My current work in progress:

1. Bigger on the inside designed by Kate Atherley, knit from Madelinetosh tosh sock in the Cobalt colorway, on U.S. size 3 (3.25mm) needles.
2. Myriad stealth projects.

Time and Relative Dimension in Space

I finished knitting my Bigger on the inside shawlette last night.

When I got home from work, I had this much of the edging done — about half of it.

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I finished the edging and decided I’d try to try to complete the bind off before going to bed. I did actually complete it while sitting up in bed, watching tv. Here’s what that looked like:

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As you can see, Lucy was on the job.

Here is a quick photo of the unblocked shawl I took with my phone this morning:

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As you can see, this piece will very much benefit from blocking. I’ll see if I can get that done tomorrow night. In a happy coincidence, the Block and Roll blocking mats I ordered from Patternworks arrived yesterday, so I’ll give those a whirl. And I’ve got new blocking wires from Inspinknity so I’m looking forward to trying those out.

I weighted the shawl upon completion and found that it weighed 156 grams. Interesting, because on the Ravelry pattern page for the design it says that the original weighed 127 grams. That was knit in a different yarn, but still, that’s a big difference. I knit mine exactly according to the pattern and did the bottom edge for exactly 2″ so I’m not sure why mine weighs so much more. I did some quick calculations and estimate that my shawlette took approximately 560 yards.

Lookie Here!

I got my yarn for my Campy Loopy Project I:

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This is Three Irish Girls Glenhaven Cashmerino Worsted in the Niall colorway. Isn’t it nice? I’m going to make Stephen West’s Gyllis. I’ll be starting that on May 27.

I need a project to tide me over until May 27. I’ve got some samples that I’m knitting for my classes for SSK, so I’ll be working on those. I’ll likely finish before May 27, so will need something else to keep me busy until the official start of Camp Loopy. I do have some ideas.

Wendy & Lucy Cartoon

Thanks for your nice comments about my silly little cartoon. It was a spur of the moment thing, drawn on the back of an index card with a ballpoint pen. (I took a photo of it to post because I couldn’t get the scanner on my inkjet printer to work.) I think I’ll post a new cartoon each Sunday . . . until I run out of ideas.

Lucy sez:

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“If I ignore it, will it go away?”

 

TARDIS Blue

I did finally finish the Time Vortex Lace section of my Bigger on the inside shawl, and on Friday night I picked up the 311 stitches required along the bottom curved edge to work the TARDIS section.

I looked at the project notes for this design on Ravelry, and found that another knitter described picking up the stitches by dividing the edge into 8 equal sections, and then picking up 38, 39, 39, 39, 1 stitch in the middle, 39, 39, 39, 38. This seemed as good a plan as any, so while half watching Ghostbusters II on television Friday night, that’s how I picked up my stitches.

Here’s the current state of the shawl after a Saturday’s-worth of knitting:

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I have completed Row 28 of the TARDIS chart and this is how much yarn I have left of my first skein of Madelinetosh Tosh Sock:

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That looks like it’ll last for one more row. So I’ll definitely make a big dent in a second skein.

Wendy & Lucy

Just for fun, I’ve started a cartoon series called “Wendy & Lucy.”

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No, I have no plans to quit my day job. icon wink TARDIS Blue

Lucy sez:

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“That doesn’t look anything like me. But it looks just like you, Momma!”

Bigger on the Inside – Well, a Little Bigger

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The Time Vortex Lace section of my Bigger on the inside shawl is slightly bigger. I was hoping to be at the picking up of stitches stage by now, but Real Life intervened and I am not there yet. But I should finish this lace section tonight, and I will be ready to pick up [...]

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Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey

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Remember how I said I was going to block my second Bernadette shawlette on Sunday? Yeah, that did not happen. Instead, I wound up my cobalt blue yarn and started working on Bigger on the inside. I’ve made some fair progress on the time vortex lace chart. I’m more than halfway done with the top [...]

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Another Bernadette

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Last night I completed my second Bernadette shawlette, this one knit from Wollmeise 100% Merino Superwash, in the Pfauenauge (Peacock) colorway. The yarn comes in a 150-gram skein and has approximately 575 yards. Before knitting, my skein weighted 160 grams. After knitting, this is how much I had left: I used the same U.S. size [...]

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Lucy’s Day

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While Lucy is a pampered kitty, she does work hard between naps. When I get ready to photograph my work in progress, she is always on hand to inspect it. (I’m more than halfway done with it at this point — maybe two-thirds done? I’m hoping I can complete it this weekend.) That’s a stitch [...]

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Needle Love

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I am making some progress on my second Bernadette: As I mentioned before, I am knitting this on a U.S. size 3 (3.25mm) needle — a size that I have been using a lot lately. All of these fingering weight garter stitch shawls/wraps/scarves I am making have used this needle. I’ve been knitting with my [...]

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Bernadette

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On Friday I finished my latest sideways shawl. Meet Bernadette: Bernadette is knit from Kauni Effektgarn 8/2, on a U.S. size 3 needle. I used approximately 120 grams of yarn, around 525 yards. It measures 52″ along the top edge and is 11″ deep at the center. I did a very gentle steam-block, carefully steaming [...]

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