Adventures with sticks and string.
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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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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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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Lately I have taken to weighing my yarn. The last few designs I have done, I’ve knit according to the weight of the skein. This takes a lot of the guesswork and anxiety out of the process: Will I have enough yarn? Won’t I have enough yarn? Aside: If you seem to be running short [...]
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And, it is pink. As you can see, I am more than halfway done with this wrap. The marker in the middle of the piece shows the halfway mark. Here’s a close-up of the edging: As you can see from this photo, the edge features ruffles and a little bit of fagoting. I do like [...]
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The Pattern for Sheldon and Leonard is now available for sale in my Ravelry shop. Sheldon and Leonard is a sideways shawlette/scarf/wrap pattern that is written for both fingering weight and sport weight yarn. Sheldon is the fingering weight version: As shown here, it is worked with one 395-yard skein of Madelinetosh Tosh Sock in [...]
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The shawl so nice I knit it twice. This is the same pattern as the green shawlette I showed in my last blog entry. That one was knit with approximately 400 yards fingering weight yarn (Madelinetosh Tosh Sock in the “jade” colorway) on a U.S. size 3 needle. This one is knit with approximately 350 [...]
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Here is the view from my hotel balcony in Chincoteague this past weekend. Lovely, no? SoXperience 2012 was great fun and a great success (well, as far as I am concerned — you’d have to ask the students as well). But I was very happy to get home Sunday, and Miss Lucy was very happy [...]
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