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Retro Prep and Some Toasty toasts

Posted on by Elka Bolhafner

One of the many projects I mentioned rounding up last month was Retro Prep  that I had started in ’12.  Really it was shameful I hadn’t finished it since I love the yarn, it was plain st st easy peasy knitting, and I was at the raglan decreases for yoke by time I set it aside.  Unfortunately I have gained so much weight in past year and half that I cannot wear it without looking terrible.  I have been watching my calories this year and now have a toasty sweater to fit into next winter.  My first hand knit sweater for myself in so long I cannot remember and my only one in my possession.

Let the year of selfish knitting begin.  Unfortunately the Rowan Harris DK made my camera go crazy.  But here is a nice blurry photo:

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Also I joined a shotgun swap on the bpal forum for lupercalia and I decided to knit my recipient a pair of toasts.  I modified the pattern just a smidge by adding 2 stitches to the circumference.  This was so I could add in a wave pattern found in A Shetland Knitter’s Pattern Book.  The main yarn is some long discontinued Classic Elite Maya with a few yards of Brown Sheep worsted for the wave pattern.  I really like how the mohair picks up the light and glistens like droplets of water in the sun.  Score one for me!:

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FWIW I do have a better picture of the yarn in sweater but alas it is the backdrop to some secret squirrel knitting.  So if you are on Ravelry and feel like peeking at my projects you can see tweedy goodness there

yarny days and knitterly evenings, elka

The Weekend Report

Posted on by Elka Bolhafner

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New Yarn! Not for me new yarn but new yarn nonetheless. From Classic Elite Yarns Renaissance yarn for a striped man’s pullover. The yarn arrived on Friday but I didn’t get to it until Saturday for swatching and ribbing fun. Friday my husband and I went out and I stayed up way way late. 5 am late. Slept til almost 4 on Saturday. And Saturday the kids struggled with colds and allergies. Ashley is actually home today. This is my way of saying practically no knitting over the weekend. Rather disappointing. I had secretly planned on finishing the 9-Scarf Vest by now. At the very least the knitting of it but nooooooooooo. I am on the 7th scarf.

Thay are much brighter in real life. Despite scarf status they are not TV watching fodder since I need to change yarns and stripe and stitch patterns. I really want to be done because the Artyarns and Alchemy projects are also pay attention things. Small but attention oriented. At least the pullover is pretty brainless.

Hey guess what? I got personal mail as well! This is two weeks in a row that some Maya trickled into my life and more importantly I got a card. I love cards. This one came from Jenny in NJ{no blog} who claimed the Jo Sharp kitlet from me a while ago. She mentioned enjoying the bloggity blog greatly and that made me feel so good. The Maya came from an online buddy ~ Fran. Also blogless. Fran is very sweet to me. She purchased me a copy of the oop Three Cornered Shawls book when another box of it was found and I was broke. Of course I paid her back but it took me a month to get paid during which I would have missed out on the chance to acquire this gem. She also found a copy of AS Charted Knitting Designs and several oop Spin Offs with lace patterns in them for me at a LYS. I pray that one day she will have a desire for something that I can get for her…. I really am blessed by the online knitting community. Anyway here is a picture of the bootie:

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Have a great yarny day and knitterly evening you alls~

A scarf update and more mail

Posted on by Elka Bolhafner

So you thought I hadn’t posted today because I failed to meet my scarf/day goal? Silly mortal. Just kidding. The scarves for the vest are small~ 2.5″ wide by 14″ tall for the first one which I did finish last night quite easily. Here is a picture:

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I think its upside down in the picture but I didn’t feel like rotating it again after cutting out all the desktop and rotating once already. I don’t think I will be casting on for the second right away because I want to start the Artyarns one right off. The postal code was incorrect on the pkg and it took a full week to get to me plus its a simple 2 row pattern repeat which makes it good going to Drs tomorrow knitting. I wound the silk ribbon last night and ended up having to file my nails and ultra moisterize my hands. Vaseline and gloves. My hands are rough due to excema which was cleared up until the whole stomach flue fiasco. Stress makes me break out worse. The silk ribbon is narrow and reminds me of the very first sweater I ever knit from French Chic[if anybody has a copy….]which was Black and Blue Bernat Casino striped with a Spool of white silk ribbon for intarsia bits along one shoulder. I don’t knit much with cotton anymore but I do miss Casino. That particular scarf will take longer than a day to knit but I figure I can get underway long enough to know I am still getting gauge on project and then work a few inches every day while I try to keep up the scarf-a-day with the 9 scarf vest.

The benefit of posting late is we got mail! The ab fab Anmiryam read of my Maya love and took the ‘even partials” to heart and sent me this:

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Leftovers from French Market bag join the two partials I already had in stash shown on right[tangerine and chartreusey pea soup green] Come On folks. I happen to know that the French Market bag was big ol knitalong fodder and I am sure somebody else has partials they can send my way. Big Mwah to Anmiryam.

Also in the mail was some yarn from Alchemy for one of Mare’s Magical Hats and a scarf. I can hardly wait to Cast On for those and I challenge you all to resist this yarny goodness:

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And as if I don’t have enough work knitting lined up I just got a call from Classic Elite. I almost never say no to work so look for more yarny goodness by next Monday.

Yarny days and knitterly evenings y’all