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Sunday, 08 July 2007

  • 4 Blocks Finished in June

    greensburg blocks June

    I finished four more blocks for the Rebuilding Greensburg Block by Block project! Great news for the project awesome news for me as I destashed more yarn.

    The pink varigated got over-dyed with blue and created the center section for the square next to it. Doesn't even look like the same stuff.

    I dyed cream colored yarn to make the blue and green varigated. There are four colors of Kool-aid in the color way. I used the brown to separate the two "dyelots". In person, if you look to close, you can tell they were not dyed the same.

    The block in the upper left hand corner reminds me of valentine chocolates. The kind with the strawberry filling.

    Mad Weave update. I turned the heels. Had to do some pattern whispering, but got it figured out. I picked up the stitches of one gusset and was really working to get everything on track when...my Knitpick needle and cable...disconnected. I was not, am not, a happy girl. I got holes, dropped stitches and I have to knit on 8" long double points. And now the cable won't go all the way back in. And even if it does, do I trust it to do the job going forward? I was giving it a pretty good tug to get the stitches moved around, but I sure wasn't thinking I was pulling hard enough to make it come apart.

    I love magic loop, but I guess there might be times when double points are better. I'm also starting the think the short row heel is a winner. There are no gusset stitches to pick up with the short row heel. And fortunately for me they fit just fine.

    I guess that's all I've got for now. Time to go face the heel gusset and see how different things look in the light of day. Also probably need to send an email to KP and figure out how to handle the disconnected needle.

Monday, 02 July 2007

  • A Little Vacation Dyeing and Stash Busting

    I'm on vacation for a couple of days and trying to get caught up on my rest. So I've actually gotten some knitting done and will have pics of finished objects soon. I stash busted my pink kool-aid dyed yarn by making a block for Greensburg. Picture of the finished object coming soon.

    combo 1

    A little tired of the salmon pink, I decided that while I was dyeing the 30 grams of cream, I would over dye the pink with blue to make purple.

    pink to purple

    Here's a before and after picture. This picture is not the best. I was expecting a purple skein, what I got was a blue skein with some purple. I didn't realize how much of the pink skein was actually more undyed then dyed. I'm really pleased with the color though.

    pnk and blue block

    It coordinates pretty well with the yarn I have on hand to make a block another block for Greensburb.

    blue and green dyeing

    As I mentioned I started out to dye some cream remnants since I'm down to my neutral stash. This is a colorway I'd played with before. The colors came out much brighter this time, but that's ok. The skeins will add zip to the blocks.

    blue green block

    I considered overdyeing the tan, but the tests just didn't work so it will stay it's current color.

    My knitting 15 minutes a day goal is really paying off. I have two more blocks finished for Greensburg. That's 4 total and the yarn pictured above is enough for two more blocks. My goal was 3 more blocks and I think I will get four.

    I finished the heel flap on the Mad Weave socks. I'll be turning the heels the next time I sit down with the time to think about it. Probably tomorrow, but maybe tonight. I'm really making progress.

    Once the blocks are done my 15-minutes-a-day knitting time will focus on hats. Or maybe golf club covers. Something I can pick up and put down easily.

    Found out I'm not going to MN the week of July 9. Sorry to miss out on the knitting time, but happy not to have to be away from home.

    It's raining and I feel a nap coming on. You gotta love a vacation day.

Wednesday, 27 June 2007

  • Just Bragging a Little

    combo 4

    I wanted to add this picture as encouragement for myself that I am destashing. I used 50gms of the yellow cotton to knit the eyelet beannie.

    Also, tonight when I got home, after dinner, I knit instead of getting on the computer to talk about knitting. Finished the heel flap on one Mad Weave sock. I'll get working on the other one tomorrow.

    That's all the news I have, nothing new cast on yet. However, if it keeps raining there won't be anything else to do, but knit.

     

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