Fo: Foinavon

Flutter Scarf by Mimknits in Jaggerspun Zephyr.

This was a truly enjoyable knit. I loved everything about it. The yarn was a RAK gift and I was so pleased to be able to see and handle this yarn.

Most of the scarf was knit on ferry trips to and from Kirkwall. The pattern is a very simple 4 row repeat, easily memorised. The rhythm of the repeats, and the shortness of them, makes this one high on the “just one more” scale, and it is therefore very quickly finished. Just enough pattern to keep me alert, but simple enough to allow a social context. The ruffled ends required slightly more concentration, so I knit those at home.

Details and gallery.

Finding my niche

The last couple of days have been rest days, pretty much. With the Citron finished, and the new needle tips not yet here for re-knitting the Evenstar, I have been doing some low-key knitting. I cast on a hat, prompted by the heavy snow fall. It’s just a practical number in Aran weight yarn. I …

Moving on

The Citron shawl iscompleted and now ready for blocking. I added two extra tiers plus a little extra length in the ruffle to balance the larger size. My own little twists included a row of cat’s paw in the final ruffle, and a picot edge cast-off. I’ve renamed the project: Citron Pressé I’m going to …

Curiosity

The controller for the new train layout has arrived!

What’s in the box?

Spinning day today. I got off to a poor start when the shower refused to work… then spent the rest of pre-spinning time chasing my tail and trying to put an attractive birthday card together. Eventually I shot out of the door at the last minute, minus my spinning wheel but with the Citron shawl, …

Evenstar 1:2

I completed the first “clue” of the mystery shawl tonight. There is a photograph, here It has not gone smoothly. I used the Thom Christoph circular cast-on. The link given in the pattern to a photo tutorial defeated the pair of us. Mr L did find me a You Tube video that was more helpful. …