My crime... Not swatching

Casting on...

I've finished my jumper! The first jumper ever made by my own hands! I was so excited when I got to the sewing together and was even more excited when all the stripes lined up! I couldn't wait to wear it! It's to small... The sleeves are to short, the neckband is to tight and the body doesn't even pretend to cover enough of my tummy... Next time I'll be doing a tension square and measuring myself properly... I'm still pleased with it! It will fit someone I'm sure and I was very impressed with myself that I managed to A) Finish it in a month, and B) Finish it at all! Not a complete waste of time I now have the no excuse not to do another one and I really like the style of this one so I might start it again soon.

On Sat Knit 1 Sip 2 (My local knitting group) took a trip to Liverpool and when to Make, Do and Knit. It was great! Not to big so we could get round it in a day with plenty of time for cups of tea and cake half way through. So much beautiful hand dyed and hand spun wool! I had given myself a budget, I didn't even spend it all (just most of it)! We did some "Big knitting" which was great fun and I almost invested in some 2 foot long needles. It was lovely to have a knitty day out. I'll get some pictures of my "investments" up soon.

Casting off...

Maybe Easter...

Casting on...

Firstly sorry for leaving you with nothing to read, A has been demanding a lot of my attention since he's back for Easter (Part-timers! Pift!).

I've not done enough knitting lately. I've been day dreaming about it and thinking about what I'll make next but sleeves are hard work! The only way I'll get this jumper finished by Sat is if I cancel all my clubs from tomorrow, tell A he has to find something to do until Sat and lock myself away for the next two days...Sadly I don't think that would go down to well with school or Church... So I'll have to get working and try to get it finished for Easter Sunday! I can wear it on my early morning walk and then show it off to a Church in Norwich! When it is finished I must remember not to over wear it, I think it's going to take some recovering before I start on my next one...

Casting off...

I've not forgotten!

Casting on...

I've not got much knitting done lately. When I moved from the back of my jumper to the front I lost interest a little, but when I got going on it it started growing fast! Until I noticed I'd forgotten a stripe... So I got my mum to help me pull it back (i.e she did it and I watched in terror).
I was hoping to get it done before A came home on Sat but sadly I think it's going to be next week. My aim it to wear it to Make, Do and Knit next weekend. I think the only bit putting me off it the sewing up I'll have to develop a technique! Oh well New Skill! Yay!

I'll get another picture up soon!

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A New Start

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I've done it! I finished the socks!

Here is one of them!

The first one went really well, took me a while but I finished it and it looked good!
I'm still not sure if I can talk about the second one... It started off great! I got down to the heel in a single evening, turned the heel during my afternoon off. It was going really great! But then somehow... I managed to pick up the stitches in the wrong direction, sadly I didn't notice until my sock was half the right way in and half the wrong way in... so I had to purl the foot instead of knitting it. Well until I did something odd which meant purling made it the wrong way again! I've no idea how it happened, it was the most stressful sock ever. I almost wept on the train, thankfully not as the train was busy, might not have been my sanest moment.

I did some shopping on my way up to Newcastle and got some very nice wool and a pattern. As soon as the sock was off my needles and out of sight I was casting on! I'm really pleased with it so far. Just a simple jumper, a first for me!



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Newcastle

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Here I am again, has it really been two weeks?!

Got a small amount of knitting done on the train but had to change twice so was so freaked that I would forget that I couldn't really relax.

I've almost finished the socks! They have drained every free minute of my life since I started the second one. I was in the student union bar this evening (Note: two drinks makes for what seems to the knitter like very quick knitting, in reality half speed...) while my beloved A was talking to his friends I whipped out my knitting and got on with my sock, attracted a lot of attention from nearby students who were disappointed when we left, I had to stop and tell them about it, they wanted to see "My work" and told me they would pay good money for it! No need for a degree I'm sorted if I can get "Good money" for poorly knitted socks! I also had to explain knitting to a few of A's course friends. One asked me if I'd ever seen "something that's like two needles that are joined with wire" and before I could reply A said "Circular needles" (Not a cool moment for him...)

Sadly these socks have taken me to hell and back and it's to painful to talk about right now, maybe when they are done I'll be able to talk about it...


Casting off...

Make time for knitting.

Today I made time for knitting by putting in less effort in other places!

Ok not strictly true.
I run a drama club on a Monday and this week we watching a TV show to give them some ideas. Being the director and leader of the club I obviously needed no help with anything to do with acting... (Drama degree at the university of Only Ever Got Chorus Parts). I used the time to knit! A few comments from the "Actors" but they know nothing of the stress that is knitting a sock! Lines to learn they tell me! Pah! Try turning a heel or knowing when to start decreasing for the toe of a sock belonging to a person that lives over 200 miles away! Sure you spend months learning lines for a play that is performed once or twice! My socks will be worn forever! (Or until the heel goes).

Actors no sense of commitment...