Dogs!

I haven't blogged in such a long time that I need post pictures of my rescue doxies! They are a brother and sister pair that had a rough two years of life and are learning to trust people and other dogs now. Nikola is the smooth haired and Tesla, his sister, is long haired.

They are in doggie class now and are doing very well. They have stopped barking all the way through class (the others dogs still bark). They are learing to walk nicly, to leave it (leave food or dogs alone), sit, down, stay and come. We have two weeks until graduation, we are teaching them to saulte for their final. Tesla can shake and wave bye-bye. Nikola is working on shake and today actually did it!

Bringing it back to knitting, I am knitting them hogwart's house sweaters. Telsa is ravenclaw and nikola is slytherin. Since Jen has moved away again. I need to start posting knitting projects again. I will post their sweaters when both are completed.

Cabled Arm Cozies

Cabled Arm Cozies

Materials:
Size 7 dpns or 2 circulars (16” or larger)
2 balls
Cable needle

Stitch pattern:
3x1 rib: Knit 3, Purl 1.
C6F: Slip 3 sts onto the cable needle, hold cable needle to the front, knit the next 3 sts, now knit the 3 sts on the cable needle.

Pattern:
CO 40 sts.
Knit 3x1 rib for 7 rounds
Cable round: K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1.
K3. P1 rib for 8 rounds.
Cable round: K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1
K3, P1 rib for 8 rounds.
Cable round: K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1.
K3, P1 rib for 8 rounds.
Cable round: K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1.
K3, P1 rib for 8 rounds.
Cable round: K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1.
K3, P1 rib for 8 rounds.
Cable round: K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1.
K3, P1 rib for 8 rounds.
Cable round: K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1.
K3, P1 rib for 2 rounds.
THUMB- the next 6 row are worked flat and not in the round.
BO 1 st K2, P1, continue the round in K3, P1 rib.
Turn work.
BO 1 st P2, K1. Continue in P3,K1 rib to last 2 sts, P2. Turn work
K2, P1, Continue in K3, P1 rib. Turn work.
P2, K1, continue in P3, K1 rib. Turn work.
K2, P1, Continue in K3, P1 rib. Turn work.
P2, K1, continue in P3, K1 rib. Turn work.
CO 1 st K2, P1, Continue in K3, P1 rib, CO 1 st.
K3, P1 rib for 1 round.
Cable round: K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1, C6F, K1, P1, K3, P1.
K3, P1 rib for 8 rounds.
End with a cable round.
BO off all stitches loosely.

Make one more for the other arm!

Felted Bag

I made this bag as a protocal for a class I wanted to teach. Then I wrote the pattern. I call it Aimee. I have a pasley purple fabric to line the bag with, I will post a pic of the finished lining when I am finished with it.:

Aimee- a small felted bag
Materials:
500 yards of worsted weight 100% wool
150 yards of worsted weight 100% wool for contrast on handles
Size 15 circulars 24” – 29”

Pattern:
For both colors two strands of yarn is held together.
CO (cast on)41 stitches.
Knit back and forth for 25 rows.
PU (pick up) 12 stitches on one side, 41 stitches on the next, and 12 stitches on the last side.
Mark the beginning of the row. (106 stitches)
Knit for 12” to 14” (Note the bag will shrink to about half its size)

Begin Handles
Knit 13 stitches (place these 13 stitches on a stitch holder or waste yarn), BO (bind off) 13 stitches, Knit 15 stitches (place on waste yarn), BO 9 stitches, Knit 15 stitches(place on waste yarn), BO 13 stitches, Knit 15 stitches (place on waste yarn), BO 9, knit 2 stitches.
You will have 2 stitches on your needle; combine these 2 stitches with the next 13 stitches.
**Knit these 15 stitches for 5 rows. Decrease one stitch at the beginning of the row and the end of the row. Knit 5 more rows and repeat the decrease again. Change to contrast color. Continue knitting 5 rows and decreases one stitch at the beginning and end of the rows until 9 stitches remain. BO all stitches.**
Repeat between ** for the remaining sets of 15 stitches.
With contrast color sew ends of handles to each other. Weave in all ends.

To Felt:
Place bag in top loading washing machine with HOT water and a small amount of mild soap (dawn dish soap is great) and jeans or old shoes for agitation. Don’t let the bag go through the spin cycle. Check the bag every 5 minutes until the fibers are felted to the consistency of your liking. Shape the bag and let dry. Enjoy!

Spinning Wheel!

My Lendrum, this was the first night I got my wheel. It spins so nicely. I am getting fablous at spinning now, both with a drop spindel and with my wheel. I have spun hundreds of yards of yarn. I have some of my yarns at the Falconer Yarn Loft. Where a portion of the sale goes to the Humane Society. The Humane Society gets no funding from the county or state for cats. All the money put into taking care of the cats is from monies they have fund raised. Therefore I decided to knit and spin for Winston's friends, who still need homes.

My aspiration is to knit dog sweaters to sell at the Humane Society's store. Perhapes between everything else Jen and I are knitting we can get half a dozon knit for the store before the fall. We'll see...

Cabled Legwarmers

This is a quick post just so that Jen can see the legwarmers!


Ok....




Thats it!

Swell Hat for Zachary

Here is a hat for my cousin Zach. I used the wave pattern from swell on knitty.com. I didn't add the earflaps, cause well they aren't really necessary in New Mexico. The hat is knit in a very dark midnight navy and a heathered red. I love how this hat turned out. Some people at work said it looks like a hat from AE or one of thoes stores. I think so too. Winston helped me model the hat! Ha!

And here is a picture form last nights Christmas Party!

Thats right Vogue with Timmy V. as the photographer.

Ok.. so I am bad at blogging...

Yes, but I have been knitting non-stop and working which takes a whole 40 plus hours out of my knitting time a week. But it does help pay for yarn, rent and food. Of my list set forth last month I have left to knit...
* one hat (which has turned into a january bday gift)
*two pairs of fetching ( since I added another one)
*a scarf (but I bought a different gift for her so it can wait)
* the mittens to match this hat
* and the dog sweater.

I think I did pretty good. Well here is a hat I worked all weekend on a while back. It is knit in Merino Style from knit picks, a ww yarn that is very soft and very nicly priced. The colors are asparagus, dusk, nutmeg and vanilla. The pattern is from Vogue. It was knit in two days. Jamie picked out the pattern and the colors to match the new winter coat Jessica needs to brave the Oswego wind.

I have tons of other items to blog I may blog again today.