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Projects for the New Year? Karlisa 01-04-2008
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Posted by Karlisa on January 4, 2008, 8:24 pm
Anyone have any New Years projects planned? I've given up on making
resolutions, and now just set annual goals for myself (well, try to,
hehehe). I've started writing out a list of all the things I'd like to
accomplish this year, and I have a knitting/sewing category. I have been
knitting for everyone and his brother lately, and now I'd like to make some
things for myself. I'm planning on knitting myself a vest and a couple of
cardigans. I'm also hoping to do some more wool dyeing and then knitting up
a pile of hats for charity. I've already made a sweater and booties for a
baby shower for one of my co-workers, and have started another for my son's
daycare staff member.

My other goals this year are to make a list of all UFOs and then start
finishing them one by one. I also am going to try to bust my stash by only
knitting with what I have (that's the tallest order to fill by far!) :-)

What about you all?

lisa

--
The things that come to those who wait will be the scraggly junk left by
those who got there first.


--
The things that come to those who wait will be the scraggly junk left by
those who got there first.



Posted by Shillelagh on January 4, 2008, 10:23 pm
> What about you all?
>
> lisa

I've started a KAL with an Australian friend. We're doing the Hanami shawl
by Melanie Gibbons.
http://pinklemontwist.blogspot.com/2007/02/hanami.html
We're using Knit Picks 100% Alpaca yarn - Alpaca Cloud in the pink
Peppermint flavour.

For a change I only have one outstanding UFO right now, and will be working
on it as well. I've finished up all the socks I had OTN, so it's time to
pick out another yarn for a new pair.

Happy New Year everyone
Shelagh




Posted by Karlisa on January 5, 2008, 9:22 am

>> What about you all?
>>
>> lisa
>
> I've started a KAL with an Australian friend. We're doing the Hanami
> shawl
> by Melanie Gibbons.
> http://pinklemontwist.blogspot.com/2007/02/hanami.html
> We're using Knit Picks 100% Alpaca yarn - Alpaca Cloud in the pink
> Peppermint flavour.
>
> For a change I only have one outstanding UFO right now, and will be
> working
> on it as well. I've finished up all the socks I had OTN, so it's time to
> pick out another yarn for a new pair.
>
> Happy New Year everyone
> Shelagh
>
> OMG, Shelagh, that shawl is GORGEOUS! Will this be for you? Pleeeease
> post pictures of it when you're done! I'm in awe...I think I would be a
> mess if I attempted something like that. lol. I can create "lace", even
> when I'm not trying to. Thank goodness my motto is "if you can't fix it,
> feature it." hehehehe.

I'm also in awe that you don't have more than one UFO! That's a goal for
me. I want to knit up and sew up or toss or rip out every project I've got
going in my sewing room. I just get too much inspiration all at once and
the next thing I know I'm juggling a dozen or so projects. I've got to get
a handle on that! :-)

Keep us posted on that shawl. It's lovely!

lisa

--
The things that come to those who wait will be the scraggly junk left by
those who got there first.



Posted by Shillelagh on January 5, 2008, 1:44 pm

> >
> > OMG, Shelagh, that shawl is GORGEOUS! Will this be for you? Pleeeease
> > post pictures of it when you're done! I'm in awe...I think I would be a
> > mess if I attempted something like that. lol. I can create "lace",
even
> > when I'm not trying to. Thank goodness my motto is "if you can't fix
it,
> > feature it." hehehehe.
>
> I'm also in awe that you don't have more than one UFO! That's a goal for
> me. I want to knit up and sew up or toss or rip out every project I've
got
> going in my sewing room. I just get too much inspiration all at once and
> the next thing I know I'm juggling a dozen or so projects. I've got to
get
> a handle on that! :-)
>
> Keep us posted on that shawl. It's lovely!
>
> lisa

It's not normal for me to have so few UFO's, but now that I do, I'm
going to try to keep it that way. I always have socks OTN, so those
don't count. They're for mindless knitting when at a knitters group
meeting.

I've had that shawl in mind for quite a while, and now that my friend
is ready to go on our little KAL, I think it will be fun. We won't talk
about how I frogged it 3 times right at the beginning, that the first
beads I used were too big and I had to find something else. It seems
to be finally humming along.

The other UFO is Sally Melville's Summer Sweater from The Knit
Stitch. I have the back done, and the front half done, but am making
it as a lightweight winter sweater out of Elann Lana Cash (merino,
silk and cashmere blend). It's a super simple knit in garter stitch. I
wish I was as tall and slim as the model wearing it, because it's not
going to look like that on me (laugh)

Shelagh



Posted by Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Sha on January 11, 2008, 5:49 pm

> I've started a KAL with an Australian friend. We're doing the Hanami shawl
> by Melanie Gibbons.
> http://pinklemontwist.blogspot.com/2007/02/hanami.html
> We're using Knit Picks 100% Alpaca yarn - Alpaca Cloud in the pink
> Peppermint flavour.

You'll have to let me know how you like the Hanami shawl. I've been
contemplating it, but I want to do Anne Hanson's Morning Glory shawl
first. I also want to knit the Peacock Feathers Shawl in much the
same color you used.

I've finished one project, the flower motif shawl from Evelyn Clark's
booklet, and started another, the Angel Lace Shawl, also by Evelyn
Clark. The first used Claudia's hand-painted fingering weight merino
in Tropicana and the second uses Knit Picks Gossamer in Caribbean.

I've got a bunch of WIPs that I need to get back to. It's just that
lace shawls are so much fun! Ravelry members can see my projects at:
<http://www.ravelry.com/projects/digitalknitter>

Mary the Digital Knitter
--
Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer
We didn't just do weird stuff at Dryden, we wrote reports about it.
reunite.gondwana@gmail.com or miliff@qnet.com
Visit my new blog at http://thedigitalknitter.blogspot.com/

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