Author: kristine

well traveled viajante
Finished | Knitting

well traveled viajante

the yarn traveled to me from Peru, the project will travel with me to Minnesota and Illinois, and I’ll knit on it with traveling through the wool warp to talk to friends online. well traveled, indeed! followed tips for widening neck opening and later the beading from mirielgw’s Beaded Viajante. using backwards loop and reverse…

round round socks
Finished | Knitting

round round socks

JMCO 12st 2 at a time, on longer bent circs; after increases, switched to 9” circs to zoom zoom concurrently. gauge is a bit tighter on these needles, ~10/in. increased to 38. increase mid foot and before heel to 42. knit to 7.25” before FLKH. 1-13-14-13-1 these ended up too long, gifted to Karen.

bam boo tank
Finished | Knitting

bam boo tank

stitch gauge: 17.5 st/4” row gauge: 8 rows/1” August 13, 2016 ripped out the short rows on the bodice and reknit only one wrap and turn to make it pooch less on the sides. 19g taken out. still needs the ties laced up tight, but much better. #stashdash2016 !

donut squared
Finished | Knitting

donut squared

testing out my 9” chiaogoo needles for movie/convokal knitting. round and round with nothing to change. But the 9” circs take a lot of getting used to. I knit one full color repeat in Avengers! JMCO 60 stitches, join in the round. knit a tube until I got about 3/4 of the way through the…