One Week Sweater Knitting Challenge - Penultimate Day

Well, it's almost clear that I am not going to be able to complete this challenge within the time but let me see how long it extends. Here's what I have completed till now. I have at least 3 more inches to go, plus the border, aaaaaand the sleeves.

As if this challenge wasn't enough I was tempted to introduced a teenie cable pattern at the back. I recently learned to do this closed cable after what seemed like ages. I've been trying to do this closed cable for long, but I just couldn't get the M1, M3, M1 (M3 is the make three stitch thingy - can't remember the abbreviation for that). I realized that I was knitting too tight (the reason why I developed shoulder pain) that making this 5 stitch increase from 1 stitch was almost impossible.

Every time, I'd somehow manage to do the M1, M3, but the next M1 seems almost not possible. Recently I started a new scarf and tried the closed cable again and this time I was successful at it. I was so excited that I just had to try that in a real project so I did. As my blog title suggests, I just LOVE cables. If it were possible, I'd love to just knit cables all over a sweater. In fact that'd be my next project. I am already working on my own cable pattern swatch and hopefully, I start that soon. Wish me luck again. Hope this Lazy Knitter shrugs off his laziness some while the winter lasts.

Lazy Knitter

Have you ever met the most laziest knitter in the world? Well, you are reading the post of one such knitter :D.

In my last post (I know it's been ages) I promised that I'd publish the pattern of the pullover which I knit with sock yarn but I forgot to note down the pattern halfway through and even forgot to take snapshots of the finished project. I usually knit watching something and in the middle my mind would sway elsewhere in the Internet and forget about knitting. I'd force myself to come back to knitting and realize that I didn't note down the stitch count! Arrgh! I am so bad when it comes to being organized.

After I completed that pullover, I began another cardigan for my nephew with worsted woolen yarn. I was so captivated by a cable pattern that I saw online but I couldn't find the pattern as it was part of some magazine. I decided to try that out and it did come out well, but as usual, I got carried away with my laziness and when I was almost reaching the armhole, I realized that the chest was two inches extra! That was a real disaster (Like it's new to me, duh!) I just couldn't continue knitting as it would be just too big for my nephew if I continued.

So, I did what I almost always do with a project that I design - Frogging! I think I inherited this habit from my grandmother. She'd usually begin a project and would be more than halfway through. She'd realize that she had made a small mistake that was peeking out like an ugly monster and she'd pull it all without further thought! Though a lazy knitter, I never hesitated to frog my projects. With a painful sigh at the lovely cable, I began a new project -  a subtle diamonds scarf for my friend in Germany.

Yesterday, I began knitting another cardigan for my nephew (not my own pattern) and I thought I'd challenge the lazy knitter in me to complete it within a week. Will I able able to do it? Let's see...

Crazy 2011

Hello everyone,

First of all I apologize for not posting anything for long... As the title says, 2011 has been a crazy year. Many things happened, good or bad.

When it concerns knitting, I learn really lot. The fluorescent colored cardigan and the brown one in the previous post were a failure. The brown one is lying in a corner as a huge ball and the fluorescent one's gonna follow soon.

Anyways, about projects that were effective, I knitted a scarf for my sister's friend in Germany which my nephew was sweet enough to model for.

I knitted a vest for my nephew with acrylic yarn which came out okay. It was the first ever garment that I designed myself.

I love doing cables and had to make something for my nephew for the winter, so I came up with this. I wasn't completely satisfied with the outcome, but it came out okay. I learnt a really lot about designing garments while making this one. Especially, the top down sleeve - it looks so great, instead to knitting sleeve separately and joining it.

Always wanting to try a top down design, I tried this beautiful design from f.pea's blog. It's a clever design but I wasn't satisfied with the overall look when I was done with it.

It got me really hooked up and I started learning about top down designs and I made another sweater for my nephew and a smaller version for a friend of mine who gave birth to a lovely baby girl last month and am also working on a ribbed bonnet (not my own design - it's from Garnstudio). Will post the pictures of both once I'm done with the bonnet.

I'll also post the pattern for the sweater soon. Hope I start posting regularly. Wish me luck.

Cables n Posts

Hello Knitters, Crocheters, and other who admire our work!

I finally decided to dedicate a separate blog for showcasing my knitting and crochet skills. Not that I am a great knitter or crocheter but I consider myself okay, at least. I occasionally would also post other crafts like sewing and others but I mainly intend to talk about my passion for yarn here in this blog. I also have a garden blog, so if you are interested you might want to check that out too.

My love for this wonderful arts descended from my grandmother who used to knit and crochet, but she never taught me to make ‘em. My mom knew little crochet and so I started with her help and google was my teacher. I learnt crochet from many websites and was always fascinated by the cables in knitting. I’d give it a try and give up, because I could never knit one row completely, but few months ago after two long years, I wanted to give knitting another try and did so – thanks to youtube and all those who posted wonderful videos, I finally learnt knitting too. Now I am a big fan of it.

As my blog title suggests, I love works that have cables (knitting) and posts (crochet) which give the fabric a classy look. So, you’d see that most (not all) of my work would have cables or posts – at least a bit.

As someone said, “you can knit away your worries” and it’s so true. When I knit or crochet, I feel my mind relaxing and it’s a great therapy! So join me in this wonderful journey into the world of yarns that twists and turns itself in and around hooks and needles to materialize themselves into wonderful fabric. See you all soon with a post on my WIPs and my past projects.