WIP: caponcho

i was getting so impatient with the progress on my stockholm scarf, that i had to cast-on for something new! something bulky on big needles :) so, i bring you rosa's caponcho! it's a little bit cape, a little bit poncho...totally my style. i started it two days ago and look how much is done so far! thats what im talkin' about.

i think i made the cowl a little bit too long, but i'm liking how bulky it is up there. i can already tell im going to love this once its done, i already see another in my future! :)

FO: urban necessity gloves

pattern: urban necessity gloves

yarn: lion brand amazing

needle: sz. 5

started: december 1, 2010

finished: december 3, 2010



this is an old(ish) FO, but i wanted to show it anyway :). i added the thumb thing so i could text! this was my second time trying this pattern and there are still a few things i would change...but overall i like em!

i didn't get a picture of the other glove, but they are definitely fraternal twins. these are pretty warm, but i must say i might need to make some bulky 100% wool mittens. the winter here has been pretty cold and i need all the help i can get!

knitting triangle

today was the first official meeting of my new knitting triangle! usually my friend joy and i get together and knit, but today she recruited her friend sonni. we're hoping to make this a regular weekly thing, yay!
here we are at our first official meeting :)


don't mind my i-just-rolled-out-of-bed look.

here is the progress on my stockholm scarf so far, something tells me this thing is going to take forever. ah!!!

vacation knitting

i've been in michigan the past few days enjoying some family time, and on the flight here i cast-on for a new project...the stockholm scarf! i love how big and snuggly this cowl/scarf looks, it right up my alley.

i fancy myself a relatively fast knitter, but when you have 276 stitches per round, its so hard to get much done in a sitting! i only got about an inch done on a two hour flight! ah!

this project will definitely help me to practice patience. im really likING it so far. while i've been here i bought yarn for two more similar projects. i guess i'm all about the neckwear! :)

ps happy new year! one of my resolutions: BLOG MORE! wooowooo

FO: one row handspun scarf

pattern: one row handspun scarf

yarn: lion brand lion wool solids

needle: sz. 8

started: december 20, 2010

finished: december 28, 2010

on the faithful evening of decemeber 19th my brother called me and asked me to knit him a scarf for christmas...huh?! thanks for giving me less than a week notice, brother!!!!!!!!!!! the next day i realized that i had to knit like the wind, aka 10 inches a day.

let me tell you people, it was a christmas miracle! because i did it! i finished a 72 in. scarf in about a week. WHOA.

when i told him that scarves take me the longest to knit of pretty much anything i knit, he said he asked for that because he thought it would be the fastest. @_@

live and learn.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

FO: star crossed slouchy beret

pattern: star crossed slouchy beret

yarn: lion brand organic wool

needle: sz. 9 & sz. 11

started: december 28, 2010

finished: december 28, 2010

well hello! guess who's back with a brand new hat! :)

i finished this bad boy during a storage wars marathon, i thought it was high time to replace my salmon colored hat (it was a bit stretched out)

i also thought it was would be nice to have a brand new hat to wear home to michigan! after one canceled flight, i'm schedule to fly out tonight (hopefully!) it will be nice to get some family time after my first christmas away from home! i stayed here in nyc and then we got hit by a big snow storm that meant flights were canceled left and right. and i love snow as much as the next guy, but not when it messes up my travel plans!

i have a new project that i am really excited to work on when im home and on the flight :)

here i am enjoying the snow!

hope everyone had a great holiday and has a great new year!

nyc yarn crawl: part I

the other day my lovely friend from nebraska, sarah, let me know that the nyc yarn crawl is happening NOW! i had no idea! i have only been to about 2 of the participating stores, so its a really great excuse to hit up lots of yarn stores in the city. the scavenger hunt and raffle are also a nice incentive. i never win anything! (except i just won a free floor cleaning for the yoga studio because i filled out a building management survey...if i used up all my winning karma on that i will not be happy!)

i woke up really late today so i only made it to two stores, downtown yarns and knit-a-way. tomorrow i plan on getting up alot earlier and making it to more stores! i was kind of preoccupied trying to find the scavenger hunt apple, and about entering the raffle that i didnt really have time to browse. hopefully tomorrow i'll have more time to shop around.

after the yarn stores i headed to washington square park to knit a little...


my boss gave me the ok to sell my knitted goodies at the yoga studio this season! i am so excited. right now im just starting off with fingerless mitts, but i think i might also makes hats, scarves or cowls. it will be really cool to see my stuff on display there.

also, she asked me if i am interested in teaching a knitting workshop this december at the studio. ahhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so exciting. she already said it should be called 'the yoga of knitting' it would mainly be a knitting workshop, but maybe also tying in some yoga philosophy...i dont think it will be hard to connect the two since knitting is so meditative (except when im pulling my hair out.)
im really nervous about teaching this, but i think it would such a cool opportunity!