the blue blog archives: tuesday is knitalong day

Finally a picture of Peggy's little one in his weasley sweater! And a picture of Eklectika's TWO weasleys together - weasleys from A to Z! Also Leigh reports that she's finished hers and it was a huge hit, inciting some peer rivalry. Oh my!

Elsewhere, Orli finised the front of her weasley and Amy Lu is working on sleeves.

All non-beginners who sent their info to me should have received their sockapalooza sock pals by now. Remember, don't tell your sock pal who you are. Just find the perfect yarn and pattern for them, knit, knit, knit and send your socks off around March 15 with a note revealing who you are. We can all be surprised together!

I heard from Elizabeth that she finished a version of my leftovers vest. Stripes are good, mmmm'kay.

And bookish girl, Wendy finished a Banff and is starting some sweat pants! I love to see old knitalong projects being made by others. It brings back fun memories of making my own projects. I had to pull out Banff and the sweatpants already this week and wear them!

Last January we ripped and last February was for finishing. This year I'm declaring February to be for fixing. I've got a few projects, like pop that need some minor tweaking and plenty of others that need major overhauls.

Just so I don't chicken out with pop, I took her apart last night. Here's the front back on the needles again and ready for reknitting.

So this February, there'll be some ripping, some reknitting, reclaiming of yarn and rethinking of projects. Who else is ready to play knitting doctor?

posted by alison at 9:11 am | in pop

Comments

I already have a project that needs a little ripping (who am I kidding? a lot of ripping) and doctoring up. I'll play along!

Posted by: Shelby at January 11, 2005 9:34 AM

Oh yeah, count me in for Fixin' February.

Posted by: Colleen at January 11, 2005 9:38 AM

One side of one leg down. 3 sides for two legs to go.

Way to go with the fixin'! Keep the faith, your fixin' to get it right!

Oh, man...I'm full of it today. Time to lay off the coffee. ;)

Posted by: Wendy at January 11, 2005 9:44 AM

There is the Elizabethian neck warmer that needs three I-Cord button holes, there is purple haze, which needs longer sleeves and to have the front piece finished and I'm sure it won't take me long to find a few others ... so count me in!

Posted by: Amy at January 11, 2005 10:10 AM

March could be the month for picking up an old project and actually completing it! So sorry to see you taking your pink/red sweater apart! Tks for coming up w/all these themes...as for me, my middle name should be "frog it".

Posted by: Leslie at January 11, 2005 11:21 AM

Usually my sweaters are neat fit, but I made this one sweater from the top down (supposedly that is when the sweaters fit perfectly, right, cause you can try it on while you knit? Well, not when you use a needle that is too short for those experiments.). It got VERY wide. Its very nice and cosy and I knit the waistband and sleevebands with some fancy yarn that felted after the first wash. So, yeah, February it is then. I will need to redo from the part when I thought increases would be a good idea. And also redo the bands.

Posted by: Grauwal at January 11, 2005 11:52 AM

Well, I have my own version of Klaralund that needs tweaking, but I'm contemplating knitting a Ribby Cardi with the yarn instead. I don't know yet.

Posted by: LauraA at January 11, 2005 11:54 AM

Yes! I definitely need a fixin' February. I have two mock turtlenecks that need to be more turtley and less mocking. It's such a simple job, but for some reason I'm resisting doing anything to a FINISHED sweater. Thanks for the motivation!

Posted by: mamacate at January 11, 2005 12:20 PM

Oh, man, this is just the monthly-theme that I need. I am so in on this one. RIP - a double-entendre for the things that need to be "reclaimed" (I like that, it sounds so positive) and redone. Cheers!

Posted by: Kim at January 11, 2005 1:49 PM

I noticed that you are actually PART of the sockapalooza too. Does that mean that you already KNOW who is knitting socks for you? Not that there's anything wrong with that :)

Posted by: Illanna at January 11, 2005 4:42 PM

Woohoo, I've got some february fixin' friends! I'll make a button some time this week and we can do it like a real knitalong, so we can support each other, 'kay?

Yes, Illanna, I do know who's making socks for me, but I've promised myself not to peek. ;0)

Posted by: alison at January 11, 2005 11:10 PM

Count me in! My goal for 2005 is to finish (most of) my UFOs, and there are definitely some that need some fixing or rethinking...

Posted by: Kat at January 12, 2005 5:48 PM

I am in for Fixin' Feb. I have a poncho that REALLY needs some work. Not to mention a hat, a bag.....

Posted by: Dani at January 13, 2005 10:42 AM

hi alison,

i'm in for the fix. my apricot jacket still has monsterous sleeves even though i've knit them twice. i'm going to have to knit them on a size 6 needle (instead of an 8) boy do i knit loose.

Posted by: knitnic at January 18, 2005 7:06 AM