Slipped Stitches

Just a note in case you haven't found this, are corrections to the Hoodie pattern posted on the Stitch and Bitch webpage:

Under the Hoodie: Under "Pocket Shaping" should read: Rep rows 1-6 four times more.

More corrections for S&B can be found at Oops I Knit it Again

I just got back from Toronto, where I hit Romni Wools on Queen St. West. It was so amazing there - very overwhelming (floor to ceiling balls of wool), but so much selection. The ladies there were super helpful and fun, and they were all over Mr. Sly (he was patiently waiting and helping me...we were in there for about 1 hour or so, poor guy). I discovered the basement where they keep big cones of wool - I bought a 2.6 lb cone for about 30 bucks (it's wool, so not bad). The cool thing is that if I want, I can use what I need and next time I'm in town I can bring back the unused bit for a refund! Even if I bring it back years and years from now!! I can't imagine though, I love the colour so much...I'm going to use it to make the S'n'B go with anything cardigan (I'm going to put yellow mohair trim on it...), and I'm going to make S'n'B hoodie with some Paton's merino worsted that I picked up. I'm going to FINALLY use the red stuff that I've been slowly consuming (beige body, red strip and sleeve, yellow accent stripe maybe?). The beige wool I got has a much nicer colour than what is seen in the picture - it has a sort of tweedy look to it.

Other than that, not much really was purchased - not very Paris-like at all. The coolest was Saturday eating, the day of no forks!! We had Dim Sum for lunch in Chinatown, yum yum, then shwarma for second lunch, and Ethiopia House for dinner (no cutlery!).

I still can't get over the rain though - I felt like I was doing fieldwork up in Abitibi or something. Anyhow, we need to get together for some knitting - I have a hankering for cheese and wine and wool.

Well, after all the measuring frenzy to figure out where to start shaping the armholes of my vest, I took a look at the actual suggested measurements from the pattern (a novel idea?) and MY measurement was 2 full inches longer than what the pattern called for - something is very wrong here. I split the difference - we'll see how it goes. It did involve a bit of undoing, but I hate sweaters that are too long.

Also, I got a little carried away with the casting-off armhole shaping - "decrease 2 stitches at the start of the next 4 rows" ended up as decrease 4 stitches every row until you give your head a shake (only 2 rows thankfully). I had such a good time undoing my casting off - so very much fun.

I listened to Michael Enright interview Jane Fonda about her new book on CBC radio this morning - if anyone listened to this crappy interview I'd love to hear your opinion (I guess mine is pretty clear). I now see that it's so easy to interview someone... just keep asking the same stupid questions over and over, throw in some rhetorical questions until the person you are interviewing gets mad at you, and then ask the same old questions again. Arg....

Well, I can't put it off any longer - I have to start shaping the armholes for my vest. I have measured practically every sweater I own and I think I've come up with a reasonable measurement for the length to start this at - who knows?

I won't post a new pic yet since it looks basically the same as before but longer. Hopefully a completed backside with picture will be the topic of my next post (in the near future). I feel this project is gaining some momentum now. Actually I am pretty excited to get to the front, with the cable'ing and whatnot...

Is that french for socks? Anyways, they're done!! Next time I make myself socks, I'll want them to be bigger though; maybe even with bigger wool. Here's a pick of them... Socks!

You MUST check out this link... these ski masks are to die for. Eeek! Reminds me of cuz's mask of doom.

So, I have been contemplating projects lately, and I think that it would be cool to make baby Jupes a jumper like the one here in knitty. Only, instead of flowery, I'd like to do a super funky one. I have some thoughts for colours.... maybe black cotton with white fun fur fuzzy trim, or maybe pink variegated with black fun fur fuzzy trim? Am I losing perspective? Am I pretending that baby Jupes is a doll? Hmm...maybe I need to step back from this.

On an exciting note, I think me and Mr. Sly are going to Toronto this weekend - I'm going to try to hit yarn shops! Any requests from my knitting gals?

Yay!!

I finished red sock, and am starting the second. The pic is a bit weird because it looks sort of shiny, but it's merino wool, we swears it is...Anyways, I got the pattern at this awesome sock page.

Oh, don't forget girls, knitty's spring issue is out! I think that I might make knitty socks for Mother's day...knitty has a great breast cancer awareness supplement from last fall with cutsie patterns. I think I'll make the Lou Lou comfort socks. You can check out the supplement here. Just pick one of the download sites...it takes a bit to download, but there's some cute stuff there.

Well, since I got lots and lots of marking done today, I'm going to reward myself by allowing a guilt-free evening of knitting.

I finished the Jupiter hat and little sockies...I think that I blocked the hat way too big, but it'll be easy enough to shrink next time I wash it...I'll just have to try it on the wee rock star and we can take it from there. I hope the sockies are not too small.


The booties were super duper fast to knit up - once I sorted out my stitches, a sock took me about one hour. I got the pattern here. Very useful website.

Miss G, note the geology trick with the loonie in the picture...I remember you had mentioned that once. Sauce, I really dig your vest - I love the colour too...it's deelish. I think I'll start putting a dent in my worsted merino wool by making some socks. Finger cramp city.

Ahh...the ebay scarf is done! I'll post pics later, once it dries. I also finished a wee hat, I was hoping for baby J. Unfortunately, I know nothing about baby heads, so I think I made it too small. I'm going to block it with the hope that it will stretch our a smidge...it looks nice on Sal though:


By the way, Miss G, I'm excited about that messenger bag! Post some pics of the wool you're using.

I'm not sure what my next project will be. I'm still finishing up ebay scarf, and I've started a wee orange hat but I have no idea what the final size will look like, or what size kid it will fit. I love working with that orange wool though...

I'm on again off again with hoodie...I'm going between that and Janda - unfortunately, Janda does not come in XL, and I ran into issues with that before with a knitty pattern (remember stupid orange love/hate/mostly hate sweater? Ex-actly).

*sigh*

Well, since somebody is insisting on cleaning the garage today, I guess the best thing for me to do is just stay out of the way...perhaps knitting is in order. I do what I can for the harmony of our little family.