Magic cape / two button shawl

Sama is always cold and the ceiling vent blows down directly on her, so over one rainy weekend, I cast on 164 and knit garter and stockinette until it seemed long enough.

Find it on ravelry

 

Faux Noro

I love this scarf.
Only I am on a strict yarn budget at the moment.
So I looked in my stash an found some orphans that I thought might do.
And I needed a break from the giant sweater tink of 2009.


The blue is Berroco Romeo 100% Icelandic wool. I love the saturated blue of it. The other is wool as well, but the tag has gone missing.
Inspiration can be found here as well.

Here it is two repeats in...

I wish I had thought to do this

Lifeline in Knitting

I am knitting a men's XL sweater, taking a flat pattern and doing it in the round so that the endless rows of stockinette stitch didn't do me in.
Unfortunately, when I did the shoulder and neckline decreases, I forgot one thing... arm holes.
So now I'm trying to rip back the decreases so I can switch back to flat knitting (I'll place the "front" and "back" on different circulars at that point to create the space for arm holes.

I was so excited to have knit the 27 inches of torso (56" circumference, mind you) that I got a bit ahead of myself.

Lifelines will be installed from now on.

How to USE stitch markers when knitting

This is a quick how to. Let me know if there are any other how to's you'd like to see.

Orangecicle Roll Brim

Orangecicle Roll Brim
Originally uploaded by The Amanda Files

I made my sister in law a scarf from this orange fluffy 10% mohair blend two years ago. My brother told me she wears is with an 80's style bomber jacket so I made her a matching hat. Just to annoy him.

Basic Watch Cap

Basic Watch Cap
Originally uploaded by The Amanda Files

I actually followed a pattern to the letter (except that I didn't switch to dpns until I only had 20 sts left). This was my first hat, ever.

Lion Brand, wool-ease chunky in "Charcoal".

Green Pepper Hat

Green Pepper Hat
Originally uploaded by The Amanda Files

Lion Brand, Wool-ease Chunky in "Grass" color.
Used a generic watch cap pattern (CO 64, K4,p4 ribbing for five inches, then p4,K4 for five rows, K4, p4 five rows and keep doing that for four inches, then start decreases until you have to switch to dpns, then do a few more rows and graft)

I see pictures of patterns and wing it.

Oh, this was yours?

Oh, this was yours?
Originally uploaded by The Amanda Files

Also known as Projectus Interruptus.

knitting

Obsessed.
More to come.