By Wendy on January 19, 2010
As I mentioned yesterday, I finished the shawlette that I was working on last week on Saturday evening.
Here it is in its unblocked state.
Cat included for scale. Unblocked, it measures a petite 40″ across the top and 20″ down the center back.
And here it after blocking.
It now measures a surprising 54″ across the top, and [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged colorway, doctors without borders, gwendolyn, saturday evening, state cat, weight yarn, zzzzzzzzzz
By Wendy on September 30, 2009
In yesterday’s comments, Hannah asked:
What happened to the True Love Stole?
This is what happened to it:
I finished it!
That’s a pic of it unblocked. Even as we speak it is relaxing in a nice bath of woolwash and blocking will commence momentarily.
But meanwhile, I am knitting on my new super-not-so-secret project:
This is the beginning of a [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged blankie, colorway, lace pattern, superwash, weight yarn
By Wendy on September 17, 2009
Gail asked in the comments:
How do you store your needles? Do you keep them in the original Addi bags and sizes together? I’m just beginning to have enough needles that I need to determine a better way to keep them organized.
I have this:
The Tower o’ Needles!
It has a total of ten drawers.
I put each size [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged fine furniture, office depot, perfect colours, staples, weight yarn
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
