Archive for February, 2007

Shirttail Sweater

Posted on Sunday, February 25th, 2007 at 1:16 pm

I’ve finished the back of my Sensational Shirttail Sweater (Knitter’s Magazine, Fall 1999) and have it blocking even as I type this. Boy am I glad now I have the blocking board. I was afraid this was going to be too small, but now I’m wondering if it’s going to be too big! […]

Sonata Jumbo Flyers

Posted on Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 at 11:02 am

I just saw on the New Voyager site that the Jumbo Flyer and Faster Flyer for the Sonata are listed! I contacted Winderwood Farms (who I bought my wheel from). He said that the flyers will be available in about 6 weeks, but that there are only going to be a limited number […]

Solace Completed and handspun cables

Posted on Saturday, February 17th, 2007 at 1:07 am

I’ve finished my Solace Stole! And I love it. This is a lovely pattern and works up so nicely in worsted weight yarn. I would have made it a bit bigger but I ran out of yarn and in keeping with my stash reduction resolution I didn’t want to buy any more. […]

WIP Report

Posted on Saturday, February 10th, 2007 at 9:30 am

Well, I haven’t finished any projects but I am working on my WIPs. Here are some updated pictures.
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Scrumptious Slipper Socks. I love this study in contrasts! The large one is a man’s size and will go to The Ships Project. The smaller one is for CIC.

Here’s my Solace […]

Swatch

Posted on Sunday, February 4th, 2007 at 12:01 am

Another post so soon? I spun up one bobbin of my gray roving and Navajo plyed it and got 6 WPI. It’s been washed and had the twist set. I was so excited to see if this was going to work for my sweater project (Sensational Shirttail Sweater from Knitter’s Fall 1999) […]

Leda’s Dream Scarf

Posted on Saturday, February 3rd, 2007 at 6:02 pm

Here’s my Leda’s Dream Scarf. The pattern is by PinkLemonTwist. The pattern is for a rectangular stole and also included the matching scarf. I haven’t done the stole yet, but I will at some point.
The scarf was knitted with Jaggerspun Zephyr, Sable colorway. I used Bryson US#4 straight needles. There […]