Okay Knits » 2008» March

« Previous Entries

March 2008 Archives

I like cotton
03.30.08 | Tags: Misc | Comments: (3)

Its cheap, comes in a variety of pretty colors and they make great dishcloths. And it takes only a few hours to turn out a finished product. Though I probably won’t be able to get though all the cotton in my possession in the next few years. I don’t even bother putting a majority of them on Ravelry.
Icarus Shawl and car washing
03.23.08 | Tags: Lace | Comments: (2)

Pattern: Icarus Shawl from Interweave Knits Summer 2006
Yarn: cheap lace yarn from China, overdyed by me, held doubled
Needles: #4 Harmony
Time to Complete: 16 days
Gripes: I was trying to make a dent into my pounds of lace yarn, this project didn’t really do it. Time to knit more lacy items!

On a side note, I got my car washed by no less than eight different people, all for only 6 bucks! It was a full service wash that included two people vacuuming the interior, two people hand scrubbing the exterior, a run through the car wash, and four people hand drying the exterior while also cleaning the dash and everything inside. Only in Brooklyn!
Baby Fridays - How many can she hold?
03.21.08 | Tags: Baby Fridays | Comments: (1)

A defunct tape measure

A baby bootie and a pack of tissues

A defunct tape measure, a pack of tissues and a baby bootie

Stay Tuned…. I am still trying to teach her to hold onto food like the first dog in this video.
Oh Smooshy, how you disappoint me.
03.21.08 | Tags: Socks | Comments: (4)

My first and favorite pair of Smooshy socks bites the dust after only 3 months. I had an inkling that it wouldn’t last very long since the yarn was so soft and thin. Now I’ve got to make alternate plans for my remaining 3 skeins of Smooshy, since I don’t want any more socks to receive this fate so soon.
Swallowtail Shawl
03.10.08 | Tags: Lace | Comments: (1)

Pattern: Swallowtail shawl, Interweave Knits fall 2006
Yarn: Malabrigo lace in Brilliante
Needle: size 4 Knitpicks harmony
Time to complete: One week in February
Gripes: Its small, I call it a mini swallowtail
The Ravelry Page

I took this to St. Louis and this was the only thing I completed out of the three projects I brought with me. I would have gone down to visit the Arch but it was yucky out and I didn’t bring an umbrella. My student host bailed on me so I had to get a hotel room. I had my choices of hotels, I could stay at a Holiday Inn in a not so nice part of town or for $20 more I get to stay at the Crowne Plaza overlooking the Arch on the 28th floor. Guess which I chose.

Though, I had a nice view of the Arch, I would have gotten more amenities (ie internet) at the cheaper motel. I don’t understand why you pay more, you end up getting less. Well, I did get one of the best night sleeps, the bed was awesome, I had two of them. And it would have been an awesome blocking board had I remembered that it would be an awesome place to block my shawl and brought my blocking pins. Alas I didn’t the shawl had to wait until I got home. Its a small shawl, small, really small, I could only wear it like a kerchief. My current lace project, the Icarus Shawl, is going to turn out huge to compensate for the petiteness of the Swallowtail Shawl.