Little fluffy clouds

The summer 08' reading race is over since 3 days, but I've been too busy with work and knitting to say something about it. So, here are the books I've managed to read:

-The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
-The time machine by H. G. Wells
-The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, which was the biggest reading deception of my life.
-Feed by M. T. Anderson
-Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk.

Yeah, I know it's not that much, but at least I read something this summer, instead of just eating ice cream while I watch TV. 

I'm going back to school, so I guess that the summer reading reading ends with the end of the reading race. I'm quite curious to know what my teachers will make me read, but I must confess that I'd rather not read the books my philosophy teacher will give me, I don't have a good feeling about it.

capelet 040, première mise en ligne par g.laverdierepilon.

Pattern: Anthropologie-Inspired Capelet by Julia Allen
Yarn: KnitPicks Wool of the Andes Bulky
Colourway: Handyed with food coloring into light blue.
Size: Based on my own mesurements so it must be somewhere between Large and X-Large.
Started: June 19 2008
Finished: July 8 2008

Casted on 73 stitches.The pattern was really easy and fun to do. I'm amased by how it turned out and I'm really looking forward to see how it will look when it's completely blocked. Did this with WotA and I had the same knots problem than with the Thuja socks. There were several knots in these skeins and I had to cut some of them and I was very unpleased with this because I was already running a bit short of yarn because originaly, I bought the yarn to make a cabled bag but the pattern didn't existed anymore on the KnitPicks website when I was ready to do it. I don't think I'll buy this yarn again, unless I really don't find anything equivalent for the price, without all these frustating knots.

ancklethuja, première mise en ligne par g.laverdierepilon.

Pattern: Thuja by Bobby Ziegler
Yarn: KnitPicks Wool of the Andes - A bit less than 2 skeins
Colourway - Blue bonnet
Size - Men's 8.5
Started: May 14th
Finished: Yesterday

He wanted socks well, I made him socks! I hope he'll like them even if they are not as high as I anticipated them to.

When I began these, I was sure I'd have enough yarn to make them as high as the pattern called for. What was I thinking? I only had 2 skeins when the pattern called for 3.

The pattern was really easy and fun to make. I'm not that happy about the yarn. It was bit rough on the hands and there was a big whitish knot (by that I mean HUGE) that's very visible. The colour is very rich and beautiful though, but because of the knot issue, I'm not sure if I'll use it again.

saving grace strikes again, première mise en ligne par g.laverdierepilon.

When I began this one, I noticed that my yarn over technique was all wrong. I knew something was wierd with the last one but I was sure it was that my yarn was too thick. I had fun to knit it but it was slow cause the last few weeks haven't been so peaceful.

Quand j'ai commencé ce projet, je me suis rendue compte que ma technique pour ajourer était mauvaise. Je savais que quelque chose était pas correct mais je pensais que c'était mon fil qui était trop épais. J'ai eu du fun à le tricotter mais j'ai été lente à le finir parce que les dernières semaines ont étés mouvementées.

saving grace, première mise en ligne par g.laverdierepilon.

I just finished this cute headband. It took me two days, which is really fast for me, the slow knitter. I like it, though the yarn is too think. I found the yarn in my grandma's stash and I have absolutely no idea what it is and it's likely to be fron the 80s. I needed something quick that looks nice. It had to make me forget that I was somewhere I didn't wanted to be with people that don't give a **** about me. It was incredibly effective. I think I'll make another one for my friend in a thinner yarn.

Je viens tout juste de finir cet adorable bandeau. Ça m'a pris deux jours à faire, ce qui est très rapide pour moi, la tricotteuse lente. Je l'aime bien, même si le fil est trop épais. J'ai trouvé le fil dans les affaires de ma grand-mère et il a probablement 20 ans. J'avais besoin de quelque chose de rapide qui devait me faire oublier que j'étais avec des gens qui se foutaient de moi. Ça a été incroyablement efficace. Je pense que je vais en faire un autre pour amie dans un fil plus mince.