My Eriskay gansey continues to progress! It probably doesn’t look like much has happened, but it has. Right now the underarm gussets are about halfway done. In about 15 rows I will split the sweater body into front and back and start working them separately. At that point I suspect it will feel like I am flying… Continue reading Thursday ThWIPs
I’ve got two projects going right now – my gansey and a pair of plain socks for myself. The gansey is moving along pretty well. I finished the bottom section including my initials, which you can kind of see here. Now I’m starting the pattern section, so pretty excited about that piece! The other project is… Continue reading Thursday ThWIPs
New year, new WIP! I decided to put Powdermill aside for a little while to work on something new. Some friends and I are doing a gansey KAL. Alissa from Snakes and Cranes, Liz from Highland Heffalump, and Sarah from mildlygranola are all doing different ganseys or gansey-related items. I am doing an Eriskay gansey… Continue reading Wednesday WIP
I wrote last month that I started my study of ganseys by working through a sample, based on the steps in Beth Brown-Reinsel’s book, and also that I was altering it a bit to fit Dolores. Well, I finally got a little time this week to make a bit more progress. I’m almost done with… Continue reading Dolores’ Gansey
If you keep an eye on the gansey-knitting book options (and if not, why not?) you are likely aware that Beth Brown-Reinsel has just put out an update on her 1993 classic, Knitting Ganseys. If not, you just learned something new! What is a gansey? Chapter 1 in both versions helpfully answers that question. Ganseys… Continue reading Knitter’s Bookshelf: Knitting Ganseys Update
Quite A Yarn 