Saturday Update--WIP Wednesday

A Saturday update on the WIP's, wait until I show the WNC's (works not completed)!

Finished sewing the I-cord trim on the hat last night. Rib and Cable Hat; Sugar 'n' Cream cotton yarn, summer splash. I used one full ball, plus a little bit of another. I like the way the color pooled on this, it looks like it's a self-striping yarn.

A close-up of the lace panel in the leaf tee. I did get to finish the sleeves and am working on the body. It's a quick knit. The picture doesn't do the color justice, it's a deep, turquoisey (is that a word?) teal color. I love it. This pattern is just what the yarn was waiting for!

And now, poor, poor Ella. She's waiting and watching me take the above picts, wanting her walk. Please check out Dogs On Thursday (my button link isn't working yet).

I hope all have a productive and great weekend! Happy knitting (work on those WIP's)!

WIP Wednesday

From right to left: rib and cable hat, sock for husband, yoga bag and leaf tee shirt.

These are my WIP's. I'm starting off September with some different things. Another rib and cable hat for my friend in Colorado (she wanted summer hats, by the time she gets this one, it will be winter, oh, well there's always next summer). But all I have to do is finish the i-cord trim, ie, sew it on. It's from the Knit.1 (spring 2007) issue.

The sock for my husband from Favorite Socks. (Yes, the one I had a problem with last week.) It's the Eesti Trail Hiking Sock (pg 97). But I've tried it on him and it fits rather well, so my revisions worked okay.

The lacy yoga bag from Interweave Knits (summer 2007). My yoga mat needs a home to live in.

And the leaf tee shirt that I saw at aquaknits, but she got the pattern from knitting school dropout. Both are new blogs to me that I've added to my sidebar. Check them out when you've got the time. When I saw this, I just had to knit it and I had the yarn in my stash -- Brown Sheep and Co., turquoise I think. I'll have to dig up the tag later. It's been in my stash for about three years or so, I had bought two skeins and finally just wound them into balls last Friday. I rarely make sweaters for myself, hats, socks and hats seem to be what I do, but I wanted to try this one -- it's going really fast.

I hope everyone had a great Labor Day Weekend, and a great football kick off! I love the college football, fall is just around the corner! (I may be able to start baking again, it's been too hot!)

Have a great one!!!!

{Ella wanted me to tell everyone that Mom sewed the Grinch's nose back on and thanks all the dogs whose moms left comments for her! Whine, moan, small woof!} (Ella doesn't really bark, she sort of whine/talks to me.)

Grinchless Destruction

Alas, poor Grinchy, I so liked your nose...

...so I had to eat it off and pull out all your head stuffing. (Remorseful? I don't think so?)
Happy with herself, is more like it!

The evil Grinch has been defeated! Ha!

Favorite Sock Book Pattern Corrections

You know how I wasn't going to start anything new?
I had started some socks for my hubby last week from Favorite Socks, the Eesti Trail Hiking Socks by Nancy Bush, and as I got to the chart I found an error in the pattern. So I e-mailed Interweave Press this afternoon:

Dear Interweave Customer Service:
I have completed to rnd 5 of the star pattern, and I notice that when you increase the number of stitches goes to 64, yet the chart is a pattern repeat of 22 stitches -- this does not work, there will be 2 few stitches left? Am I reading this correctly? Please advise as am trying to finish the sock (ie: needle #1 22 sts; needle #2 20 sts; needle #3 22 stitches). This won't work with the chart...possibly directions incorrect?
Thank you,
Cactusneedles

And I just got this response back:

Dear Cactusneedles,
Thank you for your message. I passed your query to our tech editor and this is her response:

I compared the version in the book to the pattern that originally ran in the winter 1997 issue of Knits, and the
book has the red pattern repeat box in the wrong place.The repeat box for Rnds 5-17 of the chart should only
surround the leftmost 16 sts of the chart, or the last 16 sts of the chart as you would knit it. Also, the "inc 8 sts evenly spaced" note next to the chart should be aligned with Rnd 4, not Rnd 3. The text correctly says to increase in Rnd 4, so that's OK.
After inc 8 sts in Rnd 4 there will be 64 sts. To set the pattern up correctly in Rnd 5 from the chart shown in Favorite Socks, skip the first 6 sts, and repeat only the 7th through 22nd sts of the chart for a 16-st pattern. Drawing a line in the book or temporarily covering up the unwanted sts with a Post-it note will make it easier to remember where the right starting place is.
And the correct 16-st pattern fits perfectly 4 times around in 64 sts!

We apologize for this error and appreciate your letting us know there's a problem!

Best wishes,
Nancy
___________________
Nancy Arndt
Production editor
Interweave Press LLC
201 East Fourth St.
Loveland, CO 80537
interweave.com

Wow! I'm impressed. That was a fast and fabulous response time. I had already adjusted my pattern to make it even, but even so, I want to commend Interweave for getting back to me so quickly!

FYI -- Check here for the corrections! (hopefully this link works, I seem to be having trouble connecting to their site!) Otherwise just go to interweave.com, under the books tab, there is an area regarding corrections (and there seem to be quite a few!).

Wow, I've actually knit things this year (and finished them)!

I added a new page element today of what I've actually completed this year (see sidebar below) and it was more than I thought. And I'm quite proud of myself! I think it's good to keep track of what you've done, whether it be something you start, put away for a while and then come back to it, or something you start and finish right away.
Documenting it all makes you feel like you've accomplished something.
Happy Tuesday to all!

How I Spent My Sunday...and Saturday...

I love this!!! I needed something to organize my projects that I carry from room to room (at least all the zippy bags the projects live in until they're done) and I found this at Target last week. Don't you just love that place? It was in the back to college section, I think the brown and pink go well with my new pillows, too (from Kohl's).

Now, on Sunday I finally re-worked and re-organized where all my knitting, sewing, crafting and whatnot will live. This closet used to hold shoes, bathroom stuff (you know, extra soap, shampoo, hair gel, razors, etc.), but now the top part holds all my sewing notions (the top two bins), the next shelf is my somewhat current magazines and miscellaneous patterns, and then the next has my sock yarn (all my vacation yarn) and my pattern diary, I guess you would call it. The yellow and coral (?) bins I got at the my local dollar store, where yes, everything there is one dollar. (Not pictured: my make-up and shoes that are now living in the bottom section of this small closet all squeezed together!)
I also started (on Sat.) and finished Shopaholic and Baby, by Sophie Kinsella. If you haven't read any of this series, I highly recommend them. They are funny and sort of make you realize that sometimes too much shopping isn't all it's cracked up to be.
So...there wasn't much, strike that, there wasn't any knitting to be done at all this weekend. But don't worry, I'll have something for you soon...at least I hope so!
Happy organizing and happy knitting.

Monkey See, Knitter Finished

I think Monkey likes them!

Monkey Socks, Lion Brand Magic Stripe Yarn; jelly bean stripe (1 and a 1/4 balls, give or take); 2.75 mm dpn.

(I did change one thing, I added a slip stitch heel, I just like that way it looks and it seems a little more sturdy to me.)