i may have just finished the most gorgeous thing i have ever crocheted, and i don't get to keep it! I'm not sure i can let it go to it's new home, i am totally in love with it and i really hope that it will be just as loved when it reaches it's new home next week.
I'm being a good girl, it's currently soaking in some wool wash stuff and then i will be blocking it to show off it's beauty even more!
Ahhhhh, i love it when a plan comes together! ;o)
My "current" project list is now:
SKP2008 Jacobean socks - must be fhinished by the end of April
Lavender Blankie - must be finished by the 13th May
Crochet Block blankie - must be finished by the time the babies arrive! Anytime after the 20th May if i remember rightly?
2 baby hats to match BSJs and possibly booties too if there's enough wool left - ditto 20th May?
Showing posts with label bsj. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bsj. Show all posts
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
A WIP update!
Just for me really ;o)
Aussie BSJ - 22 stitches before decrease, next up is knit 3 rows straight then the increases start
Lavender Swirl Blankie - round 68 (there's a total of 109 rounds as the pattern is written but i will probably do more as it is only 21" across at the moment and i don't think it will be big enough. It should be easy enough to work the pattern out though - i think!)
SKP Jacobean socks - round 12, first repeat of large chart - i'm having to really concentrate on this project as i am not at all confident at chart reading and i have to follow three separate ones!!
The BSJ is my main concern as it needs to be finished by next Wednesday ready to go off to Oz and i want to get a hat made as well!! I am optimistic though as i'll be spending at least 8 hours in a car as a PASSENGER! this weekend so theoretically i could get the BSJ finished and a hat started :o)
There is a two month deadline for the Jacobean socks so i am not too worried about rushing them
I am going to have to experiment with my crochet hooks and find one the right size to finish that off, the bone hook still hasn't turned up, despite repeated pleas to St.Anthony ;o)
It's such a shame because i feel like i have lost my momentum with it now, it's been so long since i worked on it and i was really enjoying it too... hopefully it won't take long to get back into it and i only have 3 blocks to do and then it's end-sewing-in and joining and edging and it's done! :oD
Aussie BSJ - 22 stitches before decrease, next up is knit 3 rows straight then the increases start
Lavender Swirl Blankie - round 68 (there's a total of 109 rounds as the pattern is written but i will probably do more as it is only 21" across at the moment and i don't think it will be big enough. It should be easy enough to work the pattern out though - i think!)
SKP Jacobean socks - round 12, first repeat of large chart - i'm having to really concentrate on this project as i am not at all confident at chart reading and i have to follow three separate ones!!
The BSJ is my main concern as it needs to be finished by next Wednesday ready to go off to Oz and i want to get a hat made as well!! I am optimistic though as i'll be spending at least 8 hours in a car as a PASSENGER! this weekend so theoretically i could get the BSJ finished and a hat started :o)
There is a two month deadline for the Jacobean socks so i am not too worried about rushing them
I am going to have to experiment with my crochet hooks and find one the right size to finish that off, the bone hook still hasn't turned up, despite repeated pleas to St.Anthony ;o)
It's such a shame because i feel like i have lost my momentum with it now, it's been so long since i worked on it and i was really enjoying it too... hopefully it won't take long to get back into it and i only have 3 blocks to do and then it's end-sewing-in and joining and edging and it's done! :oD
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Happy BSJ
BSJ number two is finished! I cast on on Thursday evening at the quiz but couldn't concentrate on quizzing and knitting so it got put away until Saturday when i got about an inch and a half done, then i knitted in earnest all afternoon while watching the gogglebox and here it is FINISHED!
I am really liking this "knit on one project at a time" malarky, all i have to do now is apply it to my box of WIPs :oD
I used Fyberspates sock yarn in colourway "Happy" for this and omitted the 10 ridges of 90 stitches to make it cardigan length and i think it looks lovely. Let's just hope the babies aren't huge monsters so that it'll fit for longer than a week! *lol*
My next project was going to be a hat and mittens for Ruth but the arrival of merin-ohhhhh has bumped them down and next up is Cranford Mitts for meeeeeeeee ;o)
Thursday, February 28, 2008
AAARRGGGGHHH!!
I am tearing my bloody hair out here!
I finished the BSJ no worries, i've knit a Bloke hat since then, i even worked out how to do crown decreases on my own and then i cast on for a blankie based on a doily pattern and it's all gone horribly wrong!
Rounds 1-27 have gone fine. I've changed the pattern slightly as the original version has eyelets in the outer star and i don't want them, i worked out what was eyelet and what was the edge of the star and reworked the pattern. Lovely, looks fab so far!
Get to round 28 and my instructions tell me to
Now, i am doing it magic lopp stylee so i presume that means that i only have to move two stitches from the front needle to the back and then the last two worked stitches from the end of the back needle to the front... or not! If i move them and then work over them it doesn't work out. If i move them and start two stitches in it doesn't work out. If i don't move them it doesn't work out and if i frog it i will be really pissed off and the wool will go back in the loft for another year like it did the last time i tried to make a blankie with it and ended up frogging it!!
I
AM
VERY
FRUSTRATED!
Luckily i am off to visit for a couple of days, i'm leaving it at home and taking the wool for another BSJ with me as that is so much less stressful compared to this!
I finished the BSJ no worries, i've knit a Bloke hat since then, i even worked out how to do crown decreases on my own and then i cast on for a blankie based on a doily pattern and it's all gone horribly wrong!
Rounds 1-27 have gone fine. I've changed the pattern slightly as the original version has eyelets in the outer star and i don't want them, i worked out what was eyelet and what was the edge of the star and reworked the pattern. Lovely, looks fab so far!
Get to round 28 and my instructions tell me to
place last 2sts. of each needle on left-hand needle, *yo k1 yo sl1k1psso k3 yo sl1k1psso k3 yo sl1k1psso k1 rep. from * all roundohhhhhkaaaaaaaaay!
Now, i am doing it magic lopp stylee so i presume that means that i only have to move two stitches from the front needle to the back and then the last two worked stitches from the end of the back needle to the front... or not! If i move them and then work over them it doesn't work out. If i move them and start two stitches in it doesn't work out. If i don't move them it doesn't work out and if i frog it i will be really pissed off and the wool will go back in the loft for another year like it did the last time i tried to make a blankie with it and ended up frogging it!!
I
AM
VERY
FRUSTRATED!
Luckily i am off to visit for a couple of days, i'm leaving it at home and taking the wool for another BSJ with me as that is so much less stressful compared to this!
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Oh MY!
I only went and finished it!! :oD
Cast off last night but couldn't get decent photos - want to see some magic?
I turned it into a jacket!!
Isn't that amazing?
I am totally in awe of designers, who would have thought that a piece of mis-shaped fabric could become something so utterly adorable?
:oD
Cast off last night but couldn't get decent photos - want to see some magic?
I turned it into a jacket!!
Isn't that amazing?
I am totally in awe of designers, who would have thought that a piece of mis-shaped fabric could become something so utterly adorable?
:oD
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Damn and blast!
I really want to get the final 3 squares done for the Bamboo blankie but i've only gawn and lost me crochet hook! I can't even use a substitute as i don't actually know what size hook i was using! It's an old bone (??) hook that is just so comfy to use and although i think it's a 4mm i'm not entirely sure! I guess i could do a square with a metal hook and see how they compare but i don't want anything to bugger this project up for me :o(
Soooooooo... as a little light relief from the stress of the loss of the hook ::winks:: i decided to cast on my very first Baby Surprise Jacket :oD
Norty aren't i ;o)
So, here it is at about 15 garter ridges (or thereabouts)
I knid of got a bit lost on the counting and whatnot but it seems to be going... OK :oD
I am using Yarn Yard October Club yarn on a 3.5mm needle and the resulting fabric seems to be very nice so far. Nice and drapey and not stiff at all which seems perfect to me for a baby jacket. I thought this colour would be fine for either a boy or a girl, it isn't gender specific and Lisa really isn't into pastels (nor am i for that matter but then it's not for me anyway ::lol:: )
I really hope she likes it, but knowing Lisa she would soon tell me if she didn't ;o)
Soooooooo... as a little light relief from the stress of the loss of the hook ::winks:: i decided to cast on my very first Baby Surprise Jacket :oD
Norty aren't i ;o)
So, here it is at about 15 garter ridges (or thereabouts)
I knid of got a bit lost on the counting and whatnot but it seems to be going... OK :oD
I am using Yarn Yard October Club yarn on a 3.5mm needle and the resulting fabric seems to be very nice so far. Nice and drapey and not stiff at all which seems perfect to me for a baby jacket. I thought this colour would be fine for either a boy or a girl, it isn't gender specific and Lisa really isn't into pastels (nor am i for that matter but then it's not for me anyway ::lol:: )
I really hope she likes it, but knowing Lisa she would soon tell me if she didn't ;o)
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