My Day In Pictures

Regarding the lace project: I didn't finish it, not even close. Will frog the several inches I did, since I misunderstood the pattern, as I so often do, and try again after life has settled down.
My brother's birthday went well. He got all sorts of cool sharp things to play with (seriously!) so I guess that's a sign he's growing up. He wants a black cape, and has given me time to make it past his birthday, especially since I don't have that kind of yarn right now. A guy friend at school wants a black cape too; not sure when I'll fit that in...I have plenty of other projects in my head, I hope to have a list tomorrow.
So. How was my day?
Well,
I went to school,

Made a lot of progress on my skirt (should be done by the end of the week)

(this was earlier than today) spun up all of that lovely silk, still deciding what to do with it,

When I got home, I:
Admired my new T-shirt (we all needed nicknames on the back, if you recall, my initials are HAH...my favorite that I know of is "Suspence" for a guy friend-not the same one who wants the cape; his name's Spencer...)


Played my cello

Now, instead of doing this:

I should be doing this:

Which is hard homework, but I'm rewarding myself with this:

I see lots of bitty knitted items in my future!(smiles)

As my dad would say, hasta lasagna!

Stop Everything!

This is the second post in two days! Let's look at some yarn to celebrate!
Yay!
Now, you may be wondering where I got this lovely yarn. Why, the Party 300!
If you don't have a Ravelry account (and if you don't, go over there and sign up, NOW!) you won't be able to see this link. Party 300 was a raffle of sorts in the Teen Knitters and Crocheters group. It was lots of fun--I can't wait for the group to reach another milestone.
Anyway, one of the prizes was this fine yarn in the colorway "Into the Mystic". It's a beautiful purple, with overtones of red and deeper purple; I'm not sure how it looks on your screen.
The kind donator of this wonderful yarn was a Kris from Sonny and Shear. Fantabulous yarn over there, make sure and check it out!!
Now that my drooling is over, what am I going to use this great yarn for, might you ask?
Why, this lovely vest from the Spring 2008 copy of Interweave Knits! I was really looking forward to wearing something substantial knitting wise to a cello recital I'm playing in (I'm quite awful; if you're anywhere nearby northern Illinois around 2:00 central, be sure to plug your ears). My mom has made an unofficial bet with me that I couldn't get this done by Saturday.
I do love a challenge, and I have a free period on Tuesday and Wednesday at school this week-maybe I'll even knit in the cafeteria again.....
Perhaps this week I'll have a post a day, if only to keep ya posted!

In other business:
My lovely little brother, BowyerOyew, has started up a blog of his own, calling it Da bow spot. Could you give a little hello for me? Thanks.
(Oh yeah, and guys? I kinda lost 1/2 of the green yarn for his birthday present....anybody have any suggestions on what I can make with a skein of grey Cascade 220 and around 100 yards of alpaca green yarn? Thanks.)

Hello, World!

I'm sure we're all tired of me apologizing for not posting, so from now on, I won't. But you know I'll be thinking it.
Well, as you can guess, I've knitted enough mini sweaters for an army of Polly Pockets. If anybody has any funny way of setting them up as a gift, it would be appreciated, since these are going to my teachers as end-of-the-year presents. The winner so far is tied between putting it on a pencil with a head-eraser, and calling it a pinkie finger puppet stress reliever. :)
Here's the pattern:
Pattern for Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Little Sweater For To Knitty:
Needles: US size 5, any small size will do.
gauge: negligible
yarn: 20 yards sock weight, but I'm being very liberal on this

Body (front and back knitted as one piece)
CO 10 sts
Work 3 rows in k1, p1 ribbing
8 rows st st
k 3 sts, k2tog, turn work
p4 sts. turn work
k2 sts, k2tog, ssk across the "valley" that was created, leaving enough yarn to sew in the neck at the end, k3.
p 4
ssk, k2
p3, m4 across chasm, p3
work in st st as many rows as needed till, when folded over, head hole looks presentable and needle is even with beginning of ribbing
work 3 rows in k1, p1 ribbing
BO all sts

Sleeves (make two)
CO 10 sts
work 2 rows in k1, p1 ribbing
knit in st st 10 rows
BO all sts

Fold sleeves over with right side in and sew them up, then sew them to body (with right side in). Sew loop around v neck, sew sides of body together, turn right side out.
You're done!

With the leftovers from the mini sweaters (which totals at least 400 yards), I'm trying to make a skirt for myself. I have a garter stitch waistband (with a little hole for elastic, which is definitely going to be needed). It's going to be made completely in ribbing, except for a little bumpy thing on the hem, inspiration from the edging on the FO below.

Remember those wristlettos?
Well, they only took me two days to make. The yarn is (literally) corny-somehow made from fiber you can get from a corn plant. It's handspun; I got the fiber from the Fold.
At the end of Thursday, I had wristletto one,

and at the end of Friday, wristletto two!

As for current spinning, it's some Gypsy Girl silk!
I'm halfway done, hoping the resulting yarn will be more stripy than one single yellow, one single blue. Not sure what I'm going to make with it yet; I have this idea for a sweater/shrug thingy...drawings to come!