Ok, a few days ago I received my prize from the wonderful Gloria. I tried my best to post about it, but the internet wouldn’t cooperate with me long enough to load a picture to photo bucket so I ha to give up and try to restrain my excitement. Four times. But now I have [...]
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Oct 062011
Well, I’ve finished Rock Island, and not too far past the season, either. I cast this off on the 1st October (it’s been blocking since) so the whole shawl took only 10 days to knit (I first cast on a little earlier but had to rip back because I misread the chart)! I used Denise’s [...]
Sep 202011
Well, Rock Island is not quite as successful as I’d hoped. I mixed up the right and wrong sides and had to frog the edging. After 2 more days I’m back up to 25 repeats. The aim is to finish this by October, rather than the end of the season like I’d originally hoped. I’ve [...]
I have finally frogged Aeolian. Don’t get me wrong – I still love it, but I made a huge mistake somewhere in the charts and haven’t managed to fix it in… well, ages. So I’ve frogged it and cast on Rock Island. Since I nominated it in the first place for the kal I’m amazed [...]
Aug 162011
This morning my blocking wires arrived. Today I blocked Annis. I really am quite proud of it. It’s knit in KnitPicks Alpaca Cloud in Raspberry. It is much smaller than I expected, but I think it’ll be ok. It’s going to my brilliant, shawl-loving friend Becca as an extremely belated birthday present. We’ve not seen [...]
Aug 122011
Today I took Annis on a trip to Whitby. First, I have to say this is brilliant travel knitting. It is simple, fast, and it fits into teeny tiny spaces: That bag originally held a shawl pin. It is very small. I knit for an hour and a half each way. We passed some lovely [...]
Aug 102011
I think I’ve got the hang of Annis! I’m not totally done with the lace section but I’m nearly there and I’ve not had any problems this time. What a relief! I had to rip back the first attempt. I’m speed-knitting this one too, since it’s for a birthday. Thankfully, my friend can’t make the [...]
Aug 022011
Two days ago I cast on Annis for a friend’s birthday, needing a break from In Dreams. I am now 4 rows in. Let me tell you this: interruptions will drive me insane. I usually manage roughly 3 stitches before being interrupted. It is impossible to keep on track of anything. I’m busy tinking back [...]
Jul 282011
I have completed clue 6 of In Dreams, meaning I am very nearly done with this shawl. However, I have a question. I don’t like the colours. I dyed the gradience myself but the colours are just too different. The lines are too obvious for me where the gradience crosses. I want to overdye it. [...]
Jun 212011
I continue to make steady progress on In Dreams. I cast this on during the off-season at the beginning of May, and have now reached clue 5. I am currently aiming for 7 rows a day to finish before going on holiday – we’re heading to the mountains so I’ll need something to keep the [...]
