Faire Isle Sweater stash

This is the stash from Schoolhouse Press. It is their Shetland Jumperweight 2 ply deliciouness. I'm going to knit meself a Faire Isle Sweater with this batch. The pattern is in the yoke only so I'm not too indimidated by it ;) Not too....

Sarazeta's Mananita Shawl

I couldn't take enough pictures of this shawl!

These are all photos of the shawl before it is blocked out to it's full size.

It knits up pretty fast, I put it aside for a bit when I went on my road trip, and when I pulled out the lifeline I had failed to knit some of the shawl edges together. This results in the border stitches coming undone like a run in a stocking, very scary. Be very careful about knitting on a border and make sure that you don't drop a shawl edge stitch!

The next step is to knit up the stitches around the neckline and finish that with a bound off I-cord edging. That will bring the neck opening in quite a bit as well.

On some of the close up pics you can see the fine alpaca fibers.
This is an alpaca/silk blend, also from Knit Picks.
The pattern is from Meg Swansen's Lace DVD.

SG's Blue knit pants

While I haven't been blogging as much as I should be I have been busy knitting and quilting. Here's some shots of SeraGita's knit pants. She wanted another pair that weren't "scratchy". So this is a cotton/poly blend from Knit Picks. I'm just at the point where the two legs join and the hip area is knit in the round.


The second picture you can see the diamond and heart motif I knit into the stocking stitch with purl stitches. The original pattern by Elizabeth Zimmerman may be found in Knitter's Almanac.

Sarazeta's Mananita

Transitioning from the Shawl collared vest (seen below the Shimmer Alpaca/silk/wool yarn by Knit Picks in "Turquoise Splendor")
is the Mananita shawl.
I have the first 11 rows on the needles.
This fiber is has a delicious hand to it and the hand dyed colorway is going to work fabulously in this pattern design by Meg Swansen. I'm working out of her Knitting Lace DVD as well as her instructions in Shawls and Scarves from the Best of Knitters Magazine pattern book.

I've pined open one of the "holes" made by increasing 18 stitches into 3 yo's in one fell swoop.

Steeking the Vest

These two shots are before and after steeking. The area between the cables is cut then turned inside for a facing (steeked).The area above the two pouches on the side of the vest are also cut and steeked. Then those areas are picked up and the garter stitch edgings are attached and the shawl collar knitted in. The picture on the plaid blanket is of the finished sweater being blocked. The loops and buttons go on next. :)

back view.

Elf's Shawl Collar Vest

This is the front of the sweater vest I'm making for Alfred. It is a Schoolhouse Press pattern by
Meg Swansen. The color in this shot is the one that is more true to the real thing.

Catherine's Shawl

Pi R Square shawl by Elizabeth Zimmerman
featured in Knitting Around
~~~before blocking~~~

~~~after blocking~~~

I used Knit Picks "Shadow" in a discontinued color Campfire Heather

Faroese ala Meg Swansen

This is the finished faroese sampler from Meg's new lace DVD, Kniting Lace with Meg Swansen.
It's a fun and easy knit. There are a variety of places to find this pattern. One of which is in the Oberle's Folk Shawls book and A Gathering of Lace by Meg Swansen. The back is knitted to fit rounded over the shoulders so it doesn't slip off. The front ends are wing shaped and the larger versions will wrap around at the waist and tie in back.

This is a back view. You can see the simple lacework here. This color reminded me of my Gramie. She loved this color. I want to make one of these shawls for each of her granddaughters. We're all old enough to enjoy a warm shoulder warmer on a cold night :).

We must give credit here to Dale for the lovely first Sunflower's of our season.

Blocking the Qiviut Scarf

This is the scarf blocked to 16 x 40. It was 1, one oz. skein of the LARS qiviut. You can see the left fringe pattern is a few rows short :) I reblocked this today, because I felt that it should have been longer. I pulled it out to another 5". It drapes a alot better and looks great on. I must however advise against doing a slip the first stitch on a scarf because it doesn't have the give that knitting the first stitch does.

Skeleton Scarf

....but it's still lovely nonetheless. And sooo soft. I would definitely say this fiber is worth the money. Not only to work with but the final product is soft and warm beyond compare.
This pattern is from Arctic Lace by Druchunas.

The Best Fun

The bestest ever. At 4 years old she sat down next to me and picked up a rollag and started air treadling with her little foot. She's five now and has spun her first rollag into a single. She wants me to teach her how to knit it into something, hehe. Maybe it's time to learn to crochet a chain stitch? :)

MizGita;s First Shawl

Ran into pics of the first shalw I knitted for Seragita. It was an easy knit. You just did some increases and enlarged the needle for the different rounds.

Pi R Squared

This is the back view of Catherine's shawl. Once it is blocked it will be 1/3 larger than it already is. You can see the lace edging is finished along the back of the shawl. I laid this out along the back of my couch on one of those fluffy blankets. It worked great in stretching the shawl out so the design would show. It will be more evident once the whole thing is finished, dampened blocked and dried :). Almost there, Lotus! whoooot!

Pi-R-squared front

This is the front of the Pi R Squared shawl. You cans see at the bottom left I am almost finished with the outter lace edge border. I've since turned the mitered corners on the bottom left half of the shawl. Where oh where will I block this baby when it 's done!

Lace Edging

This is the lace edging that I'm just finishing up knitting on. The edging is from Knitting Around by Elizabeth Zimmerman top of page 114.
Once the shawl is blocked it will be at least 1/3 larger than it is now.