Sea Fever is off the needles. This is it at the halfway point, this morning. The colours are a bit off, as I took the photos around about sunrise. The inside one was flashed, due to lack of available light, so that was a bit bleached and false in colour too. In the event, it’s …
Tag archives: Knit
I couldn’t
I just couldn’t resist it. I sat down after lunch and cast in the Manos del Uruguay – just to knit a few rows and see how the colour looks when knit up. I have now knitted the first skein off and it is too dark to have a look and see what the colours …
Green and Growlly Progress
These socks are not going to be a fast knit. I’m half way down the first leg, with 5 of 10 pattern repeats completed. I don’t like knitting on four needles, much preferring the triangular stability of knitting across three. I find four very floppy and fiddly. Add this to the 10 row pattern, with …
Man Socks
It has been decided. Mr L gets a pair of # One Husband Socks. Reading the directions suggests that one skein will be insufficient – the pattern suggest 150 gms of fingering. However, this yarn is very lengthy, at over 500 yards a 100g skein, and should be plenty. Time is short, though, so I’ll …
Firestarter
I elected to knit the Firestarter socks in my Stroud Supersock, in Heather colourway. Firestarter is knitted toe-up, on one circular needle, with a crocheted provisional cast on. Some new skills to learn there, then. I cast on. I followed the directions until I got stuck. I took the knitting off the needles and threw …
My So Called Scarf
I cast on the Knox rescued from my Clapotis, and began the “My So Called Scarf”. I love the fabric that it creates, though I think I shall find the scarf rather narrow, despite adding an extra 10 stitches in. I am schizophrenic about this yarn. I love each individual shade in it, but …