Fresh off the blocking matts (and part of the carpet, this thing is huge, nearly 2m along the top edge) It looks more complicated than it actually is, essentially you work variations of the same 4 rows alot of times… It is patterned on the reverse side though so there isn’t really any resting. I [...]
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Aug 192011
Aug 152011
I’m playing around with stitch patterns on this. The intention is to create something lacey, yet warm, simple, yet complicated enough to mix up colours on variegated yarn. It also doesn’t curl, something I can’t stand in scarves. This photo doesn’t really do it justice, it will need a good blocking to open up the [...]
Jul 152011
That’s because Jaali is no further now than it was when I wrote the cast on post. I did manage another 10 rows but had to frog them due to my failure to realise that blank boxes on the chart did represent a stitch, and my inability to reverse the wrong side rows correctly…. I [...]
Jun 302011
Jaali might not have won the vote in the KAL but I started knitting it anyway. I’m using Yarn Yard Crannog in a gorgeous semi solid turquoise. When I first opened up the pattern file it looks terrifying as it included separate charts and written instructions for all 3 sizes so there are a huge [...]
May 172011
I could have sworn I published this post, but when I logged in to write a post about something I’m casting on for this season it was sat in my drafts folder… oops! I thought I’d share anyway, though it’s not for this season. A very good friend of mine is getting married this [...]
Mar 252011
Just popping in quickly to show you how the finished Sweet Lily shawl looks after I blocked it.
Mar 212011
I cast this shawl off tonight. I’ve literally woven the ends in and taken the picture, it still needs a very good blocking, but I’ve gone from thinking I might gift this shawl to deciding I love it. The pattern is Sweet Lilly shawl and is knitted in Yarn Yard Crannog, which is a high [...]
Feb 272011
I got all my socks done so got to cast on some lace again! The pattern isSweet Lilly Shawl and is a bit different to all the other shawls I’ve knitted as you cast on the stitches on the edge and then use short rows to make a semi circle. It uses a provisional cast [...]
Jan 242011
No seriously… I need to get some socks done, I must not cast on for anymore shawls! This is Ishbel, knitted from some merino/silk/sparkle handspun, 240m in total which meant I ran short on yarn so had to do a few modifications to the edging. It all worked out of though, I may try for [...]
Jan 222011
I am meant to be knitting socks for my boyfriend. Why then, as soon as I finished knitting Emily, did I not resist the urge to cast on for an Ishbel? I have never knitted one, and it seems like one of those patterns that everyone has knitted. I even span some merino silk, sparkly [...]
