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soo...by now i'm sure you've realized i'm no good at deadlines. i THINK i realized why i wasn't able to finish anything for a while.....TV. yes i sit and knit and watch tv...but then i start getting so into the show i'm not able to finish what i'm knitting and it gets put to the side. right now, i have no tv.
daniel and i never got cable installed here at the new place :) we tend to watch a lot of anime and movies now, so i have a bit more time to knit.

i STILL don't have any FO's, BUT BUT BUT! i do have some pictures of some almost FO's and WIP'S :D buckle your seatbelts!

first up we have the almost finished anthropologie inspired capalet. i just need to finish knitting the other sleeve (which i didn't start because silly me forgot to count how many rows i knit for the first sleeve.....D'OH!) then seam them and sew the loose ends. its too hot to wear right now, anyway. in case you don't remember, i'm making this in moda dea cache in the smartie colorway. i've used just under 4 balls of it (there will be enough left over for a cute wrist cuff or something :)













next up is CLAPOTIS!!! i just had to jump on the bandwagon and start this. there's a KAL on crafster and after seeing all the beautiful finished ones there, i had to start my own. the only thing is the color! the yarn i chose is NOT something i'd normally pick out for myself. it just screamed clapotis to me for some reason. i'm actually quite enjoying the colors and the pattern. i'm going to see my mom monday, and if she likes it i'll have to knit her a super secret one for christmas. shhh don't tell! i chose to splurge (haha for me its splurging....) and use artyarns supermerino in colorway103. its bright and cheery and reminds me of the beach for some reason :)
these pictures are the best i could do with no natural lighting....the color of the yellow is more ripe banana than green and RIPENING banana....but you get the idea. its laced with a really pretty pink and bright green and is darkened in small bits by a great burghandy/brownish color. i'm really enjoying how it looks!














ok wait....i lied earlier on in this post.....i do have ONE teeny weensy little FO.... i made a cable! i use old tin cans as my needle holders to artfully display my needle collection and i wanted to jazz them up a bit. so i thought 'what better way to learn to cable' than to make a cute little can cozy :) its made with good old wool ease in a nice turqoise color. the picture doesn't do it justice at all...its much brighter in RL :)



so that's whats been going on with me! i've got 3 more balls to go to finish my clapotis, and measly sleeve to finish my capalet, and i'm sure i'll start something else here soon....my fingers are itching for projects!! i'm really wanting to try my hand at entrelac, but i'm not quite sure how advanced that is compared to my current knitting status. cables weren't as hard as i thought they would be, so i'm looking for a slightly more advanced cable to make a cute purse with. i'm definately going to try out 'fetching' from knitty as soon as i find some pretty yarn to work with :) i just have such tiny hands that i'm sure they won't fit me! i'm no good at figuring gauge LOL. ah well...live and learn, right?

more soon :)

posted by cherry blossom @ 5:32 PM