Time is running out!

For the most part, I can't show you what I'm working on since its a test knit for a future KAL.  It's an interesting mixture of color and texture but I have to wait till the KAL is done before I can put up pictures.  Meanwhile this is what else I've been up to.

Still working on this purple fiber.  I think I'm more then half way through.  It's from Hobbledehoy.

I added this to my fiber stash.  Can't wai tto see how it spins up!

Added this fun yarn from The Fiber Seed.  It's fingering weight called Funfetti.  No, I don't have a pattern for it yet.

I finished a square for my patchwork triangle blanket!

I need to finish the second slipper and then felt them.

This is suppose to be a Christmas gift.  I have this chart and then the edging to do.

This is one of those vanilla socks with a self striping yarn for my sock collection.  These make great knitting projects to take while waiting for appointments.

Another vanilla sock pattern knitting from a sock blank for my daughter.  I LOVE how the colors are showing up.  You never know from the sock blank just how it will knit up. 

Need to Knit Faster!

Here is the progress on my sample knit.  I have one more repeat of 8 rows and then a bunch of garter rows.

I had to start this shawl since its going to be a Christmas gift.  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/grand-teton-shawl

I'm trying to finish up my last of the rolag/punis.  I need more time or more arms!

FO (Finished Objects)!

I finished my Flamboyant Shawl!  I had 15 yards of yarn left.  Details here:  http://www.ravelry.com/projects/AtPlayWithFiber/saturns-rings-shawl

I finished Test Spa Cloth #2.  This one went a lot faster then the first one.  Details here:  http://www.ravelry.com/projects/AtPlayWithFiber/test-spa-cloth-2

Twist Stitches

Pattern:  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/saturns-rings-shawl
Yarn:  Cephalopod Yarns Skinny Bugga! in Flamboyant cuttlefish

This is what I seem to be spending most of my time knitting.  This and 2 test knits.  What gets me is the twist stitches.  There is a yarn over (YO) that you drop.  The design is to make long stitches.  What happens is try to knit the YO rather then the stitch.  This is hard to correct without ripping back.  Which isn't fun.  Sometimes I can pick it up and fake it.  Other times if your stitch count is off it doesn't twist right so that is when I have to rip back.  I just need to take my time and make sure I have the stitch and NOT the YO.

Learning something new

This is my shawl for the KAL.  I'm learning a new stitch "elongated right twist".  It takes a bit of time to wrap it around my brain but hopefully I got it.  I like it when I learn new stitches.  You never should stop learning.

Pattern:  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/saturns-rings-shawl
Yarn:  Cephalopod Yarns Skinny Bugga! in  Flamboyant cuttlefish

Another KAL (Knit A Long)!

I should be working on the business so I can open up the shop and I really need to get some WIP done from 2013!  What do I do instead?  Plan my WIP for 2015.  I've been making yarn cakes and here is my first project for 2015.

Pattern:  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/saturns-rings-shawl
Yarn:  Cephalopod Yarns Skinny Bugga! in  Flamboyant cuttlefish

Why?  One, there are prizes  Two, its a 3 month KAL  Three, I get a bonus entry for using my Peg’s Procrastinations bag.  Her shop is here:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/pgprcrst8n   Here is the thread for the details:  http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/verybusymonkey-knitters/3103823/1-25#12