Persistent Knitter

I live

nancy — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:25:45 +0000

I spin. :)

Sweater swatch

nancy — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:27:14 +0000

Swatch for the Sabbatical sweater, pattern from the most recent edition of Twist.

New Toy!

nancy — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 05:47:42 +0000

I have a new e-spinner. It’s the miniSpinner from Hansen Crafts

Here it is in it’s new travel bag with lots of other great stuff:

Click on the pictures to see notes about what’s where in the bag.

Steeking

nancy — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:27:44 +0000

My thoughts are quickly going past Christmas Knitting (still finishing up the orange cable sweater, but also knit a hat) and to what I’ll be knitting for the Madrona Fiber Arts festival coming up. I’ve been looking at some fair isle patterns, and came across this great blog post with pics of how to do a crochet steek:

http://exercisebeforeknitting.com/2009/11/09/fair-isle-style-steekingthe-quick-and-dirty-tutorial/

Now … what to make as my Madrona project? Hmm….

Cables

nancy — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:20:02 +0000

a new sweater for alex. I’m aiming for it being a Christmas present :)

A really good knitter

nancy — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:26:11 +0000

self proclaimed as “a really good knitter” :)

Sweater & baby

nancy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:31:24 +0000

I made this sweater a while back for a friend, and here’s a pic of the baby wearing it. If I remember right I made the pattern a little bit longer than it called for, as based on my gauge it was going to be wider than it was supposed to be (which was perfect because I wanted it a little larger so that it’d be the right size when fall and winter arrived).

Pattern can be seen at Ravelry here:
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/helena-2

or at Knitty (where it’s free)!

http://knitty.com/ISSUEsummer08/PATThelena.html

Schacht Matchless, Cherry edition

nancy — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:03:40 +0000

Knitting is taking a backseat to spinning these days – I finally received my Schacht Matchless anniversary edition spinning wheel.

Greasemonkey is cool

nancy — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 05:42:52 +0000

I knit. I spin. I write greasemonkey scripts in my spare time. What I apparently don’t do much lately is blog. :)

I updated my little greasemonkey script that selects defaults on the Paypal Shipping page when you use USPS. Script contains ways to set your default package size, weight and origination zip. It also now will set the mailing date based on what time it is. If it’s after 5pm; it will automatically select tomorrow’s date for you. Go here to view, and install:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/13595

Baby Sweater

nancy — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:54:45 +0000

See – I still knit! :) I’ve been working on this one since around April. I’m into the boring body where it’s all one color and stockinette. There’s a chance I might run out of yarn, but I’ll deal with that if I need to. I might finish the sleeves first instead of the body as it’d be easier to make the sleeves in stockinette and add patternwork to the body to hide any dye lot changes necessary if I have to get a new ball of yarn.

Pattern: Dale 16411 (on Ravelry)

Color substitution for the main color: Dark pink instead of the tomato red. So far I think it’s worked out really well.