First Major Project of 2011 Done -- Browns

Here it is, a playground of Browns.

This one went so fast.

From the middle to the edge.

The pictures aren't bad for color, but they don't do justice to the variety of textures. Ah, well, you have to leave something for reality to excel at.

Camel, Fawn, Seal Brown

All the shades of the zoo!

This pattern grows so quickly.

When knitting, one never knows how it will develop. I didn't realize the center stripe would look so Charlie Brown-esque.

Well, he does fit my color scheme....

I find this a comforting color scheme.

Russet, Sienna, Umber

There are so many different browns!

Here's my progress in playing with all of them.

And here are some closer looks.

I like to mix it up!

Friday is for Silver and Gold

Continuing Poppytalk's Week of Winter Colors.

Thursday is for Greens

Continuing Poppytalk's Week of Winter Colors.

Wednesday is the Blues

Continuing Poppytalk's Week of Winter Colors.

Tuesday is for Whites

Continuing Poppytalk's Week of Winter Colors.

Monday is for Red

I first heard about poppytalk's weeks of winter colors from one of my favorite blogs, Resurrection Fern.

This time, I'm joining in.

Red, red, red.

Final Set and New Start

You may be relieved to know this is the last set of scarves.

Look familiar? That's right, I've already posted this set. I miscounted my posts.

Doh!

Fortunately, I didn't miscount the scarves themselves. They were a huge hit, and they all went to happy new homes. The next day at the retreat, several of the women wore their new accessories, and wow, they looked great. I'm always amazed at other women's fashion sense -- someday I'll learn how to do it so well myself.

So here is the start of the first shawl of 2011.

It is the beginning of another Revontuli (Northern Lights) shawl, which I've done many times before. I happen to have a lot of browns on hand, and they've been calling to me, so this will be an all-browns version.

I'm doing this one in my usual fashion, no counting. Once I get past the beginning, and into the regular sections, I put in my markers.

In this case, I'm using red for increase (increase just before the marker, slip the marker, knit one, increase in the following stitch), and blue for decrease (make a double decrease centered on the stitch after the marker, using the stitch just before the marker as part of it).

I also use a marker to know when to increase across a row, which should be every third right-side row.

I slip the tail on the outside for the non-increase rows, and then when there are four rows, I slip the tail on the inside for the increase and following row.

This way, I can concentrate on playing with the colors.