candipants

its that tam again

2008-04-27T17:38:00.006-04:00

a quick post. finished the tam for the boy and got him and my sis to model it for me. yay. and yes all of that is hair inside that hat. dont mind my room, those bins are filled with fabric, photo supplies and gardening tools/seeds. oh and more yarn :-P

laters candi

busy as the bee's knee

2008-04-26T17:59:00.011-04:00

i don't know what sparked this recent craft boost, but there are no complaints here. sunny days and flowering trees may do it. i also got an invite to cut out + keep through flickr. very cool. spinning and knitting the week away. this week has definitely been all about the yarn. i finally got around to taking photos of [half] my yarn stash to post on raverly. as i'm going through it i find my first handspun yarn from over a year ago!!!!! awwwww, i should dye and find a small project to knit up with it.

i finished 6 skeins of handspun and recycled yarns. oh so exciting. i also have so much of a beautiful maroon-copper roving that i plan to ply with either a white cotton or wool and practice spinning from the fold. whats better than a drop spindle and a ball of wool on a sunny day?
here are some hanging in my bathtub to set the twist.

i dyed the merino with kool-aid and the ball is a natural brown, both a while ago in a fibers class i took. all the colors remind me of spring, so perfect to ply together. they came out to be 28yds, 35yds and 29yds respectively. the colors seem a lot lighter against the brown and don't repeat so i could use all three for a project or maybe a couple headbands. i've had my eye on a pattern for too long.

here are the recycled yarns. the ones on the right and left were made from the most horrid sweater in the world. purple and green with orange stripes, ugh! the first measures 53 yds, 2ply with a funky yarn i picked up a jo-anns. the 2nd one 45yds 1.5 oz 50% cotton 50% acrylic. and the last one 70yds, 2oz and 3 ply. 1/3 acrylic and 2/3 cotton. about half way through i found a knot. boo-urns. i love plying recycled yarns. i have bags and bags of yarn and ugly sweaters that alone don't inspire. too many times i've fallen victim to discontinued yarn sales telling myself i'll find something to use this for someday. i want all of my stash to be usable.

this on is my fav outta the bunch. it reminds me of those giant swirl suckers... hmmm candy.

oh and on top of that i'm going to stash bust the ridiculous amount of fabric i have starting off with making these rice heating packs with lavender and pomegranate scent packets. i have terrible back pains so i want to make one that i can wrap around with velcro or something so i can be mobile and crafty.
laters candi

round and round and round

2008-04-17T19:13:00.008-04:00

its the warmest day of the year and the weekend will
be spectacular. so along with roller-blading and balcony afternoons and maybe a long bike ride i will be on the lookout for a new knitting spot. i've got a few things 'on the sticks' as they say and i think a nice afternoon in the park or by the waterfront would be the perfect thing to finish up that last leg of a project and kick start my spring/summer knitting.

firstly....... a FO! a very peachy panta. i love this pattern and i love this yarn [its discontinued now. but luckily i stocked up when it went on sale]

current Wips...

finishing off the tam topper for my babycakes. keeping it simple, a couple rows of green and yellow mixed in. i'm going to make this one little larger and try something fancy for the top decreases.
i used a mix of different yarns in a attempt to actually knit with the yarn i own. all acrylic and the yellow is from a recycled sweater.

and i've just started coachella from knitty. oh my goodness oh my goodness. tis the first wearable item and i was a little fearful of taking on the pattern at first ... chaaaa.

both of these are knit in the round and stockinette so of course i've been comparing patterns with yarns in search of my nest project to cast on....

-candi

rambles with tangents

2008-03-30T18:17:00.001-04:00

tasty tam 2
Originally uploaded by juende

started knitting tam #2 for the boi a couple of days ago but i'm still deciding how i want to finish it...

just keep swimming

2008-03-13T07:49:00.000-04:00

stoked to finally have this blog up and running.... somewhat

along with keeping raverly, flickr and my hand-written notebooks i wanna make more fiber friendly connections. everything right now is a work in progress. hopefully getting my blog and photos and projects and half gillion other things updated will help me become more organized with my crafts. things seem to be wandering all over the place while my back is turned. like everything i'm working on is randomly shifting 3 inches to the right. soooooo..... to make distractions productive, here are a few photos of past projects. hmmmm eye candy

this was my first tam, second hat and i FO'ed this baby in a day.
sws patrons. i bought way too much of this yarn.
free pattern here

my first hat here is swell from knitty. i enjoy knitting hats and should do so more often.

-candi

Soy and neck scarf

2008-02-29T17:14:00.002-05:00

woot! i've been knitting for some time now... so of course i'll have a blog too .... its been on my to do list for quite a while and i'm more than stoked.

Soy and neck scarf
yarn: SWS patrons yarn in natural blue. 3 skiens
needles: size 9 circulars
pattern: dancia [from knitty]

i love this pattern, oh so hott! i started this for a friends holiday gift.... hope she like although it is a couple months late.

i really enjoy this pattern and this was my second go at it. my first attempt i did with two yarns and i definitely prefer the sws color change over all those pesky yarn breaks.