Knitting photo dump - aka I finished some things!

[untonuggan]

I finally finished a few things which I am proud of and also damn happy to have off the needles, so I thought I'd share some photos. As it's rather photo heavy I'll place most of them behind a cut and keep them rather small...


ABOVE: the purple helix scarf hanging from a doorknob

Measuring at 61" and done in laceweight yarn on US #3 needles, I am *insanely* proud of this project. It helps that it's incredibly soft and lovely to wear.


ABOVE: blurry photo of me wearing the purple helix scarf

I think it rather looks like a cravat when worn like this, which is kind of the idea. Sorry for the blurry aspect of the photo. I think there was not quite enough light, and I was also standing on tiptoe to reach the mirror so there was a little bit of the shakiness. Later I may co-opt my partner into helping me take photos.


ABOVE: photo of a blue sock with a mid-ankle diagonal rib cuff

Here is the third sock I've managed to finish successfully. Its mate is still on the needles, as I was trying to finish other projects. It's a lot of fun. I'm glad I wrote down some of the dimensions of how many stitches I cast on and so forth or I would be so screwed...


ABOVE: close up of the cuff of the blue diagonal rib sock

Here is a close-up of the rib pattern for this sock. It's a diagonal rib, k3p2, and I'm quite happy with it. It helps that the yarn is really nice (Madeleine Tosh sport, and it was the last one in the shop so I think they'd marked it down a bit...)


ABOVE: A brown hat/cap with small earflaps

I finally, finally, FINALLY finished the Bicycle Cap of Doom. Now I'm just washing it several times to get the excess dye out. I'm actually really pleased with it now that it's done, because I managed to make it fit the measurements of the damn lycra cycling cap my dad had been using without a pattern. That's right, I used knitting math and the goddess of gauge was nice and I only had to do a major rip once and yay it works. I never want to make another one. At least, not until I am cycling in winter myself. But then there might be changes. Like not using a yarn that makes my fingers brown when I knit with it.

Currently, I'm working on finishing the second diagonal rib sock. I just started a lovely trilobite hat, and there are a few WIPs that I need to dig out of drawers and decide the fate of. Will I ever make this thing, or should it be frogged? This includes a hat for my grandmother which I do want to finish at some point. Although part of me just wants to make her socks instead...

cross-posted to my own journal

Comments

[indeliblesasha]

Hooray finished objects! I particularly love the scarf :)

[eruanna]

Very nice projects! The scarf is lovely.

Glad you solved the problems with the cap.

I hadn't thought of using that stitch for cuffs. It looks nice. Is it stretchy? I tried it for a scarf but frogged it and have forgotten.

[jackandahat]

Those are great - I love the Helix Scarf, and it looks really good worn up like that.

[lullabymoon]

OOOOH! Very pretty!

[untonuggan]

Thank you! I wish there was some way for people to feel it over the internet because it is sooooooo soft.

[untonuggan]

I am so glad the cap is done. My fear is that all my dad's bicycling buddies will want one and offer more money than I can refuse...

The diagonal rib is indeed very stretchy. It's also quite pretty, and you can really vary it however you want. Just figure out how many stitches you would need for a repeat of a regular rib pattern (say 10 stitch repeat for a k5p5 rib) and then cast on one fewer stitch than necessary (so 59 sts instead of 60). Then when you get to the end of the round and go "oh I didn't finish my repeat" you just keep going around, and it gradually shifts over. I don't know if I'm just repeating something you already knew, but I found that bit useful because then I had the freedom to use whatever rib pattern I wanted...which basically meant that if I had some weird gauge I could cast on a good number of stitches that would match what I needed and still have a pattern more interesting than a k1p1 rib.

[untonuggan]

Thanks! Now I just need to wear it with something more stylish than an anime t-shirt. ^_^

[untonuggan]

Thanks!

[afuna]

Oooh I love these and especially the helix scarf!

I've got a similarly shaped ruffled scarf, and I've been despairing of ever figuring out a nice way to wear it!

[untonuggan]

I just did my go-to quick-and-dirty method, which according to this photo tutorial is called a slip knot method. I'm kind of amazed by their website, actually - it's filled with ways to tie your scarf.

Hope this helps you with yours!

Also, aren't they kind of addictive to make?

[afuna]

Belatedly, thank you for the link to that website :D

And they are ridiculously addictive and fun!