By Wendy on February 28, 2010
I blocked my latest shawlette today. Here it is pre-blocking.
Isn’t Lucy helpful? Pre-blocking dimensions are 40″ across the top and 20″ down the middle of the center back.
Post-blocking:
After blocking is is 60″ across the top edge and 28″ down the center back.
Here’s a close-up:
That’s one skein of Madelinetosh Tosh Sock, in the Clover colorway. I [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged clover, crime scene, one skein, sensitive readers, top edge
By Wendy on February 25, 2010
Bind-off of the Chevron Shawlette will commence in five, four, three, two . . .
As soon as this baby is off the needles, I will cast on for the Chevron Stole. Conveniently, the yarn I have planned to use for the Chevron stole arrived in my Loopy Ewe order today.
I do so like it when [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged fluffy fur, fur coat, logwood, loopy ewe, miss woodhouse, one skein, skeins
By Wendy on February 4, 2010
Unblocked, the Miss Woodhouse Shawl was 50″ across the top, 16″ down the center back.
Blocked she is 66″ across the top, 25″ down the center back.
I used a size 6 (4mm) needle and one skein of MadelineTosh Tosh Sock in the “Oak B” colorway with 24 grams left over.
Expect a pattern presently.
Lucy is beside herself [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged colorway, miss woodhouse, one skein, shawl, size 6
By Wendy on February 3, 2010
I’m fairly close to the finish of my current shawlette and I gotta tell you — the suspense is killing me.
Because I am far too lazy and impatient to do anything like actually swatch out the lace before starting work on it, I’ve been designing it on the fly. In fact, the last two charts [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged colorway, greeny, lace, lucy, one skein, sock yarn, triangle
By Wendy on January 31, 2010
We had an unexpected snow day yesterday. The weather forecast had said the majority of bad weather would be south of us and we’d just get a bit of snow. Well, it snowed all day yesterday non-stop so it was a nice little stay-in snow day.
I started a new project, but you don’t get to [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged bad weather, bottom border, contest ends march, one skein, unexpected snow
