In Japan ....

I have yet to find the yarn store.  The one that Mike went to closed.  I have found a couple of fabric stores - but I have found that there are a couple of fiber art items that are in fashion over here.  First, needle felted animals.  I bought a kit to make these.  Second, is felted beads as jewelry or shaped into things.  They are everywhere.  People are even wearing felted balls in their hair.  

The hunt for a good yarn store starts tomorrow!

W.I.P November 5th

What do I really have to report on. Well I'm still plugging away at the Seedy Rib Sock, I've picked the Habu scarf back up, and I'm working through my holiday stocking. I'm still trying to decide what to take on my trip to Japan. Maybe I should start something new, fun, small and exciting. Thoughts?

Last of The Holiday.

That is right. My Christmas stocking has been cast on (well a few of the 54 stitches have been cast on). I've mapped out my name and am ready for the cool edge I've decided on!

F.O. Wave Scarf

Oceanwinds fiber club fiber .....

What it looked like spun up.




Project Details:
I hand spun this yarn (Diego Rivera from Oceanwinds Knit). It was 2 ply 300 yards sport weight. I used size 8 needles to knit this up. I used Susan Undulating Waves Scarf pattern ... it was free on my pattern of the day calender. The pattern calls for beads - I did it without. I'm sure that when I make it next I'll use beads. This was started on September 25th and finished October 31st. Of course I wasn't focusing on knitting it (it was my house knit project).

I'm now just trying to decide if I should block it or let it be more natural.

W.I.P October 30th

While on work travel this last week I finished up the sock #1 for the Seedy Rib Sock pattern. I love Trekking yarn and this is their hand paint version. The colors are loud - but a soft fun sock.

W.I.P October 25th

Lace scarf in progress. Loving it! I hope I get lots of knitting done on travel this week!

W.I.P October 24th

Well here is the skinny. Taking my gauge of 5 sts/inch (when I should have 5.75 sts/inch) and doing some math - I came up with knitting the size super small for the Sicily sweater. Knitting the small sweater means that the final dimensions should be spot on with the medium size that I was going to do before. THANK GOODNESS! I really wanted to use this yarn. I'm now 2.3 repeates into the cable that goes under your breasts. I believe I'll end up doing around 11 of them. This is slow going - the cable pattern isn't easily memorized.