Materials: Plymouth Yarns Encore Worsted Weight, 1 ball each of red, green, white, pink, and black. 4 grams fingering-weight angora, origin unknown.
Needles: size 5 circulars
Pattern: unpublished pattern, supplied by purchaser
Cast-on: July 1, 2007
Finished: August 1, 2007
This is a contract knitting project, replicating the purchasor’s childhood Christmas stocking. This stocking is the first of four ordered.
The [...]
Archive for August 13th, 2007
Santa Claus is comin’ to town!
Posted in Decorative items, On the needles on August 13, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Melon Shawl
Posted in Finished projects, Knit shawls, Lace on August 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Materials: Knitpicks Alpaca Cloud, color “Tide Pool”
Needles: um, I don’t remember!
Pattern: Melon Shawl, from Victorian Lace Today by Jane Sowerby
I thought that the pattern was fun to look at, but not so fun to knit. Five rows of boring stockinette stitch, followed by a row of “melon stitch” that involved passing three stitches over three more stitches [...]
Green socks
Posted in Socks on August 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Materials: Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock, color “Douglas Fir,” 2 skeins
Needles: Size 0 circulars, using the Magic Loop technique
Pattern: Standard toe-up sock toe shaping, heel (lightly modified) from Baudelaire by Cookie A., and lace pattern from Sensational Knitted Socks, by Charlene Schurch.
Good socks. I’m particularly fond of the heel shaping because it comes up and hugs my extra-high [...]
Manly Mitts
Posted in Finished projects on August 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Materials: Knitpicks Merino Style, colors “coal” and “fog”, 2 skeins each
Needles: Size 6 DPNs
Pattern: Manly Mitts from the Summer 2005 issue of Knitty.
Nice mittens for my husband, for the 2 actual cold weeks we have in the winter.
Cable-Down Raglan
Posted in Finished projects, Knit sweaters on August 13, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Materials: Jaggerspun Zephyr, DK weight, color “lilac”
Needles: Size 5 circulars and DPNs
Pattern: Cable-Down Raglan by Stephanie Japel, Interweave Knits Spring 07
My very first sweater. It is awesome.
What I like about this yarn is that it isn’t too heavy or warm. I’ve worn this sweater on 80 degree days and not been too hot. Given that [...]
