Rippit rippit

I've gone a 180 degree turn. From the "process knitter" who never ripped anything to the frogger. Today I had about nine inches done on the Malabrigo scarf when I decided it was too wide (and95 meters x2 skeins isn't a long scarf anyway), so I frogged it all and started over.


I like the 15 stitch width scarf better. And it might be as long as...almost two meters?! :)


In other happy news, I have a new fall/winter favorite skirt- my sale find Garnet Hill stretch denim skirt, and my beloved clogs are back in service for the season!

Sleepless nights

I should have expected this one...I was wiped out and slept for three hours this afternoon. Now I'm weirdly wide awake. And start work in 7 hours. Whatever. I found a scarf pattern for my Malabrigo Chunky!


This yarn is a dream to work with, and size 11 needles with chunky yarn is a lot more gratifying than working on the baby sweater right now. I think it helps my brain to be able to change up projects. The Malabrigo scarf pattern is by Crystal Palace, "Faggot stitch scarf". It's lovely, and only one row to remember! I am going to a conference at the end of this week and plan to bring a few projects with me. Updates next weekend.

I've also been playing with my Ravelry page and adding many projects to my queue to make. This is quite fun, this knitting thing!

Fabric love

I'm making a quilt for my sister-in-law and her family for the holidays (I'm thinking about it a lot and will burst into action once school is done...I hope). Recently I got excited about the thought of having time to sew in the not-so-distant future, and I did a little internet shopping.


The only real problem I have (besides the nasty gold accents on the fabric) with ebay is my constant expectation that someone will outbid me. I was wrong, but look what I bought because of it!


The rose print fabrics will be quilt tops, the charm squares will be...something.


And the squirrels I may have to save for myself.

Knitting silliness

I've wanted to make a little sweater for a while now. This is from Debbie Bliss' magazine, and it's designed to be an egg cozy.


After accidentally making one side of the neck 9 stitches and the other 6 stitches, I decided to see what some strong blocking could do. It mostly worked.


For scale, here it is next to half of the baby sweater front (getting there!).


The yarn is KnitPicks wool of the andes.

Back from Italy! (pic heavy)

We arrived back in Chicago around 4p. Not too badly jetlagged and none the worse for the wear (except for some amazing mosquito bites). My midterm exam is tomorrow, so just some pretty pictures and a quick post now.


We (my sweetie, his parents, and his mom's sister and her husband) spent three days in CinqueTerre. The first day I crashed and caught up on sleep. When I did stumble out of bed, this was the view from our bedroom window.


Although I brought my study materials, of course I ended up fascinated with fashion magazines and purchase the Italian Vogue bundle to take home. It was really fun to look at the models in stores and it made me wish I had more time to sew right now.


I did make some time to knit. I had to tink back the right front and reknit about six rows- only to discover a misaligned buttonhole at the bottom. Talk about a change in knitting style...I ripped it all out and restarted. After all this effort I'm not going to finish with a sloppy front!


The amazing prices in Italy helped restrain my shopping. But one day my sweetie and I were wandering around on our own, and we almost tripped over a yarn shop. So I bought yarn to make sweaters for a couple of hoped-for babies in the future. :)