tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-299447092024-03-14T09:16:07.846+00:00Anonyknitsknitting under coverAnonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-50697698489402688682007-10-09T22:29:00.000+00:002007-10-09T22:32:32.775+00:00Spotty BlogNot really knitting -- Had a crisis of faith regarding the colour for Baby J's sweater . . .<br /><br />Then got sucked into my spinning wheel. (I'd've written, but it's just that boring.)<br /><br />And now I am traveling again -- anyone know a proper yarn shop in Sydney?Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-70823171852040484482007-09-20T14:23:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:11.067+00:00Squares Six Through NineSquare Six -- Twisted and Crossed Ribbing:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccfUjwh6WeQG3qyZJSUBceykQw41dDCPnB8JGGBT1O6JxoOosLoHzyoIxmSqnK3v-uYd88cnfvPb9bCbgOV-YvHMZMuGyX2Je_CC5A8EqLE0dRpbPZhqHqy10p_xMG-WjZ2OGTA/s1600-h/IMG_4146.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhccfUjwh6WeQG3qyZJSUBceykQw41dDCPnB8JGGBT1O6JxoOosLoHzyoIxmSqnK3v-uYd88cnfvPb9bCbgOV-YvHMZMuGyX2Je_CC5A8EqLE0dRpbPZhqHqy10p_xMG-WjZ2OGTA/s400/IMG_4146.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108285422122436802" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br /><br />Seven -- Garter and Rib Pattern:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qQzixxzXMc011yQz9_b4Wi_d7qpIJvDfzqNSuZJwbOyuRPs7zKjbFXjwXZqdkNr3XESyR5Ne6s3tqX8DK14IzezEn8Atu-NE22GOBgtX3DdJAC6b1nQjQagUIr5USl3FC6xyMg/s1600-h/IMG_4158.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qQzixxzXMc011yQz9_b4Wi_d7qpIJvDfzqNSuZJwbOyuRPs7zKjbFXjwXZqdkNr3XESyR5Ne6s3tqX8DK14IzezEn8Atu-NE22GOBgtX3DdJAC6b1nQjQagUIr5USl3FC6xyMg/s400/IMG_4158.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108285727065114834" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br /><br />Eight -- Rose Fabric:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVU0PUtM7JPWJcVqOtIfm8hq8pl80zQgfDFaR2lExHmrih3qT8DGjDQXPywVarGOVBEmSqfpOLz7Fwn52F3GvAPo7xcKSRykJfqXuF99oiXfB2-Jkz60Pehwh2_VOV4QwuwLStg/s1600-h/IMG_4170.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVU0PUtM7JPWJcVqOtIfm8hq8pl80zQgfDFaR2lExHmrih3qT8DGjDQXPywVarGOVBEmSqfpOLz7Fwn52F3GvAPo7xcKSRykJfqXuF99oiXfB2-Jkz60Pehwh2_VOV4QwuwLStg/s400/IMG_4170.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108286139381975266" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />The pattern is a little hard to see, so here's a closer view:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNR0UQKjEpMTFbeRaqySCm-YtUHzB_mqY6RRflH3pyqA_qTSuJAq2MkfEO9qfuD52TA4WedKdn8x-YjMT9pQYYFRb6Rwp5yVH6n3vik6qH6CCu0R49PrP6jSSDwzzkT8JTiXAkg/s1600-h/IMG_4172.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuNR0UQKjEpMTFbeRaqySCm-YtUHzB_mqY6RRflH3pyqA_qTSuJAq2MkfEO9qfuD52TA4WedKdn8x-YjMT9pQYYFRb6Rwp5yVH6n3vik6qH6CCu0R49PrP6jSSDwzzkT8JTiXAkg/s400/IMG_4172.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108286147971909874" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br /><br />Nine -- Horizontal Chain:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9oBwsl8VS-AG2t5-aqbICCORHykVE3z4GLu9ylWkqxKoLFb3njWqie2ly5v4FC7lrOgndYAgZ8nkF_vUylD3umCUkIkMs2OUKVQSfIdiKeDrLTS8pccBEdZp3EId47ZO3D_BmA/s1600-h/IMG_4186.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9oBwsl8VS-AG2t5-aqbICCORHykVE3z4GLu9ylWkqxKoLFb3njWqie2ly5v4FC7lrOgndYAgZ8nkF_vUylD3umCUkIkMs2OUKVQSfIdiKeDrLTS8pccBEdZp3EId47ZO3D_BmA/s400/IMG_4186.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108286598943475970" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br /><br />I don't think I like mosaic knitting . . .Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-58026039289892451002007-09-18T17:16:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:12.148+00:00Birthdays Coming SoonI think I told you, but maybe I didn't, that a lot of the knitting from last summer went to one Baby J, who was newly minted in early October of last year.<br /><br />Which means that the one-year babiversary is coming quick, and J's parents have decided to have a celebration. Which means gifts.<br /><br />Long ago I started a patchworky blanket of cotton garter squares (Rowan handknit cotton dk -- someone was getting rid of their collection on eBay some two years ago) for J. <br /><br />It is finally done, but I'm ambivalent. <br /><br />A quarter of the time I think it is really cute. And the rest of the time it seems just *awful.* Too much orange, not enough blue, shouldn't have made multicolor blocks, shouldn't have sewn it up with whipstitch, shouldn't have seamed with contrasting colours, &tc.<br /><br />But here it is:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDRB14aYYNXWUQhzDSItl9qYa4l0eUglebIZA_9aiZsXte-eLMFUYOKNNen-DqtKKDNiSpnZaMSSzjjhkCElk_LAhRHNnNcbLV7qIzAJ9NI2H9-JSPbDhHjkqOqSFox9x43XuFOw/s1600-h/IMG_4471.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDRB14aYYNXWUQhzDSItl9qYa4l0eUglebIZA_9aiZsXte-eLMFUYOKNNen-DqtKKDNiSpnZaMSSzjjhkCElk_LAhRHNnNcbLV7qIzAJ9NI2H9-JSPbDhHjkqOqSFox9x43XuFOw/s400/IMG_4471.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111604724992991746" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />Because of the ambivalence, I've started something else for J:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSp3NCmRPwki79h-IWbZbSO5ttv0ehnYeuFO_sp_ilxpI5IuqiwQtUAqbLa24XWDn-bzpb2v4HXYZx0HWv1e5QvBslgPrt0FrhYIc9EMH11n-FdUyDB3JCapy58QBKexDpsVhmQ/s1600-h/IMG_4376.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigSp3NCmRPwki79h-IWbZbSO5ttv0ehnYeuFO_sp_ilxpI5IuqiwQtUAqbLa24XWDn-bzpb2v4HXYZx0HWv1e5QvBslgPrt0FrhYIc9EMH11n-FdUyDB3JCapy58QBKexDpsVhmQ/s400/IMG_4376.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111604746467828242" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />A Dale of Norway cardigan from the No. 8101 reissue "Favorite Baby Designs." (Also including Rutelilje, <a href:"http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/archives/2006/05/29/its_not_a_race.html">as seen on the Yarn Harlot!</a>) There are at least three designs I'm itching to make in this booklet. (No, I haven't finished the <a href="http://anonyknits.blogspot.com/search/label/Dale%20Hoodie">hoodie</a> yet. I was concentrating on that (one sleeve half done!) before I realized J's day was coming up and the hoodie would be *way* too small in the 9 month size I am making.)<br /><br />With any luck, it will be done in plenty of time. (Then, need to see about something for Mum -- her day is also rapidly approaching.)<br /><br />Ever notice how lovely the sunset can be when viewed through fair-isle coloured glasses?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTFxqkw7DlFpcYLSXpV0sjR9WbwFKiG2FUuW5cgWBywQ9UBQ-v2VK9QkGzNO0Oh7QBUi8z-FUg84PMU4PhU6t67XaI3TANLiV4NFH3aTcs69eug06LGtDxZsLbRxskRYGckhIxQ/s1600-h/IMG_4382.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTFxqkw7DlFpcYLSXpV0sjR9WbwFKiG2FUuW5cgWBywQ9UBQ-v2VK9QkGzNO0Oh7QBUi8z-FUg84PMU4PhU6t67XaI3TANLiV4NFH3aTcs69eug06LGtDxZsLbRxskRYGckhIxQ/s400/IMG_4382.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111604673453384146" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpOwbyKTr3I9z1_BRrIBdUh7hZXAnrGGJFRBqUAXpgmYsKb1WW1P2djB3litrT5kxh6gILtTNY1FQFH6dCHhG5G8MY740QO4f3rpyDqbZDx14UahWqABToJmRBELSdPYjvhADHQ/s1600-h/IMG_4401.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDpOwbyKTr3I9z1_BRrIBdUh7hZXAnrGGJFRBqUAXpgmYsKb1WW1P2djB3litrT5kxh6gILtTNY1FQFH6dCHhG5G8MY740QO4f3rpyDqbZDx14UahWqABToJmRBELSdPYjvhADHQ/s400/IMG_4401.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111604686338286050" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH88CqnJBoL0xmf9XEGij9AKPo49ZUS9_n5GGX6bA6oYLVA5qWR7F2mxxO5_yjGcZTaiMLlmC2NqZnOfOY0qPSPl0JImOZCm21UnOFZOQ-XnKv3bDpwAN7eVKO0s9BH1PH4kmc1w/s1600-h/IMG_4408.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH88CqnJBoL0xmf9XEGij9AKPo49ZUS9_n5GGX6bA6oYLVA5qWR7F2mxxO5_yjGcZTaiMLlmC2NqZnOfOY0qPSPl0JImOZCm21UnOFZOQ-XnKv3bDpwAN7eVKO0s9BH1PH4kmc1w/s400/IMG_4408.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111604707813122546" /></a><br /><br clear="left">Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-5050294667765668512007-09-17T19:53:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:13.273+00:00Some Catching UpThat "Rosebud" baby hat (from the "itty-bitty hats" book) I started back in January. Never again! Too many ends to deal with!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiF8m4ea7Xq0SeATTOXmKX73_kkHNXWsokp9Ap-5PrHQaIKy8FymmhBRCJlVgqWvLTXCs-h1LsBUzZwxziaVikU9w2NnegRESwmPDGQtVRW56-fPok2EEeU5s-2spboGo6WyyPTA/s1600-h/IMG_4337.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiF8m4ea7Xq0SeATTOXmKX73_kkHNXWsokp9Ap-5PrHQaIKy8FymmhBRCJlVgqWvLTXCs-h1LsBUzZwxziaVikU9w2NnegRESwmPDGQtVRW56-fPok2EEeU5s-2spboGo6WyyPTA/s400/IMG_4337.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111300048602947970" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br /><br />And a "jacket with seed stitch bands" from Debbie Bliss's "baby knits for beginners":<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQkbtBaO5sMibmaMm8hM87MfLyhA0V4-8fJ-eq35otAa19O9HO_-rRwZxEb-ZVW5jt5CwnvkNDIOhKhmr5D84rf02UM0maP-qggj_gOSSawRWIZawKrluoTEdTyS89M_skf971g/s1600-h/IMG_4351.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivQkbtBaO5sMibmaMm8hM87MfLyhA0V4-8fJ-eq35otAa19O9HO_-rRwZxEb-ZVW5jt5CwnvkNDIOhKhmr5D84rf02UM0maP-qggj_gOSSawRWIZawKrluoTEdTyS89M_skf971g/s400/IMG_4351.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111300061487849874" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkwJ4jisn2AqbMQP-3skqiuXbpn_bKXjvzWE0DbmKAqKeYNpi6KmrsbZ_UB88eAFec-YHTKgQMoW5D0scfiZuw3PT2g9MXM74pi0rc8p5CZgG1_r4Iuk0AwXdEkWacZek793FPEg/s1600-h/IMG_4360.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkwJ4jisn2AqbMQP-3skqiuXbpn_bKXjvzWE0DbmKAqKeYNpi6KmrsbZ_UB88eAFec-YHTKgQMoW5D0scfiZuw3PT2g9MXM74pi0rc8p5CZgG1_r4Iuk0AwXdEkWacZek793FPEg/s400/IMG_4360.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111300070077784482" /></a>Perfect buttons!<br /><br clear="left"><br /><br />More later . . .Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-77451725775931620162007-09-13T16:19:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:13.493+00:00Square FiveDiagonal Ribbing:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WKtPT3m61_ALZzKi2t9SrDsThZRIKrODtcEVrB6voE_tpsRLy34TNqpn_nycvXe7BBqAjwXny0l8JEhmqJ5yb5smC0MQHCy-cOzEsb9TcCt0nnNjkVb4z1Tm1NrawSo4YHMV_g/s1600-h/IMG_4139.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WKtPT3m61_ALZzKi2t9SrDsThZRIKrODtcEVrB6voE_tpsRLy34TNqpn_nycvXe7BBqAjwXny0l8JEhmqJ5yb5smC0MQHCy-cOzEsb9TcCt0nnNjkVb4z1Tm1NrawSo4YHMV_g/s400/IMG_4139.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108285104294856882" /></a><br /><br clear="left">Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-72869849085378925582007-09-12T16:11:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:13.929+00:00Square FourLattice with Seed Stitch:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgcfza-7fcgqgJBGU2F3FGiKtvznDuqP17gpyOF1Ycl-JO_yM8bZkyN7VjzKyDaFqUGOVuEBnsKlK-40-2m4UxWudNMtuZ_6SapUTPxj9NiHen0K9Y6j4oMOui_Uu9oLCVbwdDw/s1600-h/IMG_4127.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvgcfza-7fcgqgJBGU2F3FGiKtvznDuqP17gpyOF1Ycl-JO_yM8bZkyN7VjzKyDaFqUGOVuEBnsKlK-40-2m4UxWudNMtuZ_6SapUTPxj9NiHen0K9Y6j4oMOui_Uu9oLCVbwdDw/s400/IMG_4127.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108284795057211554" /></a><br /><br clear="left">Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-25612160796477453252007-09-11T15:44:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:14.210+00:00Square ThreeBasketweave:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWE1PjzxWr0HGsFIZChK0umF4DkTu-IodekgosLeVOOobRyu1kd5r2yb0m4i73uhSFzUNylEC95h2yXqT3PUZZC0vLrvheCpyHh_Yaw1BRQpiwZAwoBa59pDY6gYGDbFXkCxG3g/s1600-h/IMG_4123.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWE1PjzxWr0HGsFIZChK0umF4DkTu-IodekgosLeVOOobRyu1kd5r2yb0m4i73uhSFzUNylEC95h2yXqT3PUZZC0vLrvheCpyHh_Yaw1BRQpiwZAwoBa59pDY6gYGDbFXkCxG3g/s400/IMG_4123.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108284150812117138" /></a><br /><br /><br clear="left">Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-23536954536732382632007-09-10T21:09:00.001+00:002008-12-11T00:22:14.449+00:00Square TwoStriped Stockinette Stitch:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLs-f70ctIMm58eQkwz92MXp0LZRgCCu1RRE-jlMRM2sNeC7KT3PEo49OWQnenKW67cOX9U6hMuAzqBbXw74sdf6HiedaAfK7bUoueri2f31uR13ViSW0DTSEKQRVOXFyUVqntXw/s1600-h/IMG_4113.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLs-f70ctIMm58eQkwz92MXp0LZRgCCu1RRE-jlMRM2sNeC7KT3PEo49OWQnenKW67cOX9U6hMuAzqBbXw74sdf6HiedaAfK7bUoueri2f31uR13ViSW0DTSEKQRVOXFyUVqntXw/s400/IMG_4113.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108283583876434050" /></a><br /><br clear="left">Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-10333070730308488892007-09-09T18:28:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:15.641+00:00Square OneLiterally.<br /><br />New Project. <br /><br />(I'll get around to telling you of the old-to-me-but-new-to-you-stuff eventually. This one is a truly new project.)<br /><br />I've got all these random balls of Baby Cashmerino that I've picked up here and there, starting well over a year ago, with the idea of making a patchworky baby blanket. Originally, I was thinking garter stitch mitres, but since I've already got a decent stack of stockinette mitres (in denim, not cashmerino) . . .<br /><br />I've also been wanting for over a year to do a sampler afghan -- not because I actually want such an afghan, but because I think that all those different squares would just be really fun. Each is a separate low-pressure little project, a few hours at most, no worries . . .<br /><br />So.<br /><br />Baby Cashmerino, the Barbara Walker "Learn to Knit Afghan Book," and we'll see how it goes.<br /><br />No, still not planning an afghan. <br /><br />The idea is to make all the squares, but use them for two to four baby blankets instead. (Hence, the baby cashmerino. Sooooo soft. I knew I would need it for something!) As there are 63 squares in the book, this will take a bit of jiggery pokery. 63 squares won't make anything at all except the 7 by 9 full sized afghan. 64 would make 4 tiny blankets (about 30 inches square, plus borders). 60 would make either 3 or 2 larger blankets. <br /><br />I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. Always best to save the underhanded dodges till the end of things, when you know they're really necessary. Probably I won't come to it at all, what with my severe deficiency of stick-to-it-ive-ness. (Where *are* my vitamins?)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiF2XWQKYvCh9SeB4p7GzN3JIWZoTCvw9ldHFXbcoZraNjsnlDgg-eXeevm1RuH1Ntl46_dcCx_aqulhywZxwfsiybMWW1hvGAT629RS9ZoiURknNjHk3UnXVsVFdSGC0SYIM9PQ/s1600-h/IMG_4106.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiF2XWQKYvCh9SeB4p7GzN3JIWZoTCvw9ldHFXbcoZraNjsnlDgg-eXeevm1RuH1Ntl46_dcCx_aqulhywZxwfsiybMWW1hvGAT629RS9ZoiURknNjHk3UnXVsVFdSGC0SYIM9PQ/s400/IMG_4106.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108274229437663346" /></a>Square One: Striped Garter StitchAnonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-39271608883499036252007-09-07T01:27:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:16.250+00:00Er . . . Hello, Again.I will make no excuses, except to say that in the past I had a job that required me to be in front of a computer for hours on end, and that I have not had that job for some time. (*Good* thing.)<br /><br />Decided to take some time to figure out what I wanted to do when I grew up (though that moment *must* be long since past, mustn't it?), I further decided that for a while I would do nothing that I did not wish to do while I was doing it, but that I would definately make the effort to keep blogging, as I enjoyed it so well.<br /><br />Well!<br /><br />During the first week of the new regime, I was so busy with other things, and being not constantly in front of a computer, no blogging.<br /><br />And somehow, what with this and that . . . the ill-advised purchase of a Playstation 2 (TOOL OF THE DEVIL!), Harry Potter (last opportunity to fully enjoy the first six before embarking on the last), Big Love (who knew?), Jane Austen, traveling, new computer that I *cannot* understand, and who recalls what else . . . <br /><br />After a while, what can I say, but most times I forgot I had a blog at all. <br /><br />Well you may wonder. <br /><br />When I was knitting, I did think about it quite a lot, missed it and you, and as I finished projects and started new ones, I mentally composed many and long blog entries. Which, as you know, were never posted.<br /><br />EZ insists that one may read and knit at the same time (which may be true if one's book lays flat), but I am near certain that *I* at least cannot simultaneously knit and blog.<br /><br />&c.<br /><br />But something happened yesterday that determined me finally to write.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ehbiXO0A6pBxqV04bHNoVWuP8mulN7qI4eoJ89Nm-TrRMT5j-VLhZQGYL2GzPqHfCmJi0T0yOAiUPLile5r6NoppL9CltVQP3TG5BVX0dH7xeT8yokwd-yeBiJxTG0lILY20Wg/s1600-h/Lizard+Ridge.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ehbiXO0A6pBxqV04bHNoVWuP8mulN7qI4eoJ89Nm-TrRMT5j-VLhZQGYL2GzPqHfCmJi0T0yOAiUPLile5r6NoppL9CltVQP3TG5BVX0dH7xeT8yokwd-yeBiJxTG0lILY20Wg/s400/Lizard+Ridge.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107497909803944034" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />Unfortunately, I can't seem to get a good photo of the whole of it. Bigger than I expected. <br /><br />Also in the way of an update, St. Brigid is long since finished:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlLkHz-dsWSvhEdc4G5wUE2aA_SZ9wbIDzocbINCb9a-5w7J2hKQ_J_6VERb1Zb7cN49Dj_HIZTAbydlpar5J004nu68r4Zlgl-ijZdgMYB7S0IJT-wnYXicPdT4GtI2zrfSEPg/s1600-h/IMG_4090.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdlLkHz-dsWSvhEdc4G5wUE2aA_SZ9wbIDzocbINCb9a-5w7J2hKQ_J_6VERb1Zb7cN49Dj_HIZTAbydlpar5J004nu68r4Zlgl-ijZdgMYB7S0IJT-wnYXicPdT4GtI2zrfSEPg/s400/IMG_4090.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107490561114900530" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />Not sure I like the collar, but I'll have to wear it a few times to figure that out, and it is far too hot for wool just now.<br /><br />Oh, and Posy, too, finally:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_HGFgfmYZImm7rOquy_80lvmWsbmBDa-ByJCJusz-psBZESvGiKXMUMO0V2hkPO2EqGoX5-0utkxN1qOOcfaf6_LwlmzX7egLhJd9dgMZ6Qozlob3cguu40ykgsLn4p8astCBQ/s1600-h/IMG_4094.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_HGFgfmYZImm7rOquy_80lvmWsbmBDa-ByJCJusz-psBZESvGiKXMUMO0V2hkPO2EqGoX5-0utkxN1qOOcfaf6_LwlmzX7egLhJd9dgMZ6Qozlob3cguu40ykgsLn4p8astCBQ/s400/IMG_4094.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107490647014246466" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />Definately wearable, although not as I imagined. I should not have cut out all those inches -- she would not have been too short after all. Contemporary pants styles are so low cut! Not that I have a problem baring my midriff in appropriate circumstances, but between the lacey holes and the missing inches, the poor girl is not suited for, er, respectable work. I still like her, though. She's cheeky.<br /><br />So, so much more, but probably the first entry back should endeavour to not overwhelm either the writer or the reader (assuming any remain!), for fear that there shall never be another.<br /><br />Cheers!Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-56857518509278751972007-06-11T23:38:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:16.424+00:00That Took FOREVER"Two baby sweaters, PRONTO!"<br /><br />I don't react well to orders.<br /><br />(Definately not cut out for the military. Unless one can enlist as a High Mucky Muck? I suppose even they have to take orders from the Higher Mucky Mucks . . . .)<br /><br />About half way through, I stopped enjoying the February Sweater. I'm fairly certain it had to do with the yarn, not the pattern. Louet superwash, in whatever goes for sportweight in that pantheon. It looked all fluffy in the skein, but -- while smooth -- it really didn't like me much. No give at all.<br /><br />And since I really felt I had to finish it soon . . . well, rather than just knit on something else, I just . . .<br /><br />STOPPED KNITTING.<br /><br />(I still can't believe it, even as I write it!)<br /><br />Stopped.<br /><br />Knitting.<br /><br />!!!<br /><br />???<br /><br />!!!<br /><br />But they're done now, buttons and all . . .<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLVYgB8ihyaPp-D4wgFpcMPZUgxxZ4PfBvaBtRHe1Z0ig3fr62pXSseRSa8gp8FKqxPllNw2tsweDAiRBPAQa4T-xM8c57zcEs2LWW26RniQdkCF9LkYrfRNfIKEP5IiTmwJw4g/s1600-h/IMG_3852.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLVYgB8ihyaPp-D4wgFpcMPZUgxxZ4PfBvaBtRHe1Z0ig3fr62pXSseRSa8gp8FKqxPllNw2tsweDAiRBPAQa4T-xM8c57zcEs2LWW26RniQdkCF9LkYrfRNfIKEP5IiTmwJw4g/s400/IMG_3852.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074959835961854722" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />. . . and we'll let bygones be bygones, but NO WAY am I tackling the rest of those hats for this year's Dulaan deadline. They'll just have to go next year. <br /><br />The guilty and possibly ridiculous part of me is all, "But Anonyknits, that's, like, 10 very cold people who won't have their hats this winter." <br /><br />But the wiser part (which I rarely listen to) says: "People will need hats next year, too. And if you hatted every cold head in Mongolia by yourself, just think of how pissed off all the other knitters would be."<br /><br />So, I'm doing it -- not doing it, that is -- for YOU, fellow knitters.<br /><br />I'm generous that way.<br /><br />Just thought you should know.Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-92095224639894257742007-06-01T15:21:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:16.600+00:00UnventionNot much to look at, but here's the start of a February baby sweater from Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitter's Almanac. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi231U06tnForpUShT6tYlZeAF_1zSOL2xZG0ubj-KxwC3_YcZYELGciaGFk4YhtC_W_zmfqB9g4H6Z2P3h7JsxmrWKb-SrqPjTjD3iv5x3fTSoBqz_eJTxlHoUAuf2QUkhSkS7aQ/s1600-h/IMG_3840.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi231U06tnForpUShT6tYlZeAF_1zSOL2xZG0ubj-KxwC3_YcZYELGciaGFk4YhtC_W_zmfqB9g4H6Z2P3h7JsxmrWKb-SrqPjTjD3iv5x3fTSoBqz_eJTxlHoUAuf2QUkhSkS7aQ/s400/IMG_3840.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5071124630587318930" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />I fell in love with this sweater the first time I saw it on someone's blog (can't remember whose!), eventually found out where to find the pattern, thought I wanted the book but could never find a hard copy to "test drive" before committing, and finally broke down and ordered it online, sight unseen, because even after all this time (well over a year) I still loved that sweater. <br /><br />The book is a steal.<br /><br />It arrived a couple of days ago, and I've raced through it as though it were a trashy adventure novel, flipping back again and again to reread the especially racy bits. Ahem.<br /><br />The short of it is that, while I'm absolutely positive <a href="http://shutupandknit.typepad.com/knitgirl/"> Cookie</a> is right that another Baby Surprise is just the ticket, I have no enthusiasm to start another one immediately. So we're doing the February sweater. At least for now. Probably when it is finished, I will find that the two things are insufficiently twinny (as in, utterly different sizes), will have gotten over my Surprise aversion, and will end up starting over again for Twin No. 2.<br /><br />But to the unventing -- I find it a little ironic that I have happened upon my best unventing yet (at least since the time I "discovered" the <a href="http://anonyknits.blogspot.com/2006/10/seaming-better-than-you-remembered.html"> woven seam</a>) while knitting an E.Z. design. But I suppose that it is only right and proper.<br /><br />My New Favorite Increase!<br /><br />I hate the m1, firm backwards loop. <br /><br />I dislike working it, and I dislike working *into* it. <br /><br />Working it really breaks up my rhythm. (Maybe this is only a problem for "pickers?" Or maybe it is just me.) <br /><br />And working *into* it -- well, not sure what the problem is, but I always have a hard time getting my needle into that FIRM backwards loop. (Maybe it is something about the angle?)<br /><br />So that's two rows of pain and suffering for the stupid one-stitch increase.<br /><br />Generally, I substitute a different increase -- usually a kfb -- even if the m1 creates the best results under the circumstances.<br /><br />But for the increases in the February sweater's garter yoke, the kfb wasn't going to work. So I bit the bullet and at least for the first set of increases (one every two stitches!), I used the m1.<br /><br />And on the slow way back, knitting into those increases, I kept thinking "there's got to be a better way." <br /><br />Then one of those stupid firm backwards loops hopped off my needle before I could work it, and when putting it back *on* the needle, I realized . . .<br /><br />Does everyone else already know that you get the same m1 if you just do a "firm" YO on row one, and knit into it "through the back loop" (i.e., twisted) on row 2?<br /><br />Much better!<br /><br />I am giddy at the discovery.Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-38162742548500227652007-05-31T15:45:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:16.884+00:00Babies Always WinMaybe your theory is that this is because they are so delicious, so adorable.<br /><br />Personally, I think it is all the crying. (Make it stop! Make it stop! ANYTHING, just make it STOP!)<br /><br />Either way, I suppose it is the Right Thing To Do.<br /><br />(That, and, it is probably time to admit that no matter how fast I knitted, I wasn't about to finish St. Brigid before my hats came due . . .)<br /><br />So:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoNlAhS5QjjhjlZvzn_NZeAbpuBBG5SIi_KzhZSOjhdviWblpNomDxZmR8DVOuJ28D9lk6mpPKOoS2Q_gfiyvFv6ofi_CEH4LBLGDZKkhaiXS8_7BC9OHYJR05mF6RBysGUb4Ag/s1600-h/IMG_3820.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNoNlAhS5QjjhjlZvzn_NZeAbpuBBG5SIi_KzhZSOjhdviWblpNomDxZmR8DVOuJ28D9lk6mpPKOoS2Q_gfiyvFv6ofi_CEH4LBLGDZKkhaiXS8_7BC9OHYJR05mF6RBysGUb4Ag/s400/IMG_3820.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070752222563017346" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />Most of an Elizabeth Zimmerman "Baby Surprise" jacket, in Rowan's Felted Tweed for Twin No. 1. (Babies who do not see fit to warn me of their arrivals get knitting that requires minimal finishing.)<br /><br />Not sure what we'll be doing for Twin No. 2. Maybe another "Baby Surprise?" Maybe the February sweater from Knitter's Almanac? <br /><br />In any event, something without too much seaming . . .<br /><br />None of which is to say that I've stopped working on Brigid. If I stop, who knows when I'll pick it up again. <br /><br />So the new plan is -- Hey -- Remember when I said I liked new plans better than old ones? I take it back. I take it back. I take it back. -- The new plan is, although the baby things and the Dulaan hats are the priority, I knit a little on Brigid every day. <br /><br />At least a row.<br /><br />At that rate, it could take forever. <br /><br />But I have a real hard time stopping at just one row. . . .<br /><br />Sleeve One, Half Done.Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-22540572553800842232007-05-28T18:42:00.001+00:002007-05-28T18:51:22.093+00:00Shoot!I *just* got word of new babies. <br /><br />Babies in the FAMILY.<br /><br />TWINS. <br /><br />(Yes, another set.)<br /><br />And they've already ARRIVED.<br /><br />I had NO IDEA.<br /><br />The babies are related enough that they really do deserve a welcome gift. <br /><br />But apparently not related enough for me to hear of it in advance.<br /><br />Whatever happened to giving a knitter fair warning?<br /><br />I never did replenish the Strategic Baby Handknits Reserves. There are bibs and burp cloths, but no tiny sweaters. (That'll learn me.)<br /><br />If I postpone St. Brigid, I could do something for the babies now and still finish the Dulaan hats on time . . .<br /><br />If I don't postpone St. Brigid, there's no way I'll have something to send them until they're at least a month (probably two) along . . .<br /><br />What to do?<br /><br />What to do?Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-60619692883714632532007-05-28T16:17:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:17.080+00:00Phase One Complete<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhH8rwwMa9wyzFl037vbAEe99ATT5_VbC90Ekjkwzk0WDs7zy2bVEnklIBjXtS6GLfcC7OTtMggAS2EfLLCHRjOGBUZxGYWpW1Gtshyphenhyphen3fJrjsYdLFsKvMm5kDAGDXeV1b3hEDAg/s1600-h/IMG_3783.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhH8rwwMa9wyzFl037vbAEe99ATT5_VbC90Ekjkwzk0WDs7zy2bVEnklIBjXtS6GLfcC7OTtMggAS2EfLLCHRjOGBUZxGYWpW1Gtshyphenhyphen3fJrjsYdLFsKvMm5kDAGDXeV1b3hEDAg/s400/IMG_3783.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069647568585635058" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />Commence Phase Two.Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-27835018224669484272007-05-25T16:54:00.001+00:002008-12-11T00:22:17.553+00:00Wheeeeeeee!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyi2L228cCxcolChn5UV4WHrvsLeUdWWF5Pqzk1UuNY8qGMcJ9rnXVjgsPer8GX4tEqEVVBO9vhrxvbNvJ2cC_T2zB-W40VKQiIhh4bSgOAsWfQG49Wt5iDZfJ6kbDOAImdAlM5g/s1600-h/IMG_3768.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyi2L228cCxcolChn5UV4WHrvsLeUdWWF5Pqzk1UuNY8qGMcJ9rnXVjgsPer8GX4tEqEVVBO9vhrxvbNvJ2cC_T2zB-W40VKQiIhh4bSgOAsWfQG49Wt5iDZfJ6kbDOAImdAlM5g/s400/IMG_3768.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068542950241744082" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />The start of a St. Brigid (Aran Knitting, A. Starmore), in Cascade 220. <br /><br />Coincidentally, the VERY SAME COLOUR being used by another member of the <a href="http://www.masondixonknitting.com/slogalong/">Slogalong</a>, <a href="http://www.tanapageler.com/life/">Tana P.</a>, for the <a href="http://www.tanapageler.com/life/archives/2007/05/st_brigid_or_th.htm">VERY SAME PROJECT</a>. (I *am* a copycat!)<br /><br />Wanna race?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWoOgnSJeCGMjkKME-0ul5hyvyuq4jzDZ4022ntYe7jRx6UUBuyXrThEjW-KW0Tpqc62OL5rleJM-6SExvYuZ0LO5i7Q32_2_M0ON5at22HQJ5EieO_r_5GHii5Cy8BESeLoXoA/s1600-h/IMG_3779.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNWoOgnSJeCGMjkKME-0ul5hyvyuq4jzDZ4022ntYe7jRx6UUBuyXrThEjW-KW0Tpqc62OL5rleJM-6SExvYuZ0LO5i7Q32_2_M0ON5at22HQJ5EieO_r_5GHii5Cy8BESeLoXoA/s400/IMG_3779.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068542967421613282" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br /><em>Hello!</em><br /><br clear="left">Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-31478422941659985352007-05-24T17:18:00.000+00:002007-06-01T18:36:34.718+00:00REBOOTMeh.<br /><br />Haven't finished a hat since that last entry. Probably this is because I realized I actually had *plenty* of time to finish the last 10-ish before this year's Dulaan deadline.<br /><br />Also, I am a skosh bored with them. (Really? No way!)<br /><br />I could have pushed through to the end, but really there isn't a big rush, and the knitting is supposed to be about enjoyment (mainly, anyway -- there's also the high drama, adventure and frustration). <br /><br />So.<br /><br />When the boredom first crept in, I started knitting 1 mitered square per hat, alternating boring / fun / boring / fun.<br /><br />And that is what got me through, say, 5 of those last 10 hats.<br /><br />Then in this last week, I dropped the alternation, just miters, no hats.<br /><br />And now I'm even a little bored with the miters . . . (How can this be???)<br /><br />But I'm still not interested in the hats.<br /><br />So, NEW PLAN! (I love new plans. New plans are so much more exciting than whatever plan I'm executing at the moment.)<br /><br />As I did with Freya, I am going to concentrate on a new sweater (for me! but not Sadie -- have to work through those color issues first) from start to finish for maybe 10 days (I'm giving myself 2 weekends), see how far I get.<br /><br />I swatched the night before last, cast on last night.<br /><br />Pictures once the thing is recognizable. (Yeah, it is one of those "famous" sweaters -- you see it all over the blogosphere. I'd feel like such a copycat, only it is both challenging and super-beautiful, so who gives a flying monkey?)<br /><br />THEN, finish up the hats quick like a bunny, because by the time I've burned two weekends on this sweater, that shipping deadline will loom.<br /><br />TTFNAnonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-78482663815073450222007-05-17T18:19:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:17.876+00:00Push! Push!Ten More Hats.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHyDr1c7YM19rhJtJ90ekV6M1f-urWOF02N51TsPmo1k4ET1JB1eyWvb5_vsz99LJTXT9hSg9qV7ChzPOg1PMjcdZuryExtAGOJL0oTIucWhboPJNXKruZyro8cgncrdH_dpbWw/s1600-h/IMG_3760.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHyDr1c7YM19rhJtJ90ekV6M1f-urWOF02N51TsPmo1k4ET1JB1eyWvb5_vsz99LJTXT9hSg9qV7ChzPOg1PMjcdZuryExtAGOJL0oTIucWhboPJNXKruZyro8cgncrdH_dpbWw/s400/IMG_3760.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065596757295510722" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />I am nearing the end, but I think there may be Ten More Yet.<br /><br />I'm sneaking in a miter here and there, but otherwise I've managed to be fairly faithful. <br /><br />And while part of me thinks I won't know what to do with myself (knitting-wise) once I'm done with the hats, another part of me is very much looking forward to putting the finishing touches on Posy, those Hokusai socks, the garter squares blanket . . . even the Rose Garden hat, with all of its fiddly bits and pieces!<br /><br />Almost there . . .Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-59596167393605309582007-05-08T17:03:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:18.445+00:00Okay, Freaky . . .So, I had these tomatoes.<br /><br />Been in the kitchen . . . oh . . . a while.<br /><br />Some were bad, and I tossed them.<br /><br />But one looked okay.<br /><br />Albeit a little different than the norm.<br /><br />It looked like it might have a dark centre -- which you do get in some tomatoes, but I didn't remember these having dark centres when I bought them -- and there were a couple of bumps on the surface -- which I also didn't remember, but I hadn't been paying all that much attention, and they were "organic," so little defects are to be expected.<br /><br />Still it looked basically fine, nice even, and I decided to use it up last night before it joined its brothers and bit the dust. Waste not, want not, and all.<br /><br />Surprise!<br /><br />My first reaction, as these little green things *sprung out* when I cut my poor tomato open, was approximately:<br /><br /><strong>"BUGS! WORMS??? IN MY TOMATO? HOW????"</strong><br /><br />Only with way more swearing and even a high-pitched girly scream or two. <br /><br />(Yes. I'm a little "high strung," and am entirely hostage to my imagination. In my defense, the kitchen was not well lit at the time.)<br /><br />But then the wormy green things stopped writhing, and I decided it was probably safe to approach, no matter how disgusting chopped up green worms might be, and . . .<br /><br />Not worms.<br /><br />Sprouts.<br /><br />The tomato seeds sprouted, <em>in situ</em>:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOyQVtU9B8R-rIOSUnmByf4WXTHD_Ij1XpXmCmxXXb5UkxY6CVVUQ9B0Y2TB6VKHdINpkl5jVyI2G_gsOWh17uKCAwN_JhTnHSyjFZ0HksLJHx0Bn2P3R1Dyb0Qd5ZOMyw05tIlA/s1600-h/IMG_3717.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOyQVtU9B8R-rIOSUnmByf4WXTHD_Ij1XpXmCmxXXb5UkxY6CVVUQ9B0Y2TB6VKHdINpkl5jVyI2G_gsOWh17uKCAwN_JhTnHSyjFZ0HksLJHx0Bn2P3R1Dyb0Qd5ZOMyw05tIlA/s400/IMG_3717.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062244691553773794" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />WTF?<br /><br />You are too eager, my tomato, my friend!<br /><br />Harbinger of the apocalypse?<br /><br />Something to think about.<br /><br />Also, more hats:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVy0k574CKuOS_wax-iWxyjwB_whE7mrodUmCXMpydspGH3hdUqEj49Os-fPTXYOubNyK7Qhx_5z-xkGx23ENc18VeO36AzhPcF1dhmeWbZHG-EjVgpNt1bctGJCq6PewXdN3A9w/s1600-h/IMG_3731.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVy0k574CKuOS_wax-iWxyjwB_whE7mrodUmCXMpydspGH3hdUqEj49Os-fPTXYOubNyK7Qhx_5z-xkGx23ENc18VeO36AzhPcF1dhmeWbZHG-EjVgpNt1bctGJCq6PewXdN3A9w/s400/IMG_3731.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5062244700143708402" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />While these may not look any different or more exciting than the last batch, they represent a major milestone: I've fully slogged my way through the multicoloured mohair.<br /><br />Only the blue remains.<br /><br />Yee haw.Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-41612584517175446762007-05-08T00:26:00.000+00:002007-05-08T00:32:16.388+00:00Smalt Goes GreyApparently, I'm not the only one with this problem:<br /><br /><blockquote><strong>Plesters, Joyce<br /><br /><a href="http://www.iiconservation.org/publications/digipubs.php?pub_id=353">A preliminary note on the incidence of discolouration of smalt in oil media</a></strong><br /><br /><em>Studies in conservation </em> <strong>(1969) <strong>14</strong> pp 62-74</strong><br /><br />Although smalt, a glass, might be expected to behave as a stable pigment, discolouration of smalt-containing paint layers has been observed. Early references from the literature are cited which mention the discolouration of smalt in oil media. Originally blue layers on paintings have changed into dull grey or greyish-green. Experiments suggest the following factors for this discolouration: low refractive index of the pigment compared with that of oil media; interaction of alkali content or cobalt content with oil and oleo-resinous media; the possibility of similar reactions with resin-or oil-resin varnishes in certain conditions. Discolouration may also occur if smalt is mixed with other pigments, or added as a drier or as an adulterant. A proper understanding of the mechanism of the deterioration would require further research by more sophisticated methods.<br /></blockquote><br /><br />Do I seem obsessed?Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-11854534699303351682007-05-07T16:40:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:18.825+00:00Not Entirely HappyI'm still chugging along on the Dulaan hats. Have a few more finished, but completely forgot to snap a picture. So here is a photo of something else entirely:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivY54BlLe1lAKkmtLuZN4lEBJX28YjofWGXKYLSrvkHE6Z3LKfhq7drt6i5y2eF9F2hOQMw3CjlaXU52RgX9Yk-NxPpK1CDRcbVA-HiBwYRpx8lmZb77DpJJn0OvMcDoIVflRD_A/s1600-h/IMG_3570.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivY54BlLe1lAKkmtLuZN4lEBJX28YjofWGXKYLSrvkHE6Z3LKfhq7drt6i5y2eF9F2hOQMw3CjlaXU52RgX9Yk-NxPpK1CDRcbVA-HiBwYRpx8lmZb77DpJJn0OvMcDoIVflRD_A/s400/IMG_3570.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5061868113116227778" /></a>(I'm told these are "spotted dead nettles.")<br /><br clear="left"><br />I'm sure you can see them (the hats, not the nettles) clearly in your mind's eye -- They look quite like all the others you've seen around here lately.<br /><br />I've had this idea that perhaps if I can do one a day, they'll be done right quick. <br /><br />So I told myself I'd do one a day, before doing any other knitting. <br /><br />Which is why you haven't seen much else around here in the past few weeks.<br /><br />Of course, having finally revealed to you my hat completion strategy, it is a near certainty that said strategy will immediately collapse.<br /><br />Anyhoo.<br /><br />Another reason the strategy might have collapsed is that the yarn for my new sweater project -- you know, the one that caused the demise of my "no new yarn" resolution -- has arrived.<br /><br />Ah, yes, you're quick! <br /><br />I did say "might have." <br /><br />I'm so disappointed by the colour.<br /><br />I probably should have seen this coming -- there were hints that I couldn't be completely sure of what I was getting. <br /><br />On the one hand, the photo of Sadie from last fall's Rowan (No. 40) is clearly <a href="http://www.dreamweaveryarns.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=350">blue, blue, blue</a>. (I love this particular shade.)<br /><br />On the other, Sadie is part of the <a href="http://www.knitrowan.com/html/magazines_slide_show.asp?productCode=ZM40&serial=67">"Fade to Grey"</a> collection -- "A sophisticated look that blends from the starkness of black to the elegance of pale grey."<br /><br />Photo says blue; text says grey.<br /><br />Hrm.<br /><br />I was a little unsure, and it was impossible to tell what the colour actually was from internet photos. <br /><br />But then I was convinced!<br /><br />AS IT TURNS OUT, the name of the colour given in the magazine -- No. 963 "Smart" -- which is a little vague -- must be a typo, because there is no "Smart!" <br /><br />Colour 963 is "Smalt!" (With an "L.")<br /><br />And as we all know, "Smalt" is <a href="http://webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/overview/smalt.html">blue, blue, blue</a>.<br /><br />Except, AS IT TURNS OUT, when it is not.<br /><br />Sometimes, as I found out three days ago, it is grey.<br /><br />The sort of grey that could have been "Smart."<br /><br />But not "Smalt."<br /><br />(Maybe "Smelt?")<br /><br />Now, I like grey. I do. I love grey. And I probably need a grey sweater. <br /><br />So maybe I'll still make Sadie in grey.<br /><br />But it won't be the sweater I fell in love with. <br /><br />You see, I have this grey skirt that I *love,* and which I imagined myself wearing with Sadie. <br /><br />Imagine it with me - me and Sadie and my skirt, doing fabulous things together, in interesting places. <br /><br />In what you might think would be a brilliant stroke, the "Smalt" yarn is nearly exactly the same grey as the skirt. <br /><br />But when I imagine me and my skirt and a GREY Sadie doing things together, the things seem just a little less fabulous and the places considerably less interesting. <br /><br />I think that the problem is too much grey. <br /><br />Some grey (even quite a deal) is calming and sophistocated. <br /><br />Unadulterated grey is BLAH.<br /><br />Which means I must pause to consider.<br /><br />Do I still make Sadie? <br /><br />Do I make it in another colour? <br /><br />"Shipshape," while I know it is also not perfect, is probably closer to what I am looking for. At least it would break up the grey.<br /><br />Lesson learned for the 452nd time: Seek out a ball of the colour IN PERSON before taking the internet plunge.<br /><br />Or! <br /><br />Or! <br /><br />OR!<br /><br />(and I have only just thought of this . . . )<br /><br />Invest in shade cards?<br /><br />(oooooooo . . . )Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-77052248215796889262007-05-04T19:21:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:19.431+00:00Are We There Yet?(No.)<br /><br />Five more hats . . .<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaacwmvkMYK95ciUzGN3M5uo721Q1BY0dev2ppEMBkjaYonedRpbYCL0s5G623MlGoJn7MDehfroLUjY5XD39Gu4gt-BQq78YhNT8dioSb7HQStBkw6GcZVYieyoka-iXlKYSLmA/s1600-h/IMG_3694.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaacwmvkMYK95ciUzGN3M5uo721Q1BY0dev2ppEMBkjaYonedRpbYCL0s5G623MlGoJn7MDehfroLUjY5XD39Gu4gt-BQq78YhNT8dioSb7HQStBkw6GcZVYieyoka-iXlKYSLmA/s400/IMG_3694.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060788250963830962" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />Some of us are getting a little bored with this . . . <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WFYBh3Yl6iddFQ3abEMXXoB_0wFIGKPWMwbL01KjLyApOk1xn0K3q2Dba3ArlvLcQ9j0JJZE9tk8-oXj52FOgMmL6gUS1fKkfqe8H4t809bYqHyVvwnB4Xa7Rz7ob7DEMXYnpA/s1600-h/IMG_3322.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7WFYBh3Yl6iddFQ3abEMXXoB_0wFIGKPWMwbL01KjLyApOk1xn0K3q2Dba3ArlvLcQ9j0JJZE9tk8-oXj52FOgMmL6gUS1fKkfqe8H4t809bYqHyVvwnB4Xa7Rz7ob7DEMXYnpA/s400/IMG_3322.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060788238078929042" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />Some of us remain enigmatic . . .<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWuyulCOz891Oz1i-hH7N2TDTnQia6Y3HlDeJgYqQC6X7IO6p0z5gUyY3xvopV7EwGcAbICYse-7JPpgI2-GVJm8rRhZugNiV5F8-EdUFdutlsscnFyboFlyll08Jo7dOVtS2Gw/s1600-h/IMG_3359.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWuyulCOz891Oz1i-hH7N2TDTnQia6Y3HlDeJgYqQC6X7IO6p0z5gUyY3xvopV7EwGcAbICYse-7JPpgI2-GVJm8rRhZugNiV5F8-EdUFdutlsscnFyboFlyll08Jo7dOVtS2Gw/s400/IMG_3359.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060788242373896354" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />And some of us are beginning to feel like that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_500_Hats_of_Bartholomew_Cubbins">poor Mr. Cubbins</a>. <br /><br />At least there aren't 500 of them.Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-37561079615415587012007-04-30T17:40:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:20.445+00:00More Hats, Plus . . .<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdoFMBhloUVAStqKakosI0eeTBR9rAVlxwzTgxURCe0gQimuj_syE3NlLz10OjeQ13dytP_amvq5ez4U5H8jtpEoRj95E4jzzMVpBFtUzx9cuvAYp4rCKlgJXJZR8YvMaVdLUTA/s1600-h/IMG_3690.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdoFMBhloUVAStqKakosI0eeTBR9rAVlxwzTgxURCe0gQimuj_syE3NlLz10OjeQ13dytP_amvq5ez4U5H8jtpEoRj95E4jzzMVpBFtUzx9cuvAYp4rCKlgJXJZR8YvMaVdLUTA/s400/IMG_3690.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059277788275239042" /></a>Six more hats . . . I think that brings us to twenty hats done? So maybe 1/3 of the way? I'm really not sure anymore -- although I once estimated that I had 66-hats-worth of the mohair, I've lost some to waste, fraud, abuse and experimentation. <br /><br />Individually, these go very quickly. Like a little knitting snack. Maybe two hours per? I think probably less.<br /><br />But on the whole . . . Well, I'm considering joining the <a href="http://www.masondixonknitting.com/slogalong/">Slogalong</a>. For moral support.<br /><br />For the green hats, I've used Cascade 220 Superwash. The yellow and red are in Lamb's Pride. I think that the Lamb's Pride will ultimately be warmer, but it has less yardage per skein, so there's always a danger of running out before the second hat is finished.<br /><br />And here's the plus:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9ecG02Y-fi6Tk6EhB2Mm5NFVYuz7fZRgaNaxubXxbP2F1xjLfpKqZYUKYLwkgbVJNPrbZFc-te33vmSqQU9gdYWSSJKTZfaM8jiJNImMYGNOjNzqEF_MazAWPMQqJFD4GsnFvQ/s1600-h/IMG_3669.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO9ecG02Y-fi6Tk6EhB2Mm5NFVYuz7fZRgaNaxubXxbP2F1xjLfpKqZYUKYLwkgbVJNPrbZFc-te33vmSqQU9gdYWSSJKTZfaM8jiJNImMYGNOjNzqEF_MazAWPMQqJFD4GsnFvQ/s400/IMG_3669.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059277771095369826" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />Posy?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsSp_QD0CgD330S7YHqzEYaL34kxciqEvr2_IbSa4jCsI2msPpzvCAsgXqMu-EN1nQkQniIf13R-Dms3OGOmh5ps16v3Bs3AO_rAnTmEcB_0RLIly-UImwsg3fawMHBnkHKY81A/s1600-h/IMG_3674.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIsSp_QD0CgD330S7YHqzEYaL34kxciqEvr2_IbSa4jCsI2msPpzvCAsgXqMu-EN1nQkQniIf13R-Dms3OGOmh5ps16v3Bs3AO_rAnTmEcB_0RLIly-UImwsg3fawMHBnkHKY81A/s400/IMG_3674.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059277783980271730" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />Blocking?<br /><br />Haaaaa! Take THAT, Japanese Lessons!!! (I should probably admit that I made no progress with the Japanese the entire weekend. The Japanese and the fancy knitting really do seem to be mutually exclusive.)<br /><br />I'm still a little worried that I'll have a <a href="http://anonyknits.blogspot.com/2006/12/i-must-have-been-wearing-sports-bra.html">Freya</a> <a href="http://anonyknits.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-what-greed-will-get-you.html">Redux</a>. <br /><br />I'm pretty sure that I knit the right size this time. (Or at least chose the correct size to knit.) <br /><br />But knitting Posy requires that you have a very special relationship with your tension. She is lace, so it is a little difficult to re-check your tension whilst knitting. <br /><br />I did do a swatch, all those months ago, which was absolutely perfect. <br /><br />And Posy's back looks to be just right. <br /><br />But over time, I must have knit tighter and tighter, because the front is simply not as wide as the back. <br /><br />Again, Lace. So there's perhaps more forgiveness in it than there otherwise would be. <br /><br />But still . . . <br /><br />If it doesn't fit me right, it will <a href="http://anonyknits.blogspot.com/2006/12/last-of-freya.html">probably fit Mom perfectly</a>.<br /><br />Again.<br /><br />I suppose blue is her favorite color . . .<br /><br />Gah!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEBgj5t2dFdV2ro3oxir2w9rfL2CJQS9f1PPxepEMhu66V-Ls4V7O262Hizrd68Dx58RgOJWiFX83qHEm-FpTxpc22z5bHsZ0Sl2anImQ8ONX7XoKN5fKQACsa96x1b2Rwr3aQA/s1600-h/IMG_3564.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwEBgj5t2dFdV2ro3oxir2w9rfL2CJQS9f1PPxepEMhu66V-Ls4V7O262Hizrd68Dx58RgOJWiFX83qHEm-FpTxpc22z5bHsZ0Sl2anImQ8ONX7XoKN5fKQACsa96x1b2Rwr3aQA/s400/IMG_3564.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5059277762505435218" /></a><br /><br clear="left">Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-75045949485177137632007-04-27T16:54:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:20.541+00:00Hat!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVMYiWdx5Q2SgCfsTw8yL8go0L3aazUoJZSOQr_htLakahXQ0seQz3vUXpKkzaVFfUB0Rs2hEhOd8HUlab_NiL13CxRJn56fOzVaAxoCLjlBIRwpPZA36KnUcGubl8CZ9pQxjQA/s1600-h/IMG_3649.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVMYiWdx5Q2SgCfsTw8yL8go0L3aazUoJZSOQr_htLakahXQ0seQz3vUXpKkzaVFfUB0Rs2hEhOd8HUlab_NiL13CxRJn56fOzVaAxoCLjlBIRwpPZA36KnUcGubl8CZ9pQxjQA/s400/IMG_3649.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058152652872575042" /></a><br /><br clear="left"><br />I think this is #14?Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29944709.post-88326987313723192512007-04-26T21:26:00.000+00:002008-12-11T00:22:20.652+00:00Hat!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3_HyXUg_4CV1_prWElaLhDXvejLhJoLRdYysSZKY_n-kLqhlhxgOt8aqYtu7lyMkUdlcI95sOEbKkZuVmzC9FGwrmHpySlx4plPMHMiD-1xX3BMjHabGuBD6Qfm4UmOR-SIFTA/s1600-h/IMG_3639.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd3_HyXUg_4CV1_prWElaLhDXvejLhJoLRdYysSZKY_n-kLqhlhxgOt8aqYtu7lyMkUdlcI95sOEbKkZuVmzC9FGwrmHpySlx4plPMHMiD-1xX3BMjHabGuBD6Qfm4UmOR-SIFTA/s400/IMG_3639.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057851605729896498" /></a><br /><br clear="left">Anonyknitshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05076299555310866584noreply@blogger.com2