I have felt like I had a cold for the past week, my allergies have been horrible lately (itchy ears, sneezing...) I'm not sure what I am allergic to (I am going to make an appointment with an allergist soon), but this is the worst it's ever been for me. I started taking claritin about a week ago, I had been taking zyrtec before for about a year, but it doesn't seem to do anything anymore. I've also been taking sudafed almost every day. I hope this ends soon!
I will stop complaining now and talk about something i love, knitting! For the past week I have been going a bit yarn/knitting crazy. I went to my local yarn store twice in three days, and I have spent sooo many hours knitting. My main project was a cowl for my friend's birthday (visit her on etsy at http://ellysprout.etsy.com). I couldn't decide on a pattern for the longest time and I kept trying different things out. I ripped out my knitting for this project at least ten times, usually when I was practically done knitting the cowl. I am finally happy with it after a week of trying! It is made of beautiful soft super bulky purple yarn (50% wool, 50% acrylic Sundae by Berroco). I made the cowl in a simple garter stitch, and i knitted it as a scarf and then grafted the two ends together to make a twist (a mobius cowl). What do you guys think of it? Should I make one to sell on etsy?
I have also been going sock crazy! I love sock yarn, it is so much fun and comes in so many fun colors, self striping is really fun too! A few months ago I finished my first sock, and I just recently started on it's pair. I am aiming to knit at least 5 rows a day in the sock, if I do meet that goal I can finish it in about a month...hopefully I will be able to finish it before then. Here is a picture of my progress and my finished sock!
I am currently also working on a blanket for myself and a sweater for the charity warm woolies (http://www.warmwoolies.org/). I've knit a few small vests and sweaters for them in the past few months and once I finish the sweater I am going to send it all in. This is the first sweater I have ever knit so hopefully it will go well (i will post pictures and talk more about these projects in another blog post).I just listed this super cute watermelon rose pink and green swarovski bracelet, what do you think of it? http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=30941492
Wow, I love your sock! I haven't felt brave enough yet to try a sock... or anything round! That cowl is really cute, too!
ReplyDeleteThe sock is great! I'd love to be able to knit my own socks, how clever!
ReplyDeleteI take garlic & horse-radish pills for my allergies and they seem to work when the real drugs don't :-)
Horseradish does clear up things, maybe I'll just eat some (I love the stuff) Jac-Ber Creations.
ReplyDeleteThanks RedRedCompletelyRed! Don't be scare to try circular knitting. It is actually very easy once you understand it (you just keep knitting in a circle, you don't have to switch directions at all!). I would first try something like a hat in the round on circular needles, then try something like a hand warmer on double pointed needles (it's the same as knitting in the round but you use 4-5 needles), and then once you get good at that you can try a sock. I bought the book "Knitting Socks" by Ann Budd and I like it a lot, the directions are very clear and it gives you a lot of options with sock knitting, it's how i learned.
-jrobyndesigns
those are gorgeous socks!!! i don't like knitting and never attempted to crochet a sock yet.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! I never really thought about crocheting a sock. I'm not as good at crocheting as knitting so it probably wouldn't turn out very well.
ReplyDeleteThe cowl is mad awesome. It is a lifesaver on gross long bus trips.
ReplyDeleteYou're super awesome Jenny!
thanks kelly!
ReplyDeletelove the fisherman-like cowl!!!
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