Alpaca Lace Cloud Scarf
This lace scarf is so light and airy it feels as if there is a cloud around your neck! The lace repeat is simple, and allows the beauty of the yarn to shine through!
Knit with Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine [50% Peruvian Wool, 20% Super Fine Alpaca, 30% Nylon, 433 yds 100g ball]; 1 skein; or 433 yds fingering weight yarn on size 4 needles with a gauge of 6 sts per inch before blocking.
Ravelry people can see the pattern here.
$5.00
Knitting Happily Along…
I’ve been knitting along quite happily – how did it get to be April?
First up – socks, socks and more socks. So far this year:
A pair of my basic toe-up socks in Claudia Handpainted Fingering Weight Yarn in my blog colors! I thought I would get bored with just knitting, so I knit through the back loop every other row. Whatever works for you, ya know?
Next up,
Gusset Heel Basic Socks, from Socks from the Toe Up by Wendy Johnson. Easy pattern, great yarn, not a lot of work for cool striped socks!
I also started (and finished) this great shawl:
Gail (aka Nightsong) in Tess Designer Yarns Silk gifted to me by Cynthia. Great pattern, great yarn – what more can a girl ask for?
Happy Easter!
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Well, I’ve been looking for a tablecloth to cover this up:
I made the Hemlock Ring Blanket last year, and thought I’d knit another doily in worsted weight yarn so that it would be big enough for a table cloth – I chose the Doily with Spiral.
So I began knitting with a worsted weight cotton on size 7 needles:
I finally finished and blocked it:
I had some help blocking – I was dog sitting for my parents, and Daisy insisted on helping:
The Daisy Dog stood guard over the lace blob while it was drying:
I thought I blocked it out big enough, but this is what I ended up with:
Oops! Back to the blocking board for this one! When I get over the fact that I spent all this time and energy on this lace blob, and this is what I ended up with, I’ll reblock and stretch the heck out of this thing. For now, it’s in time out.
In sock knitting news, I’ve designed another pattern for the Knitting Central Sock Club.
Go sign up if you haven’t – this year we are focusing on techniques. You’ll just have to sign up to find out what these techniques will be. This 6 month package will include a package filled with sock goodness every 2 months – a sock designed by a Knitting Central staff member, a new technique to learn, membership to a Yahoo group for knitting along, and of course, yummy sock yarn to complete said pattern. My socks hit the mail the first week in October and I’m very excited! Go sign up today!
Happy Knitting!
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Introducing Wavy Lace Socks
You’ ll have a fun time knitting these toe-up socks as the lace
waves up the foot and leg in an hourglass shape! For the
adventurous knitter, these socks are much simpler than they
appear!
Knit in Shibuiknits Sock with a gauge of 7 sts per inch on size 2 needles.
$ 5.00
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SOS training
The Summer of Socks is set to begin in a few weeks, and I’m in training.
I started these socks Saturday night – Impressionist Socks – using, what else, Koigu.
Easy lace pattern, 2 circs, and Koigu – what else do you need for socks? I know these wouldn’t count towards SOS, so I wanted to get the hankering to make them out of my system. I changed the picot top to ribbing, and used a Japanese short row heel.
I love how Koigu pools while using US 2.5 needles. The color is more accurate in the second photo.
I also started a second pair of my new sock pattern in Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock. I’m liking the solid much better with the pattern. The Schaefer Anne I started with was just to play.
Again, the color is more accurate in the second photo. And of course, I matched my knitting bag to my project. Yes, dorky. But I’m ok with that.
And I leave you with this:
Last week, thunderstorms blew through. It got really dark, then lightened some, and out came this beautiful rainbow. What a treat! Then it downpoured. Boy do we need that today.
Happy Knitting!
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