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That red shawl thing... and my circular needle inventory/library.

Friday, 9 March 2012

I have ripped it out and started re-knitting it seven times. I am on my eighth and I am feeling hopeful.

Also, here is what my circular needle library looks like:

In theory when I am using a set of needles I will mark on it the date and what project I am using them for... so I can find them again if I need them. Cross it off when they're free again.

I don't know why I have so many 4.5mms. Honestly, it's confusing. I can't even think of anything that calls for a 4.5mm needle that I've knit before. Sigh.

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Oh what was that? Another Summer flies shawl?

Thursday, 16 February 2012

I have knit eight or so of these. This might even be the ninth! Holy crow!

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Crazy bottom-up shawl

Friday, 20 January 2012

I started knitting Damask, a really beautiful bottom-up shawl, here I stole a picture off the internet of it for you. Here's a link to the pattern on ravelry.

I have never knit a bottom-up shawl. The premise of this shawl is that you cast on a huge number of stitches, something between two hundred and three hundred depending on which size you decide to knit... You're casting on the frilly bottom of the shawl instead of starting with a small amount of stitches and working downwards.

Mine looks like this...

I'm knitting it out of madelinetosh DK in Toasted Pecan. It's lovely yarn. Let's hope I don' fuck this shawl up!

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Bring out the crappy iphone photos!!

Saturday, 31 December 2011

The Berroco Vintage top down raglan sweater!

I used the Knitting Fool's Top-down sweater generator to make this pattern up. The neckline is a little lame with no shaping or anything - but Cody literally wears this sweater all day long every day so he's not complaining. I loves me some Berroco Vintage!