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Is it me or errata?

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I decided to finish Ms Ida.  The thumb seemed a bit too tight so I moved up from a size 4 dpn to a size 8.  With the color changes I must be tightening my grip and needed to go up a few needle sizes.   Plus my other dpns were in other projects.

I’m having some confusion with the thumb decreases while following the chart so I contacted the designer. 

I’m wishing I didn’t try to make them flip top mittens but as soon as I finish the thumbs, I’ll see if I can make it all work out.

Train FOs and WIP

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I went to a conference (work related)  in Philadelphia this past week.  Knitting on the train was great. 

 Unfortunately I didn’t get to any yarn shops.  The closest yarn shops hours didn’t work out with my schedule.  I packed enough yarn for several projects but not enough clothes.  In fact I ran out of clothes.  Oops! 

 FOs: 2 swiffer covers, an apple cosy.   All made from Sugar ‘n Cream cotton yarn in Black, Cottage Twists, and Hot Green. 

 WIP: A very good start on a soaker (using this and this)  for one of my granddaughters using Cascade 220 (Green color???) and Sensations Kashmira (Aqua, discontinued). 

Swiffer covers, apple cosy, soaker

 

The apple cosy has a red bag in it as I didn’t have any apples.  The leaf is a felt cut out that I sewed on instead of the knitted one in the directions.  I also found a cute lady bug button.  The one swiffer cover in the center is truly made from leftover yarn from all the other things I made from that yarn.   I do see a pattern with my color choices.  I like green.  

I needed the dpns from the Ruffled Bottle Sleeve (Knitted Gifts) for the soaker so I finished it Sunday afternoon.  I used about 10 yards of leftover sock yarn for each.  

Ruffled Bottle Sleeves

 

Nothing like a well dressed wine bottle.

WWYD?

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I really wanted to post this while I was away but my internet access was foiled.  I’ll post about my accomplishments in another post.  I know, you can’t wait.  🙂 

I’ve been working off and on knitting Ms Ida Chain Link mittens since the beginning of August.  I was seriously thinking of keeping them for myself.  In fact I was going to work on them while riding the train.  Did not happen. 

They are, unfortunately, too big.  Really, really big.  My entire hand including the thumb fits in there and they are way too long.  I even ripped part of the top back as I didn’t like how pointy they were. 

Ms Ida Chain Link mittens size: adult medium

 

They are not 100% complete.  No thumb and no flip top yet. 

Mr. Aitch suggested I try to shrink them.  Neither of the yarns are feltable so does that mean they won’t shrink?  Plus they are two different yarns.  One is Knit Picks City Tweed (55% Merino wool, 25% superfine alpaca, 20% Donegal tweed) and the other is Knit Picks Andean Silk ( 55% Super Fine Alpaca, 23% Silk, 22% Merino Wool).   I really don’t want to take the chance and ruin them. 

I see three options: 

  1. Rip them out and make a smaller size.  I made the adult medium.
  2. Finish them and find someone with larger hands to gift them.
  3. Put them away with the other WIPs I don’t know what to do with.

What would you do?

Music to my eyes

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I saw these on someone’s post the other day and I want to knit them.  Mr. Aitch was a band director and music teacher for long enough to retire from teaching with full benefits.

Longer than you would want to listen to beginner band students try to make a pleasant sound from a musical instrument.

Add ten more years.

And another ten years.

And ten more.

And a few more years.

Understand why he doesn’t want to hear me practice my bagpipes?

Anyway during his retirement, he decided to pick up a few “hobbies”.  One being smoking cigars.  Now he doesn’t smoke them in the house (end of a long marriage) but he does smoke them outside even in the winter.  I saw these cigar gloves on Knitty and these fingerless mitts and decided I. Had. To. Frankenknit**. Them. For. Him.  Maybe in time for Christmas.  Yeah, Christmas 2010.

The thing is:

  1. I don’t have any solid sock or DK yarn in my stash.
  2. I’m going to Philadelphia for a conference this week.
  3. There are a few lovely yarn shops a few blocks from my conference.
  4. I don’t have any solid sock or DK yarn in my stash.
  5. I can load up on snacks during the breaks so I don’t have to eat lunch or dinner.
  6. I may come home with some solid sock/DK yarn.
  7. I’m thinking  maybe a deep heathery blue or grey and black instead of white and black.  Something subtle but with enough contrast to see the design.  You know, something a man wouldn’t be embarrassed to wear even if it is only in the garage.

Update to follow.

BTW you don’t work with me, do you?

**Frankenknit – adapting two or more patterns into something that works for you.   Frankenstein = Frankenknit