Gah

I guess I just give up on the silk slip. I made the cups one size up, and now the thing is too big. I'm not going to chuck it onto the rubbish heap, but I can't work on it any more any time soon. Gah.

In other news, I found out my best friend from high school is having a baby! She just got married, and she got pregnant the first month. I'm so happy for her, but so depressed for myself. Next week will be the anniversary of my last miscarriage.

The good news is that now I have someone to give all the test sockies from the Cat Bordhi book to :)

Almost there...

After redoing the cups on the Silk Slip from KLS, I merely have to sew them to the waistband and I'll be through. Criminy! I'll be happy to let that albatross fall off my neck and into the sea.

Still a few more inches to go on the silk babydoll.

I'm getting 10 st/inch on my autumn rusty socks, which is probably why they're taking so long. I'm finally to the heel turn. I'm also going to wind up the June STR yarn to work on next.

I made the Riverbed baby sock from New Pathways for Sock Knitters...it was so fun! I love trying interesting things. Here's a somewhat cruddy pic of it:



I think I'll make one of each of the test socks and use them for Christmas ornaments. They're just the right size for it.

We finally got a new digital camera, so I'll hopefully be able to take pictures without becoming supremely irritated.

My eyes are bigger than my stomach when it comes to crafting. Since I'm finally at the point in my life where I have disposable income, I can afford to have multiple projects going at once. This is not necessarily a good thing!

New Pathways for Sock Knitters

Oh my goodness--I just got this book and I'm utterly enthralled. If you enjoy sock knitting, you should get this.

In KLS news, I decided to redo the cups on my silk slip. I guess I'm not actually a B-cup! The babydoll is 4 inches from being done, so I just have to figure out what to make next :)

I have a couple shawls on the needles, but they're just to keep my hand in, not for any special purpose. The CoH shawl is still on hiatus, since its 10 million degrees outside.

Back to my socks!

Where are the pictures?

Of course, I still haven't taken the pictures I meant to...argh.

I did finish the silk slip from KLS, but I had to rip out the bodice seams after trying it on. DP thought that it looked great, except for the boobage area. Those darts were just too square. So, I'm working on getting them a bit more curved. If I made this again, which I might, I think I would rework the darts with short rows or something.

The babydoll is just 9" away from being finished. I have to decide whether I want to do the thong panty, the bikini, or make a boy short.

My socks are languishing, mostly because I bought this book and have been reading it instead of knitting on the bus.

I also found out that there's a group of congregants that think I'm ruining the image of the congregation because I'm so mean. My meanness consists of attempting to get payment from users of our building who refuse to pay rent. Argh.

Wedding bells are ringing

This Friday is my best friend's wedding, and I'm completely unprepared. I decided that I'll wear an outfit I wore to another wedding, since I don't have time to buy or make a new one. Argh!

On the knitting front, I'm still working on my red socks--until I finish them, I won't start the STR Firebirds. I still need to get some time to finish up both the silk slip and the silk babydoll from KLS. This past weekend was utterly taken up with going to my parents' house (as I had guessed), so I got nothing done.

In sewing news, I'm going to help my sister make herself a simple cotton skirt. We got the material yesterday, so now it's (as ever) a question of finding the time to go over to her house. I think that it'll take the entire day because she doesn't know how to sew yet :)

I really need to get some pics up of all these projects. Hopefully I'll get that done tonight!

Whoa

It's been quite the week--I hardly had time to turn my computer on at home when I got home from work.

I spun another skein of the Crown Mountain roving; I think two more will do it, and I'll be able to start on the socks.

I finally got the silk and interfacing that I ordered for the Silk Slip from KLS, but this weekend will not see very much crafting. We're going to my parents' house with my sister and brother in law for his birthday, then to a baseball game tomorrow. My socks will come along, of course, but I won't be doing any sewing!

As I was working on these socks, I realized that I don't particularly care about sock patterns so much as sock mods. I like to be able to work my standard toe and heel, over my standard amount of stitches, but mix it up on the leg and instep. Something totally different is okay once in a while, but for the most part I like certain things to be predictable.

And now, a propos of nothing, check out this site. I love Indian movies, but I also love how campy they can be.

Fie!

I was all geared up to work on the Silk Slip from Knitting Lingerie Style--I finished the knitted bits in one day, and then went to iron on the interfacing. Unfortunately, I forgot one important thing: if you use dark bronze yarn to knit a lace pattern, white interfacing ironed on the back is going to look really stupid. Thank goodness I decided to do a "test ironing" and didn't wreck my silk and cashmere lace! I ordered some black interfacing and will just accept that the lace will be a bit more subtle. Sadly, this means that I can't work on the slip today. Sigh.

I'm not one to be without a plan though: I ordered some Adrienne Vittadini Celia to make the Babydoll, so I'll start on that :) I also have a new pair of socks on the needles, since I still haven't gotten my STR shipment and I couldn't keep waiting!