Ah, it is so good to knit!

Summit in progress

The summit is still in progress and I got to admit is a little bit boring all the “turning the work” on every column. So, I am knitting up a scarf to go along with de brown headband.
I am adapting the panta pattern, meaning I double the number of stitches +1. I think it will look a little more like a stole than a scarf.
I got inspiration here



I don't like being so focused on “the one” project and my short attention span is getting shorter by the minute every time I cast on long term projects.
I have some other projects in mind. I finished the white scarf with the eyelash borders and I found these cute fatty chickens (I’ve ordered the pattern and it has been mailed) and the pinwheel jacket.

Kids

Summit (row 2) Part 4

Final Repeat of Right Curve Section:
Row 1 [WS]: P11, yo, p6.
Row 2 [RS]: K12, drop next st and allow to unravel back to yo. Turn work.
Rows 3-9: Work in stockinette st over 12 sts.
Row 10 [RS]: K6, drop next st and allow to unravel back to yo. Turn work.
Rows 11-27: Work in stockinette st over 6 sts.

LEFT CURVE SECTION
Row 1 [RS]: K6, yo, k5. Turn work.
Rows 2-8: Work in stockinette st over 12 sts.
Row 9 [RS]: K12, yo, k5.
Row 10 [WS]: P11, drop next st and allow to unravel back to yo. Turn work.
Rows 11-16: Work in stockinette st over 11 sts.
Row 17 [RS]: K11, yo, k5.
Row 18 [WS]: P11, drop next st and allow to unravel back to yo. Turn work.
Rows 19-24: Work in stockinette st over 11 sts.

Repeat Rows 17-24 ten times more, or until only one column of waves remains unworked.

Final Repeat of Left Curve Section:
Row 1 [RS]: K11, yo, k6.
Row 2 [WS]: P12, drop next st and allow to unravel back to yo. Turn work.
Rows 3-9: Work in stockinette st over 12 sts.
Row 10 [WS]: P6, drop next st and allow to unravel back to yo. Turn work.

Rows 11-27: Work in stockinette st over 6 sts.

At this point it looks like this, now repeat Right Curve Section and Left Curve Section twelve times more, or until shawl is desired lenght

My Panta

Pattern here
Pattern Portuguese

For those who are having problem deciphering this pattern, someone posted his/her interpretation of it. I don't know whether it works or not.
I fixed the pattern. Now it makes more sense.
CO 19s
Section 1:
Row 1: k1, [k2, p1] x 5, k2 k1
Row 2: k1, [p2, k1] x 5, p2 k1 = 19stitches
Repeat rows 1 and 2 until you reach 2"

Section 2:
Row 1: k1 [k2, p2, inc1] x 5, k2, k1
Row 2: k1, [p3, k1] x 5, p2, k1 = 24s
Row 3: k1 [k2, p2] x 5, k2, k1
Row 4: k1, [p3, k1] x 5, p2, k1
Repeat 3 & 4 until you reach 2"

Section 3:
Row 1: k1, [k2, p3, inc1] x 5, k2, k1
Row 2: k1, [p4, k1] x 5, p2, k1 = 29s
Row 3: k1, [k2, p3] x 5, k2, k1
Row 4: k1, [p4, k1] x 5, p2, k1
Repeat 3 & 4 until you reach 2"

Section 4:
Row 1: k1, [k2, p4, inc1] x 5, k2, k1
Row 2: k1, [p5, k1] x 5, p2, k1 = 34s
Row 3: k1, [k2, p4] x 5, k2, k1
Row 4: k1, [p5, k1] x 5, p2, k1
Repeat 3 & 4 until you reach 2"

Section 5:
Row 1: k1, [k2, p5, inc1] x 5, k2, k1
Row 2: k1, [p6, k1] x 5, p2, k1 = 39s
Row 3: k1, [k2, p5] x 5, k2, k1
Row 4: k1, [p6, k1] x 5, p2, k1

Repeat 3 & 4 until you reach 2"inch
Decreases
Section 6:
Row 1: k1, [k2, p2tog] x 5, k2, k1
Row 2: k1, [k2, p5] x 5, p2, k1 = 34s
Row 3: k1, [k2, p5] x 5, k2, k1
Row 4: k1, [k2, p5] x 5, p2, k1
Repeat 3 & 4 until you reach 2"

Section 7:
Row 1: k1, [k2, p2tog] x 5, k2, k1
Row 2: k1, [k2, p4] x 5, p2, k1 = 29s
Row 3: k1, [k2 ,p4] x 5, k2, k1
Row 4: k1, [k2, p4] x 5, p2, k1
Repeat 3 & 4 until you reach 2"

Section 8:
Row 1: k1, [k2, p2tog] x 5, k2, k1
Row 2: k1, [k2, p3] x 5, p2, k1 = 24s
Row 3: k1 [k2, p3] x 5, k2, k1
Row 4:kp1, [k2, p3] x 5, p2, k1
Repeat 3 & 4 until you reach 2"

Section 9:
Row 1: k1, [k2, p2tog] x 5, k2, k1
Row 2: k1, [k2, p2] x 5, p2, k1 = 19s
Row 3: k1, [k2, p2] x 5
Row 4: k1, [k2, p2] x 5
Repeat rows 1 and 2 until you reach 2"

Bind off, sew ends together.

Summit (row 1) -Part 3

RIGHT CURVE SECTION
Row 1 [WS]: P6, yo, p5. Turn work.
Rows 2-8: Work in stockinette st over 12 sts.
Row 9 [WS]: P12, yo, p5.
Row 10 [RS]: K11, drop next st and allow to unravel back to yo. Turn work.
Rows 11-16: Work in stockinette st over 11 sts.
Row 17 [WS]: P11, yo, p5.
Row 18 [RS]: K11, drop next st and allow to unravel back to yo. Turn work.
Rows 19-24: Work in stockinette st over 11 sts.
Repeat Rows 17-24 ten times more, or until only one column of waves remains unworked.

It looks like this after row 24

Summit -Part 2

Establish Last Column:
Row 24 [RS]: K11, CO 7 sts.
Row 25 [WS]: P18.
Row 26 [RS]: K12, m1, k1, S2KP, k1, kfb.
Row 27 [WS]: P12, drop next st and allow to unravel back to CO. Turn work.
Rows 28-32: Work in stockinette st over 12 sts.
Row 33 [WS]: P6, drop next st and allow to unravel back to CO. Turn work.
Rows 34-50: Work in stockinette st over 6 sts.
Remember:Basic stockinette
purling the rows on the right side
knitting the rows on the wrong side

If you have worked 15 columns of waves (same width as shawl shown), you will have 77 sts on the needle at this point. If you have worked a different number of columns, you will have 6 sts on the needle for the first and last columns, and 5 sts for every other column.
It looks like this:

Summit-Part 1

I started the summit shawl and I am knitting along with Sandra. Her yarn is thicker than mine. I am using heavy lace, a very pretty midnight blue and needle #04. Here are some pictures:

cast on 6 stitches

Row 1 [WS]: P6.
Row 2 [RS]: Yo, k2, S2KP, kfb.
Rows 3-5: Work in stockinette st.
Row 6 [RS]: K6, CO 6 sts. 12 sts.
Row 7 [WS]: P12.
Row 8 [RS]: K7, m1, k1, S2KP, kfb.
Rows 9-11: Work in stockinette st.
Row 12 [RS]: K12, CO 6 sts. 18 sts.
Row 13 [WS]: P18.
Row 14 [RS]: K13, m1, k1, S2KP, kfb.
Row 15 [WS]: P11, drop next st and allow to unravel back to CO. Turn work. 17 sts on needle.
Row 16 [RS]: K11.
Row 17 [WS]: P11.
This is how looks like after the 17th row

Row 18 [RS]: K11, CO 6 sts.
Row 19 [WS]: P17.
Row 20 [RS]: K12, m1, k1, S2KP, kfb.
Row 21 [WS]: P11, drop next st and allow to unravel back to CO. Turn work.
Row 22 [RS]: K11.
Row 23 [WS]: P11.
Repeat Rows 18-23 ten times more, or until you have one less column than desired total.

This is how it looks like after the 23rd row.

It looks like this after your desired number of columns

Patchwork Pumpkin

This project is actually an UFO. I bought this yarn, a beautiful merino and I started knitting a poncho. Right off the back I realized the color was a little bit bold for a poncho, then, the yarn started breaking up. Yeap... breaking up.
The piece became this big UFO and I had no idea what to make of it.
Since my sister-in-law makes beautiful patchwork items, I bought a piece of fabric (lining) and she stuffed the pumpkin for me. I added up some leaves and the stem is knitted with the I-Cord technique.
I think it would look really cute in a basket, as a table centerpiece or pincushion.
Happy knitting!!

Star Wars poster

Perhaps is because Christmas is over, my brother and sis went back home and I am back to the old routine but today is one of those days... I've got the blues and the weather does not help. It is cloudy and cold and I don't feel like doing anything but staying under the covers. I am also coming down with something.
I am going to knit a scarf. Yeah, there is is nothing better to put on a congested chest than a hand-made scarf.
I heard this song today on the radio on my way to work. It is about a boy in turmoil because his parents are going through a lot of fights and disagreements. It is really sad when he says: "I want the things that I had before. Like a Star Wars poster on my bedroom door."

Snow on Snow

In the bleak mid-winter. words by Christina Rossetti

Cookies x Cold

Family is our compass

My brother and sister-in-law just left for Brasil today and I have gotten the blues. After 3 weeks of fun I find myself alone again. Family is really what put us back in perspective and I am really glad they had had the time to come down to spend the holidays with us. I feel like I have recharged my batteries for the new-year ahead.
The weather seems to have improved a little bit and tomorrow I am planning to go back to work. Everything is back to the same old, same old.
I started the panta headband. I got inspired to knit one after doing some searching on the net. My sister-in-law has knitted a brown one and came out pretty good. I will wear it wearing my hair in a pony tail.
Happy knitting everybody!

Winter Storm

Las Vegas

Restoring memories

I just finished knitting the baby-uggs booties and they’ve turned out so darn cute. I actually did this project with my sister in law, she knitted the large one and I knitted the other one.(a little small- it would fit a 6-month-old baby. The large one would fit a 1-year-old. When I knit another pair, I will YO after top shaping (row 5) for I-Cord, so they don’t fall off. They have plenty of room for those wriggly feet.
I really lucked out when it comes to sisters-in-law. Selmi knows how to quilt, sew, crochet and knit (a little bit). She showed me how to do some patchwork and taught me a few quilting stitches. She also put together a cute patchwork pumpkin. (I still need to knit its leaves and the stem). I’ll be posting the pictures later on.
I spent a very lovely holidays with my brother, Irineu and sister-in-law, Selmi. I caught up with tons of family stories and those brought old good memories. I loved their company and I hope they enjoyed coming for the holidays and the white Christmas just added more fun to the day!!

Happy 2011