Progress

I just put another lace repeat into my purple tube top. So far that makes 7 repeats (70 lace rows total). I think I am going to do one more repeat and then start the bottom ribbing and all that. But who knows, I will need to see what it looks like after that next repeat is done. Here's an updated pic:


I really hope that it ends up fitting me well. I read a lot of other people's info on this project on ravelry and hear a lot about the item stretching out a lot when worn. I will probably end up threading a coordinating ribbon through the top eyelets so that I can tie it and keep it tight at the top.

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I still have that aeolian shawl to work on. It has been hibernating since I started this tube top. I can't really adequately photograph it when it is still on the needles because I can't really stretch it out to show how big it is. But here's how far I have gotten on it:

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I haven't taken a recent photo of the Pomatomus socks I am working on. I have the leg portion of the first sock finished. Here is what that is looking like so far:

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Then there is the next in a long line of cotton dishcloths. I try to always have one of these on the needles as my "to go" project. I have the easy pattern memorized and it is small and portable. So anytime I go somewhere that I may have to sit around and wait for something I can grab this out of my purse and occupy myself.

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And finally there is my experimental sweater. This is really just a random project to work on when I need a break from everything else. I really have no idea what this is going to be when it is finished. I'm really just winging it.

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Lastly I have some spinning in progress. I got half of my "punkette" roving spun up weeks ago and the other half has just been sitting here. I need to get the other half done and the 2 plied together before I have to pack up my wheel for the move in a couple weeks. The wheel will probably be in storage with all the rest of our stuff for a little while, so my spinning will have to go on hiatus.

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Well, that's about it for this update. The next few weeks will be insanely busy, so I will need my knitting to keep me sane.

Necklace and Earrings

Things have been really busy for me lately. In the past 2 weeks I took 2 different road trips, started cleaning and organizing the house to get ready to move, and all sorts of other stuff.

I started knitting a purple tube top using the "Coquette Lace Tube Top" pattern from the book "Fitted Knits" by Stefanie Japel. I am trying out a new yarn called "Country" by naturallycaron.com and its really soft and pretty. I have finished 3 repeats of the lace pattern so far. It's really easy and nice to knit, I just haven't had a lot of time to work on it lately. Here's a pic I took of it in the van on the way to Virginia 2 weeks ago.



Last night I finished making a necklace and earrings for myself. While I was on a trip to Ann Arbor, MI to visit my friend last week I found a really cool necklace in one of the shops. I loved the way it looked on me so I decided I wanted to make something similar to it in style but with different colors and shapes. I used some beads and supplies I had left over from making stitch markers. I bought some beading wire and the chandelier earring bases this weekend.

I cut the wire into pieces slightly longer than 1cm each and looped them on each end with a bead in the middle and then linked them all together to make a chain for the necklace. I think they came out really well. Here's some photos:

Shrug this!

I decided that I needed some sort of little shrug to cover my shoulders sometimes since I have been wearing a lot of tank tops lately. I also decided that I need to make some use of the knitting books in my bookshelf. The pattern "Shrug This" from the book One-Skein Wonders by Judith Durant was perfect. I started it a couple nights ago and I am already wearing it. It was a very easy knit. I used less than half a skein of Caron Simply Soft that I had leftover from knitting my golf club covers a couple years ago. I can wear it either by itself or with a pin at the neck. Right now I am using a little butterfly clip. Here are some pics:






I also never got around to posting pics of the next kitchen towel and dish cloth I finished last month. Here are pics of those :)





I haven't done a whole lot of spinning lately. I got one bobbin of my Punkette superwash merino roving from Mary Jane's Attic spun up. The other half of the roving has yet to be spun. I will get to it eventually :)