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Mr C's socks

Some socks I finished in May!  I had a job knitting these. First sock was far too tight for Mr C and the second ws frogged because I had dropped a stitch and decided to try to pick it up but it was such a ticht mess (inches down!).

I call these my sleepy socks. Only knitted when I was really tired and the stocking stitch made me even more tired!  Many dropped stitches because I was dropping off myself :)

Not much knitting done this week but I'll be working on my Big Wave vest and my orange Wuicksands. Very tempted to start a quick shawl but maybe I'll hold off until one of these is done.

Weekend knitting progress

Don't fall off your chair.  There has been knitting progress.

Quicksand III is coming along nicely.  It's worked top down, with yoke increases every sixth row.  After separating body and sleeves I have to work aobut 11 six row repeats before working the short row section.  I'm about half way through the first section.

Orange.

 

And.. I've cast on a sleevess top!  I'm nor one to knit a sleeveless top. If I'm tat hot I prefer thinner tops. If I'm chilly I prefer sleeves.  But I had a fancy for a short sleeved top!

Big Wave.  I'm not sure about the colour. it's a bit brown for me, but it's such a quick knit that I'll not mind if I have to frog it.  The sraps are curling wildly..

Browy.  The photos were taken in a rush before work this morning. I'm hoping that I can finish at least one thing in the next few weeks!

 

Ten years ago June Angel Sweater

Hmmm. When I checked ravelry I'd ony entered three things for June, and one of those wasn't finished till August!

So here's the only other thing I have on ravelry as fin9ished in June (I think) Maybe I shouldhave done a 'started in' instead of a 'finished in'!

I can't remember ANYTHING about this!  Remember the In Threes I finished in May? That it was the first time I'd used Sirdar Bamboo/wool blend?  Erong. This baby cardigan was knitted in that yarn.  I don't recognise the pattern nor the FO  I think it might even have been a cardigan with sewn in set in sleeves. for a baby!

Cardigan rethink

Wishes is no more. I finished the body on Saturday evening. And instead of going to bed I thought I'd make a start on the sleeves. Just a few rows so that I'd be set up to get knitting with my morning cup of tea.  BAAAD MISTAKE! Too tired, and too much knitting on my lap. I put it down and picked it up and it casught on my charging cable.  The needle pulled out halfway and as I tugged the kniting the stitches unravelled. I lost about 20 sttitches, starting at the last raglan increase.  Sunday morning I put the safe stitches on a stich holder and tried to pick up the stitches.  As this is top down and raglan, I had to start with the shortest strand at the bottom and make a stitch then work this stitch wit the next strand, Every toher row I had to make a stitch on the raglan line and work the rest. Very ifiddly to start off with but getting easier as  I worked with longer strands over the next 30 or so rows. I had several attempts, spent a whole morning and part of the afternoon working on this but it looked scrappy. An untidy raglan and a gaping ladder where it joined the safe stitches as the yarn had stretched out a little.

I've been working on this for nearly two months. Tried Rowan's Summerlilte, then Wool Cotto n i pink and dark lime. So I'm totally fed up with knitting this. The pattern's great, loved the body but am just so done with the knitting. So I've pulled out needles and abandoned it.

The nearest summer stash was pulled out. I've gone for a quick fix. Aran yarn and a pattrn I know I wear and like knitting - Quick Sand.  I've knitted two fo these already. In Stylecraft's Malabar and in Rowan's Summer Tweed. I wear both of these pretty much all through the summer.  I've more Malabar, which is a great yarn. It's cotton wiht a little silk, easy on the hands, drapes well (it's a floppy cotton) and machine washable. MrC has chucked this in with the wash more than once and it's just fine.  Also very reasonably priced.  The colour is Mandarin, a soft orange. Not really a colour I'd wear, but this is a summer cardigan so I think I'll get away with it. 

It's so weird working with 5mm needles!

So far going well. I've another 14 rows till separating the body and sleeves!  I find the inc reases a bit fiddly. They'r the ones where you lift up the leg of the stitch below, I think a simple yarnover might look good, or a kfb after a garter ridge.  I'm sure taht I'll knit another next year, so might try this out!

Sunglasses on!!

Small Things baby cardigan

I love this little baby cardigan.  A seamless two button wrap cardigan. Great for new borns and first time mothers. I think this is my fourth!

The yarn is new to me - Rico Baby Cotton, a cotton acrylic blend, easy care and easy on the hands.  Good job I like it as I bought some more in white and bright pink!

Ten years ago June Embossed Leaves socks

I was in a sock knitting mode in 2007.  There used to be a swap called Sockapaloozer and these were destinged as a gift.

 

I've had two AWFUL days trying to sort out various problems I have with BR, Google, Yahoo and Flickr. Do you know how frigging impsossible it is to actually contact anyone in customer services??? Aaah.  You'd think no-one wanted to communicate, just read bloody help topics and be rdirected again and agan.  I've not used Flickr for years, but they managed somehow to renew my Pro accoutn. I'm mad. Even mader after wasting so much time trying to sort it out. So in a fit of pique I've deleted my Flickr account. Forgetting that a lot of my earlier pictures are on ravelry via Flickr!  Oops!  I'm goint to have to search blog posts now and replace the photos. Oh well, will have to slowly replace them!

Weekend knitting

Phew. second post in June.  Keeping up.

I'm still in cardigan mode, Keep hearing abou cardigan designs which I want to knit. I must start a ravelry queue!  But I must finish one cardigan off before I start another!

So I picked up Wishes again.  Raglan increases were already done, and I'm workng on the body. Now this cardigan is one of those Waterfall type open cardigans. But unlike Citamin D, the front shaping is not worked with short rows. So my rows are getting very long.  Luckily for me my tension is off so I'm knitting the medium size and have 330 sts per row.  This final stitch increase is worked for seven inches, with a 1x1 ribbed bottom borer. Really ritting my teeth to get this done! This photo was taken late afternoon and I've knitted a few inches since then. I fully intend to work on this all week. Not sure how much knitting time I'll have in the evenings but even if I only do a few rows, that's a few rows less till cast off.  I must say, I'm imprssed by how the designer has accomplished this waterfall effect.  The yarn's Rowan's wool cotton 4ply in Dark Lime.

 

This is the dangerous period, when I'm thinking of what to knit next. I only have some socks on the og, and thought I might cast on another cardigan AND maybe a small one skein shaw;.  Trying not to think too much about this yet, until at least the body is done! 

I'm back!

Well that was a long break!  I tend to blog either beofre work or at lunchtime, but I've een so busy and time just ran away. That, and my mum mean hardly any knitting done. I'm ignoring my May goals and won't do any June ones either.

My poor mother has really suffered with her broken arm. Initially she had it strpped up, then in plaster, and finally had a nearly four hour operation to insert plates and do a bone graft.  After all the pain she's been in this is relatively minor and manageable post op pain. Let's hope this is the  end of it all and she's on the mend!  My father is in very poor health and has been trying to look after her.   In his eyes that means filing the fridge with numerous cakes and treats! 

Anyway back to knitting. I've finished a few baby things and that's it!  Baby was born at the end of May so I had to get a move on,

Here's In Threes. I've had this pattern for ages but I've been put off by the capped sleeves and the ovesized garment.  The first size is 0-6 months with lots of ease so it's really enormous on a newborn!  I used Sirdar Baby Bamboo, a new to me yarn. I quite liked knitting with it, then changed my mind when I washed it and it went as stiff as cardboard!  Luckily as it's dried it's softened up!

I'll try to blog next week!