There's only one lot of ends left to darn in.
This, when finished, will be the 11th garment for NaKniSweMoDo. Meanwhile, number 12 is on the needles and the back's done!
It's Maggie, from Kim Hargreaves' Precious book, felted tweed. Going well!
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There's only one lot of ends left to darn in.
This, when finished, will be the 11th garment for NaKniSweMoDo. Meanwhile, number 12 is on the needles and the back's done!
It's Maggie, from Kim Hargreaves' Precious book, felted tweed. Going well!
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Pattern: Fox Faces SKA Mystery socks, September 09.
Started: 1st September
Finished: 24th September
Yarn: Opal Uni
Needles: 2.25mm
This was a weekly mystery sock, designed by Nancy Bush. A great knit, and very bright!
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Pattern: Jerrold's Basketweave Seaman's scarf from Stahman's Shawls & Scarves.
Started: 18th September
Finished: 25th September
Yarn: Artesano Aran, in grey. 2 skeins.
Needles: 5mm
I love the way this type of scarf is worn, with a ribbed central section to hug the back of your neck.
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Another pair of socks is off the needles.
These were part of Get Knitted Lorna's Laces sock club which has now finished. This shade is Laendler. I like my LL's to stripe, so it's just plain knitting, top down, with a garter stitch short row heel.
Started: August 27th
Finished: September 18th
Needles: 2.25mm
Yarn: Lorna's Laces Shepherd sock, Laendler.
A lovely quick knit.
The mystery socks for SKA are going well. Clue three is done, and I'm thinking that the next clue will be the final one, and will entail knitting the foot and toe.
The yellow's ... yellow! Quite bright! This has the Eye of Partridge heel, not sure if it's obvious in the photo (but it clickable to enlarge).
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Meanwhile, we have the final NaKniSweMoDo on the needles! It's been cast on since 1st September, but I haven't worked on it much, more emergency plain knitting should I run out of plain socks to knit.
It's Maggie, by Kim Hargreaves, knitted in Rowan's Felted Tweed. The bottom bands (and possibly the sleeve cuffs, I haven't looked yet) are composed of a garter stitch band knitted sideways, then stitches are picked up and knitted for the rest of the body. I've finally finshed those garter stitch rows for the back and have started some plain knitting.
The colour is Dragon, grey tinged with green, slightly more darker than in this photo. There's a little hint of ruffle on the bottom.
Second new WIP is a late birthday present which I need to finish by the end of September.
It's Jerrold's basketweave seaman's scarf, from Stahman's Shawls and Scarves, knitted in Artesano Aran. This is the second time I've knitted this scarf, Chris has one from a few years ago, which he loves. The yarn is lovely and warm, a blend of wool and alpace, but not too itchy. I must say, for an Aran, it's quite thick and fluffy.
This is the colour
and this shows the pattern a little better
It's such an easy pattern too. This is going to be my commuting knitting for the next few weeks, hopefully that'll mean it will be finished in time!
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Is slow. Very slow! I had a great August bank holiday knitting weekend, managed to knit the whole body and the borders! Then I had a little break. I wanted to ponder over how to make the stripes match for the sleeve caps.
My plan was to provisionally cast on stitches for the width of the sleeve, near the start of the armhole shaping, work the sleeve cap, see if it fitted, then work downwards to the cuff. In fact, the only thing to worry about for matching the patterns was to ensure I started the shaping in the same place as the body shaping. There might be fiddling around near the top of the sleeve cap, but that wouldn't entail frogging the whole sleeve, I could have knitted it bottom up after all. Any sleeve shortening would have to be on the cuff, as the pattern really needs to start on row 1, so it goes well with the cuff.
Never mind. I knitted a sleeve cap, started sewing it in place. Realised I'd make a major cock up in the armhole depth on the body! This stranded knitted needs a steam press to even it out and get tension. I'm spot on with the row tension, and ought to have counted rows from the start of the armhole shaping, rather than measuring my knitting on the needles. Subsequently my armhole depth went from 22cm unblocked to 26cm blocked! I'm aiming for a short armhole depth as this is a fitted cardigan, so I had to frog back and reknit the the shoulders to the shorter length. That entailed cuttong off the borders (ends darned into the border seam!) and unravelling the body by a few inches.
Then, my sleeve cap wasn't right, so that had to be reknitted!
Eventually done, I knitted the second one, and started knitting the sleeve in the round, down towards the cuff. It's not over yet. I had to frog that too, my tension was a bit tight (I think it was the method of knitting, rather than the fact that I was knitting in the round; I tend to knit tighter when the round is smaller).
It's enough to try the patience of a saint!
Here's the progress on Sunday afternoon. I've done ok with the sleeve cap, not perfect, but ok. At least the stripes match!
Phew! This is the 11th NaKniSweMoDo and I can't believe how much frogging I've done!
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SKA's September challenge is either a Wendy Johnson design in any colour, or yellow socks, or a mystery sock in yellow yarn. I'm doing the mystery sock (designer is Nancy Bush!) and we've had two clues so far.
Clue one was the cuffs, ending with a cool braid.
This is the real colour, the following photos are looking a bit washed out, but it was cold and gloomy outside when I took them!
I had to reknit the braid, mine was a little loose.
Backs - just 1x1 ribbing and then stocking stitch.
Fronts - a pretty lace pattern, very easy to memorise, so great for carry along knitting.
Very sunny yellow!
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Before anyone gets excited I didn't take any photos, or (shock! horror!) buy much yarn! Spoils ere 3 kits from Biggan Wool and one skein of Seriously Gorgeous Cashmere and Silk from Knitwitches (I've knitted a scarf in this yarn, just had to buy more), and Starmore's republished Fairisle Knitting book. The yarn market was great, and I've just read Rooknits, Alltangledup and Knitting on the Green - there are spoils there which I wish I'd bought!
I went to the Debbie New Presentation and her Ouroborous workshop. Until late the night before I thought my workshop would be this:
but this is Labyrinth knitting!
I didn't take any photos of Ourorobous knitting, but I did take some other photos of
swirl knitting
and cellular automation (I think!)
I met lots of ravellers or virtual friends, did lots of knitting, ate some very nice cake (though I wonder what happened to the lemon curd cake?) and had a brilliant time. I'm not dwelling too much on what I wish I'd bought!
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The penultimate month! Next month we get four squares plus the border instructions. This knitalong has sped by.
So, here are the five squares.
Square 35 - beads, lots of, swiss darning.
Square 42 - beads, bobbles and button.
Square 47, more beads and swiss darning.
Square 48 (square 42 on its side)
Square 49 - beads and sequins.
Two more strips sewn together gives us this:
I'm so excited! This will replace the one on the back of the sofa, and I fully intend knitting matching cushion covers out of the remnants.
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I'm having a little break from Nesta, I had a mammoth knitting session last weekend.
This was the progress last Saturday mid-afternoon:
And this is the progress 48 hours later, on Monday afternoon (thanks to the Bank holiday)
Back, and front
You could say I was on a roll!
Monday evening I finished the front bands (the buttons were added today)
A close up
I'm so pleased with the progress, but needed a week's break from this knitting. I am so not a one project person! I now need to sit down and work out the sleeves - I'm not happy with the way that Rowan patterns never line up, and will attempt to fugde the pattern placement so the stripes match up - it will be a real pain as the sleeves are set in!
This week I've started several new things - some mystery socks, a new NaKniSweMoDo and have been working on the penultimate squares for the Mystery Blanket. Just have to sew those strips together now, and it'll really start looking like a blanket.
Oops! Forgot to say, it's my great niece Evie's birthday today, she's one! Happy birthday Evie!
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