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Pattern: Fetching from Knitty Summer 2006
Needles: Size 8 dpn
Yarn: Sensations Bellezza Collection Dolcetto in Lime and Cream (54% wool/24% nylon/22% cotton)
Modifications: Additional repeat of cables at the knuckles and an extra 6 rounds at the thumbs to accommodate my ridiculously long fingers as well as a crochet edging along the thumb and knuckles for a neater finish than that left by my regular bind-off.
Verdict: I love them, and I love the yarn – very soft without a hint of itch. So, of course, it is now discontinued.
I completed my first custom order and mailed it yesterday. The silk and bamboo blend yarn was amazingly soft. I found myself petting my knitting whenever I walked by it. It turned out pretty cute, too – if I don’t say so myself. The buyer sent me the yarn and natural shell buttons. She also gave me specific sizing and design specifications she wanted used. This was the result:
I did finish the Ribbed Lace Bolero I thought I would give as a birthday gift, but I didn’t really like it too much. So it has been frogged (no photo), and I started a cabled bag from a Drops Design I downloaded. The yarn is chocolate brown, and I have some leaf buttons that I might use. There is great potential for adorable. We’ll see.
I’ve done my ICU time, and I was right. Interesting but not where I want to be. My first patient was a guy who’d overdosed on cocaine. His family brought him in when he started seizing. By the time I saw him, he had been mechanically intubated twice. He was extubated once before, developed pneumonia and then ARDS. My second patient was a young lady whose insulin pump ran out of insulin. She is a type one diabetic, so this put her into diabetic ketoacidosis. She was really sweet, and I had fun talking to her.
The rest of school is going ok. I’ve done great on my exams so far. The biggest frustration is the busy work we’re given by our Professional Practice class. So much of it is just a repeat of work we’ve done before. I’m sorely tempted to makeup up my next assignment – an interview with a nurse. It’s the same interview format we did last semester, only now I’m expected to do it along with the exams, simulation labs, clinicals, (real) papers, video assignments, volunteer hours, 3000 practice HESI questions….. all in a shortened semester as well. I don’t think so. Something is going to drop, and I think it will be the most useless assignment.
I’m almost done with the first season of Dexter, so don’t tell me what happens! I love this show. I appreciate interesting characters and stories. I don’t have Showtime, so I guess I’ll have to wait until season 2 is available to rent/buy.
Ummm…that’s it for now.
I completed my first custom order and mailed it yesterday. The silk and bamboo blend yarn was amazingly soft. I found myself petting my knitting whenever I walked by it. It turned out pretty cute, too – if I don’t say so myself. The buyer sent me the yarn and natural shell buttons. She also gave me specific sizing and design specifications she wanted used. This was the result:I did finish the Ribbed Lace Bolero I thought I would give as a birthday gift, but I didn’t really like it too much. So it has been frogged (no photo), and I started a cabled bag from a Drops Design I downloaded. The yarn is chocolate brown, and I have some leaf buttons that I might use. There is great potential for adorable. We’ll see.
I’ve done my ICU time, and I was right. Interesting but not where I want to be. My first patient was a guy who’d overdosed on cocaine. His family brought him in when he started seizing. By the time I saw him, he had been mechanically intubated twice. He was extubated once before, developed pneumonia and then ARDS. My second patient was a young lady whose insulin pump ran out of insulin. She is a type one diabetic, so this put her into diabetic ketoacidosis. She was really sweet, and I had fun talking to her.
The rest of school is going ok. I’ve done great on my exams so far. The biggest frustration is the busy work we’re given by our Professional Practice class. So much of it is just a repeat of work we’ve done before. I’m sorely tempted to makeup up my next assignment – an interview with a nurse. It’s the same interview format we did last semester, only now I’m expected to do it along with the exams, simulation labs, clinicals, (real) papers, video assignments, volunteer hours, 3000 practice HESI questions….. all in a shortened semester as well. I don’t think so. Something is going to drop, and I think it will be the most useless assignment.
I’m almost done with the first season of Dexter, so don’t tell me what happens! I love this show. I appreciate interesting characters and stories. I don’t have Showtime, so I guess I’ll have to wait until season 2 is available to rent/buy.
Ummm…that’s it for now.
I love it. It’s pink and girly without being frilly and pastel.
The shrug is smaller than the example photo, but I used Wool-Ease in rose heather. It’s 80% acrylic and therefore not friendly to blocking. The pattern called for a 1 1/2 inch seam for the “sleeves”, but I doubled it to avoid excess material underneath my arms.
Here’s another pair of basic ribbed socks using Paton’s Grace in Spearmint. It’s 100% mercerized cotton, and I’m too new to the sock scene to know whether that will be a problem (besides necessitating hand washing).
I love ribbing because it helps to hide my awful ladders. See?!? (Just don’t look at the bottoms.)
I fell in love with this sweater design offered by Interweave Knits Magazine Summer 2007. However, I’m afraid my result isn’t quite what I envisioned. The main problem is the size; it’s bigger than I expected. I got gauge during my swatching, but I didn’t bother to check again later. I like my sweaters to have a sleeker fit, so I don’t really see myself wearing this one out very often. Other than that, it is very comfy. And my first completed sweater. Thank you, thank you.
(Sorry for the crummy, poorly-brightened photo. We’ve had nothing but dark, gloomy skies for the last week. The details are hard to make out, but you can see the sizing problem. The worst of it is in the sleeves.)
This is my latest in knit gifting – Wisp. I omitted one repeat of the fishnet lace as the recipient is smaller than I am, and my first attempt was almost too big for me. I also used many more buttons than the example pictures showed. The pattern is very easy to memorize, and (using a counter) it is the perfect project for some mindless knitting.
This cardigan has been finished for a while now, but I’m not exactly thrilled with the results. The biggest problem was the fit. I followed the pattern for a 38″ bust (I measure just under) for a close fit. It was too small, for my chest anyway. I didn’t like the way it stretched, so I thought that perhaps I would just button half of the jacket and leave a v-shaped neckline. Unfortunately, that leaves a wonky finish up top. And for all the trouble fitting across my chest, the jacket is too big around my waist. Instead of the sleeker silhouette that I imagined, the jacket is boxy and unflattering. Not to mention that it looks like something a senior citizen would be wearing – not a 24-year-old.
On the plus side, it’s my first finished garment. It is technically wearable. The seaming is rudimentary, but , again, another first. And it’s warm. So while it may never actually see the light of day, it’s just right for lounging around the house.
Or maybe I’ll just give it to one of the many sweet and mostly-blind little ladies I know.
