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

Round 4-PiR2

I've started on the 4th increase. I'm keeping the same pattern throughout. I can see that it doesn't line up with the original pattern, but I"m not going to fret about it. Catherine saw me looking over an area where I'd noticed a mistake in the pattern and she looked at me crosswise as if to say....NOBODY is going to see that! :) She's right. Just me. HA! I knitted this section onto a pair of Knit Picks needles so I could leave the cable in as a "lifeline". I had the opportunity to compare the KP needles with the Inox. I have to say I like the Inox much better for lace knitting. (see my note on knitting the DK Swish with the KP Options below)
The fine lace yarn slips too easily for me on the Options needles and drags a bit on the cables. The Inox work just the opposite with the needles giving you just enough drag to feel like you don't have to grip the needles to keep the stitches from falling off and the Inox cables slide very nicely. That being said, I still like the Options a lot for Magic Loop and general knitting as the heavier weight yarns aren't impeded by the Options cables (which are very nice and flexible, not to mention the color is going so well with my Petal yarn.

It Grows

This is the cuff of the pants I'm making with the Elizabeth's Year yahoo group. We're knitting the September nether garments. I'm adapting the pattern to make a pair of pants for my granddaughter SeraGita. Look at that crazy cuff!

Start of Pink Frilly Longies

More fiber! This is the Swish "Petal" DK that arrived in the mail today. I had the eyelash stuff in my stash. I'm working on the nethergarments chapter of EZ's Knitters Almanac. I've decided to knit SeraGita a pair of winter pants. The eyelash stuff will be on the cuff only. I purchased a few KP circulars too. I got 3 different sized cables and size #6 needles. The neat thing about these is that on the pink swatch you can see that I've been able to leave the cables in the work and take the needles off. I'm using them in what you can see on the right is the start of the cuff of the pants. I'm using the magic loop method and it works great with the size #31 cable. Not to mention these needles really work great! I love 'em. The Swish is a nice fiber too. Really knits up easy.

Campfire

This is the Shadow lace weight yarn in "Camfire". It's luscious and lovely! This is going to be an EZimmerman Pi R Square Shawl. On the left is the skein as it comes from Knit Picks, the right is after I've made it into a ball with my ball winder. Click on the pic to enlarge.

Pi R Square at Knit Picks

We have finally decided on Elizabeth Zimmermann's Pi R Square shawl from EZ's book, Knitting Around. My dear friend, Catherine saw it when she was perusing the Knit Picks site, which is perfect since I am playing in Kelley Petkun’s (pictured here) Elizabeth’s Year Knitalong and have always wanted to try this shawl. Catherine chose Shadow laceweight yarn in Campfire Heather colorway from Knit Picks.