Nuke Knitter

A Nuclear Engineer who knits? Go Figure.

Saturday, October 27, 2007

Sock It To Me Socks!

I finally finished my Sock It To Me Swap Socks. I'm almost a month late, but they are done. I had the worst case of second sockitis. I think it's because if you drop a stitch in the pattern, you essentially have to rip the whole thing out and start over. And, since I felt so bad about not working on the sock, I really haven't been knitting. I made a chemo cap for charity and two baby hats for a baby shower, but that's it. Know I can start back up in full force. (And, I'm ready!) Ravelry has really gotten me re-motivated to knit!


The Socks are Modern Romance from The Sock Calendar knit with Schaefer Yarn's Anne.

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Saturday, October 20, 2007

Ravelry

I finally have had time to play on Ravelry and I'm totally hooked. I've added a whole buch of FOs, WIPs and stuff I want to make. If you want to check me out, my username is pantoufle.
Now I just have to finish that second sock.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

SP11 Contest #4

I'm finally doing one of the SP contests. I've been so stressed out about work, planning and taking a vacation, and running around like a chicken with my head cut off that I haven't been a very good blogger. (And, yes, I have received complaints.)

So, like most people, the very first thing I knit was a scarf. A new LYS opened in Knoxville and I decided that now was the time to learn to knit. I went there signed up for a class and with the help of the owner picked out a skein of Noro Kueryon. The class was on Tuesday, on Friday I was back at the shop ready to buy more yarn. That's when I learned that I was an extremely fast knitter. (Plus it makes me believe that wither my grandmother or a family friend taught me to knit when I was very young and I've completely forgot about it...same thing happened with ice skating, weird.)
So, anyway, here's the scarf:

Here's a hole:



The last thing I've made isn't too exciting knitting wise, but is a good thing to knit. It's a chemo cap made out of some of my leftover yarn. My LYS has charity sit'n'stitches with the last one being chemo caps. They will be donated to a local hospital.


How Ive improved my knitting? Well, by leaps and bounds. I am not afraid of any stitch or pattern. I've learned how to knit socks, lace, in the round (circs and dpns) and most importantly, I've learned how to correct mistakes!


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Thank You Secret Pal

So, I got a great package form my SP11 Secret Pal. I totally love it. I got some great purple (how does she know) Berroco Ultra Alpaca, a beautiful bag (that will soon have a project in it), a candle that I want to drink (Margarita how appropriate), and a tea assortment.

Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!






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Monday, October 15, 2007

I'm back

I'm back from Puerto Rico. It was exactly what both of us needed.







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Thursday, October 04, 2007

Vacation

Sorry I haven't posted in so long. Over a month, I can't believe it. Everything has been crazy. Anyway, I'm leaving tomorrow for a much need vacation. Greg & I are spending five days in Puerto Rico! I plan on not doing much. (But, I am bringing knitting.)

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