Posts Tagged “WIP”
So I’ve started my next Swirl. The butterfly is leftover tail from the long-tail cast-on. I could’ve used a separate ball for the cast-on tail, except I didn’t feel like winding another skein. (I’m not keen on using the outside and the inside of a center-pull ball – that has too much potential for tangling, […]
After fulfilling my MDKR on my shawl today, what did I do? A. Keep going on the shawl. B. Start winding skeins for my next Swirl. C. Make progress on any other WIP. D. None of the above. Yup, you guessed it: D, none of the above. Instead of turning my attention to any WIP, […]
Speaking of never having enough yarn or time to play with it, look what came in the mail yesterday: Yup, it’s a bag of Mirasol Nuna, destined to become a Swirl. I’ve done enough swatching to know that its blend of wool, silk, and bamboo has just the right balance of bounce, drape, and sheen. […]
A few days ago, the shawl reached the point where it needs to be contained – not so much to keep floppiness in check, as with some other projects I’ve done, but to keep the bottom edge of the shawl from getting ratty. Simply keeping the lower portion of the shawl contained is protecting it […]
sigh
By JC | November 11, 2011
The Estonian shawl remains at the top of my knitting basket, but I’m still finding bits of time here and there to swatch for my next Swirl. So far, the swatching has been fun mindless knitting, a nice counterpoint to paying close attention to the Estonian lace. Here’s the rub: it seems I’m not quite […]
Overdue
By JC | November 10, 2011
Today I finally got around to something that I arguably should’ve done weeks ago: estimating to what length I can knit my Estonian shawl, given the amount of yarn that I have. Really, I should’ve made my estimates after completing my swatches but before casting on for the shawl itself. I should’ve weighed and measured […]
Astute readers of last Tuesday’s post might have noticed a thin green line running through my WIP: That’s a lifeline, a bit of waste yarn run through every stitch on a single row. If I make a disastrous goof, I can unravel back to that row, slip the stitches from the waste yarn back to […]
It may look like I’m cheating on my shawl project, but I’m not. Not really, anyway. Say hello to Mirasol Nuna, a yummy blend of wool, silk, and bamboo. The desire/need to knit another Swirl hit me while at Stitches East, so I purchased a skein of Nuna and a couple skeins of other yarns […]
As much as possible, I try not to whine on this blog. And when I wrote last week about having to rip back a sock, I didn’t think I was whining. After all, I didn’t mind ripping, and I did look forward to getting the leg the right length. Really, I was laughing at myself. […]