Have finished a WIP!
I managed to delete one WIP from the list - as the cold snap whistled through last week Neil started bugging me for his scarf so I made it a priority for a couple of days. However, as you may have noticed, the list is not, in fact, shorter but longer :-( There's something about sitting all day surrounded by beautiful yarn ...I did manage to finish something else - it never made it to the list as it was started and off the needles in only two days of frantic my-ears-are-really-cold knitting. It is a cloche style hat in Lorna's Laces Swirl DK. I had lots of fun with developing the pattern and inventing a border. Sorry, I haven't got around to taking photos yet but I will have it up soon and the pattern will follow shortly after. Here's a taster while you wait ...
Here are a couple of the things from the ever-expanding list:
A store sample in Koigu using the cool Dream Swatch from Knit and Tonic. I love the colours! The pattern is fiddly but fun and I definitely recommend it. (Store samples don't count as wip's right? Nathalie's making me do it...really...no encouragement from me at all...)
And here is the latest sock - look, HEEL FLAP! Yes, I am finally doing a heel-flap :-) I'm hoping this sock will stretch as it's a bit tight at only 54 sts on 2.5 mm needles. But it was a nine-stitch pattern repeat so what do you do .... maybe my feet could go on a diet ....
I tried to put up a photo of the shrug as well but all four pictures were blurry so I gave up. You'll just have to imagine it :-D
Ciao ;-)
Labels: Finished Objects
posted by dianemulholland @ 6:59 pm
8 Comments:
That weather must have come as a bit of a surprise last week! Sounds like you're enjoying the job - I hope so!! Socks look good, as does the store sample, and no I'm sure that doesn't count as a WIP!!!!
Of course store samples don't count;-)
Why the sudden diversion into heel-flaps? I thought they were technique non grata? And your feet are probably going to grow more muscles while you are car-less. Can't you knit it (them) on 2.75's or 3mm's?
I thought I'd better learn a heel flap in case someone I knitted socks for preferred them.
I have frogged the too-smalls (sigh) and am starting them again with a slight alteration to stitch pattern and 64 stitches.
Hi Diane! It was lovely meeting you today at the shop. Hopefully I'll be by again soon with something to show you! Jennifer
Good idea on the frogging. You don't need to cut off the circulation in your feet!
Love the shop sample, so lovely! Your socks look amazing, I love the color and the pattern.
Your sock looks lovely, which yarn and pattern are you using??
It's Lorna's Laces Lakeview. The pattern is my own - available here soon I hope :-)
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