My Flower Basket Shawl is done

IMG_0151, originally uploaded by kllamb.

And I think I'm in love with it.

Yup, love.

Definitely gonna have to visit Southwind Farms for more yarn!

Knitting update...

My camera is broken (well, my iPhone camera is okay, but it's not the best quality ever), so it's sad to try to talk about knitting cause I can't show it off.

I eventually fixed the cable, after lots of frustration. I finally figured out the thing to do was to drop all the stitches, put them back on a dpn, and knit one row at a time with dpns to work my way up all the "ladders" I dropped through. The twist is right now, but then that project hit another snag - I just don't like the way the drop stitches look in this yarn. They're too loose and floppy. Which is a tragedy, cause the yarn feels so yummy and the cables look so good. I'm thinking of frogging and making Hey Teach! out of the yarn instead. I'm still snooping around to see if I can find a pattern that would be closer to my skin since the yarn feels sooooooo yummy.

In other knitting news, I put my cotton, short-sleeve, empire-waist cardigan on hold for the winter...just not inspired to knit with cotton right now! I've been falling in love with wool all over again.



I finished the alpaca shawl with the yarn from Southwind Farms and it is lovely - once I get good pictures that gets it's own post! I've also made a Norwegian Star Earflap hat in crazy leftover Cascade 220 colors - bright pink and bright green.




I forgot how much I loved Cascade 220. I loved it so much that I went on to cast on a Bountiful Bohus.



I like the pattern so far. I did misread and do a cable row every other row on the bottom portion, so I have very tight cables on the bottom of the sweater. They're pretty but a lot of work. I also decided to only go about two inches of ribbing at the bottom instead of three - I think that the three inches would have been a lot for my torso, so I switched to stockinette a bit early.

Hopefully I'll get ahold of a camera and get better pictures soon. I'm getting a new camera for Christmas, and that should usher in a new era of knit-blogging.

Aaack!

Aaack!, originally uploaded by kllamb.

I found a mistake in my cabled shawl this morning on the bus.

It makes me want to weep.

I can fix it, it will just take time and patience, two things I've been short on lately.

I tried socks!

DSCF1549, originally uploaded by kllamb.

I tried socks. I didn't get SSS. They were quick, they were straightforward. It could be love, socks and I....

Smart Superwash Wool (DK), size 6 needles, Blueberry Waffle Sock Pattern

That's a nice stretch...

Blocking, originally uploaded by kllamb.

I finally blocked the Paisley wrap shawl tonight. Stretched all out on my nice, clean, everything's unpacked carpet, no less! I love this thing. It's drying now, and I can't wait for it to cool down enough to wear it! Just a few ends left to weave in (I wanted to leave that for after blocking) and this baby is done. I figured out why I bought this yarn (Rowan Wool and Cotton....not Wool Cotton, Wool and Cotton - it was discontinued long before I bought my ten balls in 2005) - it was on serious, serious sale. It wound up being a great deal, and I love the color and finished object. Being driven to use up guilt yarn can be a good thing, I suppose!

My Knitting Sighting!

Spotted on an old friend's blog today: Here's one of my finished objects from February, in action!

9.5 inches in!

There were a few rows that about killed me, definately slowed me down...but I learned my lesson and am employing a counter to tell me whether or not it is time to cable, not my stressed out brain! I'm very close to 1/3 done with this blanket - in only a week! I'm flying through this thing. Which is good. The sooner I finish it, the more cute baby stuff I get to make!