It seemed to take forever, but I finished it! This is the project that I was knitting when my best friend passed away, on the yarn that reminded me of her. I'm proud it came out as well as it did :)
And love it, I do :D
It's a moebius shawl. Basically, a big, giant tube with a twist in it :P Knit on the green loom with Red Heart Light & Lofty in wine color.
Isn't it BEEEAUUUUTIOUS?!
*moebius pride*
I've been knitting like the wind, every free moment I have, to get my next project completed so I can share it with y'all :)
*bouncy* I can't wait! It's really cool :P (if I do say so myself).
My best friend was diagnosed with multiple malignant cancers throughout her body about 8 weeks ago. two weeks ago, I bought some Homespun that reminded me of her, dark red and maroons. A week ago, I brought it over when I went to stay with her and showed it to her. By that point, she couldn't talk or walk, but she pet the skeins and mouthed the words, "How pretty!" to me. I was thrilled she approved.
This last Friday night, my best friend Annette passed away. I was sitting next to her, knitting with that same yarn when she went. So, I think this piece will always be my Annette piece when it's done. We're planning her memorial in 2 weeks on the 15th. I want to wear it then, so she can see the finished piece and smile down on me :)
So, on Thursday, I loomed all during my lunch break and finished the second bootie for my co-worker's baby shower gift. I was SO proud of them...a real, hand-knit hat and booties to give him for his new baby girl...much more meaningful than the folks that just gave $10 towards a stroller for him....
He opened the present and said, "OH look, a hat and mittens!"
I didn't correct him : I guess they ARE kinda long. My mom saw the first one and called them high-tops, lol...
I know this is supposed to be a loom knitting blog, but hey! I made these earrings last night and I LOVE how they came out.... So simple, yet gorgeous :D
I'm a proud earring mommy, I have to share ;)
I finished some knitting this weekend. My unknown project using the altered mock crochet stitch ended up being a short, but amazing and awesome scarf. I cast off my first square (and I don't like how I did it, but I couldn't find a better way so oh well) and I made a baby hat/jellyfish for a co-worker's new baby :)
Even though the hat looks ridiculous just sitting there (and oddly like a jellyfish, yes, I know :P) I like it a lot! It's a smapler of sorts. I did 6 rows in flat stitck for the brim, then I started doing other alterations on mock crochet. I did 4 rows of 3/5 mock crochet and then 4 rows of 1/3 mock crochet and then repeated both :) The 3/5 mock crochet is just beautiful and I'm making another baby hat for a friend's older baby and I'm gonna do it all in 3/5 mock crochet :) It makes these great diamond holes in the stitch (which you can't see unless it's on and stretching the yarn out some) that I adore :) The 1/3 is nice, nothing to crow about, but a good filler and quick and easy :)
I also don't like the gathered top and on my friend's daughter's hat, I'm gonna do a flat top with tassles on each corner :)
Howdy all :)
I've just been knitting away whenever i have a spare moment :) I don't really have anything DONE per say, but I wanted to share my progress.
This is a mystery item, lol. I love the stitch and the yarn and how it's coming out (it's Lion Brand Homespun Sierra on the red loom using the altered mock crochet stitch)but it's just something to knit...it isn't a "thing" yet. Any suggestions?
Then, I finally braved my infinity loom :D *happy excited dance* I have to have a blanket of some sort done by the middle of October for a raffle. I wanted to make it on the infinity loom, but I was frankly, a bit intimidated by it. I haven't done any double rake knitting before and here I was, planning my first project ever to be a massive afghan on a super cool loom. I was worried about loopy stitches. I was worried about making mistakes. I was just worried in general, lol. So, I decided to make an afghan using blocks of 4 different yarns. That way, I can make the smaller blocks for my first attempts at double rake knitting and it won't be so intimidating.
I used the lucet cast-on and I'm so proud of how tight and even my starting row is *puffs up in pride*
I'm doing a standard stockinette stitch using Caron Simply Soft yarns. This square is Country Blue Ombre...and I also have three other solid blues that are in this varigated blue yarn, so those are the colors the blanket is going to be. I'm excited :D I'm done with the first square now (see below) - I just need to cast off, which is making me stress again, lol. Trying to figure out which cast-off method will be best, since I'm stitching the squares together and the other end is the lucet cast-on. I'll figure it out :)
Thanks for listening to me ramble about my projects! Everyone knit tonight!
I started on several projects this weekend. I wasn't quite brave enough to start working on my first project on the infinity loom I bought recently, so I took up my round KK loom and played around with an adaptation on the mock crochet stitch I saw on someone else's blog. I LOVE how it's coming out, so lacy and soft and it knits up quick. However, I don't know what it's going to become, lol...it just....IS...at the moment. Maybe it always will just be and then I'll frog it and make something else with the yarn, lol.
Sunday, I decided I needed to get brave and on the ball with my infinity loom. See, I haven't done any knitting on a double rake before, and it's so big and pretty, I was intimidated. Yup. I'll admit it :) But I went out to the garage (where I keep the giant tub o' yarn that isn't in use or next up to bat) and pulled out some blue varigated yarn and my instruction sheet and went to town. I used the lucet cast-on and I'm doing the stockinette stitch and I have to say, I LOVE how it's turning out :) I've decided to make several smaller quares and then crochet them together into one blanket. I know that sort of defeats the purpose of having the infinity loom, but hey, I told you it was intimidating me, so I decided to start small on this one :) I'm almost done with my first square and I can't wait till I have several and can start picturing how it will end up looking :)
The blanket is for an auction in the middle of October, so I have 7 months to finish it : I was teasing my sweetie, and I said maybe it will end up being a LAP blanket, hehehe. I'll just see how far I get along with it in 6 months and decide from there, lol.
It certainly is fun, though...knitting on the double rake :) I love how sturdy and thick my square is coming out and I don't know what people are talking about when they say their double rake knitting comes out too loose and loopy. Mine is very snug and even all the way around. Maybe it has to do with the KK gauge vs. the infinity loom gauge *shrug*
I'll post some pictures of my projects later :)
