Long Freakin' Post

Okay, so I've done quite a bit since last we met!

First off, I have some great new yarns in my stash. I have enough Lamb's Pride wool in Sun Yellow for a clapotis, as well as a skein of Debbie Bliss Cashmerino aran (gifts from my swap partner!). I have some really pretty palette yarn from Knit Picks, which may or may not become some socks. I also have all the yarn for my afghan, and some Mountain Colors Bearfoot in Deep Blue.


This will be a pair of socks.

Speaking of socks... Remember the StR Pebble Beach yarn I bought?






They are an amazing pair of socks, and I couldn't be happier with them. The pattern is Grapevine from "More Sensational Knitted Socks" by Charlene Schurch. I used US #2 needles. I LOVED knitting with Socks That Rock yarn, and can't wait to buy more!

Next are the socks I made for a swap a while back, but couldn't post so my partner wouldn't see!


These were made using Traveling Vine from the same book as the previous socks. I used US #2 needles and Cascade Sassy Stripes sock yarn. My partner loved them! I love them too.

The other thing I made for my swap partner was a little knitted elephant. I had to make one for myself, because it was SO cute!


I kept the one on the left, and his name is Francis. Both were knitted on US #3 needles.

I've been working diligently on my afghan, and it's coming along nicely. Right now it has three balls of yarn in it, with twelve or so left to go!


This is the beautiful pile of Cascade 220 superwash yarn that is waiting to join the afghan.


And this is the afghan so far! It's getting really heavy!

Next is the pair of socks I'm making for Becky. I've finished one, and just finished the gusset of the other.




The pattern is really nice in person!

Other than those things, I have almost finished the Neopolitan scarf, and I promised Becky I'd knit a little Yellephant (yellow elephant, get it?) to go with Francis. Sooner or later I'll be doing a post of non-knitted crafts I've done, but Friday I'm going home for the summer and don't know when I'll be online next.

~Kero

Nothing New

So... I've been teh suck at both knitting AND updating lately. I still owe y'all pictures from my swap, as well as an update on my afghan (it's HUGE!!) and the socks I'm making from my pebble beach yarn. I haven't had much time to knit lately, and I have a couple of things I have to finish before I can get wrapped up in my knitting again. However, the semester is over in four weeks and without internet access all summer, I will knit a ton. A shit ton, even.

Knitting goals:

• Finish scarf
• Finish afghan
• Start clapotis
• Finish second sock
• Start yellephant for Becky
• Lots of other things.

That will occupy me for a while. Pics when I'm not being a bum!

~Kero

New Name

So, I've decided that "Knitty-Gritty" is a little generic and overused, so I'm witching to a term Becky uses quite often: Creative Tangling. ^_^

In other news, my swap partner received! Pics coming soon. <3
~Kero

A Few Pics

I got around to photographing my StR yarn. God, pictures don't do it justice.



Also, I've been slowly handing out the gifts that were meant for Christmas, and here's a picture of my friend Eilene with her set.



Lastly, Becky recently made what we like to call the Monster Scarf. The thing is at least a foot wide and about ten feet long, made out of burly spun wool. To give you an idea of how long it is, here's Eilene wearing it as a dress.



Also, all of my swap items are packed in a box, ready for mailing. So excited!!
~Kero

I'm a Bad Person...

... For three separate reasons!

Reason #1: I should be studying.

Reason #2: I haven't updated here in forever.

Reason #3: I spent a ton of money on yarn, some of which includes...


Cascade Sassy Stripes sock yarn. It's really pretty, and nice to knit with.


Some Noro Silk Garden. Not sure what to make with it...

My first skein of Socks That Rock, in the colorway called Pebble Beach. The socks I make from this yarn are going to be mine. ^_^

Knit Picks fingering weight Palette Yarn in Rainforest Heather. Absolutely beautiful!

Becky also bought a butt-load of yarn, and finished her first sock last night! Yay her!

WIP Update... The afghan is hibernating because I'm a little busy at the moment.



Same goes for the Neopolitan scarf. I'm doing a swap on Craftster right now, and it's been fun so far. It's a yarn-related scavenger hunt swap, and we have to send one item from each of the following categories:
1. Something green
2. Something related to the letter "T"
3. Something hard
4. Something funny
5. Something local
6. Something round
7. Sender's choice

I have my round, green, local, and funny taken care of. "T" is halfway done, Sender's choice is halfway done, and hard is almost finished. I don't have to send out until March 19th, but I plan to get done this weekend. After my partner receives, I'll be sure to post what I sent!!

I don't think I've mention this, but one of mine and Becky's favorite authors, Terry Pratchett, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's very recently. In response, the fan group on Ravelry organized the making of an afghan to be sent to him. A bunch of people are submitting blocks, and the middle it's going to say "I aten't dead." I did a square based off of a character named Nobby Nobbs.



I promise it's SUPPOSED to look ugly. Nobby is described as having almost every known (and some unknown) skin colors, boils, and has to carry a certificate proving he's human. I think I pulled that off, yeah? My first time with bead work. I'm so damn proud. All of the Pratchgan squares submitted so far can be seen here. I'll link to pictures of the afghan when the whole thing is finished as well.

I think that's all I've been up to lately... And I have a test I need to study for. I promise a real update soon!

~Kero

Another LYS Trip...

Becky, Valerie, Justin, and I went to our LYS yesterday! Much fun. We bought Valerie a birthday present (some beautiful lace weight yarn. She's making a gift for her host mom when she goes to Japan). Becky found some of her favorite yarn on sale, the book she's been wanting, and she bought me some crazy cool novelty yarn that I'm making a headband with. Pics to follow.

ALSO!! I got compliments on my calorimetry TWICE yesterday. Once was from a random girl on campus that stopped Becky and asked, "Where did you buy that?" and the other was the other of the yarn shop who thought it was amazing and had to look up the pattern for herself. Squee.

We're going back to the store today for Becky's b-day present. I found the yarn I want to make my afghan out of, but it's $10 a skein and I need over ten skeins. :( Not in the budget right now. I wish I could buy it one skein at a time, but then my dye lots wouldn't match. Anywho, I do need to go back to Wal-Mart and grab a few skeins of Caron Simply Soft to make my dad's hat and Kelly's hat.

One last thing! The person I made the Jayne hat for received it yesterday and LOVES it! I am sooo happy!
~Kero

There's a Low Moon Caught in Your Tangles

I hate tangled yarn balls. Hate hate hate. I decided to take my knitting to class today, and had to sit and untangle yarn for an hour. -.-

I'm still working on the scarf, so yay me. I'm a little worried that this is going to cut into the time I need for other projects, but Becky said she might help me with the hats. <3

All right then, work to be done!
~Kero

Tired...

I'm ready to put the butterfly hat on double-pointed needles! I just need Becky to show me how. I am really excited. I think I'm going to make a matching butterfly stitch scarf, but I need to do a border around it or something because JUST butterfly stitch is kind of boring.

I guess I should finish my homework so I can knit some more. :(
~Kero

Happy Birthday, Becky!!!

I had to work today, so I took the butterfly hat along to work on. I got pretty far! I'm a little worried that it might end up sitting too far off my head, but it isn't for me anyway. I also got the button sewed Becky's calorimetry and the ends woven in using my brand new tapestry needles! Becky bought me a set with three different sizes in a cute little case, and the smallest actually fits through the holes on the button. The calorimetry fits Becky perfectly and she loves it, so yay me! Now if I could ever finish her skull scarf...

Just for the record, I'm terribly jealous of the sock she's making.
~Kero

Another Hat!

I have to go and get Becky today (yay!), so I don't plan on doing much knitting. I started on a butterfly hat using the Plum Wine yarn, and so far it's looking great. I like making the little butterflies! Anywho, I imagine I'll get a few things 100% finished when I can get a tapestry needle and some fabric glue.
~Kero

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had a great holiday. I know I did! I ate a bunch at both dinners (one on mom's side, one on dad's) and had a bunch of time for knitting. Becky's calorimetry is off the needles, but since I don't have a tapestry needle I can't finish the darn thing. She did give me some hat patterns over the phone, so I think I'm going to cast on one of them. Time to use the Plum Wine yarn, perhaps?
~Kero

The Not-So-Happy Hooker

I finally finished the star scarf!! It's great. I don't like the way the bind off end flares out while the cast on end is square, but it isn't very noticeable. I think Cody ate my tapestry needles, so weaving in the ends will have to wait. I am really really proud of it, though, and I can't wait to give it to its new owner.

Before I worked on that for the night, my mom attempted to teach me how to crochet. I'm pretty sucky at it, but I might get it with practice. I still think knitting is way cooler (no offense), but I would like to be able to do both. In return, I tried teaching mom to knit. She has arthritis pretty bad, but she did a really good job for her first time. She did a row of knit and a row of purl with minimal trouble. She had a little trouble realizing it was harder to backtrack than in crochet, and that it was also harder to fix mistakes, but I think that if she practices she'll get it in no time.

I'm casting on Becky's calorimetry (I have the pattern memorized by now) so that I can work on it tomorrow in between stuffing my face. With any luck, I'll have it finished before Becks gets back from Texas.

Oh oh oh! While I was tearing the house apart looking for a tapestry needle, my mom took a crochet hook to the brown calorimetry. It's good as new! I can tell the dog got a hold of it at all! Crisis officially averted.
~Kero

Button!

Since I've been making a million calorimetries lately, I decided to dig out my button collection from when I was a little girl. I also bought a bag of mixed buttons to add to the selection. I found a perfect pink button for my Noro calorimetry!

Since I'll be home all week while Becky's in San Antonio, I plan on getting a lot of knitting done (including my star scarf, dammit!!). It might take me a while to get pictures up, but I'll do what can.

~Kero

Yay!

-^^- I've already finished my calorimetry! I was worried that it would turn out too small, but it's perfect and beautiful and I'm SO glad I did it in Noro! I can't find a tapestry needle at the moment, but as soon as I've worked away the ends and sewn on a button I'll take piccies. I am going to wear this EVERYWHERE.

I am a little over halfway done with the star scarf, and I'm casting on the Jayne hat as soon as I can get the needles away from Becky.

...Just wondering, but what the hell did I do before I learned to knit? O.o
~Kero

Love Love Love Love Love Love

I am happy.

Today Becky and I took a trip to our LYS and splurged! That's right, we bought yarn from somewhere other than Wal-Mart! Becky came out of the deal with some very beautiful sock yarn (Tofutsies) and sock needles, as well as a skein of yarn for a Christmas present. I bought a skein of Noro Silk Garden (my first non-acrylic yarn!) to make myself a calorimetry (so I can stop wearing the one I made for someone else).


Becky's sock yarn.


Becky's hat yarn


My precious, beautiful Noro. I'm in love.

We also decided to go ahead and get our joint Christmas present to each other. Here it is!! We needed it to make some more Christmas gifts, and I can start on my Jayne hat! Yaaaaaay! This also means that now Becky and I can both knit hats at the same time.

I don't know if I've ever been happier. :)
~Kero

...

I am posting my FOs TONIGHT! I promise! I am weaving in some ends right now and then I'll have Becky help me with pictures.

Also, I changed the calorimetry pattern to fit me and am really pleased with the way it came out... I'll give the specific alterations in the next post.

I bought Becky (and by extension myself) a book for her birthday. We now have our very own copy of Domiknitrix. Exciting.

Be patient with me, I'm busy. :(
~Kero

Proof

I just wanted to show y'all that I have actually been working on something...



I have a handful of rows left to do, and it's done done done! And my sweetheart and I have scheduled a time to take pictures of our work tonight. *sigh* Too damn busy!

By the way, I reeeeally want to knit this.
~Kero

Pattern Woes

I finished another project! Go me! My calorimetry is off the needles and... much too large for my cute little head. However, it fits the girlfriend, so I may give it to her. Or I may just frog it and then redo it with few stitches and rows. Had I been a good girl and done my homework, I would have discovered they nearly everyone has had the exact same problem with the pattern, and I could have saved myself hours of work had I looked around. :( However, I am starting another one with smaller yarn and fewer stitches, so we'll see how it goes.

Number of times I had to explain what a "calorimetry" was today: 7

I promise I'll post some pictures soon! I'm just too damn busy at the moment. Do you still love me?
~Kero

Hat!

So, I got to wear the stylin' new hat Becky made me for the first time today! Okay, so I know this doesn't have anything to do with ME knitting, but I just wanted to show how awesomely awesome this hat is!



What about my projects, you ask? Haha. Funny. No, I should seriously be done with the keyhole scarf TONIGHT, and then I'll finish the star scarf. After that it's a toss-up between starting something new and finishing Becky's scarf.

Love, peace, and chicken grease!
~Kero

New Yarn!

Okay, so it's not for me, but I'm always excited about a trip to the LYS. The girlfriend bought four skeins of this beautiful yarn called Berroco Comfort. It's 50% Nylon and 50% Acrylic, but it feels heavenly. She's making Christmas gifts with most of it, but there is promise of some mittens for me... Excited!

Yeah, I promise I'm working on stuff instead of playing on ravelry... No really, I am...
~Kero