Sanity

This piece of knitting kept me from getting insane this week, from the terrible workload (giving courses and conference talks…)
I managed to finish the last six ridges (including the button holes) yesterday evening and I am still overwhelmed by the genius of this pattern. I can’t find another word for it. Of course most of you already guessed what I am talking about. EZ famous Baby Surprise Jacket (BSJ).

It’s made from Opal Sock wool, worked double stranded with neede Nr 5; more details see on ravelry. Now let’s weave the shoulders.

Dyeing Yarn Links

Self striping yarn (with Koo-Aid): a Tutorial
Part One of the Tutorial with other Links
On Knitty
Color-chart

I just ordered some Kool-Aid at a friend who is in SF right now

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Tomten update

I finished the knitting. Good that I didn’t make it the original length – I just had enough wool. Remaining tasks: Blocking and finding the appropriate buttons. And make the afterthought buttonholes.

Im glad that I finally knitted this. I really like improvising but it adds up to total knitting sum…

Spring Socks

I finished another pair of socks for my boy. He absolutely wanted orange socks. Fine by me, hopefully his younger sister can wear them too.

BTW socks are the ideal project to be knitted on the playground

Dyeing Yarn Tutorial

For further reference: http://kathrynivy.com/patterns/extras/dyeing-yarn/