July 08, 2004
Moonbeam - Swatching!
My first true swatch..
Okay so it's 2 inches with 15 rows. It's supposed to be 4 inches when I do 30 rows total, but which part do I measure? As I show above, the height, or the width??
These are the things they don't tell us newbies!! For example.. my freakin book for refrence etc doesn't have an explanation of Stockinette vs. garter stich patterns. It tells you that st st = stockinette, but it doesnt tell you what makes that stich! I had to HAND WRITE it into the book lol.
Also the ball of yarn says that about the same amount of rows and stiches as my swatch has should be 10cm (4 inches) but on US 3 needles, I used 5.. and I think umm.. I am getting that same gauge?? I must be doing something wonky! HELP!
Oh and.. of course I love this yarn cause it's for fancy baby cloths. Why do I like baby yarn? lol.. it's soo soft stiched up.. it's also easy to knit!
Posted by brandy at 11:20 PM | Comments (0)
June 22, 2004
Knitting while distracted
So I was on a very long call at work, had my headphones on (yay for headphones vs holding the phone up with my shoulder and getting a cruck in my neck!) and I pulled out Vera to knit a row or two while on the call. So there is a lot of talking going on in the call and it starts to concern me so I start to pay close attention and at the same time I am knitting nearly at the end of the row (ohh i get anxious near an end..) and then i hear my name from behind.
A lady at work wants to show me how the tree outside looks like its about to get tossed across the lawn becaues of a very loud thunderstorem that just popped up.
So i have the noice of the storm, the muffled words of the lady showing me the swaying tree, and then the call which is about to be something i may need to respond to. I forgot the phone at that moment was not on mute and as I try to turn around to look at the lady/storm my second needle falls out of my hand. 2 stiches are now free! The other needle is pulled down or jerked I can't remember and some of those stiches become free and a mutter "shit". Opps phone isn't on mute! I am sure someone heard me but no one say anything, so i hit mute. Try to untangle from the headphones cord which is caught on my chair and scurry to salvage my stiches. Shew.
I put Vera away promptly.
Posted by brandy at 01:14 PM | Comments (0)
June 21, 2004
Pattern time!
Alrighty well it's 11pm so I am stopping (heh) and I frogged Vera and got right back to where I was and then some. I am 5 rows into color B. No mistakes!
Pattern help please! :)
Work Straight in SP (Stipe pattern) for 8 rows. Continuing in SP, shape sides by decreasing 1 st at each edge of the next and every following 8th row 4 more times as follows:
(so this means once I hit my 8th row I decrease on each END? and do that 4 more times (5 total)?
k1, k2tog, k until 3 sts remain.
k2togb, k1 (71 sts).
Okay thats telling me to decrease by 2 so if i did that 5 times thats 10 sts left and sence I started with 81 i would in turn end up with 71. Okay makes sence. I think k2togb means knit 2 together BEHIND so I think i can find that in my books cause my teacher showed me so I have some inkling.
So at that point I will have knit like.. a lot of rows.. atleast 8x's 5 which is like 36 or something... so then next..
I'll stop at there for now..
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In other news my finger is doing better. The issue that happend a day or two ago where I really messed it up again kinda made it better now because.. well there is no way to say it without being gross but anways its looking better!
I went postal last night when i spotted the painter got paint on my brandy new, first item of real furniture in my new house, solid wood, mahagony finish, 2 thousand dollar dinning room table (well that included 6 chairs). I actually got a migrain I got so upset (I harldy ever get headaches) and I think it was partially post party hosting stress.
Well he tried to deny it on the phone last night (hence my anger) but I worked from home this morning and he was ALL nicet nice to me when he came over to fix another small issue(thats cause I'm a smart girl and hadn't paid him yet) yeah mr you want your check DONT YOU!@ MUHAHAHA NOT TILL YOU FIX MY TABLE!! So he sat for like half an hour till he got the table fixed (though there is still trace amount of paint there but no one would notice like ever). So I am happy again even tho it should not have ONE MARK ON IT! :)
Posted by brandy at 10:57 PM | Comments (2)
Anti-Progress - My scanner rocks!
Here is a pic of my Vera progress. This is my second attempt (new needles which I adore - Turbo's from Yarnlady.com for $9 and no shipping!).
Click for more!
I am going to frog it again as you can see that one weird mistake. I was going to let it go then i spotted a small hole (again, thats what I get for knitting past 11pm) but that's okay. I do better when I frog at the beggning and it lowers the chanse of my having to frog farther on down when i mess up again. Practice make perfect and this cotton is kinda sticky.
Also it was my first attempt at changing colors, I just knit it right in, no tying or anything. It was a little wonky and loose but I paid attention and I think it turned out very nice. So I'll frog when I get home and go at it again. It knit up faster then I thought it would so I think i can make some good progress tonight. The pattern confused me some but I'll wait till I get to the first 10th row to ask questions!
Here also is Sophie. Over halfway to the top!
Click for close up!
I use the bag as a yarn holder and counter holder heh!
Posted by brandy at 02:22 PM | Comments (2)
June 03, 2004
Mission Falls - Vera Tank
Click to view pattern details and book details.
I am doing it in these two colors (Sea & Fog):
This cost $48 with the pattern book and 7 skeins of the yarn. Jesse won't be happy but we won't tell him now will we! I don't think he knows I have this blog.. :)
I ordered it from here.
The yarn store I go to I just never can find a pattern I like that meets all these requirments. A) Not knit in the round B) They have the exact yarn for it in the store C) The alternate yarn they suggest is something I like.
I don't like cotton twist it has a little twist of a silky thing in it so I can't tell which strand is which, same goes for the Denim DK i got for the ChiKami. I can't see the stuff very well cause of the teeny white bloches.
I can't wait to get this in the mail! I like the name of the yarn even. I'm going to wait and see if any of the LYS in Atlanta carry Phildar so I don't have to pay shipping. I just love that red sweater, but I still need to finish the kaki one. So no rush, and it's a new pattern book and I know of a website that I can order it on!
Posted by brandy at 12:42 PM | Comments (3)