New socks, new socks! When KnitPicks had their big sale back in November I picked up some yarn, including this ball of Felicini in the “Bowling Alley” colourway. It’s the same base yarn as their Felici (but with narrower stripes) – which I’ve used before, and found to be slightly thinner than “standard” sock yarn. So I knit these socks at 68 stitches, rather...
When I saw the pattern for the Water Rings shawl I just knew I had to knit it – and I already had the perfect yarn for it, a single Zauberball that was a gift from friend Monica. I started knitting the shawl back in August, when Michael and I took a road trip to Connecticut for his birthday. It was an easy pattern,...
I started the Water Rings shawl back in August, and now it’s nearly done… The rows now have over 250 stitches each, so even though I only have a few more stripes to go, it isn’t going to be finished today. Or tomorrow. It would probably go quicker if I didn’t keep spreading it out to admire it. (The yarn is so pretty, though.)
Happy happy new year! As usual, this tally is more for myself than anything else, but you may find it interesting as well. Once again, I succeeded in getting more yarn and fibre OUT than IN. Hooray! INCOMING YARN: 6,115 yards A cone of Holst Garn Supersoft in “Damask” so I can try knitting a sweater with just one yarn/just one gauge. Simplification. (3140)...
My friend Karl asked if I could knit a hat with an integrated coronet. After a video call to discuss his vision and manage expectations, he ordered the yarn to be delivered to my house – we settled on Wool of the Andes, from KnitPicks, mostly because it came in the right colours and partly because where else can you get wool yarn for...
Sometimes you’re looking at leftover yarn in your stash thinking “man, that’d make a great lap blanket” exactly at the same time that you find out someone could really use a snoogly lap blanket. It’s so convenient when that happens! This is another 800+ grams of the same yarn I used to make Grandma’s wrap, Loops & Threads Impeccable Ombre in the “Tropical Storm”...
After much delay, procrastination, and avoidance, I’ve done the deed. I’ve ripped back the heel flap on the second Aviation Sock. Now I’m going to try to knit it again, but in such a way that the lines of the twisted stitches match up with the lines of the gusset decreases. Hopefully I get it right this time and don’t have to go through...
I’m making good progress on the World’s Ugliest Most 1970s Pants! They’re past the calf increases and up to the knee, which means it’s time to start increasing for the upper leg – and almost wide enough to be able to swap to circular needles! Of course now that there are 100+ stitches per round, I expect visible progress to slow. But I’m still...
The sweater’s been finished for a bit, but I finally got pictures of it! It’s not perfect, but I’ve had store-bought sweaters that fit less well than this, so I’m pleased enough for my first try at a sock yarn sweater! The neck “treatment” is a sandwich of knitting picked up from a crochet chain. I haven’t seen this in many English knitting patterns;...
On Friday I had a knitting emergency: the realization that I didn’t have any good mindless traveling projects on the needles. The Aviation Socks require too much concentration, the Water Rings shawl is at the point where I have to weigh the remaining yarn and then change to the second stitch pattern, and the blanket I’m working on for donating to a refugee family...
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