Tuesday, January 26, 2010
And Another One Bites The Dust!
Monday, January 25, 2010
Some More Totals.
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!
Sunday, January 17, 2010
The Totals so Far
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.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
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.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Adventures In Handspinning: Moreno/Tencel Part 2
Friday, January 1, 2010
New Year, New Challenge.
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.