Aside from being a great opportunity to meet with other knitters, one of Stephanie’s book tour stops always ends up being amusing and entertaining. She’s funny on stage, but she’s even funnier when you get her out from in front of all those staring, clapping people. Dinner with the grrls is always fun [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...EPS is done and blocked and there are pictures in my camera to prove it, but first thing’s first. I told you I had concocted a way to work the button bands, but didn’t elaborate.
I wanted something that would blend well with the stockinette-with-a-purl-turning-row facings that I knit at cuffs, collar and hem. [...]
I finished the second sleeve on EPS, and joined the sleeves to the body. It was fiddley and uncomfortable to knit the first few rounds, but improved and after a few rounds I started the short rows. I worked 3 sets of short rows, using the center point of each sleeve as my [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...Wow… I just sort of fell off the face of the planet, didn’t I?
I’ve been knitting, I’ve been working (really hard) and neglecting my house, which is really to be expected, considering my MO. But I have knit a lot.
In all fairness, I finished this pi shawl before I left for [...]
4 balls of yarn, a Soak, and 192 large T-pins later.
Pattern: Pi shawl by Elizabeth Zimmerman from Knitter’s Almanac (July)
Yarn: 4 skeins of Reynold’s Soft Sea Wool in color 569 (Dark Blue)
Needles: 4.5 mm (US 7) double points, 16″ circular and 24″ circular
Modifications: I used the basic recipe [...]
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