Moving over

I've moved!! I'm moving the blog to typepad. I hope to have my links updated by the end of the week. In the meantime - look for me here.

So much to knit and so little time.

UGH - I hate what I'm knitting right now. It's not that I hate it, I guess. I'm just bored with it. Does this ever happen with you guys? I'm still knitting my niece's fluffy sweater - but I really want to start something new!! I want to make a French Market Bag for my sister, but I don't have the right needles. I've asked for some Denise Interchangeables for my birthday ( that I get some ), so I don't want to go out and buy any new needles. But I'm itching to make something with all of that cascade 220 that I bought this summer. I can't get myself over to the butterfly blanket, though maybe I'll take it on our mini-vacation this weekend. We're headed to Cape Cod for a few days. AND, I need to think of a halloween project for my online knitting group. Plus I'm starting to think of all of the Christmas gifts I want to make. I'm not sure if I'll get them all done.

Knitty is here!

The fall Knitty is up! :) (Well, it's been up for a while, but I haven't had a minute to really look at it until now.) While it doesn't have too much that I'm interested in, I love the scarf pattern by Kate Gilbert - Clapotis. I'll have to see what kind of yarn I can find to make it. The yarn that it calls for is a bit too pricey for me, though it sounds luxurious. I saw on someone's blog that they were going to make it with an alternate yarn and the price was under $50 - but now I can't remember where I saw it or what the yarn was. I'm working on a sweater for my niece. My first Christmas present in the works. I'll have to work on figuring our the rest of my upcoming presents. More on that later. Must get back to the Emmy Awards.

Poncho-time! Knit from Patons Divine on size 15 needles, using the Lion Brand Ponchette pattern. What a quick knit! 

What yarn are you?

You are Mohair. You are a warm and fuzzy type who works well with
others, doing your share without being too
weighty. You can be stubborn and absolutely
refuse to change your position once it is set,
but that's okay since you are good at covering
up your mistakes.

What kind of yarn are you?
brought to you by Quizilla

I'm back!

Wow - a month worth of research certainly takes you away from blogging. Well, I'm back from Winterthur and have lots of files of photocopies and information to sort through as I start back to work on the dissertation. I can't wait! And the knitting hasn't stopped while I was away.

• I made my first ever sock - I just need to finish grafting the toe (thankfully Interweave Knits has a tutorial on grafting this month ;)
• Then, I started a poncho made from Patons Divine. I finished about 12 inches on one rectangle and realized that it was too wide, so frogged it back.
• I put the butterfly blanket on hold because I lost the pattern. But I found it again and hope to pick that up again soon.
• I bought a bunch of Patons Classic Wool to make a sweater for DH. Pattern will be from this month's Interweave Knits.

It's great to be home and I hope to get back to blogging more regularly soon.

Oh yeah - Lauren asked me what I was going to be felting. I think I'm going to start with a small bag - maybe even the booga bag pattern without the stripes. We'll see...

Knit 1, Frog 1 - A lesson in the importance of gauge

Well, I started to venture into knitting socks. I've never really gotten the hang of DPNs but decided to give it a go. Good news is that I figured out the dpns - bad news is that I'm off gauge with the needles that I bought, so I had to frog my first sock. I started the socks knowing that I wasn't knitting to gauge. I know, I know. I should have waited to get other needles, but I guess I learned my lesson the hard way. Now I have to wait to buy the other needles to continue my venture in socks. So, now it is back to the butterfly blanket. I'm almost up to the next row of butterflies. Maybe I should just focus on that for the month and get caught up. Oh - but it's so fun to have so many projects going. :)