Emily’s Knits

I cheated a bit today and went ahead to cast on Wisp – the project I’d intended for January, which doesn’t start until tomorrow.  But that’s what happens when you have a 12 hour car ride!  It’s not a good time to run out of knitting :)

I’m just over half done already.  I think I found something else for the ‘January’ piece…

I may have needed another ‘i’ in ‘biiig’ to cover this one.  Here are a bunch of Finished Objects, mostly Christmas presents:

Name: Calypso Shawl

Designer: Debi Lake

Pattern: http://www.ocknitiotdesigns.citymax.com/catalog/item/4902737/5177209.htm

Yarn: KnitPicks Bare Wool, dyed by me (1.75 skeins, 700 yds)

Made For: Me!  (not a Christmas gift)

Ravelry Project: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/eleather/calypso-shawl

Name: Cable and Ribbed Scarf

Designer: Knitted Gems

Pattern: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cabled–ribbed-scarf

Yarn: Moda Dea Tweedle Dee in Surf & Turf (1.75 balls, 270 yds)

Made For: Roger

Ravelry Project: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/eleather/cabled–ribbed-scarf

Name: Tapered Scarf

Designer: Me, with significant inspiration from a yarn store sample

Pattern: http://knitting.tigersdawn.com/free-patterns/tapered-scarf/

Yarn: Stacy Charles Venus in 20 (2 balls, 166 yds)

Made For: Mom

Ravelry Project: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/eleather/moms-fancy-yarn-scarf

Name: 6-Hour Afghan

Designer: Lion Brand

Pattern: http://www.lionbrand.com/patterns/80215AD.html

Yarn: Lion Band Homespun in __, __, __, and __ (under 2 balls each)

Made For: Irina (sister)

Ravelry Project: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/eleather/6-hour-throw

Name: Muggins’ Starfish

Designer: Me!

Pattern: http://knitting.tigersdawn.com/free-patterns/muggins-starfish/

Yarn: Moda Dea Tweedle Dee in Cinnamon (3 yds)

Made For: Muggins Leathers-Nutt (the stuffed ship’s cat for Daisy, my brother’s boat)

Ravelry Project: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/eleather/muggins-starfish

 

Name: Muggins’ Fish

Designer: Me!

Pattern: http://knitting.tigersdawn.com/free-patterns/muggins-fish/

Yarn: Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice in Sapphire (2 yds)

Made For: Muggins Leathers-Nutt 

Ravelry Project: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/eleather/muggins-fish

Name: Muggins’ Blanket

Designer: Me!

Pattern: http://knitting.tigersdawn.com/free-patterns/muggins-blanket/

Yarn: Caron Simply Soft Shadow in Pearl Frost (50 yds)

Made For: Muggins Leathers-Nutt

Ravelry Project: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/eleather/muggins-blanket

Name: Dolly Faroese Shawl

Designer: Jackie Erickson-Schweitzer

Pattern: http://www.shopatron.com/product/product_id=HFAH34D/291.1?os=ravelry

Yarn: Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice in Sapphire (0.5 ball, 85 yds)

Made For: Samantha and Nellie (Irina’s American Girl dolls)

Ravelry Project: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/eleather/dolly-faroese-shawl

Name: Ballband Dishclothes and Coasters

Designer: Pisgah Yarn & Dyeing Co.

Pattern: http://www.peaches-creme.com/Ballband%20Dishcloth.htm

Yarn: Sugar & Creme, various colours

Made For: Will (younger brother)

Ravelry Project: http://www.ravelry.com/projects/eleather/ballband-dishcloth (dishclothes), http://www.ravelry.com/projects/eleather/ballband-dishcloth-2 (coasters)

There are a few additional projects that I don’t have pictures for yet; I’ll post those as I get them.  Please excuse the generally poor state of my blocking-for-photograph (though concrete works surprisingly well).

Additionally, I’ve joined the Seasons of Lace Winter 2009 Knit-a-Long.  Hopefully that will keep me company for now on my random lace projects.

I think my resolutions this year are fairly straightforward and reasonable.  

1) On the first of each month in 2009 I’ll start a lace project.  I won’t start new ones in between.  If I don’t get it done in that month it’s fine, it’ll just carry over to whenever I have free time.  If I finish early it’s time to finish up all the other projects in progress!  Perhaps I’ll start a KAL for such projects if no one’s made one yet.

2) I’m going to learn to spin.  I’ve done a little with a drop spindle, but I want to learn to use a wheel, to create more than single-ply yarns, and make more consistently-sized yarn.  I think my mom and I will be taking a course at Halcyon Yarn in Bath, ME, so that’s off to a good start.

I’ve got a few projects picked out already (though subject to change) for Resolution 1.

• January – Wisp from Knitty Magazine (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/wisp)
• February – Mystic Ice by Anna Dalvi (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mystic-ice)
• March – Creatures of the Reef by Fiddlesticks Knitting (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/creatures-of-the-reef-shawl)
• April – Mystic Waters by Anna Dalvi (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/mystic-waters-lace-shawl)
• May – Kiri by Polly Outhwaite (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kiri)
• June –  Cheshire Cat Stole by Carrie Griffin (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cheshire-cat-stole)