October 6, 2008 – 12:28 pm
pattern - Bounce
designer - Yarn Ball Boogie - knitboy1
yarn - hand dyed by me
louet gems bulky
I absolutely love and adore this hat. It was a super easy knit once I got used to knitting into the bottom row. It really could be whipped up in just a few hours. The best part? No double pointed needles! That John is a freaking genius I tell you. Seriously. I don’t think I will make this colorway available because I didn’t even write down what I did. I kind of like that it’s a one of a kind and it’s all mine. I think it’s only fair for my first ever project with my own yarn. (I started a pair of socks once but only did one so that doesn’t count) I am also out of this chunky yarn right now and need to order more. I’ll put a call into Louet and see how quickly I can get more. Surprisingly it took me exactly one skein to make this hat. John thought I’d need more but I didn’t! So anyway…..LOVE LOVE LOVE!
September 25, 2006 – 8:01 am
I’ve gotten a headstart on my first pair of socks for the month. I plan on making another pair for supergirl in a colorway of her choice to be worn with her Crocs she loves so much. These are just a basic pair of stockinette in my own colorway. I started them back in June and only got a few inches so I could see how the striping worked. Read about it here if you want. I love how it’s turning out. It’s fun to finally knit with my OWN yarn! This is the 100% superwash merino and it’s super soft. And this is still, the only skein of yarn I have kept out of the hundreds of skeins I’ve dyed…
I did the eye of patridge heel as it’s one of my favorites. I hope to finish this up in a day or two and knock off the other one so I can wear them! It’s getting chilly here in the mornings.
I made a new deal with myself to leave my laptop on the dining room table and not bring it down to where I sit at night. This way I will actually get 2-3 hours of knitting done a night. I’m seriously determined to finish up most of my UFO’s. After the socks I’m tackling the shadow shawl dammit!
September 23, 2006 – 10:22 am
It’s cloudy. So I combined my Saturday Sky picture
with the scarf some of you wanted to see better.
Click it to see the bigger version.
September 22, 2006 – 4:18 pm
I am totally stealing knittyotter’s new eye candy button. I love it!
I just finished my second FO of the week. Oh how do I love thee.
Some of you asked for the details. With the help of a few Village Wools girls I came up with this pattern. I feel kind of silly even writing it out since it’s pretty dang easy!
Scout’s Lengthwise Scarf
1 skein of bulky handspun yarn - I used some misshawklet’s
1 skein of MODA-DEA Laisy Daisy
1 skein of novelty yarn of your choice. I really liked this Ironstone - Bahamas because of the coiled nubs throughout.
1 - circular Addi Turbo US 11 - 40″
Cast on 200 stitches loosely with the bulky handspun. Knit in garter stitch and alternate the yarns every row. Each time you add in a new yarn make the tail as long as you want the fringe. Make it as wide as you want. I like mine skinny so I only knit about 11 rows and made sure to use the bulky handspun again to bind off. (to create the borders of the scarf) To make the bind off really super stretchy, use a US size 17 to do the bind off. Tighten up the fringe and trim to desired length.
Let me know if you make one.I’d love to see it.
September 21, 2006 – 8:44 am
Funky Scarf - Check! And to all my cynics…. I STILL KNIT! THPPPPPPPPPPPPTT!!!
I really had fun with this. Here is a close up of the funkiness.
I already started a second one last night for myself but using the other color of the MODA-DEA Lazy Daisy I bought. Can you guess what color?
Shocker! It’s purple. It looks really pretty with the misshawklet handspun.
And finally, I made a purchase yesterday and I’m blaming this all on Mona. She came to SnB the other night with her new Namaste bag. I even said, “The last thing I need is a new bag.” But then I made the mistake of looking at it online. And it was on sale. With free shipping. Damn! How can you pass that up? So this is now mine. Go buy one! Aren’t they purty? And they’re 20% off!! /enabling
“Hi. My name is Scout. I’m addicted to cool bags.” Yes, I have a problem. It’s the one thing I have a hard time not buying when I see one I like…..Go ahead Noelle. You can laugh. I’m weak.
September 20, 2006 – 3:27 pm
It’s baaaaaaaack. Now I’m just trying to get everything back on it. Adding back all of my passwords should be fun. I can’t remember all of that crap. I’m just happy it’s fixed. Tomorrow I will buy the external hard-drive my techy guy recommended. I refuse to have this ever happen again.
But do you see something else in that picture? No, not my ancient Booga in the discontinued, prettiest Kureyon colorway ever. Maybe you need to see it up closer. Look! A knitted object. (click to see up close)
I’m totally in love with this and am already dreading giving it to my Funky Scarf Pal. I’m doing a lengthwise scarf with misshawklet’s handspun, the MODA-DEA Lazy Daisy in Bubblegum and the most gorgeous skein of Ironstone Yarns called Bahamas. Isn’t it funky? My pal loves purple, pink and wants a long, skinny scarf. I’m lucky that basically we have the same taste so I just made something I knew that I’d like. I’m definitely going to make one for me after this.
The weather is crappy, Supergirl is napping and you know what? I’m going to knit. Yep. I have other things I should be doing. Oh well. I have missed knitting and I’m going to sit here and do just that.
I know I live in the land of UFO’s but this is a very serious matter. A finished object aka FO? Haven’t seen one around Chez Scout in a looooong time. I can’t even remember the last thing I finished. Maybe my sockapaloooza socks? Holy crap. That was three months ago. And let me just say that until started working at Village Wools I never had more than one thing on my needles at a time. Or, it was a pretty rare thing. It’s not like I haven’t been doing anything crafty. I mean, let’s not forget the 200+ skeins of yarn I’ve dyed in that time and the numerous things I’ve sewn. I guess I should give myself some credit. But still. I need to knit!
I used to be a monagomous knitter too. Now I feel like such an unfaithful wench. Sorry Shadow Shawl. Sorry Ruffles. Sorry sock. Sorry cute crochet scarf. I promise to finish you all once the weather cools down. I just don’t like to knit in the summer. I think I need to impose some sort of structured knitting time in my life. Like I can’t watch my TV at night without at least one hour of knitting? I can send myself to knitting jail every night. I need something to motivate me to knit so I knew when I saw Wicked Stitches show us the bag she desiged I would wait patiently for the pattern and this would be my summer FO. Isn’t it awesome? I really love it.
I’m also being a good girl and using stash yarn to make it. I have some Filatura de Crosa cotton that was my mamas. I started it last night and couldn’t put it down. I told Ariane last night it’s totally addictive. So I’m going to finish this. Y’all hear me? And I’m going to Stitch ‘n’ Bitch tonight. I haven’t been in forever and I need to be put in knitting jail.
Tell me I’m not the only one? Has anyone else gone three months without a FO? Who has the most UFO’s? (Unfinished Objects for those that don’t know) We should have a contest. I know I only have a few. We need a new meme in knitland. Share your deep dark knitting secrets. Just how many UFO’s do you have? come on. You’ll feel better. Maybe we can start a whole wave of motivation throughout the community by fessing up. Pass it around and post on your blog. It’s a rainy day here if you can believe it and I want to see how unfaithful you all are. You know, to make myself feel better. Okay, I’ll wait, go ahead, go count them. Wait, go into that closet too, and that drawer, and in that trunk, and under the bed……
We get to the event after getting Stephanie her cup of coffee. Even that was comical. I thought I knew where a place was on the way and as I turn in I point to this strip mall and said, “I think there’s a cafe right there.” She replied, “In a comic book shop!?” Which of course made me question myself but we still drove over to it. And yes my friends, a comic book cafe shop. Maybe she’ll go into the details of the coffee transaction on her blog but it can easily be summed up by the her being introduced to the New Mexico phenomenon known as “Land of Mañana.” If you don’t know about this, read about it and be prepared just in case you ever visit Abq.
We finally got to the JCC and I was a bit stressed out about the weather keeping some people from coming. It’s a good thing knitters are hardcore. We probably didn’t have all 150 people there but well over 110/120 made it. I guess I-25 was closed due to flooding so some people just couldn’t make it. We all had a great time listening to her talk. She really is hysterical. At the book signing all of the Abq. knitbloggers got to say hey and get their pictures with her. Here are a few.
Rebecca
Adam representing the men! Whoo hoo!
Carole & Mona
A few Village Wools grrls.
And my favorite picture is Noelle’s Barry with Stephanie’s sock.
I had to add this one just sent to me because it made me laugh. Stephanie asked if I’d help collect donations for Tricoteuses Sans Frontières. I roughed up the crowd and got her a good amount of money to bring back. Since I know a lot of you aren’t going to see her in person please go and make a donation. Okay? Ya hear?
All of the pictures are here if you want to see a few other ones. After the book signing Stephanie very graciously agreed to let some of the Albuquerque Stitch ‘n’ Bitch girls take her out for a good beer. GOOD beer. We’re talking like 8% alcohol content, microbrew beer served in pints. We also got some really yummy green chile fondue. Not a bad way to end a night. Let’s hope the next book brings her back here soon so maybe I can find her some real lavender…..
Also? If you would like to custom order Harlot’s Mums please just leave a comment and I can simply send you a Paypal invoice and dye it for you. I had a few people ask me about getting it so I’ll do it that way for now.
The latest Spin-Off magazine has a super cool article about creating self-striped sock yarn with a variegated stripe as one of the stripes. Has anyone else seen it? The article is called Dyeing for Socks by Paula Egbert. I decided to try it out and I love how it looks. Want to know a secret? This is the first skein of yarn that I’m keeping that I’ve done. I don’t have one single skein of anything I’ve made. I know. Crazy. I did this one with my Orchid colors with an added skinny white stripe. This is definitely something I’ll offer as a custom job. I recommend reading the article if you want to learn how to do it. I actually taught my first Dyeing class over the past two weeks and a number of my students tried this technique on their self-striping sock. I found out yesterday one of my students has a blog! Go over and check out the yarn she dyed in class. She did a really good job.
See. Knitting! From me. Socks out of my own yarn. There will also be some yarn up in the shop within the next day or two as well.
In other news. If you have been reading the Flat Scout Blog you’ve seen how much fun she’s been having with her hostess with the mostest Cynthia. Go see her blog. The pictures are so funny. She goes to Estonia next!
And I’ll leave you with a few pictures. Supergirl insisted I take a picture of her saying “Word to your MUTHA!”
And finally, I’m not sure if Gus is really comfortable living here with us yet.
I’m not really back. Still crazy. But I wanted to show you a few things. First up? Look at this kick-ass bag that the beautiful & talented Knitpastis made for me. I only wish you could feel the soft lining in it too. Isn’t it gorgeous? My kids were fighting over who got to carry it the other day. See, even they have good taste.
Then check this out! Wondered how my Appletinis look knit up? Check it. This one belongs to Marisol. Just be careful looking at her stash on her blog or you might feel the need to go and rob her house. It’s to DYE/DIE for.
I love how that sock looks! And here is my Tarzhay knit by Melissa. There are more on her blog and it those socks just totally rock. If you’ve wondered what my self-striping looks like? That’s it. However I can also do different widths in the stripes too.
I’m going to be doing some dyeing over the next few days. Let me know if there is something in particular you might want. I do lots of custom orders too. Just drop me an e-mail and we can talk. I was thinking I’d do a bunch of the Bluetinis for Project Spectrum? Any other ones?
I also have been busy working on a top seekrit project I hope to be able to show you soon. I’m pretty excited about it. And no. It’s not spinning. Remember? Scout will never spin. You hear me? I pinky promise you on that one! (I didn’t pinky promise about not selling my yarns!!! Thppppppt)
