believe it myself. but it was a fun-filled weekend, so it was well worth the knit break. went shopping saturday and running errands for a somewhat spontaneous fishing trip, capped off by a great dinner at On the Border. sunday was fun. i'd never been fishing before, and had never paddled (rowed?) a boat before. let me just say, my hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-1055346390493818612003-06-11T11:46:00.000-04:002003-06-11T11:46:30.553-04:00HELP!! BABYGIRL wants to knit. NOW! i've half-attempted to teach her, and let me just say, i'm not doing a very good job of it. maybe because i learned from a book, never had anyone teach me, i just kinda figured it out on my own. add to this, she's left-handed, and i'm clueless. being the headstrong girl she is, she doesn't want to learn on what she calls "those big ugly needles", she'd muchhazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-953612172003-06-06T03:18:00.000-04:002003-06-06T03:18:03.156-04:00i am thoroughly frustrated with pagan. actually, i'm sick of it. oh i picked up the stitches just fine. the problem came when seaming the left shoulder seam. i twisted the front piece. not once, but twice. yup. you would think that after the first time, and picking out the stray ends i'd just woven in, i would check twice before resuming. nope. i held it up, and F**K! it's (very) late, hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-953275082003-06-05T10:17:00.000-04:002003-06-05T10:17:29.910-04:00i'm very pleased with how Sitcom Chic blocked. no roll at all. it looks very cute, even without a clasp or button. still haven't found the right one. pagan is still staring at me, and i should be finished with it by tomorrow. i need to be, because i have an appointment with a friend with a digicam to take pics. Yayyy!!! looking for a new project to start from stash. so, once the back of thehazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-952733582003-06-04T02:47:00.000-04:002003-06-04T02:47:46.953-04:00i just got my hands on AS's Fisherman Sweaters. i'm in love with several of the patterns in the book: Stornoway, Eriskay, Lochinver, Fife, Cornwall, Norfolk, Inishmore, and Kinsale. now the search is on for adequate yarn substitutions. i've been lurking on the KBTH list just for that reason. Ideally, I'd like a wool blend, as opposed to 100% cotton. Rowan wool cotton or DB wool cotton comeshazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-951916922003-06-02T10:17:00.000-04:002003-06-02T10:17:53.286-04:00i'm for sale at blogshares! yes, you too can own a piece of amethyst muse. all for virtually nothing!
not much knitting news today. instead i engaged in some fishing and other extra-cirricular activities. but i did manage to get a few rows done on the ribbed vest. its starting to look pretty snazzy in pineapple cotton ease.hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-951409692003-06-01T00:10:00.000-04:002003-06-01T00:10:46.216-04:00still pluggin along with the glace shell, and the ribbed shell. i have not gotten back to pagan, but the weekend is not over yet. one of the next projects i plan to work on is the ribbed cardie, in red WoolEase Chunky. can you tell i'm just all over the place? in any event, i'm not going to start anything new until Pagan is done, and the back of the glace shell is done.hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-951223112003-05-31T11:39:00.000-04:002003-05-31T11:39:32.380-04:00STILL waiting to hear about the job. i'm a little worried, even though i got positive feedback. anyway, not much knitting going on, still thinking ahead to fall already. i want to make Chippy from Rowan 27, but can't decide between the male or female version (how 'bout both?). i think it would be nice in lavender or white. i also am looking at Melba as well. i haven't gotten back to Pagan, hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-950213212003-05-29T00:09:00.000-04:002003-05-29T00:09:13.880-04:00job interview went well. 2nd interview was a phone interview, which also went well. now it looks like they want to meet face to face before they make a decision. nerve wracking! i really need/want this job!!! and so close to home it is a blessing. not much knitting going on. pagan still on hold (maybe tomorrow), and i've started the ribbed shell i mentioned yesterday. need some ASC and hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-949518312003-05-27T15:01:00.000-04:002003-05-27T15:01:39.736-04:00keep those good vibes a-comin'. i've got an interview tomorrow morning. really need this job. among other things, mama needs some stash enhancement!hazenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3348320.post-948818732003-05-25T23:37:00.000-04:002003-05-25T23:37:09.230-04:00what the hell is wrong with Blogger now? i go to update my template, and there's nothing there. everything is gone. this really sucks.hazenoreply@blogger.com0