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May Knit Goals!

I'm prone to being a scatterbrain, so I try to make a short list of things to accomplish each month (lest I have 27 different non matching socks).

~~No throwing books during finals~~ - Sucess!

Finish Yarrow Rib #2

Start (finish?) Entrelac Socks

Start Eunny's Vest, Ribbi Cardi #2

Work on Dumb Scarf

On the Sticks

K1, YO, K2Tog Scarf

Sort of Samus

Yarrow Ribbed Sock

Rogue

Raglan with lace panel sleeves

Ribbi Cardi #2 (black/purple)

Mountain Stream Scarf

Sweater-A-Month 2007

Picovoli: Cathay - Needs blocking

~~Cabled Hoodie: Cascade 220~~ - Needs seams

Urban Aran

Mariah

~~Durrow~~ - Done!

KnitPicks' Kimono Sweater: Silky Wool

[Sort of] Samus: Chester Farms 2-ply worsted - Some seaming and a whole lot of i-cord left

Ruffli Cardi

Top Down Raglan: Nashua Creative Focus Worsted - Needs blocked

Tricot: Ella Rae Classic (?)

~~Janda: Rowan All Seasons Cotton (gray/lavender/white)~~ - Done!

Tubesque: Noro Garden + ???

Springfield (Cabley Twisty Rib Raglan): Cotton Plus

CeCe: ??

Lucy in the Sky: Shelridge Farms W4 (pink lemonade)

Rogue: Handspun

~~Shawl Collar Cardigan: Kathmandu Aran Tweed~~ - Done!

Elizabeth Zimmermann's Bog Jacket

Ribbi Cardi: Cotton Ease (Black/Purple)

Ribbi Cardi: Cotton Ease (Blue/White)

Simple Knitted Bodice: Silky Wool?

Be a joiner!

I'm a Knitter and I Vote!

Knitting on the Road along

Sweater-a-Month KAL

An Unused Box!

Something should go here.

The Gift of Warm Hands

Monday, January 02, 2006

Both of them - finished and with all ends woven in!

Just the left one.

The pattern is Hurry Up Spring Armwarmers, by Renee Rigdon, in Stitch n Bitch Nation

The yarn is Rowan Cashsoft Aran, in Tornado (dreamy yarn to work with - and superwash, no less). It's still a wee smaller gauge than the called for yarn - Noro Kureyon; but my friend who will be getting these armwarmers soon says she doesn't like scratchy yarns (boardering on allergy, which I think stems from her mom always knitting with handspun yarns, which I always find a lot scratchier than almost all other yarns). If I were to do them again, I might try Silk Thaw, which has the same gauge as Kureyon, but with 25% silk it feels a lot nicer in the store.

I really like these armwarmers, but I think I'll take a break before making another pair. More specifically, I like the length and the ribbing, the cable pattern I'm indifferent about. Someone over at knitting_snark made some nifty ones with picots, and I think that would be a cute accent arount the the thumb and edges.

Okay, off to pack the bag for knitting tonight. I have about three more weeks until my spring classes start - Mondays. I need to get together with this one lady at work - we talk about staring a knitting group, but keep getting distracted (site visits) - and act on starting the group.

posted by Amber @ 10:37 AM

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