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untonuggan) wrote2013-03-15 01:09 pm
untonuggan) wrote2013-03-15 01:09 pm
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All the finished objects
Apparently the secret to finishing a shawlette in one day* is to use big needles, big yarn, and do a pattern that is easy to memorize and that you're already familiar with. It helps if you also really like the yarn. This shawlette did not turn out as I expected, as I was thinking, "I'll just do a basic triangular shawl with the rest of the homespun yarn from the homespun affection I did awhile ago." Nope. Not happening. Instead it ended up being more woodlandsy in colors, with some novelty yarn mixed in, and also other homespun.
And thus I give you...the Pixie Shawlette (I would have made it bigger except it was on a deadline, and really, it's big enough for shoulders):
Triangular shawl with stripes going along the triangular pattern in purple, green, gray, dark green, cream, and purple-brown twist. Laying on a beige carpet in a ray of sunlight with the shadows of a window pane on it.
I also knit up some of the food-dye yarn- the one that was commercially spun, not the other one. My grandma forgot to bring gloves with her, and she needed some for her arrival back in the UK. So I made her these:
A pair of purple-white variegated fingerless gloves sitting on a wooden table. Simple pattern with ribbing around the cuff and fingers, stockinette for the hands, and a garter stitch thumb gussett.
I really like the way the yarn knitted up, and even though you can tell that some bits didn't take the dye because of the way I tied it I think that only adds to the effect of the variegation.
I also finished a scarf that I've been knitting off and on for months, but I don't have a photo of it. Sorry. It's blue and fairly simple, so. Maybe later I will photo.
Now there are a few questions I ask myself:
And thus I give you...the Pixie Shawlette (I would have made it bigger except it was on a deadline, and really, it's big enough for shoulders):
Triangular shawl with stripes going along the triangular pattern in purple, green, gray, dark green, cream, and purple-brown twist. Laying on a beige carpet in a ray of sunlight with the shadows of a window pane on it.
I also knit up some of the food-dye yarn- the one that was commercially spun, not the other one. My grandma forgot to bring gloves with her, and she needed some for her arrival back in the UK. So I made her these:
A pair of purple-white variegated fingerless gloves sitting on a wooden table. Simple pattern with ribbing around the cuff and fingers, stockinette for the hands, and a garter stitch thumb gussett.
I really like the way the yarn knitted up, and even though you can tell that some bits didn't take the dye because of the way I tied it I think that only adds to the effect of the variegation.
I also finished a scarf that I've been knitting off and on for months, but I don't have a photo of it. Sorry. It's blue and fairly simple, so. Maybe later I will photo.
Now there are a few questions I ask myself:
- What to knit next? (I have a couple projects on the needles, but new things call to me!)
- When the heck will I have energy to full (i.e. set the spin so I can knit it) the Wensleydale "Best Tea China" I dyed and spun?
- What am I going to knit with it? (It's 69 yards and about worsted thick-and-thin art yarn, I'd really like to make a scarf, but I think I'd have to have a yarn to pair with it. Unless it was really holey. Hmm...)
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I love fingerless gloves. I wear them to type and pretend I'm a Dickons street urchin.
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Please sir, may I have some more?
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And big needles are definitely the way to finish things - I get bored quickly with knitting, so I much prefer chunky.
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Am currently spinning some Corriedale. Debating whether to ply the singles (which are roughly DK maybe?) into doubles and get half the yarn but twice the speed, or leave them as singles...wait who am I kidding. ;)
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