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Sloped bind off

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I learned about the sloped bind off yesterday.  I’m up to the armhole shaping on the Lace Edge Top and remembered reading about the sloped bind off to prevent the stair-step effect when binding off for several rows so I decided to use it on the armhole. 

You can learn about it here.

I have been knitting for a very long time and did not know about this technique.  Wish I did.

Isn’t the internet great?!

I got a lot of knitting done yesterday since I’m off on Mondays during the summer.  My plan was to declutter/clean something but I couldn’t decide what it would be. 

I ended up going to the doctor for a pain I’ve had in my leg for about a month.  Over the weekend I discovered a lump or hard spot where the pain was centered so I thought I should have it checked out.  I really don’t like going to the doctor for every little ache or pain (or I’d be there every day!) but something told me I should go for this.   Good thing I went as I was diagnosed with superficial thrombosis.

So I got some meds in me, elevated my leg and knitted most of the afternoon and evening.

Sell or donate? Pattern decision

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I really need to and want to declutter.  I kind of got of track the past week or so but am determined to start back up again by going through one drawer or cabinet a day.

I want to reap some monetary benefit from all this stuff and have a yard/garage sale with but that takes a lot of time (and help).  Do you find it better to donate or hold a sale?

My goal is to finish part of the basement for a proper craft room where I can organize all the many materials I use and to also have a place for my kids and grandkids to be crafty.

I decided to knit different sweater/shell/tank out of the Cascade Ultra Pima. 

Lace hem Topping from Creative Knitting July 2008 issue

It’s from Creative Knitting magazine July 2008 issue and it’s featured on the cover.  The yarn is supposed to be a worsted weight (same problem I have with the Eileen shell from No Sheep for You) but since this isn’t supposed to be knitted as tight as the Eileen, I decided I can use a knitting gauge/stitch converter and still make it fit.  What a FABULOUS tool this converter is!  As it turns out this converted to the exact stitch count for a larger size so I can knit this without having to blindly convert the shaping !

Yarn, patterns, decisions

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After much thinking about the yarn I bought for the Eileen shell, I decided to find another pattern designed for this particular weight.  I spent a lot of time last night perusing the internets for a pattern I could use that was: 

  1. Free
  2. Something I already had in my vast collection of magazines
  3. An adaptation of 2-3 patterns
  4. Inspiration

Cascade Ultra Pima Heathered Pansy

I have a few patterns that might work with the four skeins of the Cascade Ultra Pima  purchased so I brought the pattern books/magazines with me today so I can maybe, just maybe decide over lunch which will be the perfect one for this yummy yarn.  The Eileen shell will have to wait for my Knit Picks order to arrive.  If I am super industrious, I could have this one finished before the order arrives! 

Of course I still have to do some decluttering in between knitting. 

Oh, and I almost forgot that today is my sister’s birthday.  Happy Birthday, Jude!

Declutter and knitting

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Having Mondays off is nice.  Much nicer than Fridays.  Anyway to take advantage of this extra day I have each week until Labor Day, I plan to do a declutter project that “should” take less than 15 minutes to complete.  The time limit doesn’t work for me.  The typical 15-minute job takes me all day.

Today’s target was the top of my dresser.  I could have written the entire Old Testament in the amount of dust!  Three hours later it is clean, clutter-free, and dustless.  I need to clean out the top drawer and find some jewelry storage containers so I can better sort what I have.  The current jewelry box has drawers with no compartments.  My earrings and pins co-mingle and create a hot mess.

I want a quick, easy, and cool knitting project for the summer.  I need to knit two baby sweaters but having just finished two sweaters, I really don’t want to do another one right now.  Not into hats or scarves or anything that requires me to make two.  Any suggestions?