swatched personal footprint concept on a single toe and didn’t like yarn. switched to yarn I liked, 2-at-a-time and one of the patterns further in the book that caught my eye as easy but not too hard to follow while setting up my footprint. yeah, yeah, I coulda done a plain version first, but you…
After a swatch went a totally different way that I expected, I used it as a guide for this pattern. Initially swatched with Dream in Color classy from AmyToadyJoe. Then tried Cat’s Eye previously ripped out from some socks. Now SweetGeorgia… much better. Charted as I went, but tweaked heavily as i made it through…
Set of 5 potholders, each with Black and Brown yarn and then one additional color for each.
Lorna bought the yarn, wanted a wide scarf that was fairly simple. Tried a variety of small variations on stockingette and stockingette on a bias, and everything still curled. settled on feather and fan instead, and this pattern was super easy.
Cast on in train to Madrona! Top border: garter, 5” tall. Wedge: used for social knitting and did much further than necessary. slightly asymmetrical! Main section: began striping with the lavender yarn – 4 rows of lav, then 2 rows of main Bottom border: garter, 2 1/4” tall. striped with the lav yarn changing colors…
i <3 hearts! swatched and casted on 2/15 for a sock project to work on during Madrona. The afterthought heel backfired on me, I put it too deep into the foot and they looked like clown socks, they were so long! Considered leaving them as tube socks, but decided to rip back the first heel…
Cast-on Friday night, and did a lot of knitting over the weekend. just for fun, TV episodes enjoyed while knitting: Fringe “The Plateau” Fringe “Do Shapeshifters Dream of Electric Sheep?” Fringe “Amber 3422 Fringe “6955 kHz” Fringe “The Abducted” Fringe “Entrada” Fringe “Marionette” Fringe “Firefly” Fringe “Reciprocity” Bones “The Doctor in the Photo” Bones “The…
triangle to-be-released easy shawl pattern.
christmas knitting? (use stash yarn) may 2011: need finished pics still…
