Jessimuhka Knits

It's done! Lots of photos on this one.

Hanging out on the balcony, fluttering in the breeze. It's very light and airy.

Modeled. I was worried it came out a bit short while blocking, but now that I've tried it on I think it's perfect.

Blocking.

Project stats:

Pattern: Mountain Stream Scarf
Yarn: Handpaintedyarn.com lace weight, approximately half a 100g hank
Needles: 3.00 mm Addi Natura
Size: 8" wide by 63" long (pattern specs are 11" x 50")
Modifications: Smaller needles - the pattern calls for 4mm needles, but I like my lace at a tighter gauge. The pattern only calls for 14 pattern repeats, I did 30, because of the smaller needles and wanting a longer scarf
Thoughts: This scarf was very fun to knit. I really liked the Orenburg styling, and enjoyed knitting on the top border the most. I'm thrilled with how it looks, fits, and feels. It's nice and light, so I should actually get some use out of it.
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Posted by Jessimuhka at 05:23 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

Finished knitting the Mountain Stream Scarf on a study break this afternoon. The top border was definitely the most fun part of the scarf. Finals go through Wed morning, then I plan on stopping by Knitting in La Jolla that afternoon for some post finals shopping and maybe a bit of knitting in the Cove. The MSS will get blocked that evening, as I need to pick up more t-pins and have a good amount of time to do that.

The bread is in the picture because A. bought it and I thought it was funny. All food should be this entertaining.

I've missed the last two Saturdays at Rebecca's, the first because I was sick and the second to study, so I'm looking forward to seeing people next weekend.

Posted by Jessimuhka at 06:58 PM | Permalink | Comments (5)

I've been making slow progress on a couple WIPs this week. Finals are coming up, so not a lot of knitting going on here.

I have been making good progress on the Mountain Stream Scarf. A repeat takes just over 20 minutes now, so it makes a good study break. I'm shooting for 30 repeats total, so just 10 to go!

I still have plenty of yarn left. I could probably even make two of these out of one hank of the handpaintedyarn.com lace weight. I love this color too. It's very subtly variegated, maybe that will show up in a sunlight finished object shot.

The other thing I've been working on lately is a plain ribbed sock for my mom. The yarn is Opal, and I'm actually getting the pair to match.

I'm doing an afterthought heel, since I think that looks best with self patterning yarn. I'll take pictures of how I I do an afterthought heel to show you all, when I get to that point.

P.S. How do you like the new blog? I'm excited about it - it's pretty stripped down right now, but I love the categories, and being able to directly respond to comments. If you have a link to my old blog up on your blog or website I'd really appreciate it if you could change the link to this one. Thanks guys!

Posted by Jessimuhka at 02:03 PM | Permalink | Comments (5)

My March goals were:

1. Embrace my sock bug and knit as many socks as I want, without buying any more sock yarn. Done, I guess. I didn't finish any socks this month, but I didn't buy any sock yarn either.
2. Finish Rogue sleeves. Read up on Cardigan mods. DONE
3. Work on Norwegian Stockings - nope
4. Finish Sockapaloooza Socks - this will probably happen tonight or tomorrow - nope. ran into a problem and I've been putting off fixing it.
5. Order a zipper for York and sew it in if it arrives - ordered, based, and sewing begun.
6. Knit whatever else I want, as long as it's from the stash. DONE
7. Take it easy on yarn purchases. This might be hard as I'll be up in Long Beach with knit bloggers this weekend and maybe at Wildfiber next weekend. DONE

This month I'm going to do another "start nothing new" month, so that's the main goal. Other than that, I just need to finish my Sockapaloooza socks on time.

Now to distract you from my lack of goals with a lace picture!

I'm just over 8 repeats in, so about 1/3 complete. I still like it a lot, and hope to finish it in April.

Coming tomorrow - Flash your stash. I'd been debating whether to do this, but I finally pulled all my yarn out today and took pictures. It was sobering.

Posted by Jessimuhka at 05:34 PM | Permalink

Mountain Stream Scarf from Knitting Zone. I’m using handpaintedyarn.com’s lace weight merino, which is a great deal. This picture is 4.5 repeats into the pattern, about 10 inches. I like my scarves at least 60 inches long, so I’m looking at 25-30 repeats, depending on how much length I think blocking will add.

It’s an Orenburg style scarf, and I’m loving the construction. You start by knitting the bottom border, turn the first corner with short rows, pick up along the edge, turn the second corner, and then knit up. There’s more fun construction at the top edge, resulting in an entirely seamless scarf.

Don’t worry, I haven’t abandoned Rogue. I’m 2/3 through the body now, and will post another picture once I split at the arm holes. There wasn’t very good sun this weekend for taking pictures of cables without a flash. I have set Rogue aside for a bit, as the tight gauge was giving me a bit of wrist pain. Always better to take a break to save the joints.

Had some fun knitting this weekend, at the Whistlestop with the San Diego folks. Nancy gave me some fresh rosemary and I made some excellent chicken last night. There was, unfortunately, a camera crew at the bar for some rinky-dink cable channel doing a piece on knitting in a bar. I think their tag line might have been, “Knitting, not just for Grandma’s anymore” as they questioned all the tattooed and pierced folks on not looking like “typical knitters”. It got pretty annoying after a while, as they were probably there for 2-3 hours. The music had to be turned off. They also had us line up outside and file into the bar with our knitting in hand. Boo.

Posted by Jessimuhka at 03:58 PM | Permalink