the handknit librarian

summer cleanup

Kathie — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 12:26:59 +0000

As a very satisfactory step in the great summer cleanup plan, I have consolidated three blogs into one. Talk about reducing clutter!

With my limited rate of posting, it makes way more sense to just have the one multi-purpose blog.

Let’s just hope this trend continues and I manage to tidy up the vast pile of lists, articles, and books on my desk into a comprehensible literature review for LS 502 by next Wednesday.

Getting underway

Kathie — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:52:35 +0000

with some summer knitting to-dos from my list:

Publish free patterns on Ravelry
Reverse engineer the bumblebee booties
Get some patterns up for sale on Ravelry and etsy
Learn to do toe-up socks
Clean up some of the hibernating wips

I can pace myself and tackle one of these each week, or I can go nuts and try to do them all at once. Hmmmm … what to do?

Free time winding down now …

Kathie — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:04:19 +0000

Rats! The summer semester starts in just over a week and I feel like I didn’t get as much done as I wanted. However, I did finally block the River Rapids 2 socks (finished for ages, but not blocked). They are probably for me, but would make a good emergency Christmas present, so I might just stash them

river rapids socks

The Harris Tweed socks for Chris are done and look great. Just his colours

The Bamboo Clapotis is nearly done, although somehow in my head that got finished last weekend and something else (a heavily modified Bob?) was started. Oh well, maybe this week.

I did manage to get hooked up as a designer at Ravelry, so I certainly accomplished one of the big to-dos off my semester break list. I put the headset ear cover pattern up as a free pdf download, and I have one bootie pattern written up, but I need to test it, or find someone else to do so, before I make it available for sale. I also need to check some other bootie pattern prices.

Slow going here

Kathie — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:35:37 +0000

as the Spring semester winds down.

Still, I have managed to finish the furry purple thing:

ruffled edge wrap

(the Ruffled Edge Wrap – which will be very warm next winter, if very bright)

I’ve started my second Clapotis in luscious red bamboo:

clapotis 2

And I’ve started a pair of semi-mindless socks which will be the beginning of the Christmas knitting:

harris tweed socks

They were necessary to go to the NETSL conference, so that I could sit still for hours. They’ll also serve for the ride to NYC tomorrow.

The semester ends in 11 days (and yes, I’m counting) so there should be some good progress after that for 4 weeks!

Endings and beginnings

Kathie — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 22:54:31 +0000

The one-row lace wrap is finished

one-row lace wrap

The little gift is started:

sleekit

More progress!

Kathie — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:32:00 +0000

The one-row lace wrap is blocking:

And I have a new (small, fast) project to start as soon as the river rapids socks are finished. It’s a little gift for a friend

In which some progress is made

Kathie — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:54:00 +0000

on my long-standing travel/class project, my second pair of River Rapids socks.

And on my Ruffled Edge Wrap, which is going to be exceptionally warm and therefore perfect for work.

And on this Christmas present, the One-Row Lace Wrap (for last year) which is now finished and ready to block.

A slight change in plan

Kathie — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:20:00 +0000

The blankies continue on again, but I’ve decided to fill in the edges with triangles. I like the straighter edged look better, so I think I’ll do this on both. In the process of doing this I’ve discovered that the provisional cast-on edge is a complete pain to pick up, so once I’ve finished filling in the existing blanks I’ll try a few full squares with a regular cast-on and see how easy it is to pick up from those.

I’ve also decided to use a solidish colour and knit a 3 or 4 inch garter stitch border before doing the attached i-cord finish. I may change my mind on that, but I think it will look good.

The pattern for the triangles is:

Pick up 31 sts as for a regular square
RS rows: ssk, k12, dd, k12, k2togtbl
WS rows: s1 purlways, k to last st, k1tbl
Continue, reducing the number of sts knitted on RS rows between decreases by 2 each time
When 3 sts remain: dd, finish off

dd (double decrease): slip next 2 sts tog knitways, k1, psso

Well, well …

Kathie — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 21:50:00 +0000

… it turns out that blogging is not really compatible with full- and part-time work and part-time grad school. Who knew?

A brief update in pics and maybe I’ll be able to get to this more regularly.

Christmas has been and gone. Fall 08 semester is over and Spring 09 has started. Lots of things got finished:

Madeline’s Unoriginal tennis hat (to go with her Evangeline mitts)

Madeline’s Evangeline mitts (for early, and cold) outdoor tennis practice:

My first Clapotis (and no, it won’t be the last):

Some Daria bracelets (for me and for gifts):

Phoebe’s Evangelines (for Christmas):

Phoebe’s Estella (for her birthday):

Bama Baby Beanie (for Tuppence’s new not so little one):

Zach’s That Chocolate’s Gone Straight to Your Ribs hat (for Chris
Zach’s Mr. Pitt’s socks (for Christmas):

Jingle Elf booties (special order):

Headset covers (for me):

My brown bag lunch bag (for work):

And probably a few more things, but oh well.

Obviously …

Kathie — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:37:00 +0000

… I am bad at this *sigh*.

Oh well, an update anyway.

Recently finished objects:

Some multi-stripe booties (nice to look at but a pain in the ass to knit – so fiddly!)

My first attempt at Magic Loop socks (and boy am I a convert):

On the needles:

Blankie pillow cover:

Socket:

Socket2:

Flutter Sleeve Cardigan:
Plus two pairs of strawberry booties for etsy.