Wool-Eater: Day 2

Wool-Eater rounds 1-4,
pic taken with rear facing camera on Acer Iconia A500 tablet.

Rounds 1-4 are done. I must say that I  was a little lost at first, but after a bit of searching, I found some helpful videos on YouTube.

Until tomorrow.

Wool-Eater: Day 1

I thought I would begin with the oblong version, but the beginning section was a little tedious to work considering I have never done this stitch before. So I'm going with the original square version.

My materials list:
H hook (5.00mm)
Red Heart Super Saver yarn in Aran, Coffee, and Turqua
Large eye blunt needle
Patience

The terminology is in Australian format. So all DTRs are actually TRs and all DCs are actually SCs and a cluny is a cluster.

As of the moment of this posting I have one complete section done.

Until tomorrow.

Wool-Eater CAL with Sarah London

Sarah London's Pinterest.

Sarah London's Ravlery design page.

Sarah London's Blog.

I'm so late to this party, but I am happy to join along. Sarah London is hosting a CAL (crochet-a-long) of her famous Wool-Eater blanket (so named because it eats up yarn as it goes) on her blog here. There you will find instructions for the square version and the oblong version of the blanket. She has also posted the schedule she will be following as she goes. I am wavering from that schedule by posting on Mondays instead of Wednesdays. My notes will be posted here and in my Ravelry project page.

Update, of Sorts

So i put the color knitting down. For now. I did knit a twisted stockinette clutch. Easy. Simple. Not happy with the way I sewed the zipper in. Guess I'll have to find a way to improve on that. It may be easier to sew the zipper into the lining and then sew the lining into the knitted item. Hmm. Not sure, but when I do it again, I'll let you know.

At the moment, I don't have an itch to knit or crochet anything. I have things to finish and even some to start, but I can't find the inspiration or motivation to do so. This probably has something to do with being sick for the last two or three weeks, though.

Ughh.

New Year, New Teechnique

So, today (yesterday, actually), I decided that I would do something I have not done in my knitting adventures: color-work. And not just any color-work (seeing as I have already done stripes), but Fair Isle!

Go ahead, re-read that. I'll wait.

I know, right?!? What has possessed me to tackle such a complicated thing? Because I've done everything else. Now it's time to interpret in color and not just stitch. I'm smart enough to just find a basic design and do a square. No sweaters here!

So, bear with me 'cause I'm bound to get frustrated with it, put it down, and then pick it up again.

Mamma's Missoni Cowl (Part 1)

Early this morning (somewhere around 1am) I began knitting my mamma's Christmas present. She requested cowl that had color that would go with her wardrobe. I selected a knitted chevron cowl and a random stripe pattern so I could recreate a Missoni inspired cowl.

Since I'm posting from my iPod, you'll have to wait til later tonight for me to post the patterns and progress pics.

And it looks like I'm going to have to post about Missoni, too. Not a bad idea, actually, since everybody has seen Missoni but not everybody knows Missoni.

Til then, toodles!


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Attempting to Cable the Double Infinity Symbol

Have you seen the new hit TV show Revenge on ABC? (Follow the link for a synopsis of the show.) If so, you know about the double infinity symbol. And if you don't here's a picture:

This box is totally buy-able. Click here to get info on how to do so.

As a knitter, this is a challenge and a delight! Who wouldn't want this running around the band of a hat or up a scarf or --better yet-- in a few squares on an afghan? I TOTALLY WANT THIS CABLE! This presents a problem, though, because there is no cable for it. Oh, crappers, what do I do now?

I ask Eunny Jang. She blogged about recreating simple cables here. I followed instructions as best I could by opening image in Adobe Fireworks and flipping, cropping, and coloring it.

The infinity image with individually colored cables.

I then held a piece of graph paper up to my laptop screen and traced the image as is.

I then attempted to translate this tracing into an actual graph.

And that's as far as I have gotten. Somehow from that graph I've got to make a knittable cable chart. This is not going to be easy.