The second section of my new shawl design is done! It’s coming together pretty well so far, though I have had some struggles here and there. I plan to work on Forest Weave the rest of the weekend, then on to the third section of my design. Have any plans for the long Memorial Day… Continue reading New Shawl Design Part 2
The people who thought up this passport and sticker thing for getting us fiber people to support endangered breed sheep were marketing geniuses! It really makes you (me, anyway) want to collect them all! I got a little crazy there for a while. Skeins 4 and 5 recently showed up, so I thought I’d share… Continue reading SE2SE #4 & 5 – I Need to Calm Down Now
Forest Weave is moving along OK. I’m almost – but not quite – halfway done with the front… So that’s moving along pretty well! If I can stay on track with it OK, It should be done in a couple of weeks. There are just two big rectangles – back and front, and then two… Continue reading Project Progress
For the last couple of months, I have been noodling around during lunch at work with some small skeins of yarn that have been floating around the stash for a couple years. I did not have a plan for this yarn, and it didn’t seem to really go together except for being the same gauge… Continue reading Random Unplanned Cowl
This month’s Harney & Son’s tea subscription came yesterday – it was a very fancy tin of their 30 Year Anniversary tea! Although the ingredients list just says “black tea” the story about it on the side of the tin says that it is made up of a blend of Ceylon and India teas, with… Continue reading Tea for Two: Super Fancy Black Tea
Another day of not much exciting, knitwise. I got a few hours to knit this evening while re-watching the last couple seasons of Venture Brothers. Was able to get a couple more inches done on my Forest Weave, so it’s starting to look like something! A bit, anyway. This pattern is really pretty straightforward. Just… Continue reading Weaving Along
Not too much exciting to report on the knitting front today – got to do a good bit on Forest Weave, though not enough to look like it quite yet 🙂 Still enjoying the color quite a bit, and still not having problems with my hands at all, even with the yarn being linen. Kind… Continue reading Just Another Day
Last night and tonight I only had little bits of knitting time, so I used them to do my next two mini-shawls. I am actually testing out shapes for my next design, so I was looking for something specific. They are not out of the Exploring Shawl Shapes book, but instead from the course materials… Continue reading Collection of Crescents
Forest Weave is off to a start! It doesn’t look like much yet, just crumpled up stitches. The big cables start pretty early, and the piece is going to take soaking and blocking before it opens out, I think. I am liking working with this yarn! I was a little concerned, because it is DK… Continue reading Forest Weave
Quite A Yarn 