23. Lauren FO

YAY!

Finally my Lauren FO :

Pattern : Lauren Jacket by weaverknits

Yarn: Harrisville Designs New England Highland in Colorway : 9176

Needles : US 8 cir 36" needles

Size : 34" bust
Mods : The pattern calls for a ribbed neckline but, I was really into the boat neck look that was happening so I decided to just stick with that and crochet finish the neck. I debated whether or not to make the sleeves full length but after trying it on, I liked the 3/4 length sleeve.

Buttons : Bought at knit new york, in a maroon-ish color. Accents the color of the sweater nicely.


Notes : I wore it out for the first time last night and boy was it warm. It is going to be perfect for those fall nights that are coming up and getting a little chillier. Looks great with a collared shirt under it. The yarn is a bit itchy so I'm not sure about wearing tank tops or tube tops under it which would be nice because of the boat neck but, I am not sure about my ability to handle the itchy-ness.

Update on Orangina - we made up, we're back on the right path. I am going to pay more attention to her and she isn't going to get mad at me and add stitches where I don't want them. I'm on my second of 9 skiens.

Today is errand day. Drop off the film, pick up the pills, get the photoshop for the computer that I miss so dearly, pick up the new sewing machine (that I didn't have to buy because my darling best friend -in photos of Lauren- is saving me a ton of money by giving me one from her old apartment), buy a new memory card for my new point and shoot camera (that my bed friend also gave me after I thought my camera had died- we figured out it was my memory card BUT, i still get the new camera) and last but not least, lunch with my Chelsea.

And I bid adieu with a photo my friend jonathan took of me while I was slinging booze.

x
-granny

22.

Me and Orangina are not getting along very well right now and I'm trying my hardest to not give up. I can't seem to have the attention span to actually go through a whole RS row without messing something up and adding sts where they should not be added.

I'm rather upset about it, considering i've frogged and frogged and frogged and all the other finished projects on Ravelry call it such a simple project. I guess I need to not knit it while I'm with friends. Maybe its too much for my brain to count and talk at the same time? I will conquer this shirt but, its killing my ego.

In other news, I still don't have photos of my Lauren FO but I promise I will soon. I have finally put a deposit on a puppy that I will be taking thousands of pictures of. I spent 350$ at Ikea last week but my apartment looks great and I decided on the sewing machine for right now instead of the camera.

I did makeup on the new Rockband game commercial yesterday, this will be paying for my new sewing machine and the desk I bought to put it on.

That is all.
x
-granny

ps - these are fun

21.

I have a dilema...

I've finished lauren, its SO pretty and i'm VERY excited about it but this is where the dilema comes in... My 3 year old kodak point and shoot camera has finally kaputz, she says i have no memory for pictures when I actually have nothing left on my camera. She has rolled around the bottom of my purse with chocolate rum balls, lint, tobacco and coins so I'd say its safe to say that I'm not surprised and/or incredibly heart broken about this.

SO, now i'm left with my 3 film cameras. There is no such thing as instant gratification as far as film goes so I've been thinking about investing in one of these :



but theeeeen, I thought to myself... The last time I used me sewing machine, it blew up my apartments electricity so maybe investing in a decent sewing machine is a better idea?

Help.


Dear Orangina,

I love the look of you, I love the yarn I chose for you, I love the idea I have of wearing you one day with such joy, adoratoin and love but STOP INCREASING STITCHES. PLEASE.

love,
erin.

This is all for today. I promise I will post the FO for lauren as soon as I get the man's camera out of his apartment.

x
-granny

p.s Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day.

20.

today i'm going to start by saying... man i wish i could go home for a visit (and thank you flickr for providing me with visual aids for my homesick-ness). it's been 3 years in october since i've visited my lovely city of toronto and i cannot WAIT to go back. thank god i have my friends so much closer now that i get quick weekend trips from them.


in other news, i seem to have a thing for blue's and purple's lately. ebay shopping is a problem for me, i scour the internet for pretty colors of pretty yarns. how can i turn down a good deal? and hello... 20% off debbie bliss cashmerino chunky? i love sales.


working away on my lauren, i have 1/3 of the 2nd sleeve to go, some blocking, a little sew up of those armpits, some buttons. i'm thinking i might not add the ribbed collar but i'm not entirely sure yet. i kind of like the low boat neck look it has happening right now. possibly just a crocheted neckline? what do you think?

onto the next, i was looking for another big-ish project to get started on and in my lurking of the blogs i spotted this pattern on slipped stitch'blog. i fell in love with is so here i am, casting on before finishing my last big project.

my lauren has gotten to the point where if i bring it out with me on my errands, it takes up quite a bit of space is my bag so i suppose my excuse could be that i needed something smaller?

i hate working at night, i feel like i spend all day waiting to go to work and not commiting to anything that could potentially take me more than an hour in fear that i might be late for work. part of the reason why i stopped bartending but, one of our night time waitress' is on vacation and alas, the shifts must be covered.

my better half and i booked tickets to his hometown at the end of the month, we'll galavanting around the twin cities and north by 2 hours to pick up my new puppyyyyyy!!!

i am really into the idea of dogs having human names and considering i want a boy, i'd like him to have an old man name that i can abbreviate. i'm kind of set on the idea of walter but, is it bad luck to name a pup before you actually meet it? any suggestions on more old man names?

ok. time to wash off the ol' hip tattoo (5 hours yesterday - ouch) and try to figure out what i can wear to work without being absolutely miserable. most likely going to have to wear a dress, a waitress in a dress? kind of silly but jean's will be impossible. hip tattoos can be quite irritating when in the healing process but my GOD, is it ever pretty.

x
-granny.

19. FO

well! let me introduce you to my new kerchiefs! the first one is rusty orange:



I used the Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece (I originally bought with intentions of using it for the Oddball baby blanket I worked on but later decided the color didn't fit the rest of the blanket). These pictures do it no justice as far as the color goes but its a beeaaautiful orange.

I improvised a different route with this kerchief as opposed to the others I've made in the past. I knit this one from the bottom up, starting with a slip knot and using raglan increases all the way up with some kfb's on the sides so they would catch up to the middle in length.




I also got to use one of my adorable little woven buttons for this little guy because I cast off a bit too early to be able to tie it. I like the button usage better anyway. Now it will fit nice and snug up against the neck.



The suggested size needle was a 6 but, I went ahead with a US #10 so it would be looser and more comfortable. I'm really into cotton yarns lately.

Secondly is Le purple :


I cabled all the way down the center in hopes of it being a bit more prominent but, this style is cute too. Funny enough its the exact same Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece yarn in purple. I had this left over from the caplet I made a couple entries back. There are so many yards per skein of this stuff, I have a whole other one in my stash that I've barely touched.


I went with a smaller needle for this one - US #8. Tight and clean looking. Please excuse the hint of extremely messy hair (its been a hot one today).


In other news, I've finished my scarf and I'm sewing in the ends. Man stripped scarves are kind of a little bit of a nightmare but good lord is it pretty.

One sleeve down on Lauren, one to go. I need another big project for the que... any suggestions?

x
-granny.

18. -FO

well, here we are... i have finally used the yarn i bought off Yarntopia-Treasures and I have made a bigger version of the nest tote.

To be honest, i'm not quite sure the blend of the yarn. BUT, here is what i do know :
Needles : :US 13 Cir - 16"
Measures : 14" from top to bottom with nothing inside, 19" from left to right along the bottom, 11" straps from top of bag to top of strap inside the opening & it stretches to 21" with things inside.


These bags are great because they're so quick to knit up, the only thing while knitting this particular one was, my hands were blue for the 4 days it took me to knit. I couldn't tell if it was from my brand new jeans or the yarn (hand died) but, my hands are finally clean!

Anyway, with my recent etsy.com luck, I decided to post this one up on my etsy shop. The kercheif's I had posted on there went like hotcakes!!

I'm now working on a beaaautiful brown and pastel pink scarf for myself.

Speaking of warm, I hope this heat wave goes away soon.

x
granny.

p.s - im in love with rowan cotton rope. Mmmmm... feelssogood.

17.

well, i've made an etsy shop.

Just going to post a few things up there for now... see how it goes. maybe my friends will pity my efforts and buy a couple things. haha.

Anyway, working on another tote bag. I'm using the yarn I bought off yarntopia on ebay, its knitting up quite lovely... this time i shall do it bigger. I've also made it to the ribbing at the bottom of the body on my Lauren sweater. Sleeves up next!

I got the most BEAUTIFUL present in the mail today...


as i walked into my apartment today, i saw the handwriting of my childhood santa clause (yes, i was devistated to find out it was my grandmother all along) on a massive box. a gift!! when i saw the size of the box, i knew what it was going to be but i had NO idea it was going to be so beautiful!! I called her immediately and grilled her about what kind of yarn she used, how long it took, what size needles (canada and the us have different needle sizes - i had no idea though it should be obvious)... I cant wait for it to get cool enough outside for me to wear it.

And of course, me being ridiculous, the headband in the first picture, is actually not a headband at all... she informed me it was a cowl she sent me in return for the one I sent her for her birthday.

Alright, I've got coffee grind under my nails, off to the showers.

x.
-granny.

16.

hi there.

its been a little while since my last post. i've been working on my lauren sweater, i'm actually almost completely done with the body which leaves me with the collars and sleeves. in the mean time i've been knitting little prjects to keep my satisfaction of completion level up. i knit a headband for my friend annaliese, another little green slouch hat that i'm about to wrap up with the berocco softwist i've been keeping hidden away, i'm thinking of starting another market bag with the yarn on ebay (yarntopia).

speaking of ebay, i'm selling a couple things :

link to my ebay items

i'm not very good at setting up links on the internet, but we'll see how it goes. i'm going to go enjoy the rest of my last day off for 5 days.

x
-granny.