An old show and tell...

This is an old finished knit that didn't get blogged this summer. Yesterday was cold - not cool, Cold. We only had a high of 50 degrees, so I finally got to pull this scarf out and wear it!

It is the Montego Bay Scarf from summer's IK. It was an easy fun and fast knit. And used up a whole ball of sea silk that I really had wanted to get out of my stash. Its quite long, which is great! (And the monster mitts jumped in the photo since they were worn t0 and from work yesterday, too).

And speaking of stash - I started listing my stash
on Ravelry today. It was kind of addicting. I listed my two smallest stashes, and in the process organized them. I still have to figure out the flickr thing - and I will spend some time on Thursday - but it felt good to start listing it, so I will know what I have and where it is. And crazy enough, I was going to order some yarn that I thought I had already used up - just to find it...

Heard from the Step-daughter today, there will be 6 more stockings made before christmas - yippee!!

Happy Knitting!

First round is finished

The first round of stockings is finished. I need to block the one with the green cuff again - but all in all I am glad that they are done. I have started round two - I still have a little bit of my dad's stocking to write and one other one that is in my head. I started a stocking that I had thought would be mine - but as it turns out - I am not very happy with it, so I will finish it for experience and knit another one for me. (Actually, I like it better in the photo - then in reality).

The store was slow yesterday, so I turned the heel on my schoolgirl socks, and can now use them for errand knitting :) Since it is quite cool here this morning, I am thinking that I need to get a move on and finish them so I can wear them and apparently sock season is fast approaching! Oh, and I found my vinnland sock and a quarter - so they will be next...

Went to a cool benefit show for John Stabb this week. Its a sad and scary story, but good to know that there are good people in the world willing to help. He has been a fixture in the DC punk scene for years. He was randomly targeted by a bunch of kids who broke his face, literally. The link to the whole story is here.

On a lighter note, have a great week!
Happy Knitting!!

My title

Found this on some of the prge girls blogs - too funny to not try!

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Empress Sunne the Sardonic of Pease Pottage Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title

PRGE v.3 Questionnaire

1. Why are you punk?
I am punk, because I grew up in (the end of) the real punk years and have always had a mentality that it was better not to conform. Its always been better to think for myself, even if it involves making more mistakes.

2. What are your five favorite things? (these don't have to be knit related)
knitting - pretty self-explanitory, except that I am sure I am way more sane with it
food - I love to cook and I love to eat
clothes - I own a clothing store, and love clothes - they are art for the body
being outdoors - whether its just sitting outside knitting, hiking, running, cycling - I would always rather be outside
my husband - yep, I am a huge cheeseball - but he rocks and I love that we make time for each other everyday

3. What are your three favorite things that you have made with knitting/crochet?
The stockings that I am working on right now - a combination of the challenge, the way they look and I get to teach them
Sleepless in Seattle Socks - I love the colors, the pattern and the yarn (which was dyed by a swap pal) was heaven
Wavy Lace Shawl - it was my first big lace project, I learned so much and wear it a lot!

4. What five things would you love to see in a swap box someday?
yarn and patterns that my pal likes
chocolate
handmade things - I do love all things handmade
vintage knitting patterns
yarn that I have not tried before...

5. What are your three favorite yarns? What are your three least favorite yarns?
favorites - cashmere, louet gems, blue sky alpaca ( really any natural fibers - and I love trying new things, and I have had great luck with etsy yarns :)
least favorites - novelty, hairy, acrylic

6. What are your five favorite delicacies?
milk chocolate, good red wine, Steak au Poivre with frites (I am an expensive date), pectin jelly beans, Cougar Gold cheese

7. What are your three favorite guilty pleasures?
Watching The Hills, thrifting, shopping for yarn/knitting supplies

8. What are the five things you look forward to every week?
Thursday night TV, morning coffee with my husband, knitting, college football, cooking sunday night dinner

9. What do you collect?
Everything - no ummm, salt and pepper shakers, vintage knitting supplies, needles and patterns, plant pots and vases in the shapes of animals and people, pyrex

10. When is your birthday?
July 31st

11. Do you have any wishlists?
Wishlist.com, etsy and Amazon - I will link them to my blog sidebar

12. What would you like your pal to know that is not covered here?
I own a small business and I really try to give my business to the little guy. I love everything handmade, etsy is my heaven. Anything well thought out, will thrill me to no end! Oh, and I am a hippy punk. I am pretty green, love things that are recycled into something useable and cool... Really, I am not very hard to please!

Fourth time was the charm...

So I finally got the foot of the stockings to work out on the fourth try - by decreasing the number of stitches by slightly more then a third. It still looks a little wonky in the photo, but I think that is my less then masterful camera skills. When they are woven, tacked and blocked, I will re-post them looking beautiful.

In the meantime, I wrote the pattern and fair-isle for the red stocking - making all the changes that I wanted from the first stocking. I used a different yarn (smart yarn from Norway), but I don't really like the overall look of the stocking as well. The other two look like vintage stockings, the red one looks too new.

I have the toe and heel worked out for the floral stocking, so I am going to be working on that this weekend. Also, on the to do list is the finishing work on the stockings, finishing writing the fair-isle for my floral stocking and my dad's Star of David stocking and getting those on the needles. Plus, I just asked my Step - Daughter if her family would like stockings, we'll see what she says.....

Have a great Labor Day Weekend!
Happy Knitting!!

Linda's Stocking

There has actually been a lot of knitting or planning for knitting this week. First, I wrote the fair-isle for three stockings. One was completely original, two were patterns from books or vintage pamphlets, that I combined and re-wrote to work with the size constraints of stockings. All of which was much more time consuming then I had thought - now I just hope I like how they knit. There are still two more designs roaming around in my head, but I think I want to see how the others knit before I write those out...

I have finished the leg of the first floral stocking. I am not sure about the colors, but I do love the way that the patterns are working out. This stocking will be for my dad's girlfriend. I still have to finish the foot, but haven't decided exactly what I am going to do yet. So I am on to the leg of the next design. I would like to have four stockings done by the end of labor day weekend - or at least the legs.

I am not off to start the next stocking leg - then going to look up some EZ fair-isle and MSKS for heel and toe ideas.

Happy Knitting!!

Scattergories

I found this on Monica's Blog - it was just too fun to pass up!

I saw this on Cyn's blog who found it on Carrie's blog.

SCATTERGORIES ... and it's harder than it looks! Here are the rules:

* Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the questions.

* They MUST be real places, names, things ... NOTHING made up!

* If you can't think of anything, skip it.

* You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question.

* If your name happens to start with the same letter as mine, sorry, but you can't use my answers!

My name: Sunne

1. Famous Singer/Band: Spinal Tap (just saw it on Thursday for the first time and its still on my brain!)

2. Four letter word: S**t

3. Street: St. Paul

4. Color: Scarlet

5. Gifts/Presents: sunglasses

6. Vehicle: Saab

7. Things in a Souvenir Shop: shirts

8. Boy Name: Samuel

9. Girl Name: Suzanne

10. Movie Title: Say Anything

11. Drink: Scotch

12. Occupation: Server

13. Celebrity: Scott Baio

14. Magazine: Sunset

15. U.S. City: Seattle

16. Pro Sports Teams: Sonics

17. Fruit: Can't think of one - sage is the flavor that comes to mind

18. Reason for Being Late for Work: Screwing around

19. Something You Throw Away: Scraps

20. Things You Shout: S***head!

21. Cartoon Character: Super Man

It really was fun!!

In my last post, I am remiss in posting the link to Sharon's blog, who was my awesome Virtual vaction swap tour guide. Now you can check out her site and find out about her soaps - which are heavenly!!