Crafty Little Rat

  Have I got a bumper load of Finished Objects for you this week! I’ve been a knitting machine, during the few hours I’ve been actually awake and today I managed to photograph a lot of recent finished garments too. Picture heavy post sorry! Adams Rib Hoodie I made this garment specifically to wear at Wonderwool. I like it well enough, even though it’s not something I would normally wear. I seem to remember having a couple of problems with the pattern, there were places it wasn’t quite clear enough in my mind. Not a huge problem as I managed to finish it. I left off the Hood for yarn reasons. I actually bought a few new skeins of the yarn (Cascade 220) because I was worried I’d run out. I dipped into one of the extra skeins for a few rows only so it wasn’t really an issue. Even though this is wool, I see myself getting more use out of this in the summer months as a throw over a t-shirt garment rather than a deep winter one. It was however very good at keeping me warm at Wonderwool

  So best laid plans and all means that I’ve not actually got an F.O to show you guys this week. Yesterday I thought I might even have two! I put both items in to block yesterday in the hopes I could do the finishing today and call them done. No such luck. 1 – Durrow   I finished the sleeves yesterday morning and blocked them and the body. I rarely make sweaters that are not seamless but if I do I follow the good practice of blocking before seaming. In this picture they might look slightly skewed, but the main bit of blocking and drying has been done and I un pinned and rearranged them on the towel to finish drying properly. The aim for this week is to finish this completely. Sew it up and knit the collar. Should be feasible.   2 – Hare Vest   This is another vest based on Tiny Trees ; this time with an added Hare/bunny chart . All this needs is the ends weaving in and it’ll be ready to post for F.O Friday.     3 – Swatch for Dads’ Jumper Knitted, blocked and waiting for

Why are there so many projects about rainbows; With purl on the other side; Finished objects are visions Some say illusions and knitters have nothing to hide So we’ve been told And some choose to believe it I know they’re wrong wait and see Someday we’ll cast off The rainbow project The knitters, crocheters and me Rainbow Baby Vest Yarn – DK odds and ends, mostly stylecraft special Pattern – Tiny Trees Baby Vest Mods – Used the pattern for stitch counts only really; didn’t do any of the patterning around the top. This week I HAVE been working on Durrow. I’m nearing the end of the sleeves and hope to have the finished item to show you Sunday night.

  As you might have seen from Fridays post I’ve finished one of my YOP items! At the moment I’m really enjoying taking part in encouragement threads on Ravelry, things to get you motivated and prioritized about actually doing this and not just sitting on them. I’m part of a monthly one and a Knit Your Shit – which is all about stashdown etc. On this one last month they asked about what do you NEED to do this month or in the case of larger projects need to start this month in order to finish. I managed to come up with…. Durrow - Rhys wants this done; and to be honest I can’t blame him. It has been nearly a year. I have 1 big chart repeat and 1 small chart repeat to do on the sleeves. Due date, end of this month and then he can wear it when we go away in July if he wishes. Baby Things - My mum needs 2 baby jumpers for friends at work. Friend also needs baby something. Planning on doing these out of stash acrylic. Due date is probably middle of July before we come back to Wales so

  I wanted to come in and post a WIP Wednesday this week but I just couldn’t. I’ve had a med change and I’m really, really struggling. At the moment I’m in a stop the world I want to get off mood; about the only thing that’s going well for me at the moment is work! It’s so nice to work somewhere where people appreciate you and do care about you, and I’ve only been there 8 months, a radical change from where I was before in retail. Anyway, what you’re really here for is the Finished Object! It feels like a long time since I’ve been able to do one of these; I finished my Saxon this week!   It’s a great pattern, really well written. Mine has 8 strips instead of 10 because I can’t count. I knitted all the strips at once and somehow thought rainbow + black + white was 10 not 9. I left out the black, it just pulled the colour pallet too far down if I left it in. This is a cowl; and it’s reversible. The strips are 10 stitch stockinette so they curl inwards giving the impression of tube

  22 weeks in already! This year is just flying by isn’t it. Very scary in it’s own way; but nearing my summer holiday in just 5 weeks time! This week I’ve been working on; Circles for my nephews blanket. I worked on this yesterday at my old LYS; they had some new colours in, including the yellow which I felt really lifts the whole thing up. I now have 12 more circles to crochet before I start making them into squares, joining and adding the border. The new thing I mentioned last week is that I’ve started on my Saxon; and it is going to be a rainbow one! Working on this makes me so happy, even if it is 10 strands at a time. My mother causally mentioned wanting a scarf version. If she does still want that; I’m going to buy one of those hand crank i-cord machines and do it with that instead. There’s no way I’m knitting 10 scarf length strips; sorry mam! I’m starting to wish my way towards the end a bit when the exciting bit happens! Make 10 strips, 10 stitches wide and 170 rows long