tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:16:01 +0000WittyKnits is currently my knitting/designing blog. Someday I will also be selling patterns under the Witty Knits name, because a witty knit beats a nitwit anyday!http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)Blogger156125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-4992685404568358494Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:13:00 +00002008-09-06T21:16:50.897-05:00Those socks that are started down below. I finished them last week too.They are HORRIBLE.The pattern was great. The yarn seemed ok. But then there was pooling. I finished them anyway, thinking if I was wearing them in Mary Janes, it wouldn't really matter. And it didn't seem to from a look standpoint, though they don't look so hot without shoes:Problem is, they fit horridly. The heels sag, and http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2008/09/and-i-guess-one-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-2145835669275444441Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:59:00 +00002008-09-06T21:17:16.477-05:00Having discussions about craftiness the other night was spurring my brain into design territory. I went supply shopping yesterday for a new idea I have, but I promised myself I needed to finish up my niece's outfit, that I started back in May, before I took this on.That turned into, well, you better start the project you promised a friend a while ago too. And that was quick, so I finished it.Thenhttp://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2008/09/five-finished-objects-in-just-one-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-1501171186053380915Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:08:00 +00002008-09-09T09:37:27.495-05:00I'm finally getting around to clearing out some leftovers and unwanted yarns from my stash.If you're on ravelry, it'll be easiest to take a look at them here, on my stash page and then PM me, but if you aren't on there yet, I'll post this list here as well.I'll entertain the idea of trades, and prices are somewhat negotiable, but I do prefer sale via paypal and shipping within US only. If you'rehttp://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2008/08/destashing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-3547986914589587286Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:29:00 +00002008-08-21T10:40:53.744-05:00Anouk, just need to sewOriginally uploaded by wittyknitsAll the pieces are knitted. Just need to sew up. So all that's left to create the worlds cutest baby outfit is sewing this up, making the hat, and sewing the buttons on the booties (which I am crossing my fingers she hasn't grown out of, otherwise, I'm making a second set.So of course, what do I do? I cast on the world's ugliest socks.Ugly http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2008/08/anouk-in-progress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-4763619257016578850Sun, 18 May 2008 16:31:00 +00002008-05-18T11:31:10.752-05:00Sweater for ChloeOriginally uploaded by wittyknitsFinally finished this one. A very quick knit, but I am not one for finishing things up lately, especially if it involves the sewing on of buttons, as evidenced by several projects indicated at 95% finished in my ravelry notebook. In any case, I'm going to mail this off to Chloe soon, even if it'll be a little while before she fits into it.Pattern:http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2008/05/sweater-for-chloe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-8704365585448337886Sun, 18 May 2008 16:29:00 +00002008-05-18T11:39:10.381-05:00I've started on the cutest outfit ever, for my niece Maya. I've wanted to make Anouk from Knitty (by Kate Gilbert) for several years, but haven't known any little girls of the appropriate age. Now it seems there's a baby boom among my friends and family, and wouldn't you know, quite a few little girls.I stashed some Pakucho Cotton a few years ago for a dress for myself that never materialized, http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2008/05/outfit-so-cute-it-hurts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-2511793648805711443Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:17:00 +00002008-03-14T12:24:52.341-05:00One of my teammates alerted me to this book last night at practice. Yes, that's Kelley Deal as in The Breeders. Wow.One of the profs where I work has been cheerfully prodding me to write a knitting book that combines knitting with one of my other interests. We came up with "geek knitting" (but I think it's been done) and of course, knitting and roller derby. My argument has been that derby takeshttp://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2008/03/its-officialeveryone-has-knitting-book.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-3910415902695134327Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:43:00 +00002008-03-04T16:43:42.904-05:00 glove1 Originally uploaded by wittyknits My ultra-luxurious Noro Cash Iroha gloves. These are super soft and awesome. I have actually have all but the thumb done on this one right now, and hope to have the pair done by the end of the week.http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2008/03/first-gloves-in-progress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-5459970386741924977Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:40:00 +00002008-03-04T16:40:51.691-05:00 nadjaScarf Originally uploaded by wittyknits The finished product as modeled by the recipient. I really wish I'd made this a bit narrower and therefore longer, but the random striping worked out pretty nicely.http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2008/03/nadja-holiday-scarf.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-309057022653328510Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:38:00 +00002008-02-29T11:38:29.225-05:00 Baltimore 002 Originally uploaded by wittyknits I just finished one of Nadja's Christmas presents this weekend -- this is a randomly striped garter stitch scarf out of Terra by The Fibre Company. We picked this up in NYC at Purl while there over Thanksgiving. It's super warm and soft -- a Silk/Alpaca/Merino blend. Yummy. I blocked this one quickly (as evidenced by the photo) but I think http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2008/02/christmas-present-finished-in-february.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-2836443329471417101Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:53:00 +00002007-12-21T11:53:44.303-05:00 trellis2 Originally uploaded by wittyknits It's Trellis from knitty, for my sister's upcoming munchkin. I started this in September in jury duty, misread the directions on the first three pieces, ended up having to rip back and re-knit the tops of all of them. Sigh. But, it's done now.A lot of seaming, and we all know how much I loathe sewing on buttons, but I did it, and it's on it's http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2007/12/last-fo-of-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-5855375632773294427Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:43:00 +00002007-12-05T17:45:35.474-05:00 12052007 009 Originally uploaded by wittyknits It seems lately that everyone I know is pregnant. This is one of several little tiny sweaters I've been working on furiously as of late.This one is for my friends the Bim's, who will be welcoming their boychild Thor (or possibly Beowulf)* in late December. The sweater is Suss cotton, but still kind of cuddly. I left off the 3 beads the http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2007/12/thor-sweater.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-1262072503022287098Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:40:00 +00002007-12-05T17:40:51.724-05:00 12052007 018 Originally uploaded by wittyknits Way back when, I tried the Ribbon X-back pattern from knitty out of Rowan Cotton Tape. Disaster ensued.Late this summer, I decided I had just enough of the yarn to do this t-shirt. I actually ran a bit short, and had to do the whole bottom with a single strand, whereas the top is double-stranded. That works out kind of nicely though.I love http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2007/12/ballet-t-shirt-from-loop-d-loop.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-41290332292388874Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:35:00 +00002007-11-29T17:35:57.542-05:00 NewYorkCity 098 Originally uploaded by wittyknits Thanksgiving weekend was spent in NYC. I got to detach myself from the group briefly and traipse on over to Soho and go to Purl. Got some yumminess there for a scarf as a gift (wool silk blend from the fibre co.) and some seriously wacky handspun for a scarf for me. And of course 2 skeins of koigu, because I buy 2 skeins of koigu in any http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2007/11/i-went-to-new-york-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-6385491689733991282Wed, 04 Jul 2007 03:45:00 +00002007-07-03T22:45:53.934-05:00 IMG_0722 Originally uploaded by wittyknits I finished 2 projects in one day. And I'm actually burning towards a third that might be done this week! (To be fair, I'm finishing something that's been languished without being sewn up for quite some time.)This is the second state fair project, which I've decided to give to a certain baby, since I obviously put her name into it. :)Pattern: http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2007/07/world-might-be-ending.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-1430549565948008931Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:12:00 +00002007-07-03T17:12:55.552-05:00 IMG_0709 Originally uploaded by wittyknits With time to spare, the pomatomus socks are done well in advance of Saturday's Ohio State Fair dropoff deadline.Pattern: Pomatomus from knittyYarn: Koigu KPPPM in P3156Needles: Brittany US 2 5" dpnsNow, off to sew up that sweater that was blocking in the post from (gulp) September. Eeek.http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2007/07/i-made-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-8914189781998455328Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:21:00 +00002007-06-21T16:24:44.421-05:00 pomatomus2 Originally uploaded by wittyknits Argh. So you see how it ends, 'eh? I was in the home stretch of the first pomatomus sock while on the way back from Chicago. I had 4 inches of yarn left and 12 rows to go when I was on the plane. I thought maybe, just maybe, the sock might be a little too long, so I could rip back and make it with the yarn I had. But you can see what happen http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2007/06/suspense-ends.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-3352847880298779914Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:45:00 +00002007-06-15T11:47:20.062-05:00Grrr....So, the photo host that I've been using for several years locks your account rather than reverting it to free when you let your paid membership lapse. This does not make me happy and is the reason why this place looks like crap right now.I'm in the process of switching over to flickr anyways and setting up a pro account over there, so I will get it fixed as soon as I can. I may have to http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2007/06/technical-difficulties.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-4255100563331762876Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:42:00 +00002007-06-15T11:42:27.822-05:00 Zoe_Bunny Originally uploaded by wittyknits My cousin and his wife had their new baby Zoe last week. Here she is at just a few days old in that bunny hat. So cute!!!http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2007/06/bunny-hat-in-action.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-8847776715629133162Thu, 24 May 2007 21:53:00 +00002007-05-24T16:59:03.166-05:00I'm beginning to get a little worried about the Pomatomus socks. I have a mere 2 hanks of koigu and this is what the first one looks like right now.I've got size 9.5 US feet. That foot is about 5 inches long right now and that's the remainder of the first ball hanging off there. I've weighed and estimated using kinda sketchy math and determined I'll make it. I've talked to two people over on http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2007/05/study-in-suspense.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-3279807008057779099Fri, 04 May 2007 03:51:00 +00002007-05-03T23:11:02.820-05:00Gasp! A finished object!My cousin and his wife are expecting a baby soon. She had found a photo in a magazine of this hat, so I looked it up and knitted it up on the way to Cleveland to watch te first Burning River Roller Girls' bout.Pattern: Baby Bunny Beanie by Noe KnitsYarn: Lion Kitchen Cotton(And yes, that's a miniature Bobbi Bear wearing said hat. He is an unfortunate experiment. I tried tohttp://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2007/05/there-is-actual-knitting-taking-place.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-8657345337606362444Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:00:00 +00002007-02-11T14:10:24.585-05:00I'm still alive. Really I am.It's sad for me to realize how little time I spend on knitting these days, and sadder still for me to see what a state of neglect I've allowed this blog to fall into.Here's what happened:Last year, in late January, I joined http://www.ohiorollergirls.com">roller derby. Our season ran through September, and over the course of those months, three or four times a week http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2007/02/im-alive-really-i-am.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-116111029355862871Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:37:00 +00002006-10-17T13:39:28.953-05:00Well, it's been about 5 months since I've last posted here, since the start of the Ohio Roller Girls season. I had no intention of letting knitting go quite so far by the wayside, but it seems it happened nonetheless.While roller derby hasn't really let up very much (we have our first travel game in Minneapolis in November) I have somehow found time to knit again. Yay!Last night, I actually http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2006/10/its-true-im-alive.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-114781721845938437Tue, 16 May 2006 22:04:00 +00002006-05-16T17:07:33.510-05:00Not much knitting is getting done lately, since I've been devoting a ton of time to roller derby. But I did pick up a project from last summer and work on it last weekend. I got through an entire repeat of the lace trim for the bottom of the dress on the cover of last spring's Interweave Knits.It's a bit washed out color-wise, but it was the best photo to actually show the lace pattern. The greenhttp://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2006/05/something-for-summer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8628861.post-114735759316743290Thu, 11 May 2006 14:24:00 +00002006-05-11T09:26:33.180-05:00I received my lovely sockapaloooza socks this week from Linz Knits. Aren't they gorgeous!Koigu! Jaywalkers! Two things I didn't have for myself yet! Yay!And they are toe-up -- a feat I've personally not yet mastered, so that's even cooler.Thanks so much Linz!!http://wittyknits.blogspot.com/2006/05/ive-got-socks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (wittyknits)4