gathering it all together
I was true to my word and set about re-knitting my Evenstar yesterday.
I am now the proud owner of a far finer piece of knitting than attempt number 1 was ever going to be. It was worth the extra effort.
Clue two is to be released earlier this week, so that we European knitters can make a start today rather than having to wait until Saturday.
Inspired by our recent snowfalls, there is a new project on the needles. It’s not going perfectly just yet, so I’ll not disclose too much in case it goes off to the frog pond never to return.
The good news is that it is simple (ish), perfectly beautiful (if I execute it correctly) and it comes from stash.
I notified the fifth of my Ten Shawls in 2010 yesterday. Such progress! You might think that I am overdoing it, I’m rushing – but there is method in my madness, I think. I want to be free of the one sock skein triangles and leave plenty of time for meeting some challenges this year. …
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 …
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. …
(“…and for those of you watching in Black and White…”) My Brandywine Shawl is off the needles and in its bath. FO post follows some time soon-ish. Here it is, fresh off the needles, with just 10g yarn left over after doing 18 repeats instead of 15. I need to go and clear Mr L’s …