GAL done

GAL mystery shawl finished and blocked yesterday
- size is 50" square.
Galveston Mystery Shawl KAL

Galveston Shawl (PDF)

A charity WIP

August 25, 2007



- 14 needleworkers made 60+ knitted squares and are crocheting them together for a charity auction later this year.



... and my progress on the Galveston Mystery Shawl - up to the last side of the edging.

Galveston Mystery Shawl KAL


Galveston Shawl (PDF)

This row counter is easier to use than the one I made with tiger tail

- a close up http://tinyurl.com/yq76vv
- and TURTLEGIRL76's tutorial here http://tinyurl.com/29u5rt.

...first row counters and the garden ...

I've seen many row counters on the internet that I really like so I decided to make my own.
Today, I went to the local bead store and found some cool stuff including this glass knight chesspiece and made an adjustable row counter. This one can keep track of a 6-row pattern repeat. It's a series of 3, figure-8 tiger tail shapes with beads and a crimp in the middle. The uppermost figure-8 joins the one below it with a barrell clasp and the second & third figure-8's are linked permanently to each other. By unscrewing the clasp I can remove the upper section and shorten the counter to a 4-row counter.
The tiger tail is light and very flexible, time will tell if the crimps will hold or not.

Next, I think I'll try some sort of abacus-type row counter that'll keep track of 100+ rows.

Here the needle is in the 3rd loop, the would-be row 3 of 6.
(The bamboo knitting needle is a 4.25mm single point needle.)




The garden looks half decent now, but won't for long as
1. I'm the only one who looks after it and
2. I just injured my back*, sacroilia (SI) joint earlier today, lifting a flat of bottled water, 'OU...CH.' (* hip/pelvis joint)

BLING .. okay, time to STOP

- glass beads, lustre glass, and polished garnet chips, heavier than the shell and coin stitch markers.









I like the two sides of 'mother of pearl', you choose whichever side shows up best against the yarn you're working with, and I like tiger tail for it's flexibility.

Okay, I got carried away making these, but they were a lot of fun to make - fast and inexpensive.

Taking a break from knitting...

... with more stitch marker fun.
Tiger tail, beads, and crimps - oh, my!

Bavarian Socks DONE!

Yay!  Finally, I finished these this morning, now I can get to the other ones that have been poking the back of my brain to get some attention.

     

Really Twisted..

... the 'Bavarian Socks' pattern, from CAST ON magazine winter 2002-2003, is a Karen E. Williams design.
Plan to take your time - you'll need a lot of it - if you decide to make a pair of these, every knit stitch is a 'k tbl ' until you get to the heel and sole for this version - also, no contrasting frou frouy eylash cuff here. This particular SRH is my first attempt at one from a Regia pattern booklet, aka a 'boomerang' heel??
These socks were started over a month ago and I've just started working on the foot portion today, it didn't help that I made many mistakes and started and restarted various trial heels like this frogged 'eye of partridge' one.

eta; here's a similar pattern by Eunny Jang, now editor of Interweave Knits magazine

Also OTN is the GAL, almost to the second corner when I decided to take a break from it.

GAL

I've finished Clue 6 and will start the edging next. These stitch markers were remade last month, the ones with small beads on the end occasionally catch on this fine yarn, as often as a chipped fingernail or hangnail will do.
Galveston Mystery Shawl KAL
Galveston Shawl (PDF)

GAL knitalong update

- working on Chart F, Row 28

I've tried 3 different circulars on this yarn, Jagger Spun Superlamb, and - no surprise - find the Addi lace needles best, then the Addi Turbos next and finally, the KnitPicks Classic. The join on the KnitPicks needle catches on this very fine yarn, almost sounds like tearing when the stitches slide over it ... makes me cringe.

However I really like using the KnitPicks for socks, no problem.
Galveston Mystery Shawl KAL
Galveston Shawl (PDF)

Pomatomus

Finished yesterday
Cookie A's pomatomus pattern
http://www.knitty.com/issuewinter05/PATTpomatomus.html

- Garnstudio Fabel, col. 677
- 32", 2.5mm Knitpick circ

- 2 at a time, magic loop
- Mary Sherman heel, eye of partridge on back of heel

OTN;
- GAL mystery shawl
- 7" squares for a charity raffle

EXTREME weather - a record 7cm of snowfall last Thursday ...

...and 24C/75F today.

re: Stitch Markers

- remade some stitch markers, they catch on or snag lace, must remember to; 1. put a larger bead on the end and 2. leave off the bottom crimp.
OTN: Galveston Mystery Shawl, clue #4

More stash! DH found sock yarn in the NL.

A break from knitting ... well, sorta ...

... something fun to do - stitch markers made with DD yesterday; lots of shiny, pretty beads and some jewellery wire, some with tigertail and crimps, others with eye-pins.





OTN: a pair of men's socks and the Galveston Mystery Shawl - finished Clue 3, chart C - tested new stitch markers today, caught a couple of times on the yarn and the lace.

In today's snail mail, Knitpicks Classic circs, 4 sizes! - too bad they don't make smaller ones - and BW's A Treasury of Knitting Patterns.

Mockey Socks done

- superwash yarn from stash, DGB Confetti col. 3007

- Aero 2.5mm circ ML

- looped cast-on, very elastic, (Reader's Digest 'Complete Guide to Needlework')

- high instep, short row heeel, inc to 36 sts from 32 sts

http://www.knitty.com/issuewinter06/PATTmonkey.html

Galveston Mystery Shawl - clue 2 done

Galveston Mystery Shawl KAL
Galveston Shawl (PDF)

Opal Sideways Socks 2

- finished these on the weekend, the ankles are a bit baggy and the cuff is still a bit tight, but the instep fits nicely.

OTN: Cookie's monkey socks

http://tinyurl.com/3yr9dv

Unconventional -

- 1 sock on 2 circs.
My calf and instep measurements are about 3" larger than the foot and ankle ones, so I'm trying something different on the second sock.
Instead of using one 2.5 mm circ for the length of the sock I'm switching back and forth between 2 circs;

- 2.75 mm circ for the tight garter stitch cuff and heel/instep

- and smaller circ, 2.5 mm, for the leg and foot.
If I like the fit of this sock with these changes, then I'll frog and redo the first one, (just hope I won't suffer from second-first-sock syndrome!!!?)

Opal Sideways sock

The colours are quite vibrant.
- one sock almost complete, will probably redo toe so the colours end up blue/green, not yellow mix
- have started the second sock
- no negative ease on the leg and foot as the sideways knitting doesn't have much give
- the fit of the cuff and instep are snug

One sock off and one sock on

Started and finished Trekking XXL 108 last week for DD, done cuff down, socks are mismatched due to random striping and cuff is wider so it can be worn folded or not. - 32" 2.0 mm Inox circular ML, worked on 68 sts except SRH on 42 of 72 sts.

OTN:

Started and restarted these Opal 1433 Sideways socks, Hundertwasser 897 silver spiral colourway.