Oh my! Tuesday is my last day of classes!!! Can I get a whoop whoop!?!! I can’t wait to have an entire summer of mental health days 
As promised, here is the 5 hrs baby sweater I finished over the weekend. Started it on Saturday, didn’t finish it until Sunday afternoon. It should not have taken me that long. I blame the yarn. I hate HATE HATE LionBrand Homespun. Ugh! It gets bunchy, it unravels as soon as you cut it. Weaving in ends is proving to be absolutely horrendous. I haven’t even attempted seaming the sleeves or putting on the cute flower buttons I bought for it. I will never use this yarn again. Ever.
Just in case you were doubtful. Here is a close up of the ends I have yet to weave in
Any tips on making these frayed ends easier to weave in? What about seeming the sleeves? The buttons I’m going to use button thread …but the rest. Blah.
I also did a bit of crocheting last week or so. I made this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hat for a friend. Her son was having a TMNT party and while searching for cute party favors she came across a crocheted TMNT hat in an Etsy shop.
After looking at the picture I was able to make one for her to wear to her son’s party. Her son didn’t want one, but she did lol. She’s such a hoot!
(gonna miss ya Tamra!)
Added bonus? It has green in it for Project Spectrum, at which I have been failing poorly.
I have not been able to get decent pictures of my Knitters Treat Package that came last Saturday. I will try tomorrow while the kids & hubster are out of the house. I also need to post pictures of the package I won at Knitting Troll’s Blogaversary contest.
This weekend while driving the 4 looong hours down to my inlaws for the day I decided to teach myself how to knit continental. I’ve always been told that since I crocheted first and crocheters (usually) hold their working yarn in their left hand, that it should come easy to me to knit continental.
It doesn’t.
I can do it. It’s very slow going, my hand cramps, and I haven’t quite figured out how to purl continental yet. I’m going to keep working at it. I like the reduced movements that continental knitting has compared to the throwing that I usually do. It’s so awkward though. I just keep reminding myself that knitting in general used to feel awkward too but got better with practice.
Mom’s socks are coming along. I’m having a bit of an issue with the cuff being too tight. I’ve tried the two needle bind of in the rib pattern (k2p1), I’ve tried a binding off with a bigger needle and I’ve tried the crochet bind off (with as big a hook as I could fit in the loops). It’s still fairly tight 
I don’t think they will fit mom. Dangit. I’m open to suggestions….
Speaking of socks, I’ve joined the Summer of Socks and added the button on my sidebar. I can’t think of a better way to pass the summer than by knitting socks
Next time… the Good & Bad news of finally finding an LYS within driving distance!!!
May 4, 2007 at 8:40 am
I am working my way through the Sockapalooza blogs. I might be at this till the next century.
I would not try to do the seaming with Homespun. Get a ball of say Red Heart acrylic and use it for the seaming. I did a crochet afghan in Homespun and the squares kept coming apart.The yarn just isn’t strong enough for any kind of strain. Any smooth yarn acrylic that matches your color should work, and not drive you mad. The only yarn worse then Homespun is any kind of Chenille. It will break your heart.
Good luck with the sock exchange, it is going to be total madness when everyone starts posting pictures of their stuff. Probably bring Blogger down for a week
May 4, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Yaay! I’m glad you finally got your package!
May 5, 2007 at 1:25 am
I love the look of the Homespum yarn, love the way it feels in skeim form and despise knitting with it! I have also found that some of the fuzzy nubbily yarns are also a terror to work with. The longer I knit the more I like the regular strands. The little jacket is gorgeous though…great job.
December 3, 2007 at 6:44 pm
I so agree. I made a prayer shawl with the Homespun and had the very same problems. Didn’t add a fringe because I was afraid it would fray out. It’s real pretty but don’t think I will use that yarn again. Too bad the company doesn’t do something about it.