Vogue Knitting Live

Yesterday, I hung out with Miss Dianne of Creatively Dyed, and we perused the throngs of the Hilton Hotel that allowed us knitters to take over for a weekend.  I had a blast! 



I got to see the String Luxury Yarns fashion show, and fell in love with this ensemble.  It is made with 100% Cashmere yarn called Tessa.  The yarn comes in 650 yd skeins, and doesn its own self-coloring pattern design.  It is absolutely beautiful, and totally luxurious. 



I also met Vicki Howell from the show Knitty Gritty.

I am sad that the show is no longer on the air, but I used to watch it religiously when it aired and it helped me to expand my knitting horizons a whole lot.  Vicki was very sweet, and was happy that her show inspired me to do so many different things with my knitting.  Woohoo! 

I also got to FINALLY see MochiMochi Land.  I missed it dyring the original New York premiere.  OMG!  This exhibit it so cute.













I also went to the Qiviuk Display and fell in love with this sweater. 

It came from a rugged MuskOx and was transformed into this delicate, beautiful, creation.  Absolutely stunning! 

And of course, I got some knitting in.  I started a Thermis for myself, using KnitPicks Chroma.  I was actually walking and knitting, and a few people were astonished at that. Well, I guess I can say it's an ordinary thing for me. Besides that, here are the rest of the things I acquired at the event.  I had a ton of fun, and will definately do it again.  They warmed up the coldest day of the year thusfar, with some warm and inspiring knits. 

Merry Christmas

I decided to bake a cake for the holiday season.  This one is a rum raisin cake, covered with walnuts, and drizzled in a rum sauce.  It is sooooo good.  Caution!  Smelling it ALONE might cause you to feel tipsy.

Where is the knitting you may ask?

Hmmm.. I kinda got busy in the kitchen.  We don't want any rum sauce spilling on the Malabrigo, do we? 

Well, since my plast post, I owe you a picture of my finished Thermis for the recipient in the KTog holiday party.  Here is Suzanne in her pretty Thermis.  She told me that this is her favorite color.  I am so happy that she liked it. 

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Floppy Silk

I had joined the earflaps of my snowboarder hat, and completed 1 round of the pattern.  But to me, it looked kind of floppy. The pattern initially called for chunky yarn on size 10.5 needles.  I used Paton's SWS yarn, because I saw a few other people on Ravelry use it successfully.  However, the material reminded me of....... GASP!  ..... Lace!    Not sturdy as a cabled hat should be.  I could see some semblence of space between my stitches. The truth was, it really should have been knit on size 9 needles, which in my mind is optimal for this yarn.  I was too lazy to do test swatches, and math to see if it would fit an adult head if it was knitted on a smaller needle.  Let's just assume that the answer is "NO" and that the hat would be perfect for my little 2 year old cousin.  Seriously, a hat doesn't need to be so much work.  So, off to the frog pond this piece of silky flop goes.  Farewell my dear friend. 

Immediately after the frog, I casted on THIS!

I decided to make a Thermis for the gift exchange instead of the hat.  Who doesn't love a Neckwarmer?  I am using Knitpicks Wool of the Andes in Iris Heather.  The color really looks beautiful if you take a picture of it with no flash.  I am about 65% complete.  This has been my subway knitting for the past 2 days.  I love the way people look at how fast my hands are moving, like I am some kind of alien or something.  When I feel them watching me, I quickly glance up at them, sometimes staring intently, while I just keep on knitting.  I am sure that confuses them even more.  How can she knit and not look at her knitting???  LOL!  Then they embarassingly look away as if to say "Damn, she caught me staring".

I haven't neglected my Vaila.  I knit on it last night while watching Vampire Diaries that I had taped on my DVR.  Currently, the sleeve is 7 inches long.  I still have 100 more rounds to go before I can start the edging pattern.  Ugh!  This purling is driving me crazy.  I have tried the Norwegian Purl method, but I am still very slow with it.  So, back to regular purling I go.