Flower Baskets and Tie-dyed
I’m working on the Flower Basket Shawl it’s a fun little knit, originally I planned doing it on size 5 needles using a single ply of yarn, but I ended up frogging it and using the doubled yarn on size 7s. As is it’s still a very small shawl but I plan on giving it [...]
C’est Fini: Icarus
I finished the Icarus shawl today. Here is a close up of it. I’ll bask in the glory of completion for a little while, before a good bout of Post Project Depression settles in. This is my first big lace project from a chart, it’s the first shawl I’ve ever knit from my own yarn, [...]
Icarus update
I’m on the 5th repeat of the 1st chart and through my first ball of yarn. I wasn’t sure how to join the second ball, since overlapping the two strands for a few inches seemed like it might work now then stand out when the shawl is blocked I grafted the two together ever so [...]
A post which is actually knitting related
I’m knitting the Icarus shawl from the Interweave Knits Summer 2006 issue. So far I’m nearing completion of the first part of the first graph. The yarn: Moorit Shetland fiber I bought through Little Barn that I spun up. I finally finished knitting Josey’s blanket and it’s waiting for me to seam the two panels [...]
When does a WIP turn into a UFO?
I’m still working on my capelet, but wondering is it a WIP at this point (since I’m working on it) or has it graduated to UFO?
I ran out of room on my circular needles
Which was quickly resolved by making a run to Have You Any Wool which is simply one of the most tempting places to browse. I love that store. They didn’t have the crystal palace circs in size one but did have the addi turbos in size one so I went with those, although I definitely [...]
Knitting Progress
Yes, progress– much more progress in length and width than I expected (the measure is near the right front meets sleeve angle.) I was a little worried that changing the gauge would alter the angle of the raglan shaping and cause all sorts of disasters, but just by good luck it seems to have had [...]
No pattern goes un-tinkered!
While perusing blogs I found Julsey (Peony Knits)and found myself obsessing over the capelet pattern that she shares. I like the shaping, I even like the color she used. I don’t like the yarn-over treatment of the raglan shaping and I don’t particularly like teeny garments in bulky. And I think that a bit of [...]