How Punk is This

I am away this weekend on a Christmas in July Knitting Retreat hosted by my LYS. So I am off to the Local Scout camp only about 20 mins away to look like a total bogan and sit knit and relax. Listen to my ipod loudly and enjoy a few delicacies that are all home cooked to keep us all going.

Ill have a full report on my Blog when I get home on Sunday night.

Clown Head Gear

Finished up a couple clown hats and wanted to post them. There are a couple different views of them on my blog if you are really into clown hats.

Knitting up a storm

Over the past few weeks I've been knitting up a storm.

I am knitting for friends, my kids, myself and for charity. Plus started a quilt for stepson #2.

Here is a pic of Fetching I made for myself.

I LOVE them.

Take a look at my blog to see other items I've made recently.

What do ya' think?

Trying to write a pattern...this is what I have so far...

More pictures on my blog.

Latvian mitterns

I saw these mittens in the last issue of Vogue Knitting and really wanted to try to make them, even though I was a bit intimidated. I learned several new techniques and found out it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be.

Slave to the Grind.......

I am still wading through the yarn to make stock for Country Treasures in Crookwell. This week so far I have finished a 3 month Cardigan and beanie set and a new born crochet Jacket. Not to bad when I work 40 hours a week in a regular job.

The 3mth Cardigan in 8 ply Superfine Mudgee wool in Rose.

The matching hat to go with the cardigan.

The little Motif Jacket in 3 ply superfine supersoft baby wool in mint.

I am in a Skid Row mode as I heard them in the car tonight driving home and thought 'Slave to the Grind' was a good one with just 130 balls of yarn to go for stock to be made with.

And a quiz for Joey too!

What kind of house rabbit are you? created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as The Athlete If there was such a thing as the Bunny Olympics, you'd win the Gold. (photo: Hocus) The Athlete 81% The Digger 75% The Snuggle Bunny 69% The Chewer 56% The Toys-R-Us Kid 50% King of the House 44%

Almost snowed under in Downunder

I have been very Busy working for Country Treasures making garments from Premmie to size 4 and here is just a small selection of what is to be made. A shipment of 150 balls of wool in 2 different plys was sent to me and in just 2 weeks I have knitted through 12 balls and made all of these.

This is a 8ply ( worsted) cardigan and hat in size 2 before it got its buttons.

A premmie cardigan in baby yarn and below a newborn size.

Finally a Size 1 jumper that I just finished today.

We have a winner!

We have a winner for our stitch marker contest. I put the names of everyone who has posted or commented before May 10th on a numbered list courtesy of www.random.org came up with #10, who happens to be gothknits.

Congrats, lady! These will be on their way to you as soon as I get your address.

Knitting my long hat in a Militaristic Clown Uniform

I was out and about in Homestead Pa working on my latest clown hat.

It is made from Red Heart and in this picture it is tuck up inside itself. The item looks like a fairly average clown hat. It pulls out to be around fifteen feet long. This is funny when on stage with a lot of clowns.

There is a picture of the thing sstreatched out bellow. I have more pictures from my practice on my blog.

Funk Rock / Block or Froggg

This is the rest (53 gr) from the sockproject with Socks that rock, some days ago. And the pattern Executive Funk by Marnie MacLean.

Can´t make up my mind. Will I use those? Would you? When? Looks nice on others, feels clumsy on me...or...? Just to get used? To block or to frogggg...

Grimm's Sister - Pepper's Orange Tote Muppet

My sister made this bag she's calling an Orange Tote Muppet. She's on ravelry as pepperbal. I wish she'd write a relative version of the pattern for me b/c I'd like to make a Birthday Massacre Purple Tote Muppet.

Free Pattern Alert!

I've finally finished the pattern for the skull cable hat I've been working on f-o-r-e-v-e-r. The links are on the sidebar of my blog

Socks That Rock Over Cable

Socks that Rocks lightweight from Blue Moon Fiberarts. Färg; Corbie. 100 &% superwash merino.

And the pattern: Yarn Over Cable, from the book Sensational Knitted Socks by Charlene Schurch.

Yepp, this is my first completed pair of toe-up and I love them! And If I keep them as "bedsocks" I will have some yarn left..
…exactly 53 gram left after the socks done, will it be enough for a pair of Marnie Maclean - Lace Wristlets? :0)

LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!

My Southwestern knitting

I have been homesick for the Southwest ( I moved to the East coast several years ago) so I refinished some furniture and recovered a pillow making my home look a bit more Southwestern. I did modular knitting for the pillow using scrap yarn. A fun way to use up some of your leftovers...

Lets go back in time to 1942

Take a step back to 1942 when you would be on rations in Australia but needing to knit your bit for the guys on the Kokoda Track or thru the many other conflicts about. I have found one of those books that had the saving patterns and tips of the day and took to knitting the spiral socks from it so far and love the way it goes and the feel to the whole idea of re creating these patterns that were such a staple.

I am alive and have been rather busy with exhibitons and conventons but time to return to normal and being more active again.

I think I didn't show you those yet...

My Buccaneers Booty Socks have been done for a while now, I just did not find the time to post them here yet.

I dyed the red myself and the black are overdyed leftovers - not really solid black now, but I like it.

What I did not like about those socks was the fair isle part, it is nothing I enjoy. I really like the results, but the process is making me to go insane.









And this adorable little monster has been made for my son as part of a Crochet-A-Long on Ravelry. We had a basic receipe for those little guys and I decided to add fun fur as crazy hair and mismatched buttons for the eyes.

Otherwise, I kept it simple because it is supposed to be a toy for a 3 year old - I don't want to risk any choking or other injuries.

Finally the bucaneers are done!

I don't post often - I have turned into more of a punk lurker... sorry!

However, I finished my bucaneer booty socks over the weekend! I used the last of my naturespun from my mittens. It worked out to almost the exact right amount!! I made them a little big, hoping that they will felt a little when I wear them, like a fair isle mitten.

Thanks for the inspiration!
And Happy KNitting!

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

GOOD
We have almost 100 knitters on the blogroll of our punk rock knitting community


BAD
Blogger only lets us have 100 people considered blog authors at a time


UGLY
In order to clean up a bit and make room for new people who want to participate, I need you to either post or write a comment to this post letting me know you're still with us. People I don't hear from by May 10th (that's 33 days from now) run the risk of being deleted. If you get deleted, you will need to re-request permission to join the group.

The happier side of that is that I will enter those of you who post or comment by May 10th in a drawing for a set of stitch markers. Hooray for stitch markers!

Music and knitting

Can't help myself linking to >>

At last

Oh yeah, an ufo is finished... at last...

And the sun... is shining... Haha!

A custom made punkscarf for my daughter, knitted in moss-stitch. Perfect for a cold... spring... ;0D

Jack the Easter Dog

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After:


Links: My Ravelry Entry

We were going for purple but got magenta and pink. This is how I did it:

1. Made a vinegar / water mixture and saturated the white spot on the back of his neck with it. Put a square of plastic wrap over it and put his collar back on to hold it in place. Let sit for about 30 minutes

2. Using purple wilton’s cake dye (you know, the kind that’s like a paste that comes in a jar?) and a paint brush, I painted it on his spot. Re-covered in plastic wrap as above.

3. Held a blowdryer on low over the plastic-wrapped spot for about 5 minutes (moving it around and testing with my hand to make sure it wasn’t burning him). Let sit for 20 minutes. Repeat once more.

4. Bath time! I filled the tub with about 1-2 inches of water and poured 1 cup vinegar over the spot. Wet and washed with dog shampoo in all places BUT the spot. Rinsed well.

Results
Due to not being able to marinate Jack in a crock pot like real yarn, his fur didn’t have enough time/warmth to suck up all of the purple dye, leaving us with a magenta spot instead. Rinsing the spot with vinegar worked to both help set the dye on the spot and added water to the tub Jack was standing in…helping the rinsed-off dye adhere to the white on his chest and paws.

Jack is quite the happy punk rock pooch.

What about Easter holiday?

I don't know about you so I ask what you think about holidays as Easter and such?

I am all for the candy, that's what weekends are for, right.

New punkrocker in da blog

Hi! My name is Monica, I live in Gothenburg, Sweden, is called 'Strumpstickan' on the net wich in English would be 'Sockneedle' I guess... 43 years of age and married with no kids. Blog every day in my Swedish blog about life and knitting...

Like this blog a lot and thought it could be fun to see if I can contribute now and then. I love knitting and I love music of all kinds, not only rock and punk, but when I was a teenager I was a punkrocker and I promise you.. we did NOT have flowers in our hair *lol*

So, about the music then.. I was 13 in 1977 when it struck me... I couldn't get enough... The Clash, Kinks, Pistols, Talking Heads, Nina Hagen and a lot more. I still love them and thank the Universe for You Tube! What is life without rock?

Well, thats all about me for now. Next time I'll try to talk about knitting:)