The Big One

Gratuitous pics of the wool sweater I've been avoiding finishing. I think I'm just afraid it'll be completely the wrong size and blocking will do nothing. I'm going to a new knitting group tomorrow and will bring the final step, the last sleeve to finish up...

Current knitting

I'm feeling compelled to showcase the few other projects I've completed, these have been more about the process then the product, which is lucky because they have come out interestingly overall.

I first knit another SNB design, the tank girl tank top, in a pink GOA yarn, followed the directions exactly and spent a good portion of my last year in college undedicatedly knitting away at it. No pics are available because it managed to turn my lanky frame incredibly stout. That was sorta okay though cause I was trying to keep low expectations for my first big knitting project.

From there I knit up a striped baby hat, to tackle both knitting stripes and the intimidating double pointed needles. This one came out pretty cute, if a little cone shaped and stretched out, but the yarn I chose wasn't particularly soft and once I had finished it I decided it wasn't really fit for baby heads, sigh.

Most recently, following the purchase of my spiffy digital camera that started this blog, I decided to knit a little camera cozy of my own design (nothing at all fancy just trying to create my own measurements. Anyway it's good practice but I don't think I'll be showing it off at parties! It's good encouragement to get more practice in knitting without directions though!

I've intentionally been avoiding writing about my current loooong term project; a v neck sweater that is 90% done (but who wants to finish a wool sweater when it's still summer!?). I'll get to posting about that eventually!

Time to dive in!

I've been knitting for a while now, I think 2 and 1/2 years maybe (yikes!). It all started one crappy New England winter night while I was home on winter break from college, when I decided there was literally nothing to do in my town and that I'd better get a semi-active hobby, one that I could do while doing something else (such as huddling under blankets watching bad tv). I marched right out to the nearest Michaels the next day and purchased an irritatingly named booklet called I can't believe I'm Knitting (the waaay too happy woman on the cover can be found here (http://www.amazon.com/Cant-Believe-Knitting-Leisure-Arts/dp/1574866281)


At any rate I picked up most of the basic steps just fine using that book (such as casting on, knitting etc.), but eventually had to have one of my mother's friends show me how to purl. I soon became a more saavy knitting reader and discarded my bland booklet for Stitch n' Bitch from which I eagerly knitted away at my first project, the Ribbed-for-her-pleasure-scarf that came out looking like this, and I was happy to discover, is completely wearable!

Clearly still need to work on my picture posting ability!