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October 21, 2005
spiral scarf with a twist
I finished the spiral scarf at our Wednesday night meeting and wore it to our Thursday night meeting. As you can see from Lauren's picture (below), I didn't use the yarns called for in the pattern (Homespun and Moonlight Mohair). I wanted to use up some leftovers from another project, so I triple-stranded my worsted weight yarn and cast 64 stitches on US #13 needles. (I knit tightly, so your mileage may vary.)
My scarf is the same length as the one pictured in the pattern, but it's much wider. Wrapped around my neck, it's got sort of an Elizabethan ruff thing going on.
Posted by Karen at 04:52 PM | Comments (0)
October 20, 2005
Road Trip!
This past Saturday, nine of us headed up to Rhinebeck for the NY Sheep & Wool Festival. I worked on a cap-sleeved top using Cotton-Ease (in color Candy Blue) and a pattern bought at my local yarn store.
Karen worked on one of these spiral scarves.
I'm almost finished with the top. Karen, have you finished the scarf?
We didn't buy too much yarn on our road trip, but definitely enough to keep us knitting for months.
Posted by lauren at 06:31 PM | Comments (0)
October 09, 2005
Ruana
Stacy finished her fabulous ruana.
This pattern is pretty straight-forward, although Stacy noticed that if you follow it, as the pattern is written, then the fringe is on the back of the ruana, as opposed to on the front tails as in the picture.
If you wanted the fringe to be in the front, you would skip the "1 row F" row. And when you're casting on new sts, before
"Next Row With A, knit all stitches, then cast on 75 stitches (135 stitches)", you'd need to work 1 row A first.
Stacy is happy with the fringe in the back, and I think it looks quite nice too. Next she is tackling a long sweater coat. At our knit-out, we also had people working on a yoga mat bag, some fabulous Fair Isle, a cardigan, a short-sleeve tee, and socks.
Posted by lauren at 12:58 PM | Comments (2)