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The second pattern from Kni
tvent. This time its a chunky snood, so a quick knit.
I've used Debbie Bliss Rialto Chunky, in Silver and Denim.
Although I don't have a photo of me wearing the snood,I I've tried it on and it's definitely abig enough to wear as a baggy cowl which can be pulled up over your head in cold weather. Another snuggly knit!
The FOs continue!
This is Knitvent's first pattern. A two colour shawl, garter and open lace with beads.
Both yrns, Eden Cottage Pendle and Shibui Knits Pebble. are a dream to knit with. I can't say the same about the beads. Size 6 clear.sparkly and quite a few smaller than my hook. I've been spoilt by the size 5 Miyuki beads I've been using!
That beaded picot csat off took me FOREVER. I caught the yarn end and unzipped the cast off, scattering beads all ove rthe floor. had to vacuum...
It's another crescent shawl. I much prefer this type of increasing for crescent shapes, where you do a KYOK into the same stitch. I find when I do closed increased one side edge is tighter than the toher. This way they're even.
This was a MKAL in October! Finished it in time, but just didn't get around to taking photos. Of course I chose a cold day, and the sun was out, and we tried to get me into the shady bit so I didn't look as dappled...
This is pink Skein Queen Blush, but it seems to be a cool pink, if there's such a thing. Very comfy and warm.
A wide wingspan
This was my first time knitting a Curious Handmade pattern and not my last, love the lines and th percentages!
Well, i'm running out of November knitting time, so my Stitchnerd's KAL this omnth had to be QUICK!
And it was. I chose some Countess Ablaze Pencil roving (no idea of the name, it was an Odyssey Trail phrase!) and need for Speed pattern, which is essentially a moss stitch cowl, knitting in a strip and joined.
you can knit a tall single, a double, or one with a twist, which I quiet liked, so that's waht I knitted. Very snuggly!
1) Shawl - the Winter Wander, the first project from Curious Handmade Knitvent, is OFF THE NEEDLES! It now needs blocking.
The beaded picot cast off took nearly two days! Not helped when I caught the
yarn and unzipped the cast off, spilling beads all over the floor. I used size 6 beads, and am now a firm fan of size 5 Miyuki triangular beads. So much more even and nice to work with, But at least I've used up some of the older bead stash.
2) Cardigan. Vitamin D, the first photo! U;ve not done much work on this, yet want it finished this month, so need to get a move on. The yarn's Easyknits Big Boy, in Pistachio.
However.
I have a few things to distract me.
3) Stitchnerd's KAL, This will have to be a quick knit! So it's a cowl, in chunky. Sooper fast.
4) Knitvent second pattern, It's a chunky snood, another quick knit. The third pattern is out on Thursday!
5) Last but not least, is this year's Giftalong on ravelry, A massive KAL, lots of prizes and chatter. Over 300 designers taking part this year, with discounted pattrens. This starts on Thursday too! I'm waiting until the search options are set up. There's over 5000 patterns I think. No plans yet. Just a little overwhelmed by the vast choice. Some ravellers are looking at each designer's bundle, but I just don't have the time!
I might not resurface for a few days! Wonder what's the best phrase to descibe this over-optimism in how much knitting I can do?
It's coming along. I see that some knitters have finished theirs already! I just don't have as much knitting time as I'd like these days. This week I've been getting in from work at about 8pm and by the time I've cooked, eaten and washed up and chilled and had a quick look at ravelry, possibly a snooze (!) I've only been able to knit a few rows - sometimes not even one row if it's beaded.
Currently I'm just about to finish a beaded row, then just one more beaded and about four plain before switching colour to the blue. That'll be a plain section, think there's some yos for decoration near the end, and then a picot beaded cast off. That will take time!
An indoors shot, with light on and curtains still closed!
The second pattern's out! It's a chunky snood and OF COURSE I've had to order yarn. (I don't actually have much chunky!).
Viamin D, the socks, the cowl, the child's cardigan and a few Christmas presents are all waiting in the wings patiently. Yikes!
This is the first pattern for the Knitvent pattern collection. It's a crescent shaped shawl, and as I'm going to try to keep up I'm working on this for a few days.
The shawl's knitted in two colours. In the pattern examples I prefer the light grey and white shawl, but as this might be a present, I've gone for blue and white.
The blue yarn is Eden Cottage Yarns Pendle, in Ice and the white yarn is Shibui Pebble in Ivory.
It's taken me a whole weekend just to knit the garter stitch section! That's because I dropped a stitch and tried to pick it up - resulting in a massive ladder. I tried to rectify this by dropping adjacent stitches, but that just made a massive, wider latter! So Sunday I frogged and restarted.
I'm about to start the beads! This requires 700 beads and I'm going to wing it and try to use p some clear beads I have in smaller quantities. Some may be size 6 and others are size 5. I think they're all a bit rainbow-ish, but it's difficult to tell in night light!
Both yarns are a dream to knit with. I suspect my cardigan might be on the back burner for a few days!
DK socks knit up quickly!! I'm so glad that Mr C and my brother Stephen like thicker socks!
First up are some socks for my brother. Luckily he has small feet and likes tight socks!
The yarn's Ripples Crafts Reliable DK sock yarn, colour is Assynt Storms 05. My photo doesn't r do the colour justice, I've tried close ups and running outside when the weather brightened up, but to no avail! Lovely yarn to knit with too, I'm thinking that the leftovers are enough for some mitts.
Second pair of DK socks are for MrC, who has longer feet. He also likes snug socks so still a quick knit!
this time the yarn's Knitting Goddess UK British Wool and Nylon. I can't remember the colour but it's blue and yellow self striping. Love self striping for plain socks! Mr C is calling these his Swedish socks. This yarn's a bit thicker, and I realised early on that I'd run out of yarn, and ordered some blue for contrast heels and toes. They look a bit turquoise in the photo, but they're BLUE. It's the first time that I've knitted a heel flap in a contrast colour. I've done afterthought and short rows, but I'm rather taken with this one, especially as I decided to knit a stripe too.
I still haven't taken shawl photos. I need a good combination of weather and MrC!
