Taboo tuesday...

I know I have not posted a while, I've been busy with work and finishing school. Now that it was over, I thought I had time to be able to catch up....Nope! Work consumed everything, even knitting time, but no fear I'm back knitting more and more.



Look...do you see the octopus, spider, and praying mantis? I knit those for a display for a local library. My mom asked me to make them for her work, so I agreed and there they are, I feel famous....

Other then that I have a finished Pagona, working on socks, Rock Island Shawl, cardigan design, a tank for me (I need something cool). And... the book... is still a go. I'm still working on it slowly, I just need to go through my stash and see what designs that I need to work on or finish for it.

All for now. Till next time, knit and stay hydrated

Ticklish Tuesdays

Ok ok I know it's been a while but I've been doing a lot. And I'm sure you're wondering what is so ticklish about tuesdays, well.... It's the day before wednesdays known as hump day so it's as if you're so giddy and ticklish that you can't wait for wednesday. But I digress.

I finished the February hat right in time for stitches, I actually finished it at 2am that day. Speaking of stitches... I did some stash enhancing. And even though I said no fiber, no fiber, I had to when I saw Abstract Fiber's Roving, it's AMAZING.





So pretty, the lefts is Rockstar in a Optum fiber (so soft) and the right is a Yak merino bamboo blend I believe. Then I bought some more yarn from Lisa Souza, and I was spinning the other day and went "hmm this color looks familiar....well....




That's because it is the same color, just bought about 1-2 years apart.







That right one is cashmere from MissBabs. I think it's going to be a cowl for myself, I couldn't pass it up.

The solar dyers are almost done and hopefully it will start to be sunnier here so I can do it.

Fiber festival hopefully this summer....

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Tired Tuesday

Ok that doesn't sounds like the most exciting title for a blog post but I am really tired. I don't sleep well but I knew it was time to post another post here so here we go. (If this is a little weirder or boring more then usual I do apologize in advance).

I am working on the february hat, which is going very slowly. It is another Steven West pattern. Don't get me wrong I love the hat it's just doing double knitting on needles I'm not sure if I like yet and with fingering weight yarn and slip knit slip knit till my eyes fall out will drive and is driving me nuts. But I digress... I am using Frog Tree Pediboo and I love the yarn, so soft and warm and lovely. I need to finish this hat in the next 4 or so days so when I go to Stitches West it can be my yarn money holder, kind of a way of keeping myself in check when I am there. I'm not sure what I want to get there, but I know I see more Lisa Souza Yarn coming home with me, like it tends to do every year. I got another knitter to go "OOOOOOOO EVIL YOU ARE!" which is true.

I am an enabler. Pure and simple I am the dyeabolical, supreme enabler. Everyone who knows me knows this is true. So I am going to announce that Macek Designs is coming out of a hibernation and will be putting up the new new new website, since the first kinda got erased when my old laptop had to be whipped and I stupidly didn't back up the file. But I have a better one now and I will let you all know when it goes live. Be prepared for sock made on Robert (sock knitting machine from 1870) and sun dyed yarn. I know that sounds crazy but doing it that way will be better for me and everyone I live with and not to mention the environment. And the electricity bill that will help too.

Finally, guess what I am going to be knitting now that I said I would never knit again? That's right socks, socks. The things that I had a pair of my argyle hand dyed socks eaten, and vowed that it would never happen again. But now I am back, but I will not ignore Robert, he will be used in conjunction with hand knit socks. Kinda like having the production and the artsy ones. Best of both worlds. That's what I'm telling myself.

Things on my needles:
Rick from Cookie A's Sock Innovations
Skinny Skid from Stephen West's First Book
Crochet Scarf I'm replicating from a picture for my boss

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Wacky wednesdays

I'm thinking that any day I post anything there should be a theme to it, like a random day, or a day where I have to use a specific word in every sentence, while still making some sense. Today is wednesday and I thought it would be appropriate for me to make it a wacky wednesday. Why wacky you say? Here's why:
1: They both start with W

2: Wednesday that day in the middle of the week, it's not really the beginning or the end it's just there

3: Wednesdays are the day known as hump day, so that's just wacky enough

4: Cause I think I'm clever for thinking of those 3 things listed above, but that's besides the point

Ok lets start with the wacky, unless I've already started....here we go

1. I finished my hat for the month, took all of two day...I'm thinking I might have to add more to this 12 hats in the year thing....

2. I added a button on it, it's a pirate button, makes me feel all clever and pirate like

3. " 'ey matty where's me yyyyyyaaarrrrnnnnn"

4. I am going to making the pretty thing for my mom's birthday next month, going to be out of a yak, bamboo mix 75/25

5. I'm going to be dyeing and spinning a lot more yarn

6. I still need to get that 15 lbs of fleece processed

7. Stephanie Pearl McPhee is funny by telling us that in "American it's a size 4" and it's true, we can't do metric, or we just don't wanna

8. I know I don't wanna, I like my inches, and feet, and pints, and cups, and US 4, watts, all of that....maybe I should learn more metric....

9. I'm rebuilding https://macekdesigns.com it's going to be awesome. You gotta love iWeb

10. This is a random post....distract with a picture


I will post a picture with me wearing it and a button when I get a chance, and when I'm not so camera shy.




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its been year

A year has come and gone, lets take a minute to reflect on it...ok I'm done. Now onto the first monday of the first full week of the new year. The self imposed hat knitting is finally taking shape now that I've decided on a pattern, I will be doing the Piece Out by Steven West (Westknits). I think I'm going to use brown, red and for the accent color orange. Not sure, I just need to dig out the size 6 or 7 needles, I don't know where they are. But once I find them, some cables for them and then I'm in business. I still need to finish the top for my mom. I'm working on the shaping on the neck edging and then have her try it on and see how it fits. She says it looks too short, but I'm hoping it's right. I don't want to knit more garter on the bottom.... Anyways lots to do, like the design for Twist Collective I'm going to submit. Pics of the swatch to follow soon, it's probably going to be a cardigan in a slip stitch pattern. More to follow...



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3 hat patterns, which to start first

On the self imposed 10 hats in 2011 I have three options, the botanic hat, the collision, and one of my own design. I'm still not sure, I have to dive into the stash to see if I have yarn to knit one.

Thoughts?


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