Lisa Kay Knits... and Quilts!

Hi, I finished my October knit along sock last Saturday, and I've been waiting all week for sun to take pictures. It has been raining in St. Louis all week. It is gorgeous, today, though, looking good for trick-or-treating. I really enjoyed this yarn, Ellyn Cooper's Yarn Sonnets, Zohar Sock. You can get it at Crazy For Ewe , and Ellen has pictures up on her blog . Here's my earlier post on the sock and pattern. Happy Knitting! Lisa Kay

Hi, I ordered some gorgeous sock yarn from Crazy For Ewe , when Ellen got in the wonderful Ellyn Cooper's Yarn Sonnets Zohar Sock colors. Strazzberry: Aquamarine: Black Olive: I used the first one, Strazzberry, for the October KAL from Wendy D. Johnson's, "Socks From The Toe Up." I've got one sock done... These are the, "Mock Cable Socks." Happy Knitting, Lisa Kay

Hi, I finished the first lattice sock. I've been off doing other things... I have a sweater done (pictures need to be taken), and a vest all done but the bands. I've just been working this sock on travel (CA last week) or in the car on the weekend (going to the grocery store with Chris driving, obviously!) Here's the previous post on the lattice sock. Happy Knitting! Lisa Kay

Hi! I am excited and proud to report successful and lovely completion of the Central Park Hoodie ( with Viking Cable Substitution ). Yea! I am thrilled with how it turned out! Happy Knitting! Lisa Kay

Hi, I finished the CPH sleeves in my "few minutes of knitting before going to work" period. I've been starting my day that way quite a few days (when I don't go in extra early), and it has been a fun way to start the day. Anyway, all I have left is to seam on the sleeves and then seam the side/arm, and then the front band. Yea! Happy Knitting! Lisa Kay

Hi, I finished the hood, today. I have cast on the sleeves. After I get the sleeves sewn in and the side seems done, I'll decide how wide to make the front band, and how to do the closure / buttons / zipper / whatever. It is going to be a close fit, so I may need to make the bands a bit wider. Lovin' it! Happy Knitting! Lisa Kay

Hi, I completed and blocked the fronts, yesterday. They look a bit different... should have alternated skeins. Happy Knitting! Lisa Kay

Hi! I finished the CPH back this morning, and it is blocking. I couldn't wait to take pictures... it isn't dry, yet. I used short row shoulders, and the shoulders and neck are temporarily bound off with scrap yarn. I'll use three-needle bind-off later. In the left side of the picture, the two strands coming off the arm-hole show where I joined a new ball of yarn. I alternated yarns between the ends. I'll weave them into the seam. Happy Knitting! Lisa Kay

Hi! I'm so excited by how the CPH "Viking Version" is turning out, even though it is just started. Here is a picture of the back, not quite done. The following modifications apply to the “Central Park Hoodie” designed by Heather Lodinsky, originally published in the Fall 2006 Knit Scene magazine, and available for download via Knitting Daily. The modifications here assume the knitter has purchased the Central Park Hoodie (CPH) pattern. The “Viking Version” replaces the cable charts in the CPH, and provides instructions for incorporating and working those cables, but the CPH instructions are not provided here, for copyright reasons, obviously! If you want the “Viking Version,” you still have to buy the CPH pattern, then add these modifications. The original CPH uses three cable charts, two 10-stitch charts (A and C), and one 18-stitch chart (chart B). The Viking Version substitutes 12-stitch cables for A and C, and a 28-stitch cable for B, with only 20 stitches in the “C...

Hi! I've joined The Loopy Ewe's (TLE) Dream in Color (DIC) knit-along (KAL). TLE gave a 20% discount on the yarn for joining the KAL. I think they've extended the deadline, if you are interested. Anyway, you can knit any sweater pattern you want. If you post pictures to their web site by June 1, you get entered in a drawing for some nice yarn prizes. Yea! All other knitting (primarily Wrixlan Jacket and Posey #2) have been put on the back burner while I attempt to crank out a Central Park Hoodie (CPH) by Heather Lodinsky. I have made some cable chart changes, and carried cables into the ribbing. Photo shows the ribbing for the back. Obviously, for those familiar with the CPH, it is already a bit different. The DIC yarn is actually the same line I'm using for the Wrixlan Jacket, in a different colorway. This colorway is "Ruby River." I really like it. TLE said they may offer another discount on DIC for anyone completing their entry by June 1, so maybe I'...

Hi! I finished the Wrixlan Jacket back just before I went to California, last weekend, and I left it blocking. Here it is! Happy Knitting! Lisa Kay

Hi, I've been working on the back of the Wrixlan Jacket (from a Jamieson's pattern book) for about a week. It will have four repeats, and it has about 3.5 so far. This will look weird if you are familiar with the pattern, because it calls for the whole jacket knitted in the round, but I added side seams. The fronts and back will be knitted separately. The yarn is Dream in Color's Classy (the thicker of their yarns) in color Nightwatch, which I purchased at Knitty Couture in St. Louis, on "The Loop." The colors are blending beautifully, so far. I took the conservative approach of knitting two hanks at once, alternating every two rows, just in case there is an overall shade difference between the hanks. (Hand dyes tend to have that problem.) I really like the cables. I have enough yarn to make Mitchell a pullover, so maybe I'll put one of these large, overlapping cables up the center front. Happy Knitting! Lisa Kay