tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-759792183494870032024-03-14T02:34:52.453-04:00Big Knitting Trouble“Women like to sit down with trouble - as if it were knitting”
~ Ellen GlasgowCypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.comBlogger333125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-53095452401195361922017-08-26T13:04:00.000-04:002017-08-26T13:04:07.042-04:00Building a Log Cabin: Best PracticesI made another Log Cabin blanket! There are more 4x more squares than that other one! I have learned some things!
* Swatch first-- really.
Usually one swatches to make sure the finished product will be acceptable, but for this swatch, it's all about process. Constant garter stitch means repetitive motion and comfort is key. If you are five minutes into a Cypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-88553498074610473802017-07-14T09:56:00.000-04:002017-07-14T09:56:06.622-04:00Blog's Last BlastThis blog has been silent-- haven't blogged all year!
I have been knitting-- on super secret projects!
It's getting to be time to wrap it all up-- but not without some closure!
Please take this as my formal announcement that at some point this year, I will blog my last blog post. For right now, I just want to say I hope you're having a great middle of the year, and I will be back with atCypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-30379946077539266742016-12-01T20:56:00.001-05:002016-12-01T20:56:25.899-05:00Behavioral Patterns, Knitting ProjectsOkay, these really long breaks between posts are just going to happen. I need to accept it! :)
Do I have some stuff to say? Well, sure, but not a lot of strength to say it, so:
Energy-building in progress...
Knitting projects in progress...
FOs to follow, when the stress subsides!Cypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-64690737485058076212016-10-03T07:00:00.000-04:002016-10-03T07:00:02.160-04:00Mot-less Monday: OvercastCypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-7662715903461623112016-09-29T21:45:00.002-04:002016-09-29T21:45:44.192-04:00Fwoosh!My kid just got done being the sickest she's ever been, but I haven't forgotten about this space, so you get this FWOOSH! fast run-through of the projects I've been working for the past two weeks and change...
* This silly snowman scarf was knit as a nostalgic reminiscence of the scads of scarves I knit with Homespun on these very needles in the first seven years of my knitting:
* The kiddo'sCypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-77950489266889437772016-09-12T07:00:00.000-04:002016-09-12T07:00:14.731-04:00Mot-less Monday: Letting the Yarn Do the WorkCypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-63107777339111435942016-09-02T14:53:00.000-04:002016-09-02T14:53:02.030-04:00Potential EnergyThere's a lot of unfinished going on over here.
Some of it is almost wrapped up.
Some of it has just begun.
The good news is, I am now accepting ideas for Christmas knitting! :)Cypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-7843940841317572902016-08-22T16:57:00.002-04:002016-08-22T16:57:51.559-04:00Rejected TweetsThought the wrist twinge meant rain, stayed inside all day; this morning I can't move my hands. #WHYgarterstitchWhy don't I work with cotton yarn more? /forearms attempt to secede from body/ Oh yeah, now I remember.
Trying to knit and play Minesweeper at the same time-- almost dropped several stitches. #timeforamovieIs Color Me Beautiful legit? Am I an Autumn?&Cypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-67733064140905848442016-08-18T07:00:00.000-04:002016-08-18T07:00:27.587-04:00I'm Like the Katie Ledecky of Knitting...at least that's what my friends tell me.* HA!
Ever since the opening ceremonies in Rio, I have been superglued to basically all Olympic coverage--
I'm a sucker for the summer games, and this year's swimming and gymnastics competitions have been especially stellar entertainment. I've even watched some tandem kayaking. It was cool.
When I left for my vacation in July, I Cypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-50677704438489393852016-08-15T07:00:00.000-04:002016-08-15T07:00:20.248-04:00Mot-less Monday: Summer Vacation HaulCypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-73112982558194257702016-08-11T07:00:00.000-04:002016-08-11T07:00:01.904-04:00Shawllapalooza: Looking for a Mind at WorkMy love for the musical "Hamilton" is too much for one shawl alone...
Luckily, there are shawl designers who share my leanings:
The Schuyler Sisters [Rav] by Theresa Bandy; knit with over 500 yards of madelinetosh Tosh DK in colorways Arctic, Brick Dust, and Deep
The design is full of connections to the characters of Angelica Schuyler and her sister Eliza Hamilton, with the added presence Cypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-85112636484394836092016-08-10T07:00:00.000-04:002016-08-10T07:00:21.510-04:00Shawllapalooza: Purple EmperorI tried very quickly to look into the history of the term "laceweight" and the precise origins of that designation-- as far as I can tell, "lace" happened first...
The word lace is from Middle English, from Old French las, noose, string, from Vulgar Latin laceum, from Latin laqueus, noose; probably akin to lacere, to entice or ensnare. (thanks, Wikipedia)
...and "laceweight" thread/string/Cypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-38974023165330938572016-08-09T07:00:00.000-04:002016-08-09T07:00:07.740-04:00Shawllapalooza: Practical Tactical Brilliance
I'm not going to pretend I'm anything less than OBSESSED with the Broadway musical "Hamilton"; by now it's a cultural hurricane, and I was an early adopter, so right now I'd just like to say
I TOLD YOU SO. :)
Ev’ryone give it up for America’s favorite fighting Frenchman!
Lafayette Shawl [Rav] by Julie Farmer; knit with 3 skeins of madelinetosh Tosh DK in colorway Spectrum
Let's Cypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-19274746961937548552016-08-08T07:00:00.000-04:002016-08-08T07:00:21.260-04:00Shawllapalooza: Lost in the Stacks
Prior to my accidental sabbatical, I featured the first two of this year's twelve shawls (here and here)...
and then I fell down.
SO! What about the next four I've finished?
One a day for four days straight BOOM you're welcome
Lost in the Forest [Rav] by Cath Ward; knit with 2/3 skein of madelinetosh Prairie in colorway Carnation
Blocking really is a magical moment in the Cypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-27901407792923221692016-08-01T23:24:00.000-04:002016-08-01T23:24:08.545-04:00In Which I Navel-Gaze a LittleI used to fill journals, scribbling page after page,
like writing down words was a battle to wage.
I didn't mean for that to turn into poetry, but since it does rhyme,
Imma leave it like that. :)
But it's true, I wrote without saying much of substance, just to be heard, whether it was by Future Me (in my diary) or by my best friend (who lived an hour away in the pre-internet days)Cypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-79080332891994484892016-05-30T16:19:00.001-04:002016-05-30T16:19:20.180-04:00Mot-less Monday: Yeah, Still Here, Doing StuffCypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-84713255118812539552016-05-05T09:41:00.002-04:002016-05-05T09:41:28.815-04:00Blankety StuffsI have been busy and tired and full of allergy brain and blah blah blah, excuses.
But I have also been making blanket things!
This one is for a baby I know-- I've been planning to make it for about five years, and still I managed to mess up some of the patterning. I don't think it's too obvious, though...
Baby Chalice Blanket [Rav]
by Karen S. Lauger; knit with almost 3 skeins Cypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-25441195934216907472016-04-18T09:44:00.000-04:002016-04-20T09:44:20.937-04:00Mot-less Monday: Soft as a StoneCypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-40514454889233834872016-04-09T22:44:00.000-04:002016-04-09T22:44:15.569-04:00ConfectionSo I've been working on this pankity pank pank shawl:
The yarn is a laceweight single and it's so very light, knitting it up feels a little like making cotton candy, adding layer by layer until there's quite a bit to see that doesn't weigh much. Every stitch I make seems like it stands alone... until I hold up the work to see an obvious structure that's really striking in total.
Cypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-78663565726016581242016-03-31T07:00:00.000-04:002016-03-31T07:00:04.984-04:00FO: A Tapestry from HarrodsSO! This is what I made with Tart:
gentlemen prefer chevrons [Rav] by bunnymuff;
knit with madelinetosh prairie in colorway Tart
I loved knitting this pattern, a whole lot. In fact, I tried to find a way to make the shawl larger, but an embiggening plan was less than obvious, even for an experienced lace shawl knitter. Plus I get tired at night and "math is hard" (lolCypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-44241615649723716502016-03-29T07:00:00.000-04:002016-03-29T07:00:20.815-04:00Dream Team
Sometimes a yarn is so fantastic, it can live only in the stash of my imagination. It could be that the yarn is rare enough that next to no one has seen it in person (I'm looking at you, Pearl Yarn). But more often, I'll see something extra specially pretty and I won't be able to narrow down the realm of project possibility; it gets overwhelming, so I admire from a distance.So let'sCypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-2449599165493317342016-03-25T07:00:00.000-04:002016-03-27T11:31:54.695-04:00FO: The Islands Speak to HerWhen I played Yarn Chicken with that ombre skein, it didn't work out precisely as planned... but it still looks really darn good:
The sea speaks to me [Rav] by Athanasia Andritsou; knit with a full skein of Knitwhits Freia Ombré Lace in colorway Metropolis
I love this shawl. Luff it. Sew mush.
Pretty pretty pretty pretty
Seriously, I'm going to stop talking. The pics Cypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-87333749217615062132016-03-14T01:59:00.000-04:002016-03-14T01:59:10.613-04:00It's Pi Day! 3.14This message has been brought to you at 3/14 at 1:59am...
image credit: Wikipedia
Yeah, it's dorky to celebrate Pi Day, but there's a whole thing at the National Institutes of Health ("Celebrating the Intersection Between the Mathematical & Biomedical Sciences"), so we might as well join in the fun!
First I made a dishcloth based on the pi shawl formula for making a knit circle from Cypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-75022187741984911212016-03-07T07:00:00.000-05:002016-03-07T07:00:19.597-05:00Mot-less Monday: This Thing is So Weird-LookingCypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75979218349487003.post-53071539668401032882016-02-28T13:22:00.000-05:002016-02-28T13:22:10.817-05:00Ombrelieveable!As you may have gleaned from a previous post, I've got a zazzy ombre handpainted shawl on the needles...
and I forgot to weigh the yarn before I started, which in my world means there is no way for me to tell how much yarn is getting used. My evolution as a knitter has led me in a very spreadsheet-and-scale-based direction; for someone who doesn't like math very much, I tend Cypriennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17060096890735880672noreply@blogger.com0