Monday, January 28, 2008

 

Pour Moi?


Oui, oui! Emy has suggested, hinted, scolded, ahem, remarked that as I rarely knit for myself, I ought to embark upon such an odyssey. While at the Yarn Swap at Purlescence yesterday, there was some rogue yarn that, in that siren's call that yarn can sometimes have, up and deafeningly screamed in my ear, "Buy me, Woman, and knit yourself some fingerless gloves!" Now, being that I'm the kind of person to instantly snap to attention when talking yarn is involved, I did purchase the yarn. Now, please note, I was only there for the yarn swap. I had no intention walking in, that purchases would be involved (at least that's my story and I'm sticking to it!). I am halfway finished with the Warm Braid Cable Wristwarmers, and here's a pic for your viewing pleasure.

Specs:

Yarn: Bamboozle - Crystal Palace - Color 444 (Rainforest)
Amount of yarn - 2 skeins
Needles: US size #9 circs (magic loop method)
Pattern: Source can be found here

Edited to add: Forgot to mention I made a couple of modifications to the pattern: Because they are wrist warmers and I wanted fingerless gloves, I lengthened them. Instead of a 1" rib on each end, I made it 2" and added one cable repeat in the cable section.

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Wednesday, October 10, 2007

 

FO: Vest!



A little friend of ours turns three this weekend and looky, looky, looky what he's getting! And....drum roll, please....I actually did Knitting Math! Yes, this ADD girl, who has severe mathophobia, converted this flat pattern to circs - and it was easy, peasy, lemon-squeezy! Woo hooooooo! Plus, I changed the cables so that they were mirrored cables (both front and back, thank you very much)! Additionally, I fiddled with the decreases on both the armhole edge and neck edge, so that they were mirrored as well.

Specs:

Pattern (not sure if this link will allow you to go there without registering, but hey, I'll try!):
Cable Vest

Yarn: Luna by Cascade: MC #715; CC #730

Needles: US #7

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