gathering it all together
The Crofter’s Cowl is washed and photographed (as best I could, in current light conditions). It is soft and snuggly and so much more practical than a scarf.
The Malabrigo yarn may be my second favourite yarn ever.
Please don’t examine the grafting too closely…
My first PS4 FO, and my second Amanda Hat.
It isn’t very green I know, but please bear with me for a few moments and I shall hope to convince you of the appropriateness of this project…
A themed RAK on Ravelry’s UK RAK group gave me an opportunity to make two test drives in one pass. I wanted to test out some chunky yarn that I had from eBay and I also wanted to see what an unblocked chunky Butternut Scarf would emerge like. The theme was “red,” the recipient enjoys dark reds, the yarn that I had was a rich deep dark red – it had to be done!
A pair of hand warmers in laceweight cashmere.
These had been intended as a Christmas gift for my twin, as she has taken up photography, but clearly were going to be much too large for her little hands, so these are now for myself and she shall have some later…
Another lacy scarf from Knitspot.
This one is the Butternut Scarf, knitted in a Colourmart laceweight yarn.
“Ingrid” – because this piece of knitting is for comfort in the same way that an old Ingrid Bergman B&W 3 hankie movie is for comfort on a dreary winter afternoon. I don’t have a TV to watch, but I do have lace to knit.
I was totally seduced by the Paton’s Jet that maddy18 gave me. When I found that I couldn’t knit any of my “hit list” projects while bandaged from finger to shoulder, I realised that something on big fat needles would be much more appropriate – and this yarn knits on 5.5mm – lovely.
A quick search of Ravelry yielded…