Off to Work I go!

Tomorrow morning i'm off to work, for those of you who don't know I work in a remote mining camp in Northern BC. My experience there last season is the reason I taught myself to crochet. We often have the evenings off and there was little to do other then board games. So I began to crochet, this exploded into an obsession with crochet (and yarn!) which has branched into learning how to knit. I wonder what new skill i'll come home with after this season? My goal is to learn how to cable knit; i've always loved the looks of cabled sweaters and it would be really neat to be able to make my own.

This year I have a different position at camp so I don't know how much free time i'll have, we'll have to see.. I'll try to keep my blog updated, the views up there are spectacular and everyone should really have the opportunity to at least look through pictures! No new knitting updates today, i've been busy packing away.. For now, a picture of camp last season. Enjoy!

New name, new projects!

As I have been learning to knit, i've realized that my (old) blog name was no longer fitting, so i've changed it to 'Stitch In Time'. What do you think? I'm open to suggestions for a good, catchy name relating to my favourite crafts.

My most recent adventure has been learning to fair-isle knit. I have always been fascinated by some of the amazing colour-work that can be done in knitting. I hope to one day get there, for now it's baby steps! So here it is, my first try at fair-isle knitting and I am pretty proud of how it turned out. Yes, another tea-cozy, you can never have enough right?

I would also like to share a bigger project I have been working on. It is a crochet top (with knitted ribbing for the sleeves, bottom and collar) and I have been slowly working away at it for about 1.5 months. I am loving the results so far, can't wait to get it done! I am currently working on the ribbing around the neck, it is a lace weight and because of that it is taking FOREVER but it really is looking fabulous.