Despite being a busy week, I did manage to make some progress on my active WIPs. My KDD Summer of Mystery Mystery KAL shawl is coming along! I’m almost halfway through the 1st clue. I like the way the colors are coming together so far, though looking at some of the other projects is giving… Continue reading Wednesday WIPs
The struggle is real! I have been swatching to get ready for the MKAL part of Kate Davies’ Summer of Mystery club, and I can not find a yarn combination I love enough to use. I am trying to use KDD Millarochy Tweed, hopefully using stock on hand. These are the combinations I tried. The… Continue reading Swatching Struggle Bus
My Elizabeth Montagu socks are done – they took a little longer than I planned, but they turned out pretty well! I was planning on doing knee socks, but my yarn was not going to last that long. But that is OK – I am happy with the length as they are. The lace pattern… Continue reading Sock It To Me Monday
Still working on the Elizabeth Montague socks! I’ve got about 2 more pattern repeats and then a couple inches of ribbing, and they are done. So hopefully this week sometime!
Still working on the Elizabeth Montague socks from KDD’s Bluestocking club. It’s actually a pretty quick and fun knit, but I’ve been trying to focus on Bonbori so I can get done with the darn thing! Anyway. EM socks are coming along – the heels are turned! This pattern uses a heel that I had… Continue reading Sock It To Me Monday
More progress on the Elizabeth Montague socks! Just a few more rows and I can turn the heels 🙂
Still working away on the Elizabeth Montague socks – they are a pretty fun knit so far 🙂 Just a few rows to go until the heel increases start. This pattern uses a fleegle heel, which I have not done before, so I’m interested to see how this goes. I’m pretty happy with my usual… Continue reading Sock It To Me Monday
I finally got to start my (Rav link) Elizabeth Montague socks from Kate Davies’ Bluestocking club today! So far the pattern is very well written. They socks are toe-up, which is my preference anyway. It starts with a cast-on I haven’t used before – the winding cast-on. It was very well explained in the pattern,… Continue reading Sock It To Me Monday: Elizabeth Montague
Quite A Yarn 