One Geek to Stitch Them All

Happy World Wide Knit In Public Day. I hope everyone had a good time and got some good public knitting done. I headed over the the  Central Library at Grand Army Plaza, but didn’t get to stay long, as I had a birthday party to go to. There were knitting, crochet, and spinning lessons. I would have loved to learn to spin but the time crunch as I had to make it down to Prospect Park West.  Maybe next year.

So as you all know I broke the yarn drought while down in DC. I felt this was a good cause when I heard, “I didn’t even bring any yarns or needles with me”. Said friend is only in DC for eight weeks for an internship but still so wrong.

I’ve decided to keep the tally going because I am making a dent in the yarn, and as I gear up for Christmas knitting, and other gifts I will have to buy yarn eventually but I am making progress. So I have simply added a new category. Skeins Purchased in 2010.

Another thing I’ve been picking up like there is no tomorrow are stitch dictionaries:

Those two being the most recent purchases.  Both books have appealing stitches and are helping to inspire and show me how I’m going to pull out some of the images in my head.

I also picked up a new project bag. This one in fact. I had been turned onto the seller by a fellow knitter and needed a second bag.

Despite the knitting in public I’m still only a third or so of the way done with the  blue jeans shawl, I blame writing, and reading on the bus, but I’m sure it will get done soon enough. Hopefully to keep me warm on said bus.

Tally

Skeins Likely to Use: 138
Total Yards: 25, 558
Cast on in 2010:11

Skeins Purchased in 2010: 2
New Skeins used: 0

Days without a yarn Purchase in 2010: 4

Completion

Projects: 5
Skeins: 19.25

Remaining:

Yards:  22,815
Skeins: 118.75

knitting bag, books, etsy, WIP, WWKIP

Right under the wire I suppose. A Stash busting update for April.  Four months in and still not the biggest dent, though I wonder how the soon to be almost 4 hour round trip to work will effect that.  Likely on the positive end. I had a 1 1/2 hour commute round trip when I first learned to knit and that is when I made the EPIC Christmas gifts, I’m talking,  Hat, Scarf, and Flip top mittens for way too many people.

Pioneer is kindly kicking my butt which may help explain the increase in cast ons and not so much with the binding off.  Smaller size, the sleeves are perfect, the front works, the back is still too big, growls.  I will just have to deal with it later.  Ah the first sweater.

But on  to the  Tally:

Tally

Skeins Likely to Use: 138
Total Yards: 25, 558
Cast on in 2010:9

Days without a yarn Purchase in 2o10: 119

Completion

Projects: 4
Skeins: 16.25

Remaining:

Yards:  23,576
Skeins: 122

Slow and steady win the race I suppose. And I did just pick up E. Zimmermann’s Knitting Workshop today so I’m a step closer to starting my  Captain America’s Shield Shawl.  Likely, I   shall break my yarn drought with white lace weight yarn to start the shawl.

knitting 2010 goal, books, sweater, WIP

So I  started to knit Pioneer, in black and red cascade 220 that I picked up nearly two years ago at Knitty City.  I think the only alteration I will be making to the project is to make it longer sleeves, here’s hoping I have enough yarn to cover my torso. So far it is going well.

I really like the effect of the yarn over increases.  And that was the yarn right after adding a second ball. I have six of the cascade.

So that  picture was two weeks ago, I moved the sweater to a longer cable and realized how scrunched it was.  Oddly enough it fit pretty well in the front and was off by  about 4″ in the back. So  on Sunday as a friend drove me to the Tanger outlets in honor of my NEW JOB, and as thanks for helping her pack her apartment for a move I frogged the whole thing.  I started it again and have been knitting non-stop pretty much the last two days of  Census training knitting as I was talked at.

I am working on the Small instead of the Med but now I wonder if I don’t have the same problem anyway. I’m going to measure the back and see.  You’d think a top down Raglan would be easier than this.  But it is the first sweater.  So I suppose if  I didn’t frog it at least once it would be unnatural.

But even as I hit the sweater wall, I am making some progress on the Big 12 project and have swatched a possible stitch for the Hades’ Cowl.

knitting sweater, WIP

As I currently am trying to make my way through my list and wait for my Knit Picks order.  No I haven’t broken my rule already I made the order over a week ago.  I just took stock of everything on needles. The list is behind the cut.

Waiting for my winder to arrive, though I have not yet gotten a swift. We’ll see how that will work out, pondering making a makeshift one but who knows how well that will work. I seem to still be making yarn related purchases. I just let the Container Store (that store is so addictive) with three containers to hopefully hold my yarn. Once I get that organized I’ll likely post pictures.  But that does cover No 3 on the list, or it will once I actually put the stash in the containers. Let’s hope it fits.
And also another addition to my list. Use my books – I’ve been doing well the Stitchonary Volumes 1 &2 but I have 3 Stitch n’ Bitches, (including the happy hooker) a sweater book, a general stitch guide, Visual basics socks, and a mitten/glove book on the way. I have plenty of books, patterns in queue on Ravelry, and random ideas.

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WIP bag, lace, lantern corps, plan, scarf, WIP, yoga

So I’ve started the lantern scarf. Death is done and I’ve started on Fear which is causing some issue but I worked it out on the subway today so that should be going well. Next up is Hope then Rage.

First row

3/27/09 – There it is cast on with my graph paper chart of what will be knit. And my nice color printout of all the different corps.

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WIP DC, double knitting, lantern corps, scarf, WIP