The Tiger Pants, finished

The Tiger Pants, finished
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Go Team TARDIS!
Tiger Pants
Pattern: Itchy Fingers Longies
Yarn: Malabrigo Worsted
Needles: Addi Turbos, size 7 and 5, plus size 7 dpns
Finished: August 24th, 2008 at 10:53 AM CST

My hands ache, but the Ravelympics are now officially over. I do plan to finish my one remaining project, pair two, this weekend. However, I am excited to return to my WIPs as well as start a few new things. But first, I must give my hands a rest... DH, will you massage my hands, please???

Entering the home stretch - another project done!

Pattern: Cherie Amour, modified to become a skirt
Yarn: Lion Brand Wool-Ease Chunky
Needles: Size 13, 9, 8 Boyle Circs
Started: August 8th, 2008
Finished: August 23th, 2008
I just finished weaving in ends on my Hiipie Tunic Turned Skirt - and folks, it is fantastic! I love how soft it is, and it holds it's shape well dispite being a little heavy. The lace at the bottom keeps it from being too warm. Also, the hint of purple in the color will go nicely with the plums and grapes I've seen for fall. I can't wait to buy a new top to go with it!

I had to bind off SUPER loose to allow it to stretch as much as the fibbing does.

Here you can kind of see the yoke "pannel." Next time, I think I'll start those decreases sooner and make the yoke a little deeper.
Ta Da!

1st Gold Medal Finisher!

Alright! I finished my Toddler socks, which turned out to be more premie than toddler. Here is Zeke modeling them for me:


And here they are in all their glory. I thought the stripes matched fairly well. However, I do believe one is a row shorter than the other one. It's barely noticeable, but it kind of bothers me.

Pattern: Stephanie's Fixation Baby Socks
Yarn: Cascade Fixation
Needles: Size 3 Susan Bates
Started: August 8th, 2008
Finished: August 20th, 2008

I still have 38g of this yarn left. One could easily make 3 or 4 pairs from a single ball. Enough for me for now though - I have to finish my other projects!

The Tunic becomes a Skirt

I got past to the ribbing and realized my guage was way off row-wise, so I tried just working fewer rounds. That doesn’t help with the neckline decrease though.

Anyway, I tried it on the other day. It’s knit in a bulky yarn, and something Lori said struck me - I’m not overly large, but a bulky yarn sweater, esp. a fitted one, makes me look HUGE. DH saw me trying it on, and when he couldn’t refrain from laughing I knew the gig was up.

So here I was, trying to wrestle my way back out of it, and ended up taking it down instead of up to take it off. Pause, glance in mirror… It looked really cute, as a skirt. Plus, at this guage and in this yarn, it's certainly firm enough to be a skirt.


I let it rest for a day or so while I pondered the idea, and I decided to go for it. The hard part right now is I want to do a few decreases above the hip before the waist, and I’m trying to figure out how to do that and maintain the ribbing as well as possible.


I want them to fall here on the backside, and I'd like to maintain the ribbing as much as possible. I need to decrease about 8 stitches overall, two per dart. I want to keep the vertical lines from the outside ribbing and bring them in - first across a purl rib, then across a knit rib. I have about 16 rounds to work them in. I don't want it to be too abrupt, but I don't want to drag them out forever, either.

Nightmares!

Argh! My Tunic is giving me nightmares. The gauge is right for the stitches, but off for the rows - by a LOT. I cut short 4 rows on the ribbing, and it's still 1.5 inches too long. At one point I thought I'd just continue as is and knit it for my dear sis, but now I'm starting to think of modifying the pattern significantly -as in, turn it into a skirt. I know, you all think I'm crazy. I think I better put it aside for a day and get a little perspective - I'll think on it again tomorrow.