We're moving!

We bought a house!  Hurray!

All progress on my screen has stopped.  It is now invalid.  It feels like a waste but I'm glad I had the project to occupy me.

Also I'm going to kill my mother-in-law.  Because moving sucks when its just you and then throw in a moderately disabled woman who has a house full of 8 years of crap. 

Deep breaths.

One section done

 

So I started with the section furthest from the door.  The 3-year-old has a tendency to see something new and want to go check it out immediately.  This way I'll have the second panel on before he demands to go outside and check it out!

I think I need to go over the closest edge with some more string so its not so jagged, but overall I'm impressed.  It took forever to get on though... 

I'm really glad I broke it up into 3 panels.  And the second is about halfway done!  I need to get my butt in gear and get it going.

My neighbors think I'm crazy.

So recently, I had an epiphany. 

It may be easier to make 3 different panels for this gigantic knitted project then just one long one.  I'm very glad I did.  I finished one panel and have put it on over the holiday!  I nearly dropped my tools off the balcony at least a dozen times, and had a yarn snap accident that actually worked out for the best.  So for the next panel, I'm dropping stitches around the edges.  I'm excited for panel 2.  My neighbors are not excited for the cursing.

Pictures to come.

A bit ridiculous

So, what am I working on now?

Well, once upon a time when I first started knitting, I found these huge needles on sale at wal-mart.  I'm assuming I didn't have quite the stash of needles I do today, though that might be giving myself too much credit.  I do still routinely have to back myself off when strolling down the clearance aisle, telling myself that just because it's on clearance does not mean I need to have it.  But I digress.

So I bought these huge needles.  Like, bordering on sex toy size needles.  I would like to think they were pretty cheap, along the lines of $1, but once again, my head was not where it should have been regarding clearance merchandise.  Officially, they are marked US 19 (15mm).  As you would be expecting, these ugly, plastic, straight needles that I had to have were never used.....until now! (cue dramatic music)

Our balcony is quite sturdy for an apartment.  The railing has a huge design flaw in the form of gigantic gaps that a reasonably sized child can fit through.  My husbands 3-year-old can easily fit through them.  In come the big needles.  Finally a use!  AND miracle of miracles, I can get rid of some of my yarn that I just didn't want to throw away or give away!  Thus the gigantic balcony net project was created.  The large needles still give that airy feeling with out having to knit 12 yards of straight knitting and using an enormous amount of yarn, and its a project that can be done fairly quickly.  My husband asked me if I was knitting a net the other day.  To his surprise, I promptly said yes.  I think its genius.  Everyone else thinks I'm crazy.

Unfortunately now this only validates my urge to never throw anything out, no matter how I've had it in my stash and never used it.  Eventually, it will come in handy.

Genius I tell you!

 
 
 
 
 
 



Well, it's been a while.  Seriously, a while. 

Not really sure why I'm starting back up, except maybe to give me something to do in the down time at work.  Those magic hours between getting everything done, lunch (technically dinner since I work second shift), and when the second run comes in. 

I have a new career, a new family, a new baby, but still knitting perseveres.  I have new hobbies, new interests, new musical tastes, but still knitting perseveres.  No matter what happens, knitting is what I always come back to.  I may take up other crafts for a quick sense of accomplishment, but knitting is what I return to.  I knit less, understandable with a new baby, but still I persist.  Creating stitch by stitch to weave together my life and my hobbies. 

My baby already has a knitted sweater he's never worn because its been too warm outside, and a thousand patterns I want to knit though he'll probably outgrow them before they're even finished!

And so I return, as I always do, to knitting. ❤

Double Moss Ensemble

So, apparently having a job makes me lazy as well. That and it took forever to get good pictures. No one wanted to pose for pictures, and my crazy neighbors kept me from just laying them outside and getting pictures that way. I would have taken pictures indoors but the lighting in my apartment is terrible. But it got done finally!

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Check it out and let me know what you think!

Unexpected Twists

Ok, so apparently being unemployed just makes me lazy and not want to work on anything.

I have knitted quite a lot though, but have been slackin on pictures and stuff.

I have finished an entire set consisting of a hat, scarf, and mitten in double moss stitch! I should have the pattern up sometime next month. I would normally say sooner, but I have a feeling I'll just keep putting it off again and again.

I really like double moss stitch, I have decided. The only bad thing, is that it tends to be very airy. Even when using a tight gauge, it still tends to have a little bit of spread and small holes.

I also like the brioche stitch. I have started a blanket for my mom for christmas out of brioche stitch and I enjoy it. It tends to use more yarn, but for a blanket it makes a big, squishy stitch that will be wonderful to wrap up in. I hope.

Hopefully I will have pictures and other stuff soon. I am starting a job soon so hopefully that will motivate me to get my butt in gear!