Knitting

This shawl had the longest cast-on I have ever done, 331 stitches, compounded by accidentally casting on an extra fifty stitches.  I learned a new stretchy cast on (YouTube link) for this project that I'm going to keep using. Pattern: Little Leaves (Ravelry link) Yarn: Miss Babs Yet

Another day, another horribly tangled skein of yarn, this one much worse than the Malabrigo sock.  My Jade Sapphire silk/cashmere 2 ply from the Loopy Ewe was the worst tangled mess I've ever encountered.  It took about two hours to untangle it by hand.  I put it

Working on Little Leaves, a beaded crescent-shaped shawl (Ravelry link).  One point has a slight glitch at the centred double decrease, but it's not bad enough to rip out.  The silver-lined root beer beads are perfect with the Roasted Pumpkin colour yarn: Worked on this sat on the

Finished the Medusa Cascade, a little shoulder-shawl for days when the AC is too enthusiastic in its cooling duties.  This is my first knitting with beads in, I used a 1.3mm crochet hook and some Earthfaire 6/0 seed beads.  I tried to put them in randomly, which is

According to the StrengthsFinder 2.0 test, one of my personality traits is the Learner.  I Must Learn New Stuff.  Most of the things I knit contain some sort of challenge or modification to the pattern.  I'm on a lace knitting and beaded knitting kick for a while.

The trouble with working on a secret project is that you can't talk about it or post photos of it.  It's a black hole until it's done and delivered.  The only thing you can do is post a blank Ravelry project to taunt the

Picked up a skein of shocking pink lace weight yarn in the Weaving Department a while ago and it seemed perfect for Butternut.  You're supposed to do 15 repeats, I stopped at 19.5 thanks to a very late knee doctor, and that was three repeats past the

Finished a Secret Thing for my Ravelry swap partner, but I haven't mailed it yet, so no photos or details. I want her to be the first one to see it, besides Hubby.  It knit up fast and was a welcome break from the endless Butternut scarf, which

Lace knitting looks like a pile of noodle barf while it's in progress. Working on a knitspot pattern, the Butternut scarf, in hot pink Malabrigo lace yarn.  Nice simple pattern, and I have enough yarn to add a few repeats.  There's a misplaced purl stitch which