Organizing
Last week I got a bee in my bonnet, and finally rearranged my under-counter shipping center. In the last year or so my focus has changed from shipping individual patterns to sending out great lots of them, and the previous “shipping stuff” arrangement no longer suited. Now it’s all nice and neat again. I even […]
Pattern: Thornbury, of my own devising.
Yarn: Valley Yarns 2/14 Alpaca Silk, Pacific.
Needles: Size US 6 (4.0 mm).
Finished size: 10 x 63 (24 x 74.5) inches; 25.4 x 160 (61 x 189.25) cm.
Skills: Lace knitting, including p2tog, p3tog, and SSP.
Notes: The Thornbury pattern is written as both a scarf and a stole. It’s […]
After a yummy stuffed pork chop dinner and a movie, we wandered out onto the deck last night for a short nightcap and to enjoy the evening air. Ricki loves evenings on the deck. She was out there and waiting for us long before we had everything arranged. We finally got our ducks in a […]
I received a nice surprise in the mail this week. Yarn. Unexpected yarn.
I told you late last year that I’d designed a cowl, Basket Whip, with the same stitch I used for Flying Lindy (socks), Sugar Push (fingerless mitts), and Syncopation (tank top). I believe I also mentioned that I talked to Classic Elite […]
I haven’t been blogging, obviously. Sorry about that. I’ll post as I can, as much as I can, as often as I can. Not that the schedule’s likely to change much in the near future. I hope you can hang with me…
Thornbury progress
I’ve made marvelous progress on the oriel shawl. I’ve done several repeats […]
The oriel shawl
Finally. It took quite a bit of figuring, tinking, knitting, tinking, erasing, and figuring, but I finally got it. The top edge of the bias-knit pattern looks full, complete, as good as the center of the thing. Finally. I spent days with scrap yarn, and charts coming out of my ears. Well, it […]
Pattern: Quenington, of my own devising.
Yarn: Blue Moon Fiber Arts, Silkie Socks That Rock, 1 full hank of In the Navy.
Needles: Size US 7 (4.5 mm).
Finished size: 11.5 x 68 inches (29 x 173 cm).
Skills: Knit and purl on same side of fabric, k2tog, ssk, yo.
Notes: This simple little scarf is worked […]
No. Not the whole thing. Probably. But a goodly chunk of it. Never mind that I didn’t pin it out very well. That’s easily fixed later, when the knitting is actually done. But see that top edge, after the corner turns? I don’t like it. It isn’t working for me. At all. You can sort […]