ADD

My knitting ADD has me working on yet another project: a Lacey shawl.

I got an email from Uncommon threads about a knit-a-long using a downloaded pattern from ravelry. Www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/Nancy--judy. It is called Nancy & Judy by Heather Zopperti.

Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to post links on my iPhone yet. I would absolutely LOVE if ravelry added a feature to be able to send a page, pattern, project, ect as a tweet with one click (or tap with an iPhone).

For those of you unfamiliar with ADD. That last paragraph is a major symptom.

So, I went to Uncommon threads, and found bamboo yarn from south west trading company. I got an orangish shade called tequilla, that is now making me a bit thirsty.





The pattern isn't too difficult, but consists of several charts, so it is easy to forget where you are if you're not careful.

I could not resist casting on immediately, and it has been very difficult to pull myself away from it. I ended up putting it down at about 2 am when I realized I was messing up due to exhaustion.




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Not a celebrity scarf in 3 days

Unfortunatelyl I won't be able to post a finished pic of the not a celebrity scarf I was knitting with the Noro because I ran out of yarn. :(

I tried getting more from my LYS, but they didn't carry it. Another :(
BUT they did have super soft Mochi plus in shades of fusia. This is one of my mom's favorite colors, so I thought this may be a great mother's day present.

Well maybe not as great as I would hope, bit there is no way I would be able to knit the socks she wants in only 3 days.

This scarf turned out better than the one I started in Noro. It is VERY soft, and the colors are beautiful. I couldn't get any pics yet, but will plan on getting some within the week.

I also just finished my son's green socks. I used Fannies fingering weight in the rainforest colorway.

I have been holding this yarn for almost a year since I got it at my favorite yarn store: www.loopyarn.com. I refused to let them wind it because I love holding (and petting) new yarn. I even wore it around my neck. I guess this is all part of my creative process, (not insanity!) and to give proper respect to the yarn. The other reason is that it just doesn't look nearly as beautiful in a ball as it does in a Hank.

Before:



After:



Finished:


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Not a Celebrity Scarf

The yarn from the last blog is the yarn I am using to make this scarf. I was given a copy of the pattern, and was not sure where it came from. After doing some research it looks like it was a free pattern from the Skacel yarn company, but was unable to find it on their website: www.skacelknitting.com . I was able to find the pattern on another blog though: http://crazyforewe.blogspot.com/2006/09/not-celebrity-scarf.html.

This is an awesome pattern! It is very easy-every stitch is knitted, and it requires basically no counting. However, it is more interesting than a plain jane garter stich scarf.

It uses short rows, which can be confusing at first, but just do EXACTLY what the directions say. When it says turn, do just that. Turn the needles around as if you were going to look at the opposite side of the work. (there is no right side/wrong side, but if you were working on right side, turn the work around as if you were about to knit the wrong side). Then knit back across the stitches you just knit.





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I'm baack

I'm finally blogging again. Things got a little hectic with moving, and giving up my laptop.

But I have still been knitting up a storm. I will try to post some of those projects.

I'm currently working on about 5 projects, so I will be working on taking and uploading some pics.

One of my current projects is an interlac scarf made with Noro Kureyon yarn:



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