By Wendy on August 31, 2009
Because I’m geeky that way, I looked up the origins of the phrase “mighty oaks from little acorns grow.” The earliest similar phrase I could find was from my old buddy Geoffrey Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde (late 1300s):
“as an ook cometh of a litel spyr”
Did I ever tell you I used to be able to [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged garter stitch, geoffrey chaucer, gram skein, little acorns, rectangular shawl
By Wendy on August 30, 2009
In all its blocked glory:
This took approximately 600 yards of dk/light sportweight weight yarn — Lorna’s Laces Pearl, in the “Mineshaft” colorway. I used 3 100-gram skeins (220 yards each) and had 30 grams leftover from the last skein. US 7 (4.5mm) needle.
The wingspan is about 72″, and it’s about 26″ down the center back.
The [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged knitting socks, mineshaft, new classics, skein, weight yarn
By Wendy on August 27, 2009
Why? Because I have named my new shawl pattern “Faro-Easy Shawl.”
How easy is it? I finished it in under a week. Gotta love knitting with DK-weight yarn right after knitting with laceweight!
But I’ve not blocked it yet, so the official FO post will have to wait til Sunday. The color in that photo is way [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged book men, hot little hands, shawl pattern, size measurements, weight yarn
By Wendy on August 26, 2009
Miscellaneous Item Number One
The Sandvik shawl is now available for sale on Ravelry, but you can purchase it from here, too (and from my Patterns for Sale page):
Sandvik Faroese Shawl
This shawl is knit from laceweight yarn (Black Bunny Fibers alpaca/shetland blend) on a US 3 (3.25mm) needle at an unblocked gauge of 6 sts/8 rows [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged dk weight, faroese shawl, loopy ewe, ravelry, seed stitch
By Wendy on August 25, 2009
Shortly after arriving home last Friday evening I cast off the final few stitches of Sandvik. Within 5 minutes of that happy event, it was on my ironing board, having the living crap steamed out of it.
Then I spread it out on the floor for an bird’s eye shot.
The yarn is an alpaca/shetland blend laceweight [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged diamond pattern, happy event, loopy ewe, sandvik, workshop attendees
