Finished: Lace Leaf Shawl by Evelyn Clark, in Mountain Colors Bearfoot (Ruby River colorway). 11 pattern repeats, and I cut a couple of rows off of the border, leaving me with about 7 inches of yarn to cut off after weaving in the ends! edited to add additional pictures: I don’t really have an action [...]
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Feb 152009
‘Cause, seriously? The lady writes some awesome patterns. Clear, easy to read, and easy to adapt to however much yarn you happen to have (that’s my favorite part!). For example Lace Leaf Shawl, in Mountain Colors Bearfoot yarn (Ruby River colorway). The pattern calls for 600 yards of fingering weight, but I wanted to use [...]
Feb 082009
This is both a cast-on and a cast-off post, as this sweater took me four days, start to finish: Baby Sweater on Two Needles (February), Elizabeth Zimmermann (from The Knitter’s Almanac). Knit Picks Shine worsted, in Green Apple (4 skeins with very little left). I really like this pattern, now that I’ve figured it out [...]
Sep 232008
well, technically, it’s a blanket, not a wrap. But this is my last FO for the season (and my first Christmas present finished and crossed of the list!) The specs: Hemlock Ring Blanket, Eco-Wool (1.25 skeins), size 10 needle.
Sep 112008
Cast-on on Monday: I hit the feather-and-fan section yesterday. I’m already almost 3 repeats past where I was when I took this photo. (The specs, for those of you playing along at home: Hemlock Ring Blanket, as adapted by Jared Flood of BrooklynTweed; Cascade Eco-Wool; size 10 needles) I love this pattern. I think it’s [...]
Sep 102008
Lacy Ribbon Scarf (from the Spring 2008 Knitty), take two: This time in a much lighter sock yarn–Green Mt Spinnery’s Sock-Art Forest in a sort of raspberry color. Much better drape the thicker yarn I used last time. I’m about 2/3 of the way done–this is a good travel project
Or “Gauge swatch? We don’t need no stinkin’ gauge swatch!”. A story in two acts. Act one: A lace ribbon scarf from Knitty, in Posh Yarn Emily in Primrose. This is actually the third project I’ve started with this yarn; it looks great as lace, but the skein only has 365 yards and the yarn [...]
Aug 222008
I jumped on the beaded swallowtail wagon, and came up with this: One shocking pink shawl, in Posh Sophia 2-ply (yum, cashmere!), with lots of beads that you cannot see at all in this photo. I added a couple of extra repeats of the last two rows of the peaked edging chart, to add a [...]
Aug 102008
An actual finished object! I was mostly done with this a few days ago; the grafting took a while. I blocked it on Friday, because my parents were up for a visit, and I wanted to give it to my mom. I’m really happy with how it came out: the details, and more pictures, are [...]
Jul 282008
I’ve started a second Swallowtail–I made one this spring, in fingering weight yarn, and decided I’d like to make one in lace weight. I’m using Posh Yarn Sophia, which is a pure, lush, and wickedly delicious cashmere: In a shocking pink. There’s some slight variegation in the color, but I didn’t manage to pick it [...]
