Fun with Knitting (and Quilting)

Girl Friday

My next recently finished sweater is another Knitty gem called Girl Friday.

This is another great success. I used the tried and true and well loved by me and many others Cascade 220 yarn in the beautiful Summer Sky colorway. I had originally bought this yarn for some other sweater but thought the color would be great for this sweater.

This was an easy knit, the lace pattern was quickly memorized! I have all the parts done, then it got warm and I put off of sewing it all up.  I did finally put the buttons on but I like the look of it when it's open. It's a great throw on over a tee sweater and dressy enough for work but it also looks great with jeans! As usual more details can be found over onmy Ravelry page.

Mythical Mythos

OK so I just realized that I never posted the details of my sweater finishing frenzy over the summer...so I'll start withMythos.

 First I love this sweater! It's fits great and was a very fun knit.  I didn't want to spend the big bucks on the called for yarn (though I'm sure it's lovely yarn) and I had a blue color I wanted in mind..so I ordered up somebare silk and merino from Knit Picks and then dyed it.

The color came out a bit brighter than I had originally planned but I LOVE it! I get compliments every time I wear it. People never believe me when I tell them that I not only knit the sweater but dyed the yarn myself as well.

If you want more details check it out over here on Ravelry. I am still contemplating knitting this again in a grey color to have a neutral throw over anything sweater. I am still planning on getting myself a nifty shawl pin for when I want to wear it closed.

Flamingo Fun

So I saw this adorable pattern first on the Never not Knitting Blog, then headed right over to the Spud Says (the Blog)'s site and dowloaded it...then went quickly to JoAnn's to purchase some lovely pink acrylic yarn and a week later I have these guys ....they are adorable..they are for Christmas gifts.. So cute so fun. BTW I used a raquet ball instead of the ball recommended, I couldn't find them locally and well I was to impatient to make these little guys to order them on-line. I hope the recipients enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them!

Something Cozy

So last week  I got a fabulous new iPod Touch. I love it....I love it so much I knit it a sweater. (no worries of the boyfriend curse here)

It is very appreciative and happy and cozy with it's new sweater. Especially since fall is here.

The yarn is some leftover Malabrigo Twist in the color Indecita. I found the pattern on Ravelry.

BTW if you like my case it's from Gizmobie. Here's a better picture so you can see the back of mine. They make very cool "skins" for iPods, iPhone, iPad, laptops, a Droid, some Blackberries and a few other things. If I could get one for my phone I would. I love them. They are thicker than a skin, thinner than a case, and come in ALL sorts of cool patterns. They last and come off clean if you need to remove them. I have one on all my iPods. (OK I have 3 other iPods and 2 are actually wearing Gizmobies, the other isn't technically mine so I haven't bought it a cover since I may have to give it back sometime.) Anywhoo, I wouldn't have and iPod with out one of these guys on it!

The Final Four

Wow again I have been a terrible blogger. I swear that I will get on a schedule, then I don't..Oh well. Summer has flown by again, and I start back to work tomorrow. Another exciting year I'm sure!

So in my flurry to finish up some things before I go back to school I bring you  4  sweaters finished in the last few days! The three blue/teal ones were all finish ups. The pink sweater was a cast on Friday night at 11PM and Bind off Sunday night at 11PM. More details on each after the official photo shoot by Pam at Knit Night Thursday.

From left to right we haveKnitting Pure and Simple Neck Down Wrap Cardigan, Girl Fridayfrom Knitty, Mythosalso from Knitty, and Wrenna from French Girl Knits.

 Wrap Cardi and Girl Friday

Mythos and Wrenna

A pretty good way to finish up summer vacation I'd say!

Summertime...

Well it seems as if another summer is here! Hooray! Everyone always asks me...what are you going to do this summer? and I always feel a little guilty for saying what-ever I want! My plans are to knit and sew and generally relax and have fun. Any maybe clean my house up a little bit too...

I've got a whole list of knitting and sewing things I want to get done over the next couple months. We'll see how far I get!

I'd say I'm off to a good start. I started this June 1st and cast off last night at knitting. Pam was there with Camera so she captured my happiness!

This is theBroken Rib Tank. It's a free pattern. My friend Jessica from knitting had started hers and I decided it was super cute and well I had some linen cotton yarn from the "Woolapalozza" haul so why not..and once I got rolling well I couldn't stop..and boom 10 days later it's done! I really love how it came out! Very cute and oh so wearable! My only mods were to knit it in the round instead of flat and I also removed one repeat (8 stitches total) from round the top. I didn't want "gape-age" around the arms. Of course there are a few more details over on Ravelry...

Of course I have to throw in the obligatory jumping shot!

Macro Monday & Liesl

Today for your viewing pleasure..I have a couple of knitting & macro pictures!

  Here's a sun shine shot:

And so since I'm showing picts of my sweater close up I ought to show you some of the finished Liesl...I love this sweater. It's my 2nd version of this sweater...I knit this one pretty much the same as the the other..but made it a bit longer in the body, and shorter sleeves. The yarn is Blue Sky Alpaca cotton it's so soft and squishy...I think that this will be awesome for summer to wear over tanks or sun dresses. And yes I did sew the skirt..

Action shot..

And a back shot:

Going for my own Gold

So I got obsessed with Firesideand wanted to knit it...I had planned on it being my Ravelympic project but then My Pal started hers and my yarn arrived in the mail...and before I knew it I'd cast on. This sweater was definitely a challenge for me...it has a metric butt-ton of cables...on every right sight row! Crazy stuff...but I love it and couldn't stop working on it..so since I couldn't use this as an "official" Ravelympics project it's my personal one. I did indeed finish before the end of closing ceremonies last Sunday.

This sweater is amazing...

My most challenging knit to date. It wasn't what I would call difficult but a challenge...

All the stats can be found on my Ravelry Page

I am slightly excited about this sweater (of course the weather is now in the mid 40's so a bit warm to wear it now)  Can you tell, I'm jumping right out of the picture!

 Here's me and the 2 gals from CKW with our fabulous sweaters. Aren't we cool & totally awesome?

Abby is not appropriately impressed.