This week I focused on my Mostly Ghostly pullover, my Tonnach cardigan, and a Halloween cowl. Mostly Ghostly is this year’s Halloween sweater that Alissa of Welsh Hills Stitcher and I are doing as a KAL It is a pattern I have made several times and just keep coming back to – Fall Favorites Collection!… Continue reading Weekly WIPs
I’ve got 2 new projects cast on since the last time I wrote about my knitting! The first is another version of the Fall Favorites sweater, this one is the Mostly Ghostly version (Ravelry link). Alissa of Welsh Hills Stitcher and I are doing this one as our Halloween KAL. I have made other versions… Continue reading New On the Needles
Finally some progress to report! I’ve really only been working on the 2 sweaters recently. I have a road trip coming up and my shark socks will be perfect for that trip, so those are on the back burner for right now. She Makes Waves (aka the mermaid sweater) (Ravelry link) is swimming right along!… Continue reading Thursday ThWIPs
Finally a knitting post here on my knitting blog! I have three projects on the needles right now, which is maybe one more than I should. But here we are. First, shark sock progress! The intarsia and seaming on both socks is done, and I am knitting from the intarsia part up to the tops… Continue reading Thursday ThWIPs
Last week was Shark Week, and longtime readers will know what that means. Shark socks! This year, Alissa and I did a KAL of some shark socks that have a little bit of fancy intarsia included. We decided to knit the intarsia parts flat, seam them, then work up from the intarsia piece to make… Continue reading Sock it To Me: Shark Week Edition
In the face of all logic and sense, I’m now working on 2 sweaters for knit-a-longs: She Makes Waves, and Tonnach, a Kate Davies pattern. First, She Makes Waves. Alissa and I are doing a couple of summery, nautical-inspired KALs together this year, including this mermaid-theme sweater, and a sharky project to be named next… Continue reading Another Cast On
The assigned pooling pineapple shawl I started last month is finished! The yarn is Auridon Deluxe Merino Sock AP, and the colorway is Pineapple Assigned Pooling. I did not use a pattern, just the method for the Vortex shawl shape from Custom Shawls for the Curious and Creative Knitter. The dyer created the pineapple stitch… Continue reading New FO!
New cast on this week! I am putting the argyle cardi away for a little while in favor of a new summer sweater – She Makes Waves (Ravelry link). The yarn is one that is new to me, Cascade Anchor Bay, which is a 50/50 blend of wool and cotton. I am using Dark Teal… Continue reading Casting On, Swimming Away
Today I finished a project I have been working on for just a month short of 2 years. The pattern is Alexandra’s Airplane Scarf. There are several versions of this scarf – this is the striped version. The yarn is Isager Japansk Bomuld, which is just a very thin cotton tape yarn. It has a… Continue reading Finally Finished: Airplane Scarf
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