Instead of finishing any of the other things I have going (blocking my crescent shawl, Forest Weave, Find Your Fade, starting my Year of Techniques socks) today I decided instead to cast on the first clue of Casapinka’s Perfect Blend MKAL. It’s a boomerang shaped shawl, which is pretty evident right from the start. The… Continue reading Perfect Blend
The knitting part is done! It will probably get blocked tomorrow night, then there’s just the pattern and photo stuff. Whew! I was looking at this one next to the two others of this design I have knitted, and I’m pretty happy with it. The pattern should have lots of options and flexibility, and directions… Continue reading Home Stretch
…and yet so far! I’m on the last mini-skein, and have maybe two more repetitions of the feather and fan wave section to go. Then casting off and blocking, and I am DONE with this pattern! Except for writing it out and getting pictures and publishing it. But other than that, I am done. I… Continue reading So Close
Anchorage has been having quite a week or two. We have hit records with our heat – 90 F the other day in Anchorage – and all the rest of the days for the last week and a bit have been pretty hot as well, although not as bad. This is pretty unprecedented for us.… Continue reading So Damn Hot
Forest Weave and v3 of my crescent shawl design are moving along reasonably well. There’s nothing much new to say about them, and honestly I’m at the stage where I’m tired of thinking about them. So today I spent some time getting ready for my next two projects! This month’s Boost Your Knitting project went… Continue reading Next Projects
I got a good start on my last run-through of my new crescent shawl design. The first 2 versions used 100 yds each of 4 colors – 1 beaded, the other not. I wanted to try a version with 5 smaller miniskeins of a more average size. When the directions are finished, I should have… Continue reading Crescent Shawl Design – Last Version, I Swear
On to side 2!
I’m taking a short break from my shawl design to work on my Forest Weave. It is coming along pretty nicely! For some reason I had a real burst of speed this evening and got through about 10 rows, which is unheard of progress for me for a work night. Just 7 more rows to… Continue reading Back to the Forest
Sorry for the radio silence for the last couple of days – we got a burst of energy to get house stuff done and had to go with it 🙂 We got a lot done, and consequently the house is looking much more organized – much happier with it. And I did get some knitting… Continue reading Beaded Crescent Done!
Quite A Yarn 