By Wendy on February 24, 2010
The Printemps Shawlette pattern is complete and available for sale on Ravelry, here.
Like Miss Woodhouse, it’s a “more than a triangle shawl.” You work double the increases on the outer edges as you do on the inner edges to get this shape.
To make it a more open and airy design, the lace motif for the [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged different shape, inner edges, ravelry, shawl, skein, sock yarn, triangle shawl, wrong side
By Wendy on December 22, 2009
The Talisman shawl has been released from bondage! Here it is, being worn by Gwendolyn.
A couple of you asked when the pattern would be available. I’m working on it as we speak.
And a couple of you were spot-on about what my new project is:
Ishbel, by Ysolda Teague.
Yeah, I don’t knit a lot of [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged black ice, colorway, shawl, skein, skeins, teague
By Wendy on October 19, 2009
It was right thoughty of some of you to offer to come and help me with me stash.
I did make some good organizational in-roads into the stash yesterday, but got sidetracked by switching my closets from summer to winter. Still, I can see the bed in the stash room, so that’s a start.
But [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged cleaning lady, minute adjustments, skein, skeins, superwash
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 July 14, 2009
My shawl-in-progress is definitely uncharted territory.
Seanna Lea asked:
What will you do if it you take it off the needles and don’t really like how it looks?
Good question. I’m pretty sure I’ll like it if it is anything the way it looks in my mind’s eye, but you never know. If I find it loathsome, I [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged gut instinct, kitty bed, skein, skeins, unsuspecting victim