And Another One Bites The Dust!

I think it is needless to say, but I will anyways. I finished the Linen Stitch Scarf. I can't wait to wear it out around town, and it is cold enough for it.

Another project down.

Some More Totals.

So the last time I posted, I had a negative total for how much I knitted. Well, I have some more to add and a picture of on of my finished projects.

First the Picture.

I finished the baby jacket I was working on for my future nephew who will be born in April or May. Suprisingly enough, I was ver impressed on how it came out. Many times my projects refuse to cooperate with me and leave me frustrated.

Now for the totals.

I started from last time with -775 meters knitted and I have finished another project and started another one while still working on the sweater I was working on last time.

Anyhow, Here they are:

In finfihsing the Linen Stitch scarf, I used up 480 Meters of yarn.

The sweater used up another 117 meters of yarn.

The hat I started has now used up 105 Meters of yarn.

This brings my total to -73 meters of yarn.. Still in the negative, but doing good. I have made a bit of room in my stash and used up all of my Kiogu KPPPM on the scarf.

Until next time!

The Totals so Far

As you all know, I am trying to knit 10,000 meters this year and haves set some very strict rules to ensure that I do not just spend a ton of money replacing the yarn as I knit it down.

So here are the totals so far.

I used 1 ball of Marble chunky in finishing the Weekend Jacket, 312 Meters.
I used 1 more ball finishing the Baby Yours Sweater of Louet Gems, 160 Meters.
I then started knitting the Stockport Sweater using 3 skeins of Cascade 128, 351 Meters.
I then bought some Baby Cashmerino, -1375 Meters.

This all left me with a total of: -775 meters knit so far. I am off to a bot of a shaky Start, but I will still continue to work onward toward my goal. I have the Stockport Sweater to finish and I am working on a Linen Stitch Scarf, both of which will use pu a great deal of yarn and leave me back in a positive total of meters knitted.

Of to work I go again.

I Finally Finished Them

After weeks of searching for the perfect buttons for my gloves, I wandered into Weaving Works one afternoon and found these vintage looking dichoric glass buttons just begging me to buy them. So, after debating which color I liked the most, I settled on the reddish orange ones and finished my beautiful Cashmere and silk version of the Lamarr gloves from Rowan Magazine.

And with that down, only about a thousand more projects from Rowan I want to knit.

Adventures In Handspinning: Moreno/Tencel Part 2

As you can see, I finally got around to plying my Moreno/Tencel yarn, and I love the colors. I made it into a 3 ply yarn which gave me smoother blending, and a nicer twist in it. I shot for a DK weight and ended up with a very light sport weight, or heavy sock. I will in the future practice more at achieving the yarn I want, and try more short draft techniques.

I did however, end up with ALOT of this yarn, 3 skeins of about 152 yards each. i couldn't believed my luck.

New Year, New Challenge.

As I mentioned before, I have rethought the monthly challenges that I normally would be talking about now, because I just found it to stressful to try to complete projects in the time allotted and, I was not having much fun working on them in the process.

Thus, I came up with a new idea for the challenge.

Instead of going month by month this year, I decided to turn the entire year into one long challenge, and that way I got to work on anything I wanted and, in the process, knock down my stash (Which is completely out of control).

So, with that, this year I plan to knit 10,000 meters in an all out knitting blow out.

I had to have rules though, and that was where I got stuck. However, I managed to come up with some very simple ones that will make for some interesting knitting in the next year.

1. Any yarn bought throughout the year must have the amount of it's meters subtracted from the amount knitted. EX: 1,000 meters knitted minus 500 meters bought, equal a total of 500 meters knitted. The exception to this rule is fibers, as it is harder to guess how many meters will come from it.

2. Hand spun yarn counts as it's meters times plys. Ex 100 meters of 3 ply hand spun equals 300 meters.

3. Projects begun before 1/1/2010 may not count in whole toward the total. However, subsequent balls of yarn used AFTER January 1, may be counted toward the total.

4. If a project has to be ripped out, the balls of yarn used may not be counted for a second time toward totals.

With that, I am going to set out on a year long challenge to knit my stash down to a more manageable level, and creat some awesome project in the meantime.