Saturday 28 April 2007
One down, another cast on
I finished Wicked this morning.
Please ignore the slightly drunken look. I hadn't been drinking, I was squinting in the sun!! Honest.. *looks shifty*
Here is Wicked all laid out:
My sis tried it on as well and has decided that I will knit her one now too. This isn't as demanding as it sounds, as she's made me a couple of tops as well!!! :)
Info:
Made from Rowan Calmer in Cream. I used just under 4 50g balls to make this, so I'm really impressed with the yardage.
I fudged the stitches here and there as I realised that my gauge was way off. So I started with the 32"-35" size and then found that I needed to increase the sleev shaping to fit my chubby upper arms. So I moved to the next size up. A bit of swapping between the two sizes, in terms of length and sts decreased. It all seemed to work!!! :)
I'm a pattern follower normally, so to have to think for myself and make this work was a bit daunting. :-D
Tuesday 24 April 2007
Another Wicked
I just started this Wicked on Saturday. The first few decreases looked awful and I frogged back to the ribbing on Sunday and investigated a few different types of double increase. However, a useful book I've borrowed form my mum showed the increase as written looking lovely, so I tried again, paying more attention to the increases, and now I love the way it's working. This is going really quickly so far, quick enough for me not to mind the endless stocking stitch too much. The progress picture was taken on Monday morning, and I am now just at the point where the arms split off.
Monday 16 April 2007
Rusted Root Finished
I have finished my Rusted Root. I am very happy with the outcome. I did 15 lace pattern repeats for the body and am happy with the length. I have more details on my blog as well. I've already purchased Glee but have a few other patterns to finish first. Still, the Zephyr Style patterns are my favorites for sure.
SD's blog
Friday 13 April 2007
Thursday 12 April 2007
More Rusted Root Progress
Here's another update of my progress on Rusted Root. I'm at the 12th lace detail pattern and will probably do a total of 14 judging other FOs of women that are on the taller side. More details on my blog. It is getting down to the wire for my Vegas trip, so I'll need to speed things up. lol
Wicked!
That's me in a nutshell, me thinks! :D
I have started Wicked in Rowan Calmer... Started late last night, hence the lack of piccies..
I shall work on it some more tonight and then put up piccies...
So far the pattern is really lovely and the yarn is oh so scrummy.. my new favourite. For now anyway!! :)
I have started Wicked in Rowan Calmer... Started late last night, hence the lack of piccies..
I shall work on it some more tonight and then put up piccies...
So far the pattern is really lovely and the yarn is oh so scrummy.. my new favourite. For now anyway!! :)
Tuesday 10 April 2007
My second green gable
Monday 9 April 2007
More Progress on Rusted Root
Saturday 7 April 2007
Green Gable
Friday 6 April 2007
New Button for Zephyr Style KAL
So I created a button for the knitalong. It's pretty rudimentary, but at least we'll be able to add it to our blogs in case more knitters want to join. If you go to my blog you can use the button to be redirected to the Zephyr Style KAL site. Here's the code for where the image is located:
img src="http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8135/zephyrkalio6.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/
Wednesday 4 April 2007
Rusted Root Progress and Pics
Here is what I have done so far on my Rusted Root. I'm very pleased so far. I have more details on my blog. The color is not quite so deep, but still beautiful. I'm using cotton fleece in Candy Apple. I think this will be a quick knit now that I am comfortable with the lace pattern section. Of course, only time will tell. I'll keep y'all posted.
Monday 2 April 2007
KAL Button?
I was just updating my blog and realize b/c this group is so new that we do not have a KAL button. Will we get one soon?? Would love to add it!
Also, I am on Part D of my Ms. Marigold, but not worthy enough to post a progress pic yet! :o)
Will keep y'all posted!
Also, I am on Part D of my Ms. Marigold, but not worthy enough to post a progress pic yet! :o)
Will keep y'all posted!
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