What's on my needles?

Entries in lighted needles (2)

Friday
Jul252008

Knitta project for San Jose, CA


Here it is folks, just the beginnings of my "Tree Trunk Cozy" that I started just a short time ago.



I really enjoyed the piece on the "Knitta Gang" from Texas that "knit tags" inanimate objects all over the world. So it was not hard for me to find something to knit late one night in the dark while my hubby was sleeping.



I bought lighted knitting needles awhile ago, and only use them when its dark, only problem for me is there size US11, so normally most projects I'm working on are on smaller size needles and of course circulars. The lighted needles are straights, and to me limited in what can be knit.



As soon as I busted out my needles, I immediately thought of creating my own knit garment to "knit tag" my tree in front of my house, all in honor of the "Knitta Gang" 8-)



I decided to make the pattern easy, and so it is knit in garter stitch, and I'll be transitioning to a new yarn, possibly a red. The current yarn on the needles is purple, and very pretty. Its scrap yarn, so I don't have any labels as to the specs of the yarn. I plan to get this done within the next week, and will post pics of it keeping my tree cozy.



The contest winner for "Can you guess what I'm knitting?"

In a earlier post, I recorded myself knitting this in the dark with my lighted needles & asked who could guess what I'm knitting based off of prior blog posts hints.



The lucky winner who guessed it, is Leslie!

Congratulations Leslie, your package has been sent out today, I hope you like your goodies 8-)

Sunday
Jul132008

Knitting at Night with Lighted Knitting Needles


Can anyone tell what I'm knitting? It was late Saturday, and I was restless, and eager to knit, but I didn't want to interrupt my husband's gorgeous sleep 8-)



So I broke out my handy lighted knitting needles! But I had to think of what to knit with them? Size 11 needles hmm...what project? I figured out what would be the perfect thing to knit, and off I went. I'm about 30% into the project, it's a nice one because it's the easiest pattern, one of my own, and it's already looking very pretty.



Can you tell what I'm knitting? Can you guess what I'm knitting? If you guess correctly, I'll give the person who figures it out a gift certificate from The Loopy Ewe.



Watch the short video to see these needles in action. I'll give a few hints too:



~~~ This project is to honor a group

~~~ This project was something I've blogged about

~~~ This project can be seen in other places



That's all the hints I'm giving, I even think I'm giving to many hints, but we'll see.



If nobody guesses, I'll reveal what it is soon.



~Rocky