I just started knitting the Three Sisters Scarves #Two, a pattern written by Monika Steinbauer. I am using Debbie Bliss Pure Silk in pink. This is my second lace project ever. I am knitting it as a birthday gift for a dear friend.
Feb 212009
Feb 192009
I haven’t posted here in quite a while, and for that there is a good reason. Namely that this: has turned into this: and is scheduled for a one-way trip to Frog City. There were quite a few things that bothered me about it: the uneven centre strip, the too-many beads, and most of all [...]
Feb 162009
It’s Family Day here in Canada and i had some free time so i thought i’d share a couple wee pictures of my newly finished and blocked Hanami stole. Pattern is from Melanie Gibbons of Pink Lemon Twist and yarn is Sweet Sheep (Merino) lace in ‘Rose Hill’. It’s been a while in the making [...]
Jan 312009
I’ve finished the Swallowtail Shawl. I really like the beads, they are close enough to the yarn colour to not distract attention from the lace but still give it a bit of sparkle. So I’m very pleased, especially since this is the second shawl I’ve managed to cast off and I think only the third [...]
Jan 202009
I am truly an evil knitter. I have not blogged in a while, and I have not told everybody about my new project. I have decided to knit Feather and Fan. I got to a little over halfway, when as I was turning, I noticed that I had knit the last 50 rows in the [...]
Jan 202009
I am a newbie here. For the moment I have finished Swallowtail, but it is yet to be blocked. Laminaria and a mystery shawl are on the needles. I will post pictures soon.
Jan 162009
I cast on the Swallowtail Shawl by Evelyn Clark on the 6th January.
Jan 032009
I have cast off on my first Winter Season, 2009 FO. My Babushka is finished! It even has cool little ties that are used to tie it under your hair. It is soft and yummy. I had to remind myself that it had to be blocked…. after wearing it twice. My babushka gave me much [...]
Jan 032009
Why didn’t anyone tell me this is so much fun? For the past week, this shawl pretty much ate my life. And after a little trial and error (switched needle sizes, changed the pattern several times) it went ahead at a brisk pace. Which I know is an illusion, because the rows are shortest in [...]
Jan 012009
I have finally made some actual progress on e babushka I started for the Summer season. You can see the progress. In July, it looked like this… Notmuch at all. About an inch and a half. Now, You can see the a pattern. Isn’t it pretty-ful? My mom designed it for me…. When ever I [...]
