Slightly less than a year ago, I finished a pair of socks that feature the Loch Ness monster and are done in sparkly gradient yarn. I was pretty excited, because who doesn’t love Nessie? And sparkly gradient yarn? And then I tried them on. WAY too big. They were top down, so I couldn’t really… Continue reading Nessie to the Frog Pond
A little while ago, I mentioned thinking about working my way through a book on shawl shapes where the projects are all (or mostly) mini-shawls. Well, I finally got started. This is pattern #1 in the book – Tip Up Triangle Shawl. The name pretty much says it all. You start at the tip and… Continue reading 1st Mini-Shawl is Done
I’m feeling that sort of blah that you sometimes get after you are done with a big project. So no big news to report, but a few small things. First, I copied a page out of Alyssa at Headknits book and signed up for the Livestock Conservancy’s Shave’Em to Save ‘Em program. Basically, it encourages… Continue reading Randomness Roundup
Help! I am naming impaired*, and would love your assistance in picking a name for my cowl. If you have been reading along, you know the cowl I am talking about. If not, it is this one here… The second one in a different yarn is blocking, the pattern is mostly done. Now I need… Continue reading Cowl Naming Survey
In breaks in between wrangling with the pattern writing, I decided to knit up one last version of my cowl. This time in the original yarn I meant to use for it! It’s turning out OK 🙂 The variegation in the yarn and it being silk gives it a very different look from the other… Continue reading One Last Version
Today was a quiet at-home day for a change, so I had a chance to get my cowl pattern mostly written out and formatted as well as some other yarn chores. I got some new acquisitions put away, and some of the bins reorganized so they will work out better with current activity. Finally, I… Continue reading Quiet Yarny Day
The roll is stopped! I had a couple of potential solutions in mind when I ripped back. I had a bit of yarn left, and did a few practice swatches. Which is a good thing, because the stitch pattern I thought would be the best one did not look good at all. Yay for swatching!… Continue reading It Worked!
I carefully patted it into shape before I went to bed last night, and this is what I saw when I went out to check this morning. Sigh! OK – plan B. Or possibly C!
Version 2 is bound off and in for its soak before blocking! I’m provisionally happy with it. The only possible issue is that the top edge was rolling pretty badly despite being done in seed stitch. I’m hoping it will – say it with me – block out. But if it doesn’t, I have two… Continue reading Version 2 Done – I Think
Quite A Yarn 