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 Took some photos today.

Some of new stuff, some of posted stuff that just needed some better photos. 

 

But there are lot of photos to sort through over the next few days!

To do

I have quite a to do list to get through in the next few days. I did get a great batch of photos (finally!) this afternoon.

When I was going through my stash the other day,* I was able to empty out one of the smaller storage bins. I have a matching set of three and  two of them are full of FOs for the store, now all three can be used for FOs. I have crazy, elaborate plans for the stash. A slow, but hopefully more productive way of inventorying it on Ravelry. But that is not on the list until March!

Part of the list for this month is updating photos and getting FOs listed. As I was organizing the dishcloths today for photos, I realized there were at least half a dozen colors that I have NEVER listed. Oop. Who knows when I knit all of these things, dishcloths are quickie projects and I tend to make a ton all at once. I can also knit them without looking most of the time, so they were popular study-knit projects.

*I finally found my tripod! I've been looking for it for weeks!

Cottonmania '09!

I'm trying to restock the store with some goodies!

Hot Pink Striped Dishcloth



Nautical Striped Dishcloth

Right...

I love when I knit something that is so truly ugly that it has no hope.

I kept knitting this damned hat. It was very ugly from the beginning. I honestly don't know why I kept knitting it. I should have just stopped knitting after the first 5 rows and called it a day. I just really needed to knit a little bit after miles of crochet. (To be honest, the crochet kind of kills my hand. It is also not as easy to watch TV and crochet for me and that sucks. I am an avid TV knitter.)

So after stupidly pushing on and knitting the entire hat, I cast off and it was too small to even fit around my head (and I have a small head)... And sort of resembled a blueberry muffin. It was awful looking. I even tried to salvage the top, but it was all so unfortunate, it had to go.

I keep forgetting I have a ball winder. Maybe because each time I use it, I almost loose a finger, strangle myself or attempt to toss it across the room. It has this nasty habit of winding the yarn around the base of the spool. This means I cannot get the ball of yarn off the spool. Other times, the yarn wraps UNDER the spool. Again, no idea why. It just does it sometimes.

Last night, it did the under thing first. This lead me to have a small meltdown that involved threatening to recycle the ball winder, getting the yarn threaded through the pull of a zipper to a purse laying under my desk, getting yarn wrapped around my own feet and legs and some other things that involved a few (dozen) choice words. I sounded like the Dad in "A Christmas Story."

So after deciding to walk away untangle myself from the ball winder and let it think about what it had done, I retrieved it from the floor and reassembled it. I set it up on the kitchen table instead and gave it another shot. Of course, I had to spend about 5 minutes untangling the knots in the ugly ass yarn. I finally got that done and tried again.

Success... for about 20 turns of the handle. Then the yarn wrapped around the base of the spool. I pulled back the mess and tried again. I finally got it and almost just threw the yarn away after all the trouble. It really is truly ugly, and now it's just going to sit in my stash to taunt me.

I spent 2 evenings of knitting on this fugly hat. Oh well... At least I finished a cute one a few days before.



Listed here on Etsy

Braaaaaaaaaaains

This is Zombie Frank. He wants to live on your desk and eat all your co-workers fluffy stuffed animals at night.

Orchid

So as you might have heard, we had a bit of snow in Colorado yesterday.




(There's my Thorpe in action!)



Since this week is (was) Spring Break, being snowed in for 2 days wasn't really a big deal. I put on my snow boots this afternoon to go by the post office, gas station(for the important stuff: Diet Coke, Lays, and some chocolate) and the liquor store for some Anchor Steam beer. It was super sunny today and the snow is melting fast. We really needed some moisture around here, so I'm glad it snowed so much.

I finished up a scarf I was working on for the store last night. Nothing exciting, simple and pretty. Once it finishes drying, I'll get some photos. I am done with the body of the Cobblestone. It looks good. I need some time to concentrate to get the yoke started, so it's sort of hanging out right now. My red cardigan has been getting a row here and there. I think it's going to be gorgeous when it's done!

A friend from my knitting group knit this wonderful lace scarf out of some Malabrigo Worsted and I loved it so much that I ordered the yarn for it right away. I ended up getting Chunky because I found a color I was in love with.



I cast on late, late, late last night and knit about 8 rows. It's going to be gorgeous.

Charleston Hat

As you can tell, being laid off has lead to a lot more time for me to enjoy other things -- like my etsy store! I've been digging through the FO closet and digging out goodies galore!

I knit this ages ago from some really great nubby cotton blend yarn. I really love the look of it, it's very 20s and fun.

I listed it today for $17. Thanks for looking! :)

S & C

I marked down all the scarves in my etsy store yesterday. I have a few more stashed away and will be listing those this week.

I just listed a new cowl.



It's soft and sunny. I really love the way this yarn knit up. It was such a pleasure to work with and the slight changes in the shade of yellow were really lovely. I'm not the biggest fan of yellow, but when I saw the skein in the store, I knew it could be something really nice.

Stitch by Stitch

I have quite a collection of vintage knitting books. I've decided to list a few on etsy.

I just listed this one. It's a very cool book with tons of photos. It has knitting, crochet, sewing and needlecraft instructions.

Mindless

Between work and school, I've been completely swamped and haven't had much time to focus on knitting. I was working on Vince's scarf and first realized that I had made up my own stitch pattern, then I mis-counted my stitches and am going to have pick out the entire row. It's going to take a long time to do it right because there are YOs every 4 stitches. I honestly just don't have the concentration right now to do it. I really need to finish it up in the next week or two before it gets too chilly here. (This is a old photo, but it's a scarf so it's not going to look all that different...)

My mindless knitting this week has been dishcloths. I have quite a stash of cotton built up so I decided that I should get a jump start on my random gift stash. I might use them as Christmas gifts or whatever. I might end up using some of them myself or listing a few on etsy. So far I've finished 5 and will have another one done tonight. They are good idle knitting for me.

I'm going to use the dishcloth pattern to make a few squares for Grandpa's blanket. I have 9 finished and just need to get a few more done soon. I thought that some easy garter stitch ones would be good.

I have put the laptop case on the back burner for now. I bought a nice bag at Target with a laptop case in it. (I just hunted all over their site for a picture of it and can't find it... Weird.) It's large enough for me to put books for school in there, my laptop, some knitting stuff and my little purse. I really like it. It has a chartreuse inner lining, very cute!

Minimal

I've been slacking off on my other projects while stocking up on etsy.

After spending about a week knitting lots and lots of the same thing, I decided I should try to at least finish up the back of my Minimalist Cardigan. It's been balled up in the bottom of the knitting basket in the meantime.

There are a few other things in there I need to finish up, mainly the Gold Feather & Fan scarf.


My brain isn't really working all that well, so I'm going to knit a few more miles of moss stitch and watch Wire in the Blood.

Etsy time

I've been putting a lot more effort into my etsy store in the last week or so. I've gotten into the bad habit of knitting things, finishing them all up and then forgetting to list them until months later. I'm trying to break that habit by finishing items and then immediately photographing and posting them. This week has been busy... I built a myspace page for the store, opened a twitter account for it and have just been trying to be a better etsy seller all around.

It's a beautiful day.

And I haven't stepped outside yet. I should go take the doggie for a walk.

I'm putting some recycled yarn up on the etsy store this week. I have a lot of it floating around and would really like to see it come to some use. I need to figure out how to weigh it properly.

I'm still working on the lacey thing for Mom and Vince's scarf. I need go to the library tonight and get the Barbara Walker book. I want to knit some new fun hats.

I have a fun little toy all done for the store. He needs some photos taken this evening.

Finishing Up

Oops. I meant to post yesterday and got distracted by editing photos and playing on Ravelry. Who can blame me?

So photos! I haven't posted photos of F.O.s in a long time so I'm just going to make a little gathering.




1. 1978, a leftovers hat I finished ages ago but never got any good photos of it.
2. Aimee's Red Menace scarf. Was origianlly a stash busting blanket from DECADES ago.
3. Gryffindor book scarf for Julie.
4. Grey Cashmere hat for Etsy shop.
5. Green & White striped basic dishcloth for Vince's dad. Finished Monday. (I gave him a red & green on for Christmas but didn't take a photo.)
6. Oceanside Scarf for Vince's Mom. Actually has 2 more colors at the end but I can't find the photos I took of it...
7. Open Cabled Hat for Julie. Great hat. I loved it. I'll post more about it later. I made a set of matching mittens but the photos are on Vince's camera. I should get those off there...
8. Christmas Ballband. Another for Vince's Dad.
9. Purple & White Ballband. Finished on Monday. Just because. I'll probably sent it to my mom for her birthday.
10. Limeade Ballband. For Mom.

(If you click on the photos, most have more than one photo with them. I'm not writing out details because, frankly, it's all in Ravelry... and I hate typing out details. I only have details now because Ravelry makes it so frakkin' easy!)

I really like this project: A Tree Undone. It would be something Boulder-ites would enjoy. I found it via this article about Subversive Knitting.

Mr. Blueberry

New friend on Etsy! More photos there.

Here, there and everywhere.

Brown Cashmere hat. Yum.

Oops...

You would think that since I have internet access now after a LONG, long, long break, I'd be on the computer non-stop. Instead, I've just been exhausted and lazy.

I knit a hat for Etsy. A scarf that will either be for Vince or Etsy. I'm waiting to get a copy of Last Minute Knitted Gifts from the library to finish up my hourglass. I just need to do about 10 minutes of knitting and the finishing before it's done!!

I'm knitting a red sweater vest (aka tank top according to the pattern) from Erika Knight's Classic Knits. I wish I had the lovely Rowan yarn it calls for, but I'm trying to stash knit for a while since I'm paying off lots of bills! I'm using the red yarn I recycled this summer from a Goodwill sweater. I should have it done soon. It's knitting up very fast.

Oh noes!

Count Cucumberla in all his glory!

Beware!

The feared Vampire Cucumber is on the prowl.


(I'll have good photos of him tomorrow.)

Etsy Bitsy.

I finally got my Etsy shop set up. Take a look. Buy something. Share with people. :)