Showing posts with label Gail Carriger. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gail Carriger. Show all posts

Sunday, 1 May 2016

April 2016

What has April brought?

Well.... I just looked at my Ravelry account and in both places there are a significant amount of missing pictures, not quite sure how that has gone by the wayside, and it is dreadful of me to keep creating these things and never knowing what they look like. I could also be in denial about the fact that they are finished, as in off the needles, but the ends are not woven in so the term 'finished' is used quite loosely in my world. 

In other news one weekend in April I decided to put aside my knitting for about an hour and I made some stitch markers. I had never thought of making stitch markers before, but beading working, pliers, jump rings, and lobster clasps and I was a stitch marker making fool. So now I have some very pretty gemstone stitch markers, a set of keys, and a tea service set, all tucked away in a round container. I also made 3 progress trackers consisting of a tiara, a lock, and a 'teapot' (I use this term loosely as it does not really look like a tea pot, but it came with cups, saucers, and tea spoons. 

I also used my vintage never before used teapot this month while knitting one Saturday. 

And if you look closely you can see in the background the progress that has been made on the circlet cardigan, well not really, but it was a better backdrop for my tea pot than what I was watching. 






FO's of April:
  1. A mist of Glitz
    1. Yarn-Crush B box pattern and yarn, this is going surprisingly well, I CO 04/04/2016 and did 8 rows in an evening, but that was of the edging, the rest may not go as quickly or might go faster. 
  2. Drop stitch Prayer shawl for Jennifer
    1. I am assisting her in knitting two of these in the month of April, not sure how I get myself into these things, and it is the first prayer shawl I will have done....but anything to help a friend as it will come back in spades to me, and make me feel like I have done something for someone. And it has a strict deadline
  3. Grammy's Mitts
  4. Orthoganal Mitts
             




Knitting I have on the go:
  1. Illuminated Lines Blanket: Thank you Knit Picks
      1. I have about 22 pieces of 50, so I will keep knitting as though my life depended on it. 
  2. Circlet Cardigan: Thank you Knit Picks - so pretty! I cannot wait to see this finished.
    1. 60 rows to go on the body
  3. Feather and Fan Blanket - This really is if I am desperate for a change.
  4. Mitered Square blanket in Parrot...I was crocheting this into something, but I did not like it, I still don't really like it but it will happen. 
    1. this was frogged. Good bye kind friend. 
  5. Banana Bunches - Eager to finish this sucker! about 50% complete
  6. Hue shift in 5 colours not 10 - 35% complete
  7. Dragon Stole: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragon-stole.
Crocheting:
  1. Corner to corner blanket in red, black, and white - 55% complete right now. 
Books:
  1. Pride and Prejudice
  2. Moll Flanders
  3. Moloka'i
  4. Soulless Manga part 1
    1. Very quick little read, but it is nice to have an accomplishment, so I decided a nice short little easy book was just the ticket to make me feel like I had made some sort of progress. 
  5. Soulless Manga part 2
Look over here!
A box of left overs from my various projects. Some may say these are not left overs but  do not keep anything that is much shorter anything less than about 3 feet goes to our friend the garbage bag, as I cannot contemplate why anyone would want to stitch them into something. Who knows I might start, I might not, really just do not encourage me.

Thursday, 19 February 2015

February...

For February I have accomplished the reading of 'Heartless' by Gail Carriger, which I must add I was finished by February 6, which is amazing. The second book I finished this month was 'Charm' by Sarah Pinborough.

I have now also completed the Physalis lace scarf found here: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/physalis which turned out beautifully, it was a long time getting finished but I feel better now that it is. I used a baby weight yarn, and 6.0 mm needles, and I am so pleased that I am finished it. Not sure what I am going to do with the projects that I am finishing but you never know, so I will keep finishing them.


Knitting I have on the go:
  1. I Like Lime: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/i-like-lime
  2. Dragon Stole: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/dragon-stole
  3. Opt Art: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/opart
    1. This is my mindless project that I work on in between everything else that is more complicated, it might take longer to finish, but I will get there in the end. 
  4. Illuminated Lines Blanket: Thank you Knit Picks
  5. Circlet Cardigan: Thank you Knit Picks
  6. Tardis Afghan x 2 (Yes I have two on the go)..might soon have three, scary.
    1. One of these I need to have finished by May, but the yarn is a bit scratchy so I just need to either figure out how to make yarn softer, or use the softer Yarn I have to make a different one...Thoughts?
  7. Fingerless Mittens: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/fingerless-mittens-8
    1. I have 1 complete and about 25% of another one complete, a matching pair is within my grasp. These are beautiful, I want to do them on smaller needles with smaller yarn, it will take longer, but they will be less thick. Sadly these ones are in black which makes them hard to photograph nicely.
  8. Reverie Beret (I have done so many of these I could do them in my sleep, but I have made 1 or 2 minor adjustments to make it my own)
  9. Entrelac scarf, I do not think I am going to finish this per se... who knows
  10. Feather and Fan Blanket
  11. Mitered Square blanket in Parrot...I was crocheting this into something, but I did not like it, I still don't really like it but it will happen. 
Technically all of these should get finished before I start something new, but the temptation to start new patterns some days is just too great. 

Ciao
-A

Friday, 12 September 2014

Reading - Gail Carriger

It has been a long time since I have read much, but anything can happen. I just started the 3rd book in a series and oh my it is great. The author of this genius is one Gail Carriger, the books are The Parasol Protectorate and The Finishing School series. I looked at this over a year ago, picked them up put them down, and so forth deciding instead that I should read some of the books I have had lying around much longer. But I am so pleased I finally broke down and read them. So worth it!

If you enjoy a Victorian setting with all the typical corsetry, bustles, and parasols, with the added bonus of some vampires, werewolves, ghosts, and steam powered contraptions, go read them. The characters dialogue is humourous, witty, and well thought out.

You can follow her blog here: http://gailcarriger.blogspot.ca/search?updated-min=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2015-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=50


Go read and enjoy!