Since Sunday I've wanted to write this post but kept putting if off. My first FO of 2012 is a Rasta colored hat requested by a loooong time friend who I've known since I was 8! He was 16 or 17 maybe 18..dating my friends older sister. We got reaquainted through Myspace when I was 18 and have stayed in touch ever since. He's always invited to family parties and birthdays. We laugh about the time my mom called the cops on him psh! Har Har Har..I'm rambling. I knit this hat up in a day and I'm getting the knack of knitting jogless stripes by reading this darling tutorial.
Yarn: Wool of the Andes Worsted in colors. Red, Grass and Tumeric.
Cascade 220 Superwash in Chocolate Tweed ..remnants from this little number
Needles: Size 8 16" circular needles
My last FO of 2011 is a Nook cover for my....NOOK! So luxurious and colorful I love it!
Yarn: Noro Taiyo about 50gr
Needle: size 8 straight needles.
Back to my Knitterly Resolutions.
This year I want to conquer all that I never got a chance to do last year. Which technically was my very first year as a knitter. I cast on my first scarf for Ian in Nov? Sept of 2010 and haven't stopped since. I learned a lot and knitted a pluther of items. 3 full sweaters! almost 4 if I would have finished Ian's autumn sweater. I'm sadden that I never properly blogged them. .anyway! Check out my ravelry project page for all my other FO's. Keep in mind I also knitted a bunch of gifts throughout and forgot to take pictures or even mention them. So as said in the beginning My first goal is to be a better, wittier, more consistent blogger.
This is a list I compiled of techniques I really want to try:
- Two-Color Brioche I think I'll start with something simple like this
- Fair Isle.. I've dabbled in this a bit but I would like to try something more challenging and small like..Fiddler Mitts by Ysolda Teague
- More and More and More Designing
- Double Knitting nothing in mind I just want to learn!
- Mastering all sorts of Button holes...he he he that sounds silly
- Also mastering all the cast on/bind off methods out there. So far I use the long tail cast on method on almost every knitted piece unless it specifies. (like Insou used the tubular cast on..I believe and I loved it! It was tricky but I got it my first try and loved the end result)
- Crochet a full garment I've known how to crochet since I was 7 and I never really made anything till the fall of 2010 when I saw knitted head bands everywhere and I wanted my own but all I knew how to do was crochet. Thus my crochet head bands with flowers were born and sold for 5 dollars to the girls at work who loved them :) I also made me black and brown leg warmers that I wear almost everyday. Anyway, I would like to crochet a hat and a sweater or dress this year. I can never read crochet patterns so I have to get over that hump and get to it.
- SOCKS!!!!!!!!!
So that is my list for right now. I know there are tons more techniques I want to try or types of knitted things I would like to knit. I'll of course bring those up as I continue my knitting journey.
Since the new year I've casted on two more projects! Remember that list from last post? I started it with force!!
Wool of the Andes in bulky in Porcini. My first time knitting with this yarn and I like it, although I've heard that it pills a lot. I cast on for my Owl sweater last night and I've finished the main body today and cast on for my sleeves. I've decided to knit them two at a time in the round using this kind lady's instructions. I hate knitting the same thing twice ..like sleeves and I want them to be even steven. I must get back to one of those projects and watch more breaking bad.
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