100 things to knit before I die

My list of 100 things to knit before I die. Some of these I already own the pattern, some I'll get to eventually, some I've lusted after in stores, online or in catalogs, some I also have the yarn, others I just dream of being an experienced enough knitter to accomplish! I have no affiliation with any of these things. If anyone has knitted anything off of this list, I'd love to hear from you.
1. Aran sweater of my own design
2. clapotis (knitty.com)
3. Charlotte's Web shawl (Koigu)
4. Shoalwater Shawl (Fiber Trends)
5. Seascape Shawl (Fiber Trends)
6. Braids and Bobbles Hat (Fiber Trends)
7. Acorn Lace Socks (Fiber Trends)
8. Quoddy Cable sweater(Cottage Craft)
9. St. Andrew's Cardigan (Cottage Craft)
10. The Great American Aran Afghan (Knitter's)
11. Mananita Magic shawl (Knitter's Magazine Shawls and Scarves)
12. Lotus Blossom Lace shawl (Knitter's Magazine Shawls and Scarves)
13. Harry's socks (Knitter's Magazine Socks, Socks, Socks)
14. Aran Sandal Socks (Knitter's Magazine Socks, Socks, Socks)
15. Sunrise Socks(Knitter's Magazine Socks, Socks, Socks)
16. Spring Fever Socks(Knitter's Magazine Socks, Socks, Socks)
17. Wonderful Wallaby (Cottage Creations)
18. Log Cabin Afghan Revisited (Cottage Creations)
19. Grabbit (Cottage Creations)
20. Diamond Patch Socks (Heartland Knits)
21. Cashmere Gauntlet Gloves ( Interweave Fall 2004)
22.French Market Tote ( Wool Connection not Knitty's)
23. Pam's Orphan Socks
24. Gibson Girl Pullover ( Interweave Summer 2004)
25. Fair Isle Bag ( Interweave Summer 2004)
26. Fair Isle Sampler Hat ( Interweave Winter 2004)
27. Forbes Forest Scarf (scarfStyle)
28. Fair Isle Jazz (scarfStyle)
29. Turkish Treasure (scarfStyle)
30. Ruffles (scarfStyle)
31. Adults-only devil hat(Stitch 'n Bitch)
32. Cabled Carry-All (Vogue Knitting on the Go:Bags&Backpacks)
33.Aran Pouch (Vogue Knitting on the Go:Bags&Backpacks)
34. Wavy Cabled Cap (Vogue Knitting on the Go:Caps & Hats Two)
35.Snowflake Beret (Vogue Knitting on the Go:Caps & Hats Two)
36. Horseshoe Cable Cap (Vogue Knitting on the Go:Caps & Hats Two)
37. Cabled Cashmere Scarf(Vogue Knitting on the Go:Scarves)
38.An Aran Sweater (Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitter's Almanac)
39. Mittens for next winter (Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitter's Almanac)
40. A Shawl:Good Travel Knitting (Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitter's Almanac)
41. Open Collared Pullover (Elizabeth Zimmerman's Knitter's Almanac)
42. Patchwork Jacket (25 Gorgeous Sweaters for the Brand-New Knitter)
43. Extra Quick Rolled-Hem Top (25 Gorgeous Sweaters for the Brand-New Knitter)
44. Colorwork Turtleneck(BH&G's Hip Knits! : 65 Easy Designs from Hot Designers)
45. Shawl Collar Wrap (BH&G's Hip Knits! : 65 Easy Designs from Hot Designers)
46. Weekends Up North sweater (BH&G's Hip Knits! : 65 Easy Designs from Hot Designers)
47. Sacred & Profane Convertibles (Knit Wit : 30 Easy and Hip Projects )
48.Water-bottle sling (Knit Wit : 30 Easy and Hip Projects )
49. Basketweave Pullover ( Interweave Fall 2004)
50 Elann Cables and Lace Cardigan
51. Best Friend Jacket (The Knit Stitch by Sally Melville)
52. Sally's Favorite Summer Sweater (The Knit Stitch by Sally Melville)
53. Lots-Of-Choices Top (The Knit Stitch by Sally Melville)
54. Simple Cardigan (The Purl Stitch by Sally Melville)
55. Not Your Mother's Suit Coat (The Purl Stitch by Sally Melville)
56. Elegant Gauntlets (The Purl Stitch by Sally Melville)
57. To-the-Cottage Pullover (The Purl Stitch by Sally Melville)
58. Another Coco Jacket (The Purl Stitch by Sally Melville)
59. Luscious Pullover (The Purl Stitch by Sally Melville)
60. Aran Throw ( How to Knit by Debbie Bliss)
61. Child's Aran Coat ( How to Knit by Debbie Bliss)
62. Fair Isle Cardigan ( How to Knit by Debbie Bliss)
63. Textured Sweater ( How to Knit by Debbie Bliss)
64. Cable Cushion (Debbie Bliss Knitting Workbook)
65. Aran Throw (Debbie Bliss Knitting Workbook)
66. Cabled Sweater (Debbie Bliss Knitting Workbook)
67. Fair Isle Socks (Debbie Bliss Knitting Workbook)
68. Sonnet Cardigan Sweater (Knitty)
69. Tri-aran-angle (Knitty)
70. Cozy wrap (Knitty)
71. Wavy scarf (Knitty)
72. Mistral Wrap(In Living Color from Mission Falls)
73. Chill Pullover (Simple Book from Mission Falls)
74. Sampler Poncho (Next Steps Patons from Patons)
75. Diamonds and Pearls Gloves, Hat & Scarf ( Family Circle Easy Knitting Holiday 2004)
76. Little Bows Top & Wrap ( Creative Knitting May 2005)
77. Shell Seeking Cardigan (Vogue Knitting International Spring/Summer 2004)
78. Mix Master Cardigan (Vogue Knitting International Spring/Summer 2004)
79. Even Danielle did it sweater(The Yarn Girls' Guide to Simple Knits)
80. Sexy Summer Tank (The Yarn Girls' Guide to Simple Knits)
81. Knitted Moebius(Knitting Around by Elizabeth Zimmermann)
82. Kniited Bog Jacket (Knitting Around by Elizabeth Zimmermann)
83. Pie are Square Shawl(Knitting Around by Elizabeth Zimmermann)
84. Norwegian Pullover (Knitting Around by Elizabeth Zimmermann)
85. Aran Coat (Knitting Around by Elizabeth Zimmermann)
86. River Grass Gansey(Jamieson's Shetland Knitting Book 2)
87. Golden Lotus Kimono(Jamieson's Shetland Knitting Book 2)
88. Gilead Pullover V-Neck Version (Jamieson's Shetland Knitting Book 2)
89. Old Shale Sweater Coat(Jamieson's Shetland Knitting Book 2)
90. Light house Socks (Halcyon Yarns)
91. Oakley Shawl( Berroco Suede)
92.Eros Shawls & Scarf (Patternworks)
93.Wrixlan Jacket (Jamieson's Shetland Knitting Book)
94. Bobble Shirt(Jamieson's Shetland Knitting Book)
95. St. Ninnian Pullover (Jamieson's Shetland Knitting Book)
96. Kestrel Cardigan (Jamieson's Shetland Knitting Book)
97. Winter Sunset Cardigan (Jamieson's Shetland Knitting Book)
98. St. Claire Throw (Jamieson's Shetland Knitting Book)
99. Latvian Garden Cardigan(Harrisville Designs)
100. Open to further consideration and suggestion??

End of May & Moving

And here I thought it would take another month to post something!!

Well it will be even "post-bleaker" here. I'll be shifting homes to Memphis, Tennessee in mid-June.

The trip to Knitting Sister's never happened...Boo hoo! Only one of the fellow knitters could go and had to cancel at the last minute due to a Mother's Day tea at her daughter's school. The nerve of her putting her children ahead of knitting!! I didn't feel like driving up alone due to a really bad nor'easter, the nerve of me putting personal safety ahead of knitting! And no use in going up over the weekend because the store was closed due to Maryland Sheep & Fiber. Basically we were doomed.

We never did order the grab bag from WEBS either since 2 of us are buying houses and we decided our stashes were currently large enough.

I, however, ordered the Yarn store in a box from Halcyon in Bath, Maine. SO worth the money!! I also ordered the pattern for their Lighthouse sock. That one is way out of my league but I love it anyway.

How do you like my pics? At least I finally have something to show for all I've been talking about. The Easter scarf is the one I talk about in my April 20th post.

OTN- the back of Sally Melville's Einstien coat from The Knit Stitch and the pouch part of Wonderful Wallaby.

Easter Scarf

Fiber Trends Reflections Socks from Walking Away Socks pattern

Rainy Day Socks

my scarves

Less than a month this time! I get together with a few friends every Tuesday night for knitting. We're off on a field trip this Friday to Knitting Sisters in Williamsburg to see Interweave's Trunk Show of Scarf Style. I will give a report next week!

We're also thinking of ordering one of the grab bags from WEBS and splitting it up. Anyone ever ordered from them?

I will hopefully have some more pictures of FOs up soon.

My monthly post

Well this seems like how I'm going to end up maintaining this thing...a post here and there.

Anyhow, finished up 3 scarves and half of a pair of socks. The socks are with Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sock, which I am loving, using the rainy day pattern from HeartStrings:The Sock Calendar. It's a great pattern for variegated sock yarn. One of the scarves I used 3 yarns from Berroco, Zen in Kobe Pink, Candy FX in Beanie Baby, and Plume FX in Soft Lilac, just basic stockinette on my US 15s. I also did a basic lace pattern one for a friend in Brown Sheep's Cotton Fine in Blush. I fell in love with that yarn and the pattern(K2 yo P2 together to last 2 st K2-just need even # of stitches)

Anyone from Memphis, TN? The family is moving there this summer and I'd love to hear about knitting groups, events and stores in the area.

fruit cap

Mom's Pillow

Ok so I'm a little behind...

Well the year didn't start off so bright...my father passed away very suddenly in January and I've been putting myself back together since then.

But here are some pictures at last! My mom's cabled pillow(pattern courtesy of
Plymouth Yarns
and the Ann Norling Fruit Cap in raspberry and green for my niece. I'm currently at work on the Einstein coat from The Knit Stitch by Sally Melville.

Any spinners in the Hampton Roads area? The next Southeastern Virginia Spinning Guild Meeting is on Tuesday, April 5th at 6:00 pm at Great Bridge Presbyterian Church, 333 Cedar Road in Chesapeake. I'm going with a group of friends now. They welcome everyone- experienced, average, beginners or even those who just want to knit!

So I am now moving to the Memphis, Tennessee area in the summer due to the husband's job. I would love to hear from anyone about knitting groups and stores in the area.

Let's see if I can update this thing more than once a month!

Falling off the planet...

Ok so that surgery the first of November that was supposed to be a simple overnight hysterectomy with 1-2 weeks of recovery was pretty disastrous. Suffice it to say I had complications, I was in the hospital for 8 days, left without a belly button but instead had a large open wound in that place and took eight exhausting weeks to recover. On the other hand I absolutely LOVE my hormone patch!

I thought I could get a lot of knitting done during my recovery. Well, I did (more on that later) but not the first 2/12 weeks. I was just to tired to do much but watch TV. Even reading was exhausting. But I managed to complete two fun fur scarves, one for my niece and one for a friend's daughter. I completed another scarf for my mom as well as a cabled pillow for her for Christmas. And I also managed to make an Ann Norling Fruit cap in purple and green for my other niece. I really will have pictures of all of these soon since I took a lot over the holidays.

I'm finally back doing the Fiber Trends sock...heel is turned, gusset complete, finished foot decreases, so I'm working on the foot itself. It was to complicated to concentrate on during my recovery. I really messed up the heel turn and had to FROG away but now it is going smoothly. Reading a pattern on Tilox is a Bad idea! [img]http://www.click-smilies.de/sammlung0304/fragend/confused-smiley-013.gif[/img]

That's all for now. Since it's December and Christmas is over, it's tome to sort out the yarn stash so that's today's project!

Happy World Series & Out of Commission

Well, I'm personally still in pleasant shock over the Sox finally winning the 2004 World Series. It's been way to long in coming but I'm so thrilled that it was this wonderful group of players. They've had so much heart and team togetherness that it feels right.

I attempted to knit my reflections sock during the last game. Way bad idea. When I got to turning the heel, I had to frog about three times and decided to put it aside since obviously my concentration was on something else.

I will be out of commission for the next week. I am having surgery on Monday so I won't be on the computer. But I plan on knitting during my recovery!

FO, LYS and Game 3

I finished the Eros scarf yesterday, just in time for Halloween since it has such pretty fall colors. I will be posting pictures soon!

I was at the LYS that was new to me yesterday. It's the Yarn Basket at the corner of Independence and Virginia Beach Boulevard. Such a nice, friendly store! They've been open for about 3-4 months now. Great selection but a little lean on the sock yarn. BUT, they had a nifty scarf made out of Lana Grossa Multieffekt. It was 76 st CO a #3 circular needle knit in the round. It was self striping and so pretty! They recommended 2 skeins and when you start second skein, cut up yarn for fringe(choose your own length). Great find yesterday!!

Game 3 for Red Sox/Cardinals tonight and I'm wearing my Johnny Damon shirt. I'm just wicked excited about all this world series stuff!!

World Series Bound

Ok so I didn't post yesterday because I spent the day in celebration!!!I can't believe my beloved Red Sox made it! I've been waiting half my life for this (now you can figure out how old I am!)!!

I got a few more rows done on the wallaby. I keep joking with people that it's a big green tube. The Eros scarf keeps getting longer but I want it long enough to knot the scarf ends and to wrap loosely around my neck. I think I only need about 8-12" more.

Red Socks/Sox!!!

WOOOOHEEEE! We pulled it out, way to go Ortiz!! I'm so excited that the Red Sox made it this far! Does anyone out there have a pattern for Red Socks to match the team's logo? I've been looking at it and I think I could come up with one from a basic sock pattern but it would be nice to have one to follow.

I've also been looking at the Kool Aid dyeing method. I was thinking though, instead of dyeing the yarn, knitting a pair of white socks and then dyeing them. Anyone tried that?

Happy Monday!

It's happy Monday! So I had a weekend like most everyone else. I spent Friday night at Girl Scout Bingo, a large service unit event, and got about 1 1/2" done on the wonderful wallaby in between number calls. It wasn't typical bingo with large sheets, dabbers, loots of smoke and bizarre, lucky mascots. This was for kids and families so it was with cards that you slide the little fields over the numbers, so knitting was no big deal.

I'm also working on a quick scarf with Eros #3250. Just 8 st on a #8 needle knitted up in St st. That's about 2/3 done and I got to the heel of sock one of reflections. I'm dying to start a set of mittens and/or a new hat.

I found another list to join (actually I've found several but I'll bring them all up this week)...Knit Hats Now which is what is pushing me to start my felted hat. But I'm not starting anything (haha!)until I finish at least the scarf.

Wonderful Wallaby

I posted this question on Knitlist a few days ago...
Quick question on the Wonderful Wallaby by cottage creations. I've
knitted the 3" of ribbing. Now I need to K evenly in St st for
approximately 6 inches. Does that mean 6 total inches (3" ribbing,
3" St st) or 6 more inches(3" ribbing and 6" St st for a total of 9
inches)? I'm at the total 6 inches and am hesitating.

Well I received a variety of answers via email from knitters who have made at least one, if not several, wallabies and all love them. I wouldn't mind a few comments here so I can go with a majority opinion which seems to be go for the total of nine inches.

KnitLit

Ok Here's my personal plug for this book and KnitLit(too). I love these books. My favorite story is from KnitLit(too) with the mom who is trying to knit a sock as she ice skates and causes complete havoc at the pond. It's hilarious! It's also how I found Cottage Craft from Canada. I just drool over their sweater kits. I'm waiting for a sample card of their yarns. I'm thinking of using them for the Log Cabin Afghan by, now don't get confused, Cottage Creations. And excitement of last night...I saw another knitting store off of Independence and Virginia Beach Boulevard. I'll be checking that out very soon!

Shopping

So of course, I don't own enough yarn! When I start a hobby, my favorite part is the hunt for items. My LYS, Hook and I, on Virginia Beach Boulevard, had a 10% off email coupon. So I managed to buy a set of #10 DPN and Lamb's Pride Pine Tree for a felted hat, my first. I'm going to mix in Handpaint Originals by Brown Sheep Company for some jazz. I've already made the 76 stitches hat from the Fall Interweave issue. I did that with Lopi and another Handpaint Originals, which is a dream to knit. I loved that hat so much, I'm going to try out some Paton's Decor and see how that looks. My neighbor had a baby this summer so I'm going to make the Anne Norling fruit cap in Cascade DK, in peach and green. And of course I picked up some fun yarn, Colorlash and Prisma, for a fun scarf. The reflections sock is about 1/3 of the way done, I'm on the heel today so that should be done tonight.