Today is WIP Wednesday. I’ve no proper post for you – I’ve been out being busy. Last week’s WIP hat raced into the final straight and became an FO by Friday. A brand new project began and finished without ever being aired as a Wednesday WP. More of that this Friday. Snowbird is now ready …
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Quick catch up
The Lorien hat is dry and ready for FO photos, but the sun has fled The Merope shawl is blocking but needs re-knitting The pattern for Merope, which I was test knitting, is for release TODAY You can buy it as part of a 7 shawl pattern ebook – right now it will cost you …
Lots to show, much to tell
Show and tell post about new yarn and how it goes from cone to sweater.
Snowbird just ain’t flyin’
The Snowbird cardigan has been depressing me mightily. It is surprisingly difficult to work on. Aran weight yarn? Thick needles? Stocking stitch? It should have been easy!
In practice…
FO: Lórien
Lórien was an entirely ad hoc project; I had sorte dout all my projects for the Colourmart Lovers competition KAL and suddebly realised that I needed a ferry knitting project (I’ll discuss the blanket another time.) I had seen the Lórien patterns a while ago on Ravelry a nd it sprang to mind as a candidate. I cast around for some stash to knit it with and my eye fell upon my weaving basket…
Details and gallery.
WIP me nimble, WIP me quick… (or, if this is Belgium it must be…)
This post almost didn’t get written today. I could have sworn that it was Tuesday…are we in Belgium yet? (ah, the sweet smell of frites…) Sorry, on with the business of the day: Knitting is definitely out of the doldrums and making headway with a stiff breeze behind it. The breeze in this case being …
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