Should I study? No I think I'll make some stitch markers instead...

I should have spent the last few hours studying, but I got distracted and decided to make stitch markers instead!

I've started knitting myself a clapotis out of some variegated pink sock yarn and these will come in handy, I'm getting tired of using bits of yarn for stitch markers. I still need to make 7 more, the pattern calls for 18!

I've finished one of my March socks, they're Harry Potter themed. I used the Finnish toe up pattern I mentioned in an earlier post. I'll post pics of both at some point when I get around to it, the only reason I'm posting now is to keep the blog going... if I don't post every so often I'll stop alltogether.

I bought some yarn to make a Fat Bottom Bag, from Debbie Stoller's crochet book. The yarn was on sale, I was looking for something completely different but it called to me... and it was on sale :)

Getting tired of the Tubey

I was really sick and tired af my Tubey this weekend and I really didn't do much towards finishing it. I tried my hand at the February sock instead, we're all supposed to use the Universal toe-up sock formula from Knitty and ofcourse I couldn't figure it out so I cheated... a little, I found a Finnish toe-up pattern and modified it a bit to fit the yarn I'd chosen (hideous baby yarn I bought in a moment of weakness). I have to say I'm not loving this toe-up method all that much, might just knit one and blame second sock syndrome...

Knitting adventurer

I took a quiz today called What kind of knitter are you? Apparently I am an knitting adventurer, which I think it describes me pretty well, I love trying new things. Today I decided that I should learn entrelac and I saw this really cute stitch pattern called "feather and fan," that I might just have to make a scarf out of. I would have posted the result of the quiz but blogger wouldn't let me (sometimes I hate HTML!)

I've finished two items since I last posted, the socks for my friend and a Calorimetry out of the leftover yarn.










Sorry about the expression, I'd just gotten home from an 11h school day... (need I say more?)










I only cast on 100sts and it came out the perfect size!

Socks for susku (or second January socks)

I found some blue yarn in my stash this week, that I bought ages ago and I decided to knit a pair of socks for my friend Susku out of it. They have to be finished by the 26th when I'll be visiting her in Helsinki (wish me luck.)

Finished socks

I finished the socks for my grandmother a few days back but I forgot to post photos of them. I still have some yarn left, no idea what to do with it or any of the other left over yarn that is currently floating around my room ;)

I started doing the decreases on Piggle yesterday and I must say I've messed up in more ways than I thought possible, but since I'm too stubborn to frog it I'll just have to live with the fact that it looks a bit wonky... I'm beani-challanged apparently, when ever I try to make one it just ends up looking awful.


PS: let's pretend you can't see my long johns, ok?

Sock-along 2007

I'm going to take part in the 2007 Sock-along at Craftster! We're going to knit one pair of socks a month, yay!

I'm currently knitting a pair of socks I started 'round Christmas and then lost interest in... I don't know I should consider them my January socks or not :) They are the first pair of socks I've ever knit without a pattern and the yarn is the most expensive I've ever bought, I think it cost about 11e. It's got Aloe vera and Jojoba oils in it, which I think is kind of cool. I hope my grandmother will like them (and not too annoyed with how long it took me to knit them.) I think I shouldn't start every sentence with the word "I" ;-)