Listening to Charlie A'Court, putting me in a mellow mood. He spoke to my Creative Process class Thursday, and played us a couple of tunes before giving away some of his CDs. That man can sure belt it out. He's got that gutsy hard voice that you know's from the heart. The edges of his voice are softened on his CD, but I love how he sounds live. He kicks ass.
On to the knitting...

I give you, the pocket! (WHY OH WHY DON'T I HAVE A DIGI CAM YET???) I was so nervous about picking up the stitches, but once it was done, it looked wonderfully seamless. the bottom edge flips up, but hopefully that'll fix itself when I block it.

I ran out of Patons Classic in Peacock (the yarn I'm using for Under the hoodie), so I've started another project. This one's called "Silky Tie Wrap" from Creative Knitting's January issue. I'm enamoured with the simple construction- no seams! It's made with Patons Katrina in Lagoon, not the Regal Silk the pattern suggests! I think it looks very close to the photo in CK, so I'm happy! I'm thinking of making this for my mother, maybe in Patons Glittalic or Brilliant, especially in marvelous mocha. Being a redhead like me, I think she'd love the bronzeish brown colour. I want to finish it before she takes her Alaskan cruise this summer, it would look so nice! Anyway, I made it through the first side panel, and I'm about to start the first tie. It's looking great so far!

Slippers and Under the Hoodie

I've been complaining for weeks now that I need new slippers. Well, I sucked it up and knit my own.

Ta Da! Mary Jane slippers knit out of Bernat Galaxy in Jupiter. I had a couple balls laying around, and as the yarn is borderline interesting/ugly, I had to find some use for it.
Side view:

I'm torn between Galaxy looking like those photos from outer space, someting I pulled out of the dryer lint trap, or an unsightly tumour. Let's just say the first one, shall we?
I've been making steady progress on my Under the Hoodie sweater. Because of my impatience, I've started the back, front, and a sleeve.

This is the back. I've made it through the first stripe, which is hard to see in this photo (as with everything else). Waiting on the finishing of the sleeves to see how much of the large stripe's yarn I have left.

The front. I'm on row 34 of the 49 rows I need to knit before picking up the stiches for the pocket. Little bit nervous about the picking up of stitches, but I'm sure it will be fine.

The start of the first sleeve, using my first dyed yarn. It's dyed with Koolaid's Changin' Cherry. I was hoping for a more intense teal, but as the next photo more accurately represents, this is the end result:

A more minty, spring green. I'm still pleased with the results, though, for my first attempt.
Any way, now that I have all the yarn I need for now, I'm going to try and finish the sweater before the Knitting Olympics comes along. Wish me luck!

I'm Baaack!

Seriously, I need to keep this thing updated! I have so many projects finished and even more just started! The final push to update was Yarn Harlot's Knitting Olympics. 16 days to complete a challanging project. I've chosen thrummed mittens. I've had the yarn and fleece for ages, I just haven't gotten around to starting. And February is a perfect time to knit these toasty mitts, which originated right here in Atlantic Canada.
On to the FOs!

Sock knit with Kroy Socks by Patons, pattern by Lucy Neatby.

SUPER long vertically striped scarf. Pattern from Vogue, knit on size 6s, so it took AGES. I cast on 600 stitches I believe. Crazy.

POA Style Ravenclaw scarf, finished just in time for the midnight premiere!

Scarf made with Bohemian yarn on size 19 needles. Softer than a kitten. I love it :)

My Apple Blossom Scarf, made with grey, pink, and aran coloured worsted, and Bernat's Galaxy in Venus. I did some simple lace pattern on each worsted panel. It turned out okay, it rolls a bit, though.

scarf made with Cha Cha. I love the colors. teal, purple, brown and olive. very soft and pretty.
I'm working on Under the Hoodie from Stitch n' Bitch, so expect to see some photos of that soon!

PS-Sorry again for the photo quality. When I get a new computer, it think I'll get a digital camera bundled with it :)