CalicoKat Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I'm getting ready to cast on the Mason Dixon Flying Geese Blanket tonight. :) A big cuppa tea and a few Cheese Its while watching TV. :D If you're on Ravelry you can see my new project listed there. It should look a bit like the attachment below. Knit on, Calicokat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 That is beautiful!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beansprouts Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I'm getting ready to cast on the Mason Dixon Flying Geese Blanket tonight. :) A big cuppa tea and a few Cheese Its while watching TV. :D If you're on Ravelry you can see my new project listed there. It should look a bit like the attachment below. Knit on, Calicokat Very nice! Let us know how it goes. I am not a knitter, I am a crochetist, but I am not sure I have time to take on a project right now. My fingers are itching a bit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I need to put fringe on a prayer shawl tonight. Who are you on Ravelry? I'm the same username as here ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donovans4 Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 i will be working on squares on my "blankie." The ones on ravelry are mostly done in sock yarn, but I am using worsted weight wool, so it is going pretty quickly. I think I can get quite a few squares done while we watch movies and eat junk food tonight! LauraD in MN donovans4 on Ravelry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Okay, added to my friends...even got CalicoKat (same name and avatar, I see ;) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamamoon Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 i just started the yarn harlot poncho~loving it! lisa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Oh I love that flying geese blanket from Mason-Dixon Knitting! It's too advanced for me at this point, though. I'd love to see pictures of the finished product! I just cast on last night for a new pair of socks for DD. The ones I knit her back in September for Yule were too small when I gave them to her... she is growing like a weed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brehon Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Still working on youngest ds's baptismal gown. :glare: Sigh...I just don't have large chunks of time to work on the thing. I'll be starting a pram blanket for my best friend who's pregnant with her first child -- due in May, so I'd better get busy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 That blanket is pretty! I'm finishing up the cuff of my first pair of 2 at a time, toe up socks on one circ. I'm in the mood to knit something red for V-day, but I haven't found what I want to CO next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 Okay, added to my friends...even got CalicoKat (same name and avatar, I see ;) ) :001_smile: that's me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 That blanket is pretty! I'm finishing up the cuff of my first pair of 2 at a time, toe up socks on one circ. I'm in the mood to knit something red for V-day, but I haven't found what I want to CO next. I've been debating making these . :001_smile: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sweetheart-shorts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 My newest Grandson is 2 months old, but still loves being wrapped in a warm afghan due to everyone keepig their household temps lower. We live in Michigan and it's chilly here. I want to make up a quick afghan for him..but I really am ot fond of the shell patterns..tooo many holes for little fingers to get stuck in. I am not overly experienced here..anyone got a quick stitch for me to do this afghan this weekend yet?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 (edited) My newest Grandson is 2 months old, but still loves being wrapped in a warm afghan due to everyone keepig their household temps lower. We live in Michigan and it's chilly here.I want to make up a quick afghan for him..but I really am ot fond of the shell patterns..tooo many holes for little fingers to get stuck in. I am not overly experienced here..anyone got a quick stitch for me to do this afghan this weekend yet?? http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spiderweb-baby-afghan not sure of the difficulty leve, but it's not shells. There were some other ones with a basket weave, granny squares, and just a straight line. Ravelry has a ton of patterns for both knit and crochet. Edited December 31, 2008 by CalicoKat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spiderweb-baby-afghannot sure of the difficulty leve, but it's not shells. There were some other ones with a basket weave, granny squares, and just a straight line. Ravelry has a ton of patterns for both knit and crochet. Thanks but I can't get the website to open..I have asked for an invite, but it will be 3 days they say.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Hey, I made a flying geese block! I lost interest in making the blanket, so the block is still sitting in a basket, waiting to be felted down to make a pot holder or something. No, I'm not casting on anything new tonight. Tonight I will knit furiously on the last little bit of a sock I should have finished months ago! But tomorrow I will cast on for a floor cushion using yarn I unraveled from a hideous afghan I made a few months after I learned to knit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristiana Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I just started a scarf for my 4yo. I just learned to knit in October and did some simple scarves for my parents and dh for Christmas. All my boys wanted one too but I just ran out of time so they got a skein of yarn and a promise instead!:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay in Cal Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I'm going to finish my first pair of socks by midnight (if all goes well) and start on my second! I have a baby blanket to do for a new nephew-to-be soon. The pic is of Sock # 1!! (Thanks to Mom2LegoManiacs for all her help!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Very nice job, Kay! Congrats on finishing your first pair of socks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Thanks but I can't get the website to open..I have asked for an invite, but it will be 3 days they say.... Three days is NOTHING compared to those of us that had to wait MONTHS when it first opened LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 Three days is NOTHING compared to those of us that had to wait MONTHS when it first opened LOL! well worth the wait though. I waited a couple months too. I love the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 Hey, I made a flying geese block! I lost interest in making the blanket, so the block is still sitting in a basket, waiting to be felted down to make a pot holder or something. No, I'm not casting on anything new tonight. Tonight I will knit furiously on the last little bit of a sock I should have finished months ago! But tomorrow I will cast on for a floor cushion using yarn I unraveled from a hideous afghan I made a few months after I learned to knit. lost interest or it was too difficult or it was really a pain to do? I guess I'll find out tonight. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Not casting on, but I'll be finishing up a Tudora that I'm making for myself from a skein of Brooks Farm Harmony (wool/mohair/silk) in a lovely self-striping purples colorway. Tomorrow, I may cast on some socks, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terri NS Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I'm going to be starting a few more pairs of thrummed mittens for our own use. We all have pairs but no spares! LOL I also have a sock book and am planning to do a pair of every pattern. We'll see. It took me about a month to get on Ravelry but I love it. I still have some pics of things I did for gifts that I need to add. I am bohemiangirl on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Oh my! I had no idea you could create something like that with knitting! I am a quilter, but it has become such an ordeal to do all the cutting, ironing, sewing, etc. Maybe I will have to take up a new hobby.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yslek Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Not casting on, either (I have a sewing project I'm procrastinating on as I type) but I just made this hat for my grandma: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter08/PATTfishy.php She loved it & wore it to church on Sunday! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 (edited) I want to make a smoke ring so bad...but I have to wait till next paycheck before I can get the yarn. http://knitty.com/ISSUEwinter07/PATTicequeen.html Edited December 31, 2008 by mommaduck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I casted on a pair of socks last night. It's based on these: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter08/KSPATTblackrose.php But I'm knitting them toe-up, so basically I'm just keeping the lace pattern. Everything else is changed, including having the pattern go the other way :lol: I'm CleoQc on Ravelry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Not casting on, either (I have a sewing project I'm procrastinating on as I type) but I just made this hat for my grandma: http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter08/PATTfishy.php She loved it & wore it to church on Sunday! :D Oooookayyyy. That's one weird pattern if I ever saw one! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 lost interest or it was too difficult or it was really a pain to do? I guess I'll find out tonight. :) Just lost interest, mostly because of the yarn (Noro Kureyon - I cut the yarn into separate colors). I didn't like the way it felt in my hands and didn't want a whole blanket made from it. The pattern isn't hard at all, but I remember there being an awful lot of seaming. Seaming makes me impatient. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 But tomorrow I will cast on for a floor cushion using yarn I unraveled from a hideous afghan I made a few months after I learned to knit. Floor cushion ? What does that look like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 Oh my! I had no idea you could create something like that with knitting! I am a quilter, but it has become such an ordeal to do all the cutting, ironing, sewing, etc. Maybe I will have to take up a new hobby.... I just finished doing a log cabin rug too -- knitted quilts. I can't quilt so this is my alternative. :) The Mason Dixon Knitting books have several of these types of projects. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted December 31, 2008 Author Share Posted December 31, 2008 Oooookayyyy. That's one weird pattern if I ever saw one! :lol: LOOVE IT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanie Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Floor cushion ? What does that look like? I'm making up my own pattern, but it will be a fitted box cushion, maybe with a zipper, and with some sort of i-cord piping along the edges. The yarn is cheap bulky weight red chenille. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I just cast on the second sock for mil's Christmas socks. Yes, that says Christmas. I took a break after the first sock to knit both ds's hats. I may have to do the fish hat from Knitty for their next year's hats. They're hilarious! Happy Knitting New Year! Cinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 (edited) I'm improvising the pattern as I go although the lace pattern itself is lifted from knitty.com Edited January 1, 2009 by CleoQc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I'm improvising the pattern as I go.. pretty!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Dh is watching "Men With Brooms" (a curling movie) and I"m working on my Cat's Paw lace scarf (the one on the left) and deciding what color to make the Amused sweater (Knitty, Winter '08) which I will cast on next. I"ll buy the yarn this weekend, but can't decide on the color. I"m going to use Lamb's Pride Brown Sheep Worsted (love love love that yarn.) Here's the color chart, so help me decide on a color! Tahiti teal? Victorian Pink? Blue Flannel? Happy Knitting, everyone! Astrid ("astridrobi" in ravelry!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. at J.A. Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Started a hat for my mom about 3 hrs ago and just finished it. I made it on the knifty knitter so it isn't very complicated. I'm still relatively new to knitting and mostly enjoy short projects that I can complete pretty quickly. Angela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maria from IN Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Started a hat for my mom about 3 hrs ago and just finished it. I made it on the knifty knitter so it isn't very complicated. I'm still relatively new to knitting and mostly enjoy short projects that I can complete pretty quickly. Angela I love my Knifty Knitter! I just finished a pair of legwarmers on the green loom and have been wearing them all evening. I made so many for Christmas gifts that I had to wait a while for happy feet! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I'm loving the Tahiti Teal, Astrid. (And the lace, too.) Meanwhile, you have inspired my new project, Fern Glade. I'm just debating on fitted or slouchy... fitted or slouchy? FITTED OR SLOUCHY?!?! I'm channeling my Inner Kostanza. Heehee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Okay, a vote for Tahiti Teal. That was my first impulse, so thanks for your affirmation! Fern Glad is LOVELY! I love Knitty patterns; I've done several. Hmmmm....fitted or slouchy.....tough call! One of each? I guess I vote for slouchy, that way if it ends up a bit bigger, it's supposed to be, right? In my experience, it's harder to get a fitted hat right. And your hair? Is it long? Short? If it's short, I'd say go for fitted. Longer, maybe the slouched version? Ahhh.....one of each. The hardest part of knitting for me is the DECISION! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Not casting on, but I'll be finishing up a Tudora that I'm making for myself from a skein of Brooks Farm Harmony (wool/mohair/silk) in a lovely self-striping purples colorway. Tomorrow, I may cast on some socks, though. Loving the Tudora! And in purples? Gorgeous! I recieved a skein of Qiviuk laceweight for Christmas. I'm thinking of knitting Spiralicious with it. For some reason this pattern just speaks to me. No idea why.....but I just love it. astrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Oh, I LOVE that pattern! Will you bead it or not? What color? That blue in the photo is so ethereal and gorgeous! The pattern is one I"m considering for my qiviuk yarn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I got my invite to Ravelry in 3 hours instead of 3 days! Someone is working on New Year's Eve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Okay, a vote for Tahiti Teal. That was my first impulse, so thanks for your affirmation! Fern Glad is LOVELY! I love Knitty patterns; I've done several. Hmmmm....fitted or slouchy.....tough call! One of each? I guess I vote for slouchy, that way if it ends up a bit bigger, it's supposed to be, right? In my experience, it's harder to get a fitted hat right. And your hair? Is it long? Short? If it's short, I'd say go for fitted. Longer, maybe the slouched version? Ahhh.....one of each. The hardest part of knitting for me is the DECISION! :-) My hair is knee-length; I usually wear it in loose knot. However, I measured my head last night and it's 21" (measuring just behind my hairline down around the nape of my neck, where band would be worn) so now I"m thinking that maybe I need to go with the fitted band, then figure out how to increase in pattern for the slouchier rest of it. Ack. I just don't want to end up with a gorgeous hat that slides off my head all the time. And I don't think my husband will be into wearing the pattern or the material. He thinks cashmere is itchy. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I recieved a skein of Qiviuk laceweight for Christmas. I'm thinking of knitting Spiralicious with it. For some reason this pattern just speaks to me. No idea why.....but I just love it. astrid Gorgeous! I love neckwarmers (cowls?) like that. They call to me, too. {bookmarking} That looks like DK or sport. Would you double the lace weight or just use it single and let it be light and more open? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I got my invite to Ravelry in 3 hours instead of 3 days! Someone is working on New Year's Eve! And your username so we can add more friends? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2legomaniacs Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I was trying to finish a pair of socks I started in the summer. I have only an inch of ribbing on the cuff and the cast off to finish. I will likely cast on for a new project today though. I am trying to do one sock pair a month from the sock knitters anonymous on Ravelry. I can officially cast on for the Jan. challenge today and plan to do so later. Love your blanket! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2legomaniacs Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 I'm going to finish my first pair of socks by midnight (if all goes well) and start on my second! I have a baby blanket to do for a new nephew-to-be soon. The pic is of Sock # 1!! (Thanks to Mom2LegoManiacs for all her help!) WOOHOO! Super awesome job Kay. You are really good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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