Purple Poncho

Here is my poncho, don't mind me looking a little rough. Like I said, I have mono. In fact, I'm going back home Sunday and withdrawing from two of my classes at University for the semester. It's made using Yarn Harlot's pattern. It's on her sidebar. I made a few changes, namely I used a much thicker wool (it's Bernat Solo in "Plum") which is heavier than worsted, but I didn't think to cast on less stitches. Therefore once I had finished the third ball I went back, unpicked the collar, then worked my way up through alternating rows of eyelets and plain knitting (with decreases in the plain knitting). This made the collar the right shape and size. Also, I used as much fringing as she did but I think I'm going to have to again go painstakingly through all of that and redo it so that I only have one string in each, cause it looks a little strange and excessive right now. I think anyway. All in all a very fun project, and it broke the monotony of the days since I can no longer go to school or basically live life :P

Thrummed Mittens

Look are these finished mittens? I think they are! The first one required fixing because I had too much fleece in the first few thrummed rows, so I cut open the loops and pulled some out. But yay, they're done!

Nice to know I can still call 'em

So I was right. I have a throat infection AND mono, which means that I may get some knitting done, between sleeping and trying desperately to write my essay since I can't go to class. However, reducing the thrum thickness by half has made the mitten look much more normal so my guess is that if I remove some of the extra fleece from the thrums in the lower half they'll stop looking like I have (as my Mother so kindly pointed out) a goiter on my hand.

This is what my thrummed mitt looks like on my hand. It's bizzare looking, which I think is because the first two or three thrummed rows were when I used thrums that were the width of the roving (pencil thickness) doubled over. The top few rows, where the mitten looks more normal, are halved in thickness. I wonder if this is fixable without ripping back. Because I tell you, I ripped back on this mitten through thrum already and I do not care to do it again.

Here's the wool for my thrummed mittens. It's a little more intense a blue than the picture shows. Underneath is an IKEA catalogue. Oh how I miss my IKEA... 

I never learn...

So I haven't knit anything on my current projects...so I felt it was about time to pick up another. They're thrummed mittens! I figured they'd be perfect for those icy cold winters here in Northern Ontario. Contrary to popular belief we actually do have four seasons here: Almost Winter, Winter, Still Winter, and Construction. In Thunder Bay Almost Winter and Construction coincide, since we've had a particularly warm Almost Winter with mostly rain instead of snow. I am confident that we will average in the -20's (Celsius) like we do every year, and I will appreciate my mittens.

Yes, yes I am behind...

I haven't touched my knitting in over a week, which is horrendous. In my defense, I need to work on my Dad's quilt (for Christmas) and my Mom's placemats (for Christmas) before I can think of what I want to do for myself. I also have a 2500 word essay due next Friday on strain markers in rocks for Structural Geology, and I think I'm getting either mono or strep.

Loverly.

Here's the felted slippers, albeit unfelted. 

Actually, THIS is the hat. Blogger is screwing up. 

This is my first attempt at Hermione's cable and bobble hat. For the candy-along, I've nicknamed it "Twizzler", for the colour and cabling. But now I'm making it again because this one is way huge for me. You can also see my purple and pink slippers, and the felted slippers for my sister, although they are as yet unfelted. 

Updates

Well, I finished one of the fuzzy feet (felted slippers) is done, although it isn't felted. I've also started an aran knit sweater in a pretty heather colour (as in the actual plant, that greyish purple), and I've already ripped back and redone twenty rows. ICK. I also started my stripey Crusoe socks.

Snazzy new yarn

So I got some new yarn today, a misty grey purple I just love, to knit into an Aran sweater. I also got bright rainbow sock wool. I have some more things to add to my "in the wings"!

Pink and Purple Mary Janes

Here's one of the pair of slippers I finished this weekend, made of ping-pong wool in "pink power", and some anonymous acrylic in plum. They are cozy!

Here's the dyed wool, dried and wound. It's a cool pinky-coral, I hope it does up well! 

First Post

I just created this blog to post my knitting stuff. Coming up - pictures of the wool I dyed for felted slippers, my finished slippers, and soon the wool I should be getting from helloknitty.com!