Wednesday’s WIP « The C Side

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Wednesday’s WIP

200 + stitches a row and increasing.
6 more inches left.
Stockinette knit flat (not a huge fan of purling).
I am getting tired.
Will not cast anything else until I am done. (I hope).
Sorry for the bad iPhone photo, but I really am so exhausted.

Wednesday’s WIP: Lots of things are going on actually

I bought some new yarn.

It is a nice change after all the red. I would probably knit blue only if I let myself.

And cast on another one of these

The new yarn is fingering weight while the original is in sport weight but I got gauge so I am knitting it anyway, the fabric is coming out drapier which feels great too.

I have already started grading the pattern. My first attempt at grading a garment, because it is about time. I am terrified but I am pretty certain I will find a way without tearing all my hair out.

I am still working on the blanket

It is nice autopilot knitting, all garter stitch, but because of the colors changing I still don’t feel like poking my eyes out with a sharp object, which is really dangerous for knitters because we have lots of sharp objects lying around.

I have also signed up for the 3rd Annual Knitting and Crochet Blog Week, to be held between the 23rd-29th of April 2012, organized by Eskimimimakes. Basically, everyday has a different topic which you should blog about, they all seem like great fun. There are prizes too. But I am just doing it for the fun of it and to stretch my blogging muscles a bit. Check it out, it looks like a lot of fun.

So what are you guys upto?

A little bit of this and a little bit of that

I finally sewed the handles and the lining on this bag

I also finished my socks and they are being tested.

And a little kitten named Peck

Can you tell I am not in a very wordy mood?

Wednesday’s WIP: The Uncoordinated Blanket

I usually avoid garter stitch. It usually bores me. But it still hasn’t bored me (yet). Watching the unmatched colors getting added is becoming really addictive.

Once I do get bored I am going to set it aside, this is a long term project. I am trying to use up all of my DK weight left overs first. I want to knit it as big as I possibly can.

Wednesday’s WIPs: A little bit of this and a little bit of that.

I have been knitting and making stuff. Yes, I have.

I made a playhouse using PVC pipes but I don’t have a picture because it is still pipes covered with blankets but the 4 year old doesn’t mind. She thinks it is awesome. She has even tried talking her way into sleeping in said fake house and said that the carpet was her bed and moved her pillow and blankies in it.

I finished the socks.

I made hair clips, I always love using the hot glue gun, I feel so dangerous.

I found sock yarn at my LYS, I think they got it by mistake because they NEVER carry sock yarn.

And it knit up quite nicely too.

I finished the crochet throw I started in January.

And I swore I would not start another big project, but for some reason I do not know, I am knitting this.

Wednesday’s WIPs: Blue, green or both?

I have a couple of things going.

Remember this wrap?

Well it is finally done and is being tested.

Which is a whole different work in progress.

I am pretty happy with how it turned out and wore it yesterday. It is so light and squishy and drapes beautifully.

And these socks?

I finished the first one and doing the ribbing for the second one so I am almost there. I am so in love with my basket, it makes moving around with my project so much easier and it is a pretty sight too. I am thinking of painting it too.

But the hardest thing of all?

Deciding what to do next. Right now I am in a blue or green mood. I seem to only want to knit things that are either blue or green or a mix of both. I am not sure what my subconscious is try to tell me but since I like blue and green I am pretty sure it is something good.

Wednesday’s WIP: Toe up socks

and not just toe up, provisional cast on toe up socks.

A couple of weeks ago I made 10 attempts to cast them on and failed. So I sent the yarn to the corner to think about what it did.

I think it decided to play along this time.

Maybe I need to buy a naughty chair for the yarn?

A pair of pink socks

My daughter turned 4 yesterday and I cast on a pair of socks for her.

Just basic ribbed socks. I so love knitting socks for her, the first one was done last night too and I cast on the second one this morning. I am going to put them down and go work on the other two WIPs I have but I hope to get these done soon.

Wednesday’s WIP(s)

Since I can’t seem to get a project finished I have decided to see how many projects I can start. Startitis? I think not, just my attempt at non monogamous knitting. I usually like to finish a project before I cast on for a new one, but I stuck so I might as well try something new. The blue yarn is a wrap, the red in progress knitting is a bag and the red yarn still in the skeins are going to socks. Which I will cast on right now because I can.

Wednesday’s WIP: A hat, myself and I

I don’t always knit because I have something specific in mind. Sometimes I just knit because I need to. It helps me slow down, calm down and feel better. Those are the times when I will cast on a dozen times and rip everything because I just hate how the yarn looks in that pattern, or because I made way too many mistakes or just because I am in such a bad mood that my fingers are too and just won’t do what they know what to do so well.

I find solace in my knitting, I find comfort in doing something that can be challenging or very monotonous, depending on what I do, and either way it is still knitting. It is yarn, needles and a knit or a purl stitch. It is something I can do while listening to a podcast or music so I can just get lost, or something I can do in complete silence to really think and ponder about the meaning of life, why laundry is never ending and dream about all the places I would like to visit or move to.

Many knitters claim to be process or product knitters. I always try to find my place between the two but I have finally come to terms that I am neither. I sometimes knit to enjoy the process and I sometimes knit because I want a specific finished object.