Have you added any spring-y patterns to your queue recently? Let me know in the comments. :)
Katie =^..^=
Friday, April 19, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Should Be Following the YarnHarlot's Advice...
WiP: Marion
FOs: None
Reading: A Very Dangerous Method by John Kerr & A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
So, the YarnHarlot's (Stephanie Pearl McPhee) advice, which came from of friend of hers, is that you shouldn't ever knit anything during the last winter months that look like the last winter months. I.e., knit spring colours, not the endless fields of black stockinette that I'm in right now!
I'm not complaining about the pattern. It's well written, super simple, and I'm going to love the end product. But it's hard going right now. I've got about 20 more rows on the body and then I'm done that part and just need to do the sleeves. So I'm trucking along, which is awesome.
But I'm still stuck in the fields of black stockinette, broken up by the cables on either end that will become the button band.
Anyway. That's my update. The 6" of snow we got this past weekend is slowly melting. Plans had to drastically change this coming weekend because of events beyond my circumstances.
Three weeks until my brother's wedding (which is what I need this cardigan for...).
It's a whirlwind. I'm just trying to stay caught up.I'm missing going to the gym, but seem to need all my energy for work and normal house things. Sleep has been hard. Maybe this weekend I'll get a bit better caught up!
Have a lovely day, my dears.
Katie =^..^=
FOs: None
Reading: A Very Dangerous Method by John Kerr & A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki
So, the YarnHarlot's (Stephanie Pearl McPhee) advice, which came from of friend of hers, is that you shouldn't ever knit anything during the last winter months that look like the last winter months. I.e., knit spring colours, not the endless fields of black stockinette that I'm in right now!
I'm not complaining about the pattern. It's well written, super simple, and I'm going to love the end product. But it's hard going right now. I've got about 20 more rows on the body and then I'm done that part and just need to do the sleeves. So I'm trucking along, which is awesome.
But I'm still stuck in the fields of black stockinette, broken up by the cables on either end that will become the button band.
Anyway. That's my update. The 6" of snow we got this past weekend is slowly melting. Plans had to drastically change this coming weekend because of events beyond my circumstances.
Three weeks until my brother's wedding (which is what I need this cardigan for...).
It's a whirlwind. I'm just trying to stay caught up.I'm missing going to the gym, but seem to need all my energy for work and normal house things. Sleep has been hard. Maybe this weekend I'll get a bit better caught up!
Have a lovely day, my dears.
Katie =^..^=
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The Intrepid Adventurer: Mike Sheep Makes a Reappearance
I'm sending my thoughts and love to everyone in Boston that was involved in the explosions. I cannot say elegantly what I know in my heart, so I will leave it there...I'm also sending love and healing thoughts to the families who have lost their loved ones in the earthquake; and also everyone else who is suffering loss or hunger or strife in our world.
And now, I will let you continue on to something with a ligher theme!
WiP: Marion by Andi Satterlund
In-Progress, but on hold: Itty Bitty Baby Cardigan
FOs: none
Reading: A Most Dangerous Method by John Kerr
Still dazzled by his previous experiences in the Canadian Rockies, recovering from being called a "Shrome" by Navene in WDW, AND still coming off of his delight with the experiences that he had in Japan and Singapore, Mike Sheep made an adventure out this week to the Calgary Stampede's Aggie Days.
This event was crowded with families, mostly those families with small children, so although Mike Sheep was fine, the one who was carrying him - me - was looked at suspiciously.
Mike loved the combine, though!
Hence, after I was able to convince Mike that we no longer needed to stay at Aggie Days, we traipsed to The Loop in Kensington, where I was able to finally procure a decent Royal ball winder! Thus began a weekend where I read to my heart's content (Finally finished Yann Martel's Life of Pi) and worked on the Marion cardigan, which so far has been a delightful and quick knit. Although I think that the next thing I knit needs to have bright spring colours in it! 
This seclusion was partially implemented due to that, when I woke up, this was the view out my front window:
And now, I will let you continue on to something with a ligher theme!
WiP: Marion by Andi Satterlund
In-Progress, but on hold: Itty Bitty Baby Cardigan
FOs: none
Reading: A Most Dangerous Method by John Kerr
Still dazzled by his previous experiences in the Canadian Rockies, recovering from being called a "Shrome" by Navene in WDW, AND still coming off of his delight with the experiences that he had in Japan and Singapore, Mike Sheep made an adventure out this week to the Calgary Stampede's Aggie Days.
This event was crowded with families, mostly those families with small children, so although Mike Sheep was fine, the one who was carrying him - me - was looked at suspiciously.
Mike loved the combine, though!
Hence, after I was able to convince Mike that we no longer needed to stay at Aggie Days, we traipsed to The Loop in Kensington, where I was able to finally procure a decent Royal ball winder! Thus began a weekend where I read to my heart's content (Finally finished Yann Martel's Life of Pi) and worked on the Marion cardigan, which so far has been a delightful and quick knit. Although I think that the next thing I knit needs to have bright spring colours in it! 
This seclusion was partially implemented due to that, when I woke up, this was the view out my front window:
And our building's landscapers had been there only minutes before! Although most of it has now blown away or melted...It's going to be a messy drive to work tomorrow!
Hope all is well for you! What did you do this weekend?
Katie =^..^=
Monday, April 15, 2013
Pretty Picks: Spindle Cat Studios
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Chatter-Less
WiP: Itty Bitty Baby Cardigan out of Cascade 220 "817" Superwash DK, and Sweet Georgia Superwash DK "Snapdragon".
FO: None
I've had a really hard time finding anything I want to talk about. So I figured I would finally share a picture of the itty bitty baby cardigan I've been working on. I love how it pooled on the back, with the kind of zig-zag!
I'm working on one sleeve, and have to finish that and the other and pick up the collar; I'm doing the shawl collar. I also modified the sleeve so that it actually doesn't have the cable and bobble pattern, but instead a moss stitch panel in the middle of a field of stockinette. This is in part because the pattern was getting lost in the colours, and in part because I was super worried that I was going to run out of yarn.
But it'll still look cute, I think.
Weather's been gloomy and up and down the past couple of days. Today it's the terrible spring sleet that melts as soon as it hits you and makes everything damp.
I can't wait for some warmth!
Anyway...Not much else. Just been busy.
Hope everyone is well, and I'll try to chat at you all more next week!
Katie =^..^=
I've had a really hard time finding anything I want to talk about. So I figured I would finally share a picture of the itty bitty baby cardigan I've been working on. I love how it pooled on the back, with the kind of zig-zag!
I'm working on one sleeve, and have to finish that and the other and pick up the collar; I'm doing the shawl collar. I also modified the sleeve so that it actually doesn't have the cable and bobble pattern, but instead a moss stitch panel in the middle of a field of stockinette. This is in part because the pattern was getting lost in the colours, and in part because I was super worried that I was going to run out of yarn.
But it'll still look cute, I think.
Weather's been gloomy and up and down the past couple of days. Today it's the terrible spring sleet that melts as soon as it hits you and makes everything damp.
I can't wait for some warmth!
Anyway...Not much else. Just been busy.
Hope everyone is well, and I'll try to chat at you all more next week!
Katie =^..^=
Friday, April 5, 2013
Queue Enhancement Friday: Recently Added to My Queue!
Been awhile! This is what I have added to my queue recently.
Duelling Wands by Kelly Brooker (picture courtesy Julia Stanfield)
Cuboid Felted Box Bag by Sarah Wilson (aka The Sexy Knitter)
What have YOU added to your queue recently? Let me know! I love being enabled with knitting patterns.
Have a lovely day, my knitties~!
Katie =^..^=
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
You Know You're a Knitter When...
WIP: Sirdar Baby Girls' Cardie (Sirdar Snuggly DK 1268)
In: Cascade 220 Superwash Sport and Sweet Georgia Superwash DK, Snapdragon
FOs: Trigger Finger Mittens
HFO: To-Felt-Mitten hands (need thumbs done)
You Know You're a Knitter When (A Purely Subjective List in No Particularly Order):
You're staring at someone's hands because that's where the colourwork mittens are
You want to have babies to be able to dress them in all the cute knitting
You've read through all of the YarnHarlot's archives
Your significant other goes to work with yarn and fibre stuck on him (consistently)
You go to work with the same "yarn stains"
You like it when your significant other plays video games, so you can sit with them and knit
Every time you go on a road trip, you stop at a yarn store (Or at least research if there is one)
You always have at least one knitting project in your bag
You scoff at the Ford commercial that says that the truck isn't going to be carrying yarn (even better if you drive a truck, which I do)
Any others? Contribute your thoughts in the comments!
Katie =^..^=
In: Cascade 220 Superwash Sport and Sweet Georgia Superwash DK, Snapdragon
FOs: Trigger Finger Mittens
HFO: To-Felt-Mitten hands (need thumbs done)
You Know You're a Knitter When (A Purely Subjective List in No Particularly Order):
You're staring at someone's hands because that's where the colourwork mittens are
You want to have babies to be able to dress them in all the cute knitting
You've read through all of the YarnHarlot's archives
Your significant other goes to work with yarn and fibre stuck on him (consistently)
You go to work with the same "yarn stains"
You like it when your significant other plays video games, so you can sit with them and knit
Every time you go on a road trip, you stop at a yarn store (Or at least research if there is one)
You always have at least one knitting project in your bag
You scoff at the Ford commercial that says that the truck isn't going to be carrying yarn (even better if you drive a truck, which I do)
Any others? Contribute your thoughts in the comments!
Katie =^..^=
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