Sunday, 12. February 2006
Collected FOs 2005
I'm just copying most of this from GetCrafty, where I used to chronicle my knits. Here's an overview of what I knit 2005:

Winter

Here is a scarf made from Colinette Skye I found for sale after a pattern from "Last Minute Knitted Gifts" (mistake rib and 2 colors changed every 2 rows) modeled by my plush Cthulhu, and a hat from Marnie MacLean's Flapper Hat without the flower.



These are the Nearly Gloves from Marnie's Website. This pattern helped me find out that I hate sewing knitted stuff together (I hate hand-sewing, period).



The shawl is knitted from the Shawl Workshop pattern and was an exercise to see how long I could knit one single item.



The beret pattern is from a German knitting book - I only mastered the cicrular cast-on thanks to the internet :)

Spring

2 skinny scarves (one is the phobia busting scarf and a simple lengthwise garter one.



I found out that knitting with dpns is not that bad after all: some short Voodoo wrist warmers and an iPod cozy.



A baby set for my colleague (yes, he's having a son and he's proud of it, so I thought, I can do blue just for him :). The hat is from here, the booties from this pattern and the cardie is this pattern without hearts.

Summer

Some more baby things: a Tychus hat in baby size for a baby of unknown sex.



A Children's cotton hat from "Last Minute Knitted Gifts" and baby booties at a completely different gauge for a baby girl.



Also, I started knitting socks - I swore I never would, but somehow all those cute anklet socks got to me. On the left are Spun's ankle socks with a German heel from "Knitting without Tears", on the right are Alison's ankle socks. I don't like the holes in the short tow heel in this one. Since I hate sewing by hand, I don't graft toes, but used a star toe



My third pair of socks is toe-up, which I prefer. Also, properly wrapped short rows don't leave holes. The pattern is from Magknits, but with 2x2 ribbing after the toe and no pom-poms.



A
scrap wrap made from bits of yarn I got on eBay.

Fall

On holiday, I knit lolita toes (left) and errant ankles (right).



Later, I knit Holly's Socks. I love knitting socks, but with summer gone and loads of winter socks from my mom, I'll put all the socks on my wishlist on hiatus till spring.



A multidirectional scarf from Noro Silk Garden. After blocking, it's moderately soft and mostly straight :) Love the colors! Also in that picture is the cabled purse from "Last Minute Knitted Gifts". Fun pattern, but I'm not sure about the size.



An iPod sock. I adopted the pattern to be knit in the round. The pocket is a little small and not quite straight, but it works for me.



This is Halley's Comet Hat, which is a fun pattern, but I'm not sure if the hat is my style.



What to do with one ball of Noro Kureyon? A hat, of course! This actually got pretty wide and is not very warm for the ears, but looks great.
Next to it is a neckwarmer out of Debbie Bliss Alpac Silk. I made up the pattern, but didn't account for the stretchiness of ribbing - it almost needs to be blocked back into shape after each wear. The wool is awesomely soft, tho....



These hand warmers are loosely based on theseFingerless mitts and knit with Debbie Bliss Maya. I love the colors, but it's bad with the fuzziness.



Jussi's mittens are a great fast knit, and they fit me very well. I think there's a mistake in the left mitten thump placement, tho - to be symmetrical, it needs to be k5, pm, ..., not k7,....

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