Blog entries tagged Knit a long

Knitting Along

Shelley — Sun, 31 May 2015 22:15:02 +0100

About a month ago I joined a linen themed knit-a-long on Ravelry. It seemed like the perfect opportunity to make some progress on one ...

Fiddleheads Finished

Shelley — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:15:13 +0100

I finished my fiddlehead mittens with just 25 minutes to spare on Tuesday night. I wanted to post another in-progress update while I was working on them but realized it was going to cost me vital knitting time. I finished the first lining on Monday night and cursed myself for not working on it more on Sunday afternoon because I now had only Tuesday left to do the whole second ...

Fiddlehead Update #2

Shelley — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:46:14 +0100

This morning my fiddlehead mittens looked like this:

Ten minutes ago they looked like this:

If they dry by tomorrow morning (which is actual possible considering I rolled them in two different towels and the humidity is pretty low) I wil...

Fiddlehead Update #1

Shelley — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:23:23 +0100

I realized part way through this week that we are now more than halfway through the month and I am much less than half way through my fiddlehead mittens. I went to knitting on Monday night and discovered I hadn't worked on my mittens once since last week. I worked all the way through the purple section while I was there and took advantage of some sleeping kittens time to get i...

Knitting Along with Tanis

Shelley — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:14:31 +0100

There is a Tanis Fiber Arts knit-a-long going on right now and I'm taking part. I'm in the Yellow Label group working with Tanis's lovely DK weight yarn and the project I picked was my fiddlehead mittens kit. I ordered my kit way back in August when I saw that Tanis was discontinuing them and was waiting for a good time to start working on it. The knit-a-long is especially gr...

Harvest Dew

Shelley — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:18:44 +0100

Pattern: Harvest Dew by Rose Hiver
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Lightweight in "Chickabidy"
Size: small (60 stitches around)
Yardage: say 80% of the skein
Needles: 2.00 mm Knit Picks Harmony

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Yay! Done!

A bit late for the knit-along deadline but that's okay. These socks came out really well once...

One Sock, Two Sock

Shelley — Sun, 22 May 2011 03:29:23 +0100

Three sock?

I’m working on two different pairs of socks right now: the blue and pink ones are my March sock club socks – which I think I’ve mentioned before – and the autumn coloured ones are for the Quarter Two Knit-a-long with the Socks that Rawk! group on Ravelry. I started the KAL socks in the Vancouver airport and mostly work on them after wo...

Solstice Slip

Shelley — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 08:54:58 +0100

Pattern: Solstice Slip by JC Briar
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Lightweight in "Orange you Glad"
Size: small
Yardage: about 80% of the skein
Needles: 2.00 mm dpns

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I got my socks finished in time to wear them for the Equinox. They are super comfy. I wasn't sure how I'd like wearing the garter toe and heel...

Approaching the Cuff

Shelley — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:30:50 +0100

Thanks to an extra long wait at the dentist this afternoon I am now more than half way finished the leg of my second Solstice Slip sock. I can't wait to wear these. I want to get them all finished to wear for the Equinox on Monday. It seems appropriate - in a round about sort of way.

I wonder what my dentist would think if he knew I enjoyed sitting in his office waiting for...

I didn't say banana

Shelley — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:44:38 +0100

I started some new socks today. I know. I know. I've got three other pairs on the needles (in fact all of my 2.00 mm needles are in use right now) but I'd been waiting to start this pair for almost a month and when my yarn arrived I wasn't going to put them off any longer.

Here is "Orange You Glad" in Socks that Rock Lightweight; my colour choice for the Solstice Slip (Ravel...

Evangeline: Back On (and Off) the Needles

Shelley — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:16:38 +0100

I finally put the nearly finished second Evangeline mitt onto my new needles today and knit the remaining six rows and thumb. I couldn't find my pattern and didn't want to print off a new one so I just kept checking what I was doing against the first mitt to make sure I was getting it right. I'm so happy to have these both finished and ready to wear but I feel they need a proper ph...

Evangeline: Stalled

Shelley — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:56:53 +0100

"She's playing quietly in the living room."

That's what I said to Rob when he asked where Abby was while we were making lunch yesterday (you have a feeling of foreboding already don't you). I was cooking eggs and I didn't look very carefully. Rob discovered what she was playing with when we sat down to eat. She ran into the kitchen with a piece of something in her mouth.