i am finished with the arm warmers! they look and fit the recipient very well! they are very difficult to photograph, though. maybe if i used a real camera (not my phone) id have better luck. i still have to sew in the elastic and palm pad/reinforcement, but the knitting part is over. i am very happy with how they turned out. im also very happy i decided to incorporate finger holes.
hello! i have made some progress on the arm warmers:
almost done the first arm warmer! i have three more fingers to knit. so far, so great! they fit really well.. it helps to have multiply try on ‘sesh-es’ to make sure things fit right. i followed natalya for the thumb gusset and loosely for the first finger.
making progress with the arm warmers. i think finger holes will be possible, but im still trying to work out how to incorporate elastic in the upper arm. the original arm warmer is to the left so you can see what im working from.
i finished the cowl. i like it very much.. i think it will be very practical, especially when cycling. every time ive worn a scarf its wrangled its way away from my neck to dangle in front of me, which distracts and aggravates me, but also could be hazardous (on a bicycle). the cowl can’t come undone– as someone pointed out, ‘its just a tube.’
so ive started on some arm warmers for jacob. i am kinda scared they will be difficult to get right, but i got a few rows in last night, and made it through the first try-on phase. lets hope the success continues. he wants me to sew elastic into the tops so they stay up and close to his upper arm. ive been researching online and i dont seem to have come to any particular conclusions about how to tackle this request.
here’s a sneak peek of a little guy (a cowl, in this case) im working on..
hello world. welcome to a new decade. yes! christmas has come and gone, and now i feel free to work on personal projects again. 2009 was quite the year.. i picked up knitting, i made lots of beautiful things, i met some incredible people. i feel very lucky to live my life.
so BACKTRACK.. a couple highlights of last year:
here are some craft goals i have for this year:
• finish the sweater. preferably before it gets warm out.
• learn insartia.
• knit a pair of socks.
• make a leather purse.
so, first up….
so im starting to run out of window space for plants. i got this bromeliad the other day. i read somewhere that the red flower is actually called a pup, and it will eventually become a new plant! how cool! i also bought a poinsettia and a christmas cactus. so my house is definitely getting some quality oxygen these days.
also, yesterday was handmade arcade. i bought some yarn, and it made me really happy. there were lots of other booths that were extremely inspiring and i got some christmas presents. the armory (where HA has been held the past two years) was pretty packed when i went at noon-ish, but that can be nothing but a good thing for all the vendors!
so i got a new computer. its very little and very fast.. just what i wanted.
so what is the first thing i do with a new gadet? that is correct– make a case for it. i am going to call this thing a computer sock. much like the ipod socks, this ‘case’ doesnt really protect TOO much, but it will prevent scratches. i used some of the yarn from my aunt: colinette yarns ltd’s skye. its decidedly 90s, but i decided i like it.
i kind of just winged (wung?) the whole thing.. i made a little swatch to see how many stitches i needed to make it wide enough, and just went to town and knitted this thing up. LUCKILY, its perfect.. when i bound it off, the stretch got zapped from the ribbing, but it makes a nice closure to stay around the computer. i suppose its more like a sweater than a sock.. but enough histrionics.
now its back to christmas presents……..
