Thursday, March 31, 2011

Same But Different

I've started a comfort shawl using the same colorway as the previous shawl.


I'm having fun trying to get the colors to tone nicely. Here are some close-ups.


Blogging has been slow because knitting has been slow, and next week I'm going to be traveling, so I'm not sure there will be any posts. However, I've just gotten a new lace knitting book (well, old lace, but a new book), and maybe there will be something very different to show when I get back.

Friday, March 25, 2011

2011 #4 -- Mosaic Glass

Finished and blocked.


(As usual, that's a yardstick to show size.)

Here are some closer looks.





There are a lot of 3-dimensional elements, but they don't all show up very well in the photos.

Here is the edging.


The very outside edge is a simple bind-off using a crochet hook to bind off from the needles. The pattern was 4 plain loops and then something like a knitted bobble, where I pulled a loop through without dropping the stitch off the needle, pulled a loop through that, and then repeated it 3 more times, so that there were 4 loops coming out of one stitch. Then I bound those off all together.

The outside yarn was a plain yarn and a fuzzy Colinette yarn held together for the frothy look.

All in all, I'm very happy with it. The palette isn't my usual combination, and I'm enjoying that as well.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

On The Edge

I found a place where all the pieces could line up, so I called it an edge and now I'm on to the finishing.


With my longest circulars picking up stitches all around, it looks like some type of bowl right now. I think if this were the age before circulars, all my edging would be knitted on sideways.

Here's a glimpse of the final sections. I still need to add some 3-D embellishments, though.


I also knocked out another scarf, from one evening when I didn't want to decide what the next section would look like. It's a two-color snake scarf, one Colinette chunky and one variegated and doubled sock yarn.


I'm happy to be at the edging. This one has been fun to knit, but I'm ready for something more restful.

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

More Progress

Still growing. What did you expect?


It's getting brighter in the middle, and then it will move to pale peaches and pinks on the other side.


One evening when I didn't feel like figuring out the next segment, I started a frilly frivolous scarf. Here is it along with a keyhole one I did just before this larger effort.


Friday, March 11, 2011

Growing, and Growing...



Here is current progress.


I like how the colors are working out. Here are some closer looks.



This segment tickles me because it looks like such an ordinary pattern, like part of a counterpane.


Like a touch of lace on a crazy quilt.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Another Mosaic



I'm doing another mosaic-type afghan, although with the edging around each segment, perhaps it looks more like stained glass.


I'm using the same colors as the last one. Here are some closer looks.


Do you see the three-dimensional elements? Thought I'd literally branch out a bit.


I'm putting some kind of texture on each segment. I'm enjoying that part!

Thursday, March 3, 2011

2011 #3 -- Green Wave

Yes, another one already -- the Green Wave.


That's a yardstick, to show the size.

This one took me 3 days to do! Yes, you are reading that correctly. It's a version of the Feather and Fan Comfort Shawl which is one of my go-to patterns. I played around with the stitches while still retaining the wavy shape.

The actual secret is that I made it on size 17 needles, and I was desperate for a quick color fix after the last one.

Let me take you for a dive right into the shawl.








The echo of the red from the ribbon yarn in the middle sections to the fuzzy yarn at the edge is what makes it for me, and that was all serendipity.

Lucky, lucky me!