The pattern for Bellflower Lace Scarf (Rav link) is done, and it’s now up for sale on Ravelry. I was gratified to see that someone bought a copy almost as soon as I posted it. I don’t have a problem writing patterns, but have to admit that “ad copy” (blurbs) for them is another matter [...]
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Feb 152009
The Bellflower Lace Scarf is done … … and it’s finally got a name (which was almost harder than knitting it). The pattern is being checked by someone else (who will see what I did say, rather than what I meant to say). I plan to put it up on Ravelry, once those formalities have [...]
Feb 122009
The lace scarf is almost done – last night it looked like this Today it looks like this (80+ pins!), and I’m working on the pattern
Feb 092009
The second half of the lace scarf I started a couple of weeks ago is coming along, but it just underwent an on-the-fly revision. The original plan was to undo the crochet cast on, put the stitches on the needle and knit the 2nd half from there. After working a few rows, I found I [...]
Feb 052009
I pinned the shawl out on the ironing board and shot a little steam at it. It was almost up to 10 pattern repeats (10th rep is now nearly done), and I’m amazed at how far this yarn goes. I just wound the 3rd skein this evening, and I think that may be enough to [...]
Jan 252009
Samantha’s Shawl is coming along nicely, but I wanted something smaller to play with. I’ve been looking at all the neat projects on here, and just had to start a new scarf, using some sock weight yarn from my stash. The pattern is adapted from one of the Japanese knitting books, and I changed little [...]
Jan 222009
I had a request for a photo of the finished shawl and unfortunately, I don’t have one until I finish this shawl (it’s up to 6 repeats). The original was a gift, and was lost somewhere along the way, but this is a half-shawl swatch I worked up in worsted weight that shows the pattern [...]
Jan 132009
I’ve been knitting Samantha’s Christening Shawl from my Shawls booklet for the Winter Seasons of Lace, and it’s quite addictive. The pattern stitch is Crest of the Wave, it’s currently up to 312 sts (78 sts in each quarter), and large enough to form its own knitting bag. This is probably the last time I’ll [...]
Jan 012009
I did a swatch for my shawl last night, and cast on for it this morning. Here are a couple of ways of casting on for a circular beginning: Stitch Diva’s Base Adjustable Cast On and Judy’s Magic Cast On. I usually cast on with something similar to the first one.
Dec 312008
I knitted “Samantha’s Christening Shawl” when our first grandchild was born. The occasion called for something very special, but I didn’t want to spend all that time knitting something that would only be used once and then folded away, so I decided to make a shawl that Mom could use later. It’s a square worked [...]
