By Wendy on March 1, 2010
I mentioned last week that when I finished the Chevron Shawlette, I was going to knit a Chevron Stole using the same stitch motifs.
I have started said stole and here it is.
This is more Madelinetosh Tosh Sock yarn, this in the “logwood” colorway. The stole will take more yarn than the shawlette, so I bought [...]
Posted in Wendy Knits | Tagged chevron, crafter, logwood, skeins, stitches, yarn
By Wendy on February 6, 2010
What I have been doing for the past 24 hours or so.
February 5, 2010, 4:30pm:
It’s been snowing for a few hours, but the street in front of my condo is still passable.
February 5, 2010, 7:10pm:
The crew at my condo getting a jump on plowing the front lot. (My car is snug in the garage.)
February 5, [...]
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By Wendy on January 26, 2010
Because knitting an intricate cabled sock in a dark yarn seems more than I can handle for the moment, I’ve started another easy shawlette.
Film at eleven.
Thanks for all your good wishes. I’ve been to the spine doc and have an order to get an MRI, and a boatload of pain meds. So we are hanging [...]
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By Wendy on December 16, 2009
In the comments to yesterday’s post, Angela asked if my Talisman Shawl will take more than one skein. I’m planning for it to take only one (since that’s all I’ve got).
The Wollmeise is a lovely big skein — 575 yards. For this shawl, after you work the set-up chart, you can repeat the body chart [...]
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By Wendy on October 21, 2009
Remember the pile o’ packages from Monday’s post?
There was a little bit of yarn in one of them:
The green is Madeline Tosh Lace — (colorway called “Grove”) .It’s 100% merino (superwash) with 950 yards per skein.
The variegated is their Pure Silk Lace, which is 100% tussah silk and has 1000 yards/skein. The colorway is “Wren.”
I [...]
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