Ruffle Yarn Scarf On Knifty Knitter

The yarn in the photo is Broadway made by Knitting Fever.  It was made on the blue round Knifty Knitter.

Blue Knifty Knitter
1 Ball Broadway

We marked the pegs that were going to be used.  You will be using 8 pegs for the yarn, but skip every other peg so this will be spread over 16 pegs. 

When you open the yarn you will see it has a mesh like appearance.  using the NON-metallic edge you will put 1 hole over each of the 8 pegs being used.  You do not need to wrap.  After doing those 8 pegs you will turn and go over those 8 pegs so you have 2 strands on each peg.  Unlike the usual times you won't slip each edge stitch.  When you get to the end of the 8 pegs the second time take the hook and work the yarn as usual.  You do this for all the rows until you are near the end of the ball.  Then take a crochet hook and put the strand on the end peg on the hook and the next hole on the yarn on the hook and chain it off.  do this again with the yarn and then go to the peg.  Two times with the yarn and then the peg.  Repeat until you are done with the pegs.  Pull the yarn through the loop and weave in your ends. 

All Is Well

All is going well.  Have gotten a couple knitting projects (mosaic hat & cowl) done in the past week.  Started planning for my DAR American Heritage projects.  Loving that the LYS has moved to within a mile from home.  My 3rd project for the Ravellenics is going along.  Have hit a hitch, but am working it out.  Now just waiting for the landlord to come and check on a problem.  How much better can things get?

2 Christmas presents down

2 Christmas presents down and it's only the 2nd of April.  Yay!  At this rate I have time to experiment and try and design a scarf.  Won't that be nice.  I got a book in the mail today and found a really cool stitch patter that I am about to try as a scarf.  If I like it, who knows, you may just find the pattern here.  It'll be worked with 2 balls of yarn with 1 color getting carried up the side while not in use. 

I'm making this scarf in alpaca and am going to have toms of fun.  It's going to be in red and black.  Someone I know is going to make a red had to go with it.  Ok, enough talking about it!  Have to go work on it now.

New Knitting Group

I have found a new knitting group.  New to me that is.  I definitely will not be going back to the one I was going to on Saturdays any more now.  There are multiple reasons I like this new group.

1. It's closer to home.
2. I don't have to put up with a certain someone from the Saturday group.
3. It's on Sunday which fits by schedule better.
4. It's at an alpaca farm.  Besides that it's a yarn store & coffee shop.
5. There's some really cool people there.
6. I don't have to get up early in the morning to go.

I can't wait for next Sunday already.

New Thing #5

New Thing:  Knitting Olympics & Ravelympics

I've signed-up and am participating in the Knitting Olympics & Ravelympics.  This post shows the  yarn and a pic of the pattern of the project I'm going to be working on.  It's the Garter Stitch Dog Jacket over on Submissive Knitting.  It's for my neighbor's little doggie. 

New Thing #3

New Thing:  Sign-up for Ravelympics

I've wanted to take part for a few years.  This was the year I stepped up to the plate and did it.  I went evern farther than just signing up for the Ravelympics though.  I created a team and all that goes with it.  My Ravelry group has it's own team now, despite it having only 2 members at this time.  The team is:  Team Everything Is As It Should Be.  I've made sure we have our tag and even made a little icon (below).  I'm so excited. 

The Soul's Obsession

Holiday crafting is going along extremely well.  I got 1 scarf woven in 1 night and am working on another one.  I still have 3 to do by Christmas which will get done.  I'm also knitting one for an Aunt of mine.  I have pictures going up over on Ravelry under the screen name of VangeKnitter whenever I get a project done. 

The glass fusing is also going well too.  My friend is putting a tree up in her store where we can make ornaments to put on it for people to buy.  My roommate & I have about 10 ready to go on and who knows what is in the kiln too.    It puts me in the holiday mood.  I'll eventually post pics of everything.

First Flight

Ahhh, a quieter week.  That left time for knitting and weaving.  Knit and weave is what I did.

I did my 5" on the scarf that I had for Scarf Travels (a round robin travelling scarf) and got it off to the next person.  The next one will arrive next week.  I also got a bit more done on Robbyn's Christmas or Birthday Present.  idk which it will be yet.  Sandy's scarf is also on the go now.  Who knows what will happen over the weekend with it.

The mantle Scarf is almost done.  If we're lucky it'll be done tonight.  It won't be the best, but it'll be better than nothing and I'll include a note to make a new one next year.  For starters it's narrower than intended even though I double, no triple checked my math and it should have come out right.  Also it's somehow coming out 30" shorter than it's supposed to!  I have no clue how that happened either.  I remeasured the spots I used and those are the right length.  I guess for a 4th weaving project and a 1st with dimensions to meet I came close.

As for the weekend my roommate & I will be manning a table for NAMI at an annual Health & Wellness Fair.  It's fun.  Last year my roommate % I got our picture taken with the Governor.

Knitting Away

I've been knitting away on a Christmas present for my roommate.  She knows what it is and all.  I had her come with me to pick the yarn out too.  The part I'm not looking forward to is the lining.  I know it's going to be easier that the last time I lined a purse, but I'm dreading it just the same.  The last time I lined a purse which was also the first time I hand did it and it was denim.  Who knows what I was thinking. 

One scarf that I'm working on wasn't going so well so it got frogged and is enjoying a new life with a new pattern.  Hopefully this will be the last time.  Once these 2 get done I'll be back to my weaving as I still need to do the mantle scarf.

Scarf Travels

I got the 2nd section to k nit on for scarf travels today.  I'd work on it now if I wasn't so tired.  I'll work on it tomorrow while Robbyn is at the dentist.  The yarn is all picked out.

Potpourri

my scarf section went off for the Scarf Travels. The NAMI state conference online registration is up and running. It was a good day at the store. We had a couple customers and I got to make a few pieces of jewlery with the new glass. Now for the rest of the weekend.

Scarf Travels

On Ravelry I'm doing a Travelling Scarf. I'm so excited about it and looking forward to sending my first section off. Also to getting to knowing the other people in my group. Especially my up and downstram people.

No, I don't knit. :P We all know I do though.

Well, if today doesn't show my knitting side to myself, nothing will. It was the first of 10 classes that I'll be teaching with 4 other people. Now the 4 other people know about me and knitting. The one's we're teaching though, know nothing about us. as the morning goes on we discover that they are a very quiet group. We ask a question, about the format of the class and wether or not they like it, and they don't respond. i go to say something and have to stop myself to say something different.




What I wanted to say was, "Don't worry I won't tie you up in yarn or get you with my pointy sticks." with a laugh of course. Instead I say, "We don't bite." I had to stop because I realized they wouldn't get the joke like the 4 that know me would. It's like the other week with the customer in the shop.



A customer comes is to use the class grinder and is wearing a nice scarf. It's made from at least 2 balls of Lion Brand Landscapes. As she's about to use the grinder I remind her to take the scarf off. My concern was first for the scarf, secondly for the grinder, thirdly for the customer. I didn't want to see the yarn ruined. Afterwards I started to laugh. You'd think that my first worry would be the customer. She's a nice lady so it's not like I had anything against her. Thankfully I didn't tell the customer my line of thought.

What a week

It's been one of those weeks I'll tell you. Between rescheduling the Self injury Awareness Day Informational Fair (SIAD), doing a new website for SIAD, cancelling this months board meeting, finding out one friend might be dying of chirrosis of the liver and another having a 90% of cancer I don't know which end is up.




The one that might be dying of chirrosis is an alcoholic and was just/is in the hospital for internal bleeding. The friend that might have cancer had a biopsy yesterday and we're waiting for the results now. This one is a good friend of mine and I'm really scared for her. At least tomorrow's saturday so I can get together with my knitting group.