Dooooood. Who knew mosaic knitting was so easy. OK, I’m kidding. Actually the tutorial was pretty simple and that bowl is effing tiny. I didn’t even finish it because honestly, the last thing I need is another “container” that small around here. I say this as I am staring at no less than ten containers sitting on my desk. I have a problem, I admit it!

I’ve been eyeing patterns at Jimmy Beans Wool for a long time. I love the wrap pattern Zia by French Girl. I’m sure Oceane or Daphne are probably more practical in this climate though. /sigh

I’m still thinking of making some of the knitted flowers from Pick Up Sticks. How cool is it that they have little kits and the images are of little seed packets.

Geez, Josh is going to start rolling his eyes if he sees me putting knitted flowers around the house.

Oh my goodness… I am posting.

Even crazier news folks, I might actually get to do something crafty! I had been pondering the idea of making Il Cestino, but haven’t had the time. Now I see, the designer of many-a-mosaic patterns, Wendy Wannacott has posted a tutorial(.pdf) on mosaic (or slip-stitch) knitting. Soon to come is a tutorial for knitting them in the round. The little bowl is so damn cute. I don’t know what I would use something that tiny for, but it is tempting.

So, this might be something I get a chance to make. I’m trying to spend as much time as I can studying, but this might be one of those things I can take a break to do!

Now if only I can find a digital camera I like. I was hoping to hold out and justify to myself to buy an SLR, but I’m having a hard time doing so. I did find a nice sony, but I want to do more research. I am attracted to it by the 12x optical zoom. Bad me.

The latest issue of Magnits is up and Alison’s pattern for the Thing one and Thing two costumes is in it. It is a mostly kids patterns issue, but still cute. Love the mosaic scarf!

I worked on Josh’s second glove and after looking at it, I noticed something. It was then that I decided to have Josh try it on. Sure enough, it was too big. It wasn’t gigantic, but it wasn’t going to work. I’ll be starting over sometime this week or early next week, hopefully. I have a ton of stuff on my plate this week, so there are no guarantees.

I managed to finish one little Yule gift. I have so much to do but so little time. My head keeps inching its way closer to the wall so it can bang against it, but so far it hasn’t made contact. I fear it will soon though.

I’ve given up any thought of trying to do the Hogwarts scarf before the end of the year. There is just no time until the middle of January.

So, has everyone seen the new issue of knitty? I’m partial to Pocket Creatures, Kate and Marley’s Ghost. Knecklace may end up as a Yule gift one year. Mrs. Beeton may end up as a gift for Ms. Brittany and possibly myself.

On our trip up north, I did the unthinkable. I bought a sweater. I know, I know. It is really soft and quite flattering on me, so I am told. I spent less than $20 on it, so I didn’t cry, but I did shake my head as I handed over the money. I needed it to wear to the wake. There were no dress shirts that weren’t hot pink or nasty blue. I had no choice.

Boredom and illness has caused me to attempt to analyze the Hogwarts scarf worn in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I don’t know if I will get to make it before anyone else actually figures it out, but I wanted to record what I was thinking before I forgot and started over, again.

I haven’t been able to figure out if they are 1×1 rib or knit in the round. But since I prefer the 1×1 rib, My first try will probably be as such. Also, I imagine the yarn is dk weight, but you may be able to go with worsted. I would recommend in the round if you use worsted though. They also seem to be using the same darker colors as last year. You could give the atypically.net color list or djinni’s knitpick color card comparison a try for yarn ideas.

CO 80 stitches in black.
64 rows in black.
*4 rows in red.
4 rows in yellow.
4 rows in green.
4 rows in blue
64 rows in black.
Repeat from * 4 times more, (ending with 64 rows of black).
Bind off.

I am estimating that there is about 1″ of black fringe, but there could be more.

It seems that the Hogwarts scarves are shorter than the house scarves. I referenced Dean and Neville for most of this and the scarf seemed to end around mid thigh.

I will try to add to my notes here as I figure out anything else or find anything else.

Edit: New stills have me changing my plan. I will make a more thorough edit later. I have a milkshake and it’s better than yours.

Crafty patterns from the creator of the knitted digestive system. I find the slit throat choker kind of cute.

For the holiday season you can purchase Tannenbaum, the tree hat.

A quick mosaic knitting tutorial.

I only have five balls of yarn left to go on the lap blanket for my great grandmother! If I knit gung-ho today, I could probably finish it. However, with me being sick that seems very unlikely. I am guessing that I frogged some last night. I have a vague memory of doing it and there is a rewound skein sitting next to the blanket in progress.

I also have Josh’s gloves to go. I don’t know which to do first. There isn’t quite a need for gloves yet, so I don’t feel rushed. We had a cold front push through last night and guess what the high for today is. 79° F! Tomorrow it will be back in the 80s. So, there is a bit of time before he will be needing the gloves.

Ooh, someone has posted the stitch pattern (possibly) for Mary Poppin’s scarf! Cuteness!

I finished one glove. It is entirely too big for my hand, so I will wait for both gloves before I can get an action shot with Josh wearing them. The pinky was a pain in the tush. I frogged it twice and finally got it on the third go. I don’t think that is too bad for my first pair of actual gloves. I think I’ll take cables over gloves anytime though.

My mom brought me some yarn and needles today! They were from Brittany‘s best friend. She tried very hard to get into knitting, but couldn’t. I gave her and Brittany each a skein of yarn and a set of needles when they told me they wanted to learn. Her friend’s older sister bought Stitch N’ Bitch and she tried to learn from that. Unfortunately, Brittany and her friend were 10 at the time and it just didn’t stick. So, I think she was trying to clean up and decided she should give me the size 15US needles that she had also bought, the needles I gave her and two skeins of yarn she had bought. If she wants to try again at another time, she knows where to find me.

Well, I finally hit my first glove knitting snag. I knit the ring finger of Josh’s glove and closed it up just before he got home. Unfortunately, it was too big around. I think I need to take out about five stitches after the first round. This means I have to reknit the entire finger. Boooo, hisssss.

So, I will be starting that after I post this and get myself something to drink. It was just frustrating because the other fingers were just right. Well, at least the height was spot on for this finger! I’m going to count how many rows it was so I will know for this next go around.