We are a little more than a week into the Blogville Water shawl KAL, and so far it is going pretty well! The short row lace sections are going much more quickly than I thought they would, which is nice. It’s not often that things take less time than I think they will! (Ravelry link… Continue reading Water Shawl Progress
I learned the basics of Distitch from the inventor at last month’s Vogue Knitting Live, and was interested enough to order the book. Distitch is a way of knitting where you are creating almost a double thickness of knitting, though it isn’t double knitting. You essentially keep active stitches from two rows of knitting on… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Distitch
I’ve made a little progress on both current progress, though not a lot. I’m done with the folded hem and wrist of the first Flux handwarmer. And gotten a bit farther with the Wave shawl, though not quite up to the first short row lace part. I’m hoping to have some solid knitting time this… Continue reading A Little Progress
My other new project this month is the Flux handwarmers. They are part of the AC Knitwear new pattern club, Confident Knitting. The main technique for this one is folded hems, which I have done before. But I did learn a new way of doing the crochet provisional cast on, so that was good! I… Continue reading Flux Handwarmer Start
I got a start on the 1st of my two March KAL projects – the Blogville Water Shawl KAL! The pattern is Water (Ravelry link) by Sylvia McFadden, and I am using some yarn from Gnarledpaw, a favorite dyer of mine who has sadly stopped dyeing. This shawl features short row lace sections, like Waiting… Continue reading Water Shawl Start
I got finished knitting my It’s All Right (Ravelry link) mobius shawl on Saturday and got it blocked overnight. I tried it on, and it is just right for going around my shoulders with a bit of drape. Perfect! It is a very nice completely reversible design just done with knits and purls and then… Continue reading Mobius is Done! Next?
Cast on for the first project of AC Knitwear’s new project club, Confident Knitting, is March 1st. I had ordered the yarn pack for the first three projects on February 5. They did ship it pretty much right away, and then it hung out at Heathrow for the next three weeks. I am signed up… Continue reading Sudden Random Yarn
I’m about halfway finished with the I-cord bind off. So it’s close, but not there quite yet! And as soon as I get it finished tomorrow, I’ve got some winding to do for one of the two projects I’ll be getting started on March 1st. These are for the Blogville Water shawl KAL (Ravelry link).… Continue reading No FO
Quite A Yarn 