May 08, 2008
At it, again
Working with other scientists has its pluses and minuses, naturally. One of the pluses: scientists' little babies are as cute as anyone else's, AND you can totally geek-ify them!
Yes, I'm at it again! A colleague had a baby girl a few weeks ago, and I could not pass up the opportunity to make her some cute onesies. All the particulars remain the same (Craftster tutorial, Reynolds
Though the older brother of the babe in question did get one recycled design:
The neuron is always a hit, maybe because it's so easily identified.
There are other parents of toddlers in my collective, and I didn't want to leave them out:
The elevator buttons for the little guy who's always pushing them, the pansy for the girly girl, and the last one for the girl who's always fishing with her dad on the weekends.
May 05, 2008
With near certainty
In my knitting life, I can say some things with near certainty.
One day I will knit another adult sweater.
One day I will knit another Oat Couture Prairie Blanket, because I didn't at all appreciate the genius of the pattern as a beginner knitter.
One day I will come across another pattern that's more error than instruction.
One day I will use another yarn with improperly set dye. (Want to see something truly, ridiculously scary? Don't tell me I didn't warn you! I photographed that on myself just so you know I didn't "invent" the color in Photoshop :))
One day I will attend my first sheep and wool festival. Scratch that - it's about to happen!
One day I will knit another scarf from Knitting New Scarves
I cast on for the New Wave scarf using Schaefer Yarn's Patty (no longer in production, I believe). I wanted to know if a slinky silk boucle could hold that stiff wavy shape! Answer: yes, it can. Certainly with much less enthusiasm than the recommended Harrisville wool, but the waves were there. My timing was poor, as it ends up, so the scarf never got a proper start (or middle, or finish).
But with near certainty I knew that one day I would return to the book, and knit up another brilliant design contained within.
Today I happily share with you the Linked Rib scarf in progress, which I fully intend to finish, unlike its cousin above. Finishing brought to you by: Sundara Yarn Aran Silky Merino in Sunshine - "Just like chocolate, one bite won't do."
I keep playing with the facets of the fabric. It's like a simple link chain, but not really. It's like a prism, but only in certain cross sections. I know how it's made... I better! I cast on four separate times! Mind you, I frogged the first three attempts not because I had made a mistake, but because I needed to start over in hopes of some day wrapping my mind around the design. I suppose I'm still getting there. Until then, touchy, touchy, touchy!
May 03, 2008
Connections
During February and March three project morsels moved across your computer screens - just little bits with no beginning, middle, or end.
Do these look familiar? The purple lace shawl which prompted me to reveal my matchy-matchy tendencies? The Crystal Palace Panda Wool with amazing stitch definition? The playful Classic Elite Alpaca Sox yarn which pooled in the skein, but not in the knit fabric?
I'm very excited to place those knitting morsels into context:
(I did not ask Chrissy for permission to use those photos. I'm very bad. Do not follow my example. Chrissy, please don't kill me!)
Three new Gardiner Yarn Works designs, debuting at TNNA very shortly!
Knitting these samples was absolutely delightful! Let me sing one praise in particular - I am 100% certain that the purple shawl will be the next Swallowtail, Flower Basket, Shetland Triangle, Icarus, Leaf Lace... what have you! The IT triangle shawl worked from the nape of the neck down. (Toe The Line was the pattern's working title, not sure if it's staying...) It's a brilliant one, Chrissy ;).
