Thursday 24/09/2020

 

I am back...

It's been two weeks already... 

Last week I had been busy and (to be honest) I had no finished objects. And I wanted to have a finished object at least before I write a new post...

I was a little bit lazy the whole last week and I didn't knit much, but this week I was productive... 

And I have FO's, HO's and WIPs... Maybe a few more than I should...

We will see...

My finished Objects

I finished my dress...

Yes... Yes... Yes...

All of it... The body, the sleeves... Everything... 

Almost... I need to weave in ends... But... It's done... done... done...

 

First of all, I still have yarn left... Enough to make a cardigan (which is my next project, to match the dress)

Secondly, for the size of it, it was a fairly quick knit... I mean, it took me like a month or two months... Something like that... 

But it was worth it... I really enjoyed it...

Now, for the sleeves... 

I tried to do the sleeves on the pattern, but I either messed up or it was not looking good on me...

So... I frogged it (I made the one and tried it) and I did a straight sleeve for a few rows (no idea how long it is in cm or in, I just knit 20 rows) and I finished it with the same border I used at the bottom of the dress...

It was an easy knit and a meditative one... And I like those a lot.

This was a Drops design called Sweet Susan that was meant to be a blouse but I turned it into a dress and now I will turn it into a cardigan as well.

I am thinking on making the same dress in other colours and create a capsule wardrobe.

My Half Finished Objects 

I finished one of the two mittens for my friend from the Florence Set by Drops.

This is the first time I knit a mitten and I found it easy enough... I have a hole where I picked for the thumb stitches but I can fix it easily.

I could have a whole pair ready, but I was too lazy to cast on the second one... No idea why... It was fast and when I will cast on the second one I will have it ready very quickly... 

Hopefully this week I will do it.

My Works In Progress

I cast on two new things...

And I am about to cast on a third one...

Here is my thinking...

I want to have one project for when I watch the movie, one that it is easy and mindless and one that is less mindless...

Now to be honest, I opened my stash and found a lot of yarn that is leftovers but enough to be a new project... I will write different post about it...

I cast on a vest for my boyfriend...

I didn't swatch, because who needs it anyway, and I cast on this easy vest from Yarnspirations... It is called Unisex Adult V-neck Vest. 

(By the time I tried to make the link to the pattern it was no longer available on yarnspirations)

 

It is worked it two pieces - front and back - and then put together...

And, as you can see, I own and use straight needles... 

I had them and I can use them and knit fairly quickly, so why not?

I need my circulars for rounded projects and if I don't own a lot of needles I have to finish the previous projects before I start new ones, so... It's a way of thinking, right???

My next work in progress is not on the needles but ready to cast on...

It is a skirt by Drops (by now you know I like their patterns and they are free) and I will use leftover yarn by ICE. It is tweed and I think I have enough...

Now I will modify it, of course, and do it a top down one, because I would much prefer to cast on 216 stitches rather than 400... Plus I want to make it a little longer, so I will have to check how much yarn I have left... You get the point...

I will start it and if it goes well I will make another post telling you what modifications I made...

Movie Night Knitting

My last work in progress is my movie knitting...

Now that I finished the dress I need something plain and simple...

I don't think I have enough yarn for a garter shawl (which might not be an accurate point) but I have enough yarn for socks...

For both me and my boyfriend...

I started with him, because he loves my hand knit socks...

 

Now...

Last week we watched Angels and Demons... It was very good and we really enjoyed it... I had already seen it but I liked it even though it was the second time watching it...

On this movie I knit/knitted (whatever) my dress...

This week we watched Inferno, again second time for me, but who counts...

We enjoyed that as well and I knit on the new socks... And it went well, I think...

I managed to knit enough... 

I like the toe-up socks, because it helps me with the way my mind works... I think that it is easier for me to think that I have to use up to 50 grams for the sock than to have to estimate how long the leg will be...

The pattern is a "recipe" from New Leaf Designs... She also has youtube videos... It is easy and I like it...

Besides, this it the third pair I make... I made one for me and one for him and I didn't notice the balls were 50 grams, so I had a 50gram ball for each pair and a 50gram ball for toes-heels-cuffs and it seemed logical to knit the foot as long as needed and do the leg as long as it can be... 

I liked it and now I do it again...

It is a vanilla sock, so not much to say there...

I have enough yarn on my stash, so I will buy new one when I finish the one I have already..

I am sure that will change some day, but now my mindset is to use what I have...

That's it for now...

Hope you are all well!!!

Until next time...

Stay safe and sane!!!