Things over here have been moving along like crazy! It is so awesome to see how all of my projects are moving along.
I have finished my mason jar project, complete with pretty cheery little fake flower arrangements courtesy of Michaels floral section. I love this project because it was fun and easy will brighten up my room so much.
I have been hauling butt on my quilt, and I am so close to being in the home stretch of it! First I sewed all my squares together to form rows, then sewed the rows together to form one single piece of fabric made up from all my squares!
I borrowed my mom's room because she has a queen size bed and here at home I have an extra long twin. I first laid out my new white Tahari Duvet with a little bit of simple eyelet and put my quilt over it. It was awesome to see my quilt looking like a real quilt on a real bed! An exciting thing to come for my new apartment!
I also set up my mason jars next to the bed to see how the colors work with the quilt, I think they look great with the colors in the quilt!
My next step was that I sewed the border onto the quilt, although I do not have a picture for you, but I promise to include it in my next post!
This past weekend I went to visit Mike and spend time with his family. I took the Metrolink train to see him, giving me some time to get knitting done. I wanted to bring my sweater, but it was going to be a quick trip and it is a bulky project to bring along so I brought along my sock project.
To those of you who don't know, for a long time I put off making socks because it was too scary for me. Here is the problem, I made sweaters, gloves, lace scarves and so many other things even more difficult than socks, but yet I was still scared of socks. Stupid and irrational, but true. Hence my post explaining everything titled, My Irrational Fear of Socks. Since that post, I had finished the first sock, and started my second. So I am still working on the second sock, but am making much faster progress thanks to learning a new technique. How to cable without a cable needle. For my sweater project learning this technique is a MUST (for all you looking for tips on how to make the Rocky Coast Cardigan, when I finish it I am going to include a tips and advice section for how to make it and include pictures of my finished project, so keep your eyes out for that post to be coming in the next few months). I am now applying that technique to my sock project. It is really speeding up the cabling process, although it is harder to do with smaller needles and yarn. There are many many tutorials out there and I looked at a lot of them, but this is the one that really was well explained and was easy for me to understand best.
http://lifeonlaffer.blogspot.com/2011/10/cableing-without-cable-needle.html
If you are looking to learn how to cable without a cable needle, or are embarking on making the Rocky Coast Cardigan, this technique is awesome and this tutorial is a great way to learn how to do it.
I have made very little progress on sock #2, simply because I have so many other projects! Once I am in Flag again and settled back into the school routine I am sure that I will be doing more knitting, when there isn't room DIY and a quilt project competing for my time.
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| Of course this picture is blurry. OF. COURSE. Pictures I take usually end up being blurry. Ugh. |
I am much less scared of socks now, I am even planning another sock project, this time doing 2 at once. Because doing them one at a time is time consuming and if you happen to get scared of the project (like me) your socks could end up taking like 5 years. Like this particular pair. BUT even though I have amazing yarn and at least 10 different favorited sock patterns in my Ravelry account, I refuse to allow myself to start another sock project without finishing this one first. I keep thinking how much better it would be for knitters if all humans had just 1 hand and 1 foot, then you would only have to make one glove and one sock for every project! But then on the other hand, knitting one handed would be hard. So I guess things just have to stay how they are. Darn.
When I do finish this project I am going to post a ton of well taken photos (meaning Mike is going to take the pictures) so you all can see what the socks look like finished!
It is exciting to see all my projects coming together, but also bittersweet knowing that I have less than a month left in California.
Well, I will keep you updated on projects and all the various things going on as I finish work and get excited to go on vacation before going back to school!
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