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I did some major decluttering of the craft room this past weekend. There is a whole pile of knit/crochet magazines sitting in my bedroom right now hoping to find a new home so I don't throw them in the recycle bin. If anyone is interested in giving them a new home, please either leave a comment or email me delanaknits(at)gmail(dot)com

Vogue Knitting
Holiday 2004
Winter 2003/04

Knit It!
Spring 2007
Fall 2005
Spring 2006

Knit 'N Style
August 2007

Ultimate Knitting
Winter 2003

Cast On
May-July 2006
August-October 2005
Spring 2005
May-July 2005
February-April 2006

Knitter's
Fall 2005
Fall 2004

InKnitters
Winter 2003
Fall 2004
Winter 2004
Spring 2005
Fall 2005
Winter 2005
Summer 2005

Family Circle Easy Knitting
Holiday 2005
Fall 2005
Fall 2000
Winter 1999/2000
Spring/Summer 1999
Spring/Summer 1998
Winter 2003
Fall 2004
Spring/Summer 2006
Holiday 2003

Creative Knitting
March 2007
May 2006
September 2005
January 2006
September 2004
July 2005

Family Circle Easy Crochet
Fall/Winter 2005

Crochet
November 2006

BH&G Simply Creative Crochet
2006

knitsimple
Spring/Summer 2007

Interweave Crochet
Spring 2007
Winter 2004/2005

Interweave Felt
2007

Sadly, this list hardly put a dent in the pile left in the craft room. At least now though, all the projects I want to make out of those left is marked with a post-it note flag so I don't have to flip through all of them again to find something. Maybe I'll get industrious and add all those projects to my Ravelry queue so I know exactly which magazine to grab when I'm ready to make something. Ah to be organized!!

And now for some actual knitting content. Believe it or not, even with all that decluttering going on, I did get some knitting accomplished.

Since I finished up Stoney, I needed to decide on a new project for Thursdays. I chose to pull out the Flickering Flames skirt I started last summer and never got around to finishing. Hopefully with my new process I'll have this done in time to wear this season. I'm taking this Thursday off work to go with Paul for some tests so there will be quite a bit of progress on this later this week.



Last night I finished up the first Meida's sock. Maybe this project will be on the FO list in a couple more sessions. I might pull this one out this weekend to work on and be able to finish it up next Monday. Still don't have a great photo of the yarn. I forgot I was going to take it outside this week until after I had showered and gotten comfy in my jammies. Maybe next week :o)

It's all about the layering

One down, 40 bazillion to go!

I did my shopping this afternoon, then sat down to do the finishing on Stoney. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out and plan to wear it to work on Monday. The pattern was very simple and had just enough shaping to keep my interest. I used a ribbon type cotton yarn so I think it has a bit more structure than if I had knit it in the called for wool blend yarn. I think it would knit up beautifully in a silk yarn, and may make another one to test out that theory.



I only found one set of buttons that I really liked for this vest, so decided against the fasten with a safety pin idea.



Last night's project was Lauryn, the free gift that came with my Rowan subscription. I've seen quite a bit of buzz on the internet about not liking the pattern that came with the yarn. I kind of liked it myself, and since lately I've been all about layering with vests and such, decided I was going to make it. This is proving to be a really quick knit and should be finished up in another couple of knitting sessions.



Seems like this limting myself to one project per evening thing is going to work!

Almost done!

Thanks to all who sent such nice comments about the tree skirt. Even though it's not one of those nice portable, brainless knitting so I can watch a movie projects, I'm really enjoying knitting it.

Susan is contemplating trying out the "different project every day" method to finishing up her projects since she seems to be plagued with frogitis these days. I say go for it!! Everyone should send good knitting vibes her way so she can get her mojo back.

Last night it was Stoney's turn to be knit on, and I cruised right through it! I've now finished all 3 pieces and all that's left to do is the seaming/finishing.



Tomorrow I'll work on that after making a trip to JoAnn's for buttons. I'm thinking I might try to find shank buttons and use safety pins or somesuch to fasten them to the vest. That way I can change the look to match whatever top I decide to wear under it. Good idea? Or another hairbrained one?



I took a bit of a break from knitting tonight to play a computer game, so I'm not sure how much progress I'll have to show tomorrow. Of course, Friday's project is something I haven't blogged about yet, so there will be some.

Christmas in April?

I decided that one of the 5 projects I needed to concentrate on was going to be the Aran Tree Skirt from "Handknit Holidays". It's getting pretty bulky and doesn't want to fit well into a knitting bag. It's not a very portable project due to it's size and the fact you have to pay close attention to the pattern. I certainly don't want this one hanging around all summer, when I'm sure I'll be attending more knitting groups and generally dragging my knitting out on the back porch.

I'm just about halfway through the 3rd of 11 panels. This one will be posted about for a couple of months I believe. Next week I'll take a couple of closeup photos of the cable work.

Other than taking up some of my precious little knitting time in the evenings, posting on a daily basis about a different project is proving to be quite fun. Maybe I've finally found the recipe to get all those UFOs finished up and make good on my "post better" resolution!

Bartholomew's Tantalizing Socks

Wow! Posts 3 days in a row! Go Me!!

Another sock to post about tonight. This is yet another pattern from "New Pathways for Sock Knitters". This is the pattern which drew me to the book, and the reason I bought it initially. I've since fallen in love with many of the patterns and will eventually knit them all.

I am using some Collinette Jitterbug yarn I bought sometime last summer, I believe. I'll definitely be using more of this in the future. I really like knitting with it. It's "sproingy" if you know what I mean. It has good stitch definition and the colors are so vibrant.

I am know at the point where I am doing the arch expansion, so this sock should be done in a couple more knitting sessions.



The cuff is made to wear either turned down or not.



I'm thinking I won't turn it down. I kind of like the look of the cuff worn up with the bit of flare it gets from the slit in the back.