Tia's Knitting Blog

another pic for my purley girl. taken at disneyland

2009-05-04T18:48:00.002-07:00

For my Purley Girl

2009-05-04T18:43:00.000-07:00

pic taken at disney land

Thistle shawl

2009-01-12T23:34:00.000-08:00

Here's a pic of my thistle shawl. I found out at the end that my yo's were wrong. The good news is, I was consistently wrong! LOL! So at least it is uniformed :)

My swallow tail shawl

2009-01-12T23:30:00.000-08:00

Ya know, I was doing just fine until I got to the second chart for the lily of the valley. Ended up with 4 extra stitches. Couldn't find my mistake so I need to unravel about 4 rows or so. I'm so bummed. I bought the beads to go at the end.

My kids at the beach.

2009-01-12T23:23:00.000-08:00

Scarf for a friend

2009-01-12T23:19:00.000-08:00

A friend of mine that moved to the mainland temporarilly was cold and asked me to knit her a scarf. It's wool so it should keep her warm.

The family

2008-10-11T23:03:00.000-07:00

Abigail let me paint her hoofs today. They are orange. Not sure if this princess costume will still fit her for Halloween. She is now 20 pounds at 7 months.

Thistle shawl

2008-08-03T21:10:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics of my thistle shawl. Using handpainted cotton on a size 10 needle. You'll be able to see more of the lace once I block it.

My first sock

2008-05-22T23:03:00.000-07:00

Aloha Yarn brought in this beautiful sock yarn. It's Blue Ridge Keleidoscope. Very nice to knit with.

Abigail

2008-05-22T23:01:00.000-07:00

Abbie is doing great (spoiled!). Took her to the vet yesterday. She weighs 4.5 pounds. Loves to be held and snuggled!

Mom's elephant completed

2008-05-22T22:59:00.000-07:00

Knitted up with Merino stripes

Meet Abbie

2008-05-14T20:31:00.000-07:00

Could not resist this Vietnamese pot belley pig. I've held back many times but when I saw this one, I had to bring her home! Providing I feed her a special pig food, she should grow to 35 pounds. We named her Abbie. Short for Abigail.

My little man

2008-05-11T23:01:00.000-07:00

Another shot of Kino.

May Day

2008-05-11T22:58:00.000-07:00

Jessie's in Kidnergarten waiting to perform in her May Day program. Kino played an algae in his performance. They sang their hearts out!

One more elephant!

2008-05-11T22:54:00.000-07:00

My noro fix

2008-05-11T22:51:00.000-07:00

This was a great way to get my noro fix. The pattern was quick!

My little reef

2008-05-11T22:44:00.000-07:00

They are very soft

2008-04-27T23:58:00.000-07:00

These were knitted using Merino Stripes. Quick knits!

more views

2008-04-27T23:57:00.001-07:00

Meet my elephants!

2008-04-27T23:53:00.001-07:00

One more wedding gift

2008-04-15T21:39:00.000-07:00

A coworker of mine is getting married next month then moving to the mainland. I knitted her a quick starfish scarf made out of Cloud 9. Merino and angora. Very soft.

Purly Girl

2008-04-11T12:59:00.000-07:00

This was sewn on by Moon. Very creative lady. She got the comfy jacket from a thrift store and created the letters. I have no idea how she did it as I am so not a sewer. It's really cool. You can't tell by the pic but it is like an army green. I like it. Thank you Purly Girl!

Drooping Elm

2008-04-02T17:17:00.000-07:00

This is comming along good. If I stop picking up other projects I could actually get it done. But since I'm done with my friends shawl, I'm now working on a wrap with seahorses and a crab. I tried using this mohair to knit it up and it didn't work out for me. So instead, I chose some green Venezia. Another wonderful yarn to knit with.

Malabrigo Ocean Current

2008-04-02T17:11:00.000-07:00

Here's my Ocean Current wrap using Malabrigo. This yarn is so incredibly soft. Thank you Donna! I'd definately use this yarn again. Worth the indulgence for sure.

Had to bring the starfish to the beach for a shot!

2008-04-02T17:10:00.000-07:00

A present for a friend

2008-04-02T17:08:00.000-07:00

I knitted this vine lace pattern up using Noro's Silk Garden. Just got done mailing it off to a friend that is getting married this Saturday. I am very happy for them.

One more pic

2008-03-09T18:56:00.000-07:00

Another view of my Starfish

Starfish

2008-03-09T18:52:00.001-07:00

This was knitted using chunky alpaca. Very soft. This is the starfish pattern from Ocean Breeze.

Aother view of my ocean current

2008-03-09T18:50:00.000-07:00

Some Ocean Breeze

2008-03-09T18:45:00.001-07:00

This is the Ocean Current pattern from the Ocean Breeze book. I'm using Malabrigo yarn (thank you Donna) on size 8 circulars.

Drooping Elm

2008-03-09T18:33:00.001-07:00

My husband was kind enough to pose my drooping elm leaf done with Schaeffer's Anne. I've been working on two other projects at the same time. Got done with my Starfish scarf, now I'm working on the ocean current wrap.

knitted lei

2008-02-20T21:01:00.000-08:00

The photo didn't come out well. The pic below are the shell and lauhala that I used to finish it. I was so happy to give it to my friend Lois.

Latest project

2008-02-20T20:41:00.000-08:00

Here's a pic of my drooping elm leaf done in Schaeffer's Ann yarn. It's going pretty good. Messed up on one of the sides but it's fine now. I finally finished knitting up my Silk Garden enterlac using the yarn from the sweater I unravelled totally. And I mean totally. I gave it to my MIL. I didn't want my MIL to forget it when she was visitng. Left it on her suitcase and never got a pic. That's okay. Also knitted up a lei for a friend. As soon as I can find it from my husbands camera, I will post it.

Hi Friends!

2007-12-30T10:54:00.000-08:00

Been out of the loop the last couple of weeks. Well as some of you know, I just had a brain tumor removed the other week. My head is still kind of splittng. I begin brain radiation tommorow, go in for surgery this Wednesday to get a port placed and eventually will begin chemo and have have surgery on my liver.
Everytime I try to work on my Forrest Path Stole, I get dizzy. Think I just need to let my head heal. I was able to knit a hat for my friends daughter. I used Noro's Silk Garden. The yarn is just beautiful so it kept it interesting but the pattern was just going round and round and decreasing. I think once I get off some of these meds next week, my head will feel better. I really want to work on my stole.
LOL, my husband said as I was waking from surgery from my brain, I was knitting the air! Too funny!
I have faith it will be alright. Just got to put on my big girl pants again and fight the fight again. My kids are doing great. They are a big strength and of course you are all a big part of my life and I appreciate you all very much.
For those of you that don't have blogs, ya have to send me pics so I can see what you are all knitting!

In the Holiday mood :)

2007-12-15T18:08:00.000-08:00

I took a few days break from my FPS to knit up some cupcakes for friends at work. I put a few floral beads in the cupcakes to give it a nice soft smell. I hope my friends will like it! I also had to show you all Jessie's gingerbread man. She let me have one foot! It was so delicious. My son Kino made a gingerbread house at school. My husband left it on a stand outside. When we got home from taking the kids to swimming lessons, one of my dogs ate his gingerbread house!

Ready to begin Tier 7

2007-12-09T17:23:00.000-08:00

There was no room for me to post under the pics. Just completed Tier 6. I'm ready to do the right triangle then begin tier 7. I'm liking the feel of this yarn. It is very soft.

Work in Progress...FPS

2007-12-09T17:19:00.001-08:00

Just frogged 3 tiers....

2007-11-25T22:39:00.000-08:00

I was in denial for a few days. I tried to convince myself that the pink was okay with the cream and brown in my FPS. I kept knitting on, hoping that feeling of discontent would go away. It didn't. So I began to frog 3 entire tiers. My son and husband watched as I did it quietly. When my stole was down to one tier, I looked up at them and said, I need to blog!!!! Grrrrrr!
Whew, okay, I'm fine. Tommorow is another day and I know that I will be happier without the pink.

Donna shawl, scarf for a friend blocked

2007-11-21T16:22:00.000-08:00

Humble beginings of my Forest Path Stole

2007-11-21T16:19:00.001-08:00

Forest Path Stole

2007-11-18T19:25:00.000-08:00

Here is a pic of my beginning of the Forest Path Stole. I've knitted up all my base triangles, including my right triangle. Now I can start on my lace knitting :) I don't like to read charts, so I wrote out all three patterns in a little notebook. I'm using Cascade Venezia. It is wool and silk. I have a feeling this stole won't need much blocking. We will see.

Forest Path Stole

2007-11-15T22:50:00.000-08:00

I've started on my Forest Path Stole yesterday, the 14th. I got done with my first 20 rows of seed stitch. I tried and tried to begin my beginning triangles and for some reason, my brain isn't working right because it keeps coming out weird so it's in my bag until I can visit Nanea tommorow. I'm definately going to need a low maintenance knitting project on the side as this stole seems tricky. I think once I can get through the first few rows of the enterlac lace, it will be okay. I'm going to have to keep telling myself that.

Ralvalry

2007-11-09T13:48:00.000-08:00

Not sure if I spelled that right or not. I just came from looking at all the pretty shawls they have posted on Ralvalry. They are so beautiful. I can't stand it! OMG, these knitters have done just lovely work. After I get done with my Donna shawl, I want to do the Forest Path Stole by Interweave Knits. I ordered the Best of Interweave book and it arrived in the mail the other day. My knitting goal is to finish my Donna shawl by the end of November. We shall see. I had my Moonlight shawl and my friends scarf that I was finishing so my Donna shawl had to be knitted in between. Now it has my full attention. I still have to block my friends Feather 'N Fan scarf. The colors are just gorgeous. I'll post a pic of it once it's blocked.

My patterns arrived!

2007-11-05T20:05:00.000-08:00

The top pattern is called Triangeles within Triangles Shawl. The second one is Scotch Thisle Lace Stole. The bottom one is called All over Lace Faroese Shawl. I'm so excited. Don't think I will get to these patterns by the end of the year but I hope to get them all done in the next year. We shall see. Now I'm just waiting for my Interweave collection book to arrive in the mail. I so want to do the Forest Path Stole.

Sheep tape measure

2007-11-05T20:03:00.000-08:00

This little guy is so cute. I've been wanting one forever. He arrived in today's mail along with some patterns that I've ordered.

Noro's aurora

2007-11-05T18:54:00.000-08:00

A very special friend of mine at work nearly lost her life last week after complications after surgery. My whole unit was devastated. This nurse is remarkable. Luckily, she survived the code and is now extubated. I didn't know what else to do so I sat down and dug into my yarn and pulled out one of my favorite yarns, Noro's aurora. This lady is a gem and I just want her to have something knitted from me. I still have the other half to knit up then I will block it out. She is a real trooper and we just have to take it one day at a time. For now, I am so greatful that she is awake and talking and recognizes everyone.

Silk Garden Stash Enhancement

2007-11-05T18:49:00.000-08:00

Aloha Yarn got a shipment of Noro's Silk Garden and more aurora. I promise I didn't buy them all. Nanea's got more left so if you want some, better get there soon!

Moonlight Scarf Blocked

2007-11-05T18:47:00.000-08:00

Here it is all blocked out.

I got my invitation to Ralvery :)

2007-11-02T11:15:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited!

Judy Bloome

2007-10-31T18:22:00.000-07:00

Not sure if any of you read the Judy Bloome books when you were a young teen. I can't remember which book it was by Judy Bloome but it was about this preteen girl that was going through puberty. She was one of the last girls to get her period. When she finally got hers, she was so very excited. In case you are wondering where I am going with this, my waiting for ralvery reminds me of that preteen girl in the book. All of my friends got into ralvery! I just checked the list, there are 851 people ahead of me. I can't wait to get my invitation to ralvery. The waiting is painful!

On the block!

2007-10-27T21:43:00.000-07:00

I'm done with this shawl. I knitted this up using Cascade's Jewel hand dyed wool. The textures were nice to knit. I especially liked the thicker part of the yarn. Right now it is wet and being blocked on my ironing boards.

Crafty friends!

2007-10-25T19:50:00.000-07:00

The cute kitty hat was knitted by Donna. She used the pattern from Stitch 'N Bitch. The furry penguin was knitted by Sandy. The sweet cupcake was knitted by Nanea. Her daughter is having a cupcake themed birthday party so she's been knitting these cupcakes up....very cute.

Donna

2007-10-25T19:42:00.000-07:00

My Donna shawl got 10 rows frogged this morning. I noticed a huge hole the size of a quarter. No matter how much I denied it, it just had to be frogged! It got put back on the needles and all is well again. It is so not easy taking lace off the needles and trying to put things back together again but I am glad I did.

Meet Hercules

2007-10-25T19:39:00.000-07:00

Hercules is watching my daughter grabbing biscuits from the cupboard! Maggie, our lab is laying in the back there.

Anne....or should I name my shawl Donna?

2007-10-18T16:35:00.000-07:00

I bought this Shaefer yarn yesterday. It will be used for a KnitAlong at Aloha Yarn. So far, Nanea, Cathy, Donna...and ummm, now me will be knitting up a shawl using a Koigu pattern. The pretty mohair blend you see in the front are two hanks that I could not get my eyes off yesterday at SNB at Aloha Yarn. It is so soft and very pretty. I think I will name this shawl Donna since she has tempted me into knitting it. Her shawl is comming out lovely. The color she picked out is very pretty.

Teacher gifts

2007-10-18T16:31:00.000-07:00

I'm making these for teacher gifts.

Knitted cupcakes

2007-10-18T12:33:00.000-07:00

Here are some cupcakes knitted up the other night.

Some shawls and wraps.

2007-10-12T14:18:00.000-07:00

I knitted this brown shawl using pandora yarn. Very pretty yarn but a major pain to knit. It kept sticking to my fingers the whole time. I actually used bandaides just so I could knit it up.
I used some Noro silk garden an some other yarn (can't remember the name) for this shawl.
I used Crystal Palace shag along with some fizz yarn to knit this up.

Work in Progress

2007-10-12T14:16:00.000-07:00

I knitted this up using Cascade's Sierra Quatro. The armpit area is too tight so it will go to my daughter when she gets older. I still need to knit the hood that goes on it.

This is the first shrug I've knitted up.

2007-10-12T14:14:00.000-07:00

I knitted this up using Crystal Palace's Merino Stripes.

Another pic

2007-10-12T14:09:00.000-07:00

Here's another pic of my new tattoo. It's done on the inside of my left upper ankle area.

My cover up tattoo

2007-10-12T13:59:00.000-07:00

I got a tattoo done when I was 19 years old of a purple rose in a heart. As I've matured, I decided that I really wanted my favorite flower the plumeria tattooed. I didn't want to get another tattoo done so I decided to cover up the purple rose and heart. I have to say, getting this tattoo done was pretty painful but I am very happy with it. I'll take more pics of it once it is healed. Billy Whitney over at 808 tattoo was the artist that did my work. My Purley Girl Lisa and her daughter came along and kept me company and gave lots of reassurance.

Just started this Moonlight pattern 10-10-7

2007-10-12T13:54:00.000-07:00

I'm using Cascade's Jewel wool.

Merino Stripes

2007-10-12T13:48:00.000-07:00

I knitted this up last year using Crystal Palace's Merino Stripes in Fern.

Silk Scarf

2007-10-12T13:42:00.000-07:00

I knitted this up using Debbie Bliss 100% Pure Silk

Eric and Kino

2007-10-12T13:40:00.000-07:00

Here's a picture of my husband Eric and my 7 year old son Kino having fun at Ruby Tuesday's. I don't know why but Kino insists Ruby Tuesdays Mac and Cheese is way better than mine!

Jessie

2007-10-12T13:38:00.000-07:00

My little Princess.

My Princess

2007-10-12T13:31:00.000-07:00

This Jessie, my 5 year old. She must of been in a chocolate mood today. She dressed herself all in brown and decided to have a chocolate poptart for breakfast.

Knitting friends projects

2007-10-03T17:48:00.000-07:00

Here are some pics taken today at our knitting group over at Aloha Yarn. The top pic is of Cathy. She is using Cascade Sierra Quatro for her top. The pattern is from Fitted Knits. Its comming out just lovely. The photo under hers is Donna's very soft mohair. She is knitting up this pretty yarn in Feather and Fan. The pic under that is Sandy's rabbit that she will be felting up. The bottom photo is of Nanea's enterlac using Noro's aurora. I just love those colors. I should of taken more pics. There were 4 other ladies there too. They are teachers and are on break right now so I probably won't get to see them until Christmas break.

Meet Mariana

2007-10-03T17:27:00.000-07:00

Mariana is a woman my Purley Girl Lisa aka Moon and I met at the Starbucks in Enchanted Lake. She asked Lisa and I if we could fix her ripped ended dress. She is houseless so her garments tend to get snagged from the trees and bushes. There were so many rips in that dress that we thought it would be hard to knit it back into place like she wanted us to. Instead we taught her how to knit. Every now and then she sews threads to her torn dress. Right now, she is working on knitting pants. She is using 100% cotton. It's coming along good actually. She's made a bunch of Icords that she uses as ties. The photo on top is of her knitting her pants. Every week or so, I take my kids to play at the Keolu park. This is where Mariana sleeps. When she sees me there, she runs to the bushes to get out her knitting and her mat and joins me at the park and we both knit. I also bump into her at the Starbucks in Enchanted lake and she likes to sit and knit and talk story. The bottom pic is of her holding up my enterlac wrap.

Mariana is very interesting. Clearly, she suffers from some mental disorder as she hears voices talking to her. But for the most part, she is very coherent. Her memory is unbelieveable. She has certainly been through allot during her life. In the past, she was married and as several kids. All her kids were taken away from her because she was living at the beach. She keeps talking about her husband that she hasn't seen in 15 years. It's actually relaxing hanging out with her and knitting.

One of my favorites

2007-10-01T21:31:00.000-07:00

The pattern is a combo. I used the body from "Fitted Knits" and used the parasol lace pattern from my Knit Cafe book. Love both books BTW. I decided to use Cascade's Sierra Quatro for this sweater.

Flower scarf

2007-10-01T21:24:00.000-07:00

Here's a pic of my flower scarf. Got the pattern from Vogue's Anniversary issue. I'm using Artyarns beaded silk, Silk Mohair blend and the dark blue is bamboo yarn. Just need to stitch it all together, then it's done!

Meet my frill canaries

2007-10-01T21:17:00.000-07:00

Hunter is my male frill canary. He loves to sing joyfully and loudly. He's the the one in the top two pics. Pikake is my female frill canary. She is a sweetheart. I have them in separate cages so they can enjoy their space.

Sahara

2007-10-01T21:12:00.000-07:00

Here is my Sahara sweater done in Plymouth Linen.

Closer pic

2007-10-01T20:23:00.000-07:00

This was really fun to knit.

Excuse the mess in the background

2007-10-01T20:18:00.000-07:00

My nephew is helping me fix my railing. When I took this pic, I didn't realize the mess was in the back! This is the color my friend Nanea is using for her enterlac. I knitted this wrap last year.

Current project

2007-10-01T20:15:00.000-07:00

I've gotten more work done on it since this photo was taken last week. I'm using Noro's Silk Garden for it. I'm doing a KnitALong with my friend Nanea. She's using Noro's Aurora. Her's is absolutely beautiful. I'll try and get a pic of her's this week and post it for you all to see.

This will be undone this week.

2007-10-01T20:10:00.000-07:00

I knitted this sweater last year. I used Noro's Silk Garden. I only had a couple more rows of seed stitch to do on the sleeve. I never finished it which is unlike me. Now I know why....I've decided to go ahead and rip it out this week. I want to use the yarn for an enterlac wrap. I'm working on an enterlac wrap now so I haven't begun the frogging for this sweater yet!

Another pic of the same wrap

2007-10-01T20:06:00.000-07:00

Here is another pic of the same wrap. On the other end of this wrap, I used the double moss stitch.

Cascade Tencil

2007-10-01T20:02:00.000-07:00

I really fell in love with this lace pattern. The Cascade tencil I used for this was very soft to work with.

Horseshoe lace pattern

2007-10-01T19:57:00.000-07:00

For this wrap, I used Cascade's Dolce yarn along with some mohair.

2007-10-01T18:59:00.000-07:00