Wha-hey!

I'm finally working my way round those ***** (insert naughty word here) html codes, and getting a decent look on my blog. Spent the last few hours adding new buttons to the page, and trying to figure out why it didnt't look the way it was supposed to. And by freak accident, I seem to have gotten it worked put! Still not quite sure how, but as long as it looks better than it used to, I'm more than happy! Can also tell you that I've finished the back piece of the colour block jacket from One Skein, and currently working on the right front piece. With the thick yarn and large needles, I'm making great progress! Really having fun with my knitting at the moment!

Brand new pair of wristwarmers, fresh off the needles!

Finished my pair of wristwarmers tonight. It's been so much fun and so easy working with the stitchmarkers that I had to finish them straight away. Also I've picked up my package from Amazon today. Fell instantly in love with One Skein! So many nice projects! Think I'll have to brush up my crochet skills too, for those cute little bags. I had to buy some yarn for that gorgeous colour block children's jacket, which will make a great present for my friend's son who's 17 months. The smallest size will fit a child age 2, so it will be a bit large, but on the other hand it will have a longer life-span :-) It looks really easy to make, and will be an ideal project for my first "real" garment.

Amazon, I love you &the wonders of stitch markers

Thanks to all the people at Knittyboard for ideas on new knitting books to buy. I've ordered One Skein, and it was shipped yesterday. Can't wait! I've also discovered the point of stitch markers, working on the matching wristwarmers for the shoulderwarmer. It was easy enough following the pattern for the shoulderwarmer without using stitchmarkers, but for the wristwarmers....not so easy. Lost count on where to start the pattern, som now it's all off and not in the place it should be. Looks like some frogging is called for....sigh. Hopefully I can just frog the second repeat of the pattern.

FO:the neckwarmer

My new shoulder/neckwarmer is done! Stayed up late last night just to finish it. And it looks great! Was a bit worried that my larger size needles would make the edges look weird, but it's turned out just fine. I've also started working on the matching wristwarmers, but they're a bit more difficult to work with. It's hard to keep track of the pattern, so I might reknit them later. I also keep dropping stitches because I'm having some trouble with yo's knitting in the round. It's so easy to drop those extra stitches when passing from one needle to the other. Tried knitting part of it flat and then joining in the round, but then the lace pattern stretched the whole thing out of proportion. At least I still have enough yarn to give it another go :-)

Needles, needles everywhere

I've now completed the "scarf" part of the neckwarmer, and have picked up the stitches for the ruffled edges. All in all it took three sets of circular needles, plus one extra to actually knit with, to fit all the stitches. And if knitting in the round with dpns can sometimes seem difficult, try using circs... They twist around like mad, and act like they've got a life of their own. And who owns four 2.5mm circs? After rummaging through all my stash (and my mum's leftover needles), I managed to find three 3mm and one 3.5mm, so that's what I'm using. So far it looks good, so fingers crossed... Only problem now is I find knitting way more interesting than studying for my political science exam next week...

Update on WIP

It's been ages since I've had the time to both knit and post on my current projects, so I thought it might be time to post some images of the neckwarmer in progress, along with some pics of previous projects. The Alien Illusion scarf is in daily use at the moment, as it keeps me warm yet still is light and soft against the skin. I've learned much about yarn weight and gauge since this was made, and now realize it probably should have been made using a thicker yarn. Still, it looks good though. I've still got approx another 1ocm (4inches) to knit on the neckwarmer before adding the ruched edges, but it's progressing a lot faster than I'd imagined.
...Still can't seem to get the images to line up, or paste, no matter how hard I try...Soooo, for your information: the top two are of the Alien Illusion scarf, the bottom one is of the neckwarmer.