two sleeves, some yarn, new jewelry, and a shawl
Each Wednesday, I post little snippets about the projects I’m working on.
I spent most of the weekend working on projects that were very much not my secret project – yay! – and that ended up being quite productive.
Sleeves!!! My purple sweater has two of them. Now I just need to figure out the neckline situation, and I’ll have another sweater.
I finished a spinning & plying a skein of handspun yarn that has been sitting on my desk for months now – so finishing this feels amazing.
Back at VK Live in January, I learned how to bead crochet bracelets, but hadn’t learn how to close them. This weekend I learned, and how I have a pile of new jewelry! What’s not to love about that?
And finally, I took photos for a new shawl pattern. (Was the last shawl I finished, really Rosmerta?)
The design is a circular shawl, with a pretty complex, geometric, lace pattern – though I think my favorite part is probably the sun at the center.
I’m at the final stages of pattern editing, I think it came out beautifully, and I couldn’t wait to share some of the photos – so these are some of the outtakes that probably won’t find their way into the final pattern.
The yarn is Toil & Trouble’s merino/silk lace weight, two strands of yarn held together throughout the shawl, and knit on US #5 (3.75mm) needles. The colors are “Smoke Signals” (the light grey) and “Apollo” (the beautiful yellow/orange.)
PS! if you’re in the Boston area, Ana (the proprietress of Toil & Trouble yarns) just opened a new yarn shop in Salem – called Circle of Stitches. The grand opening is this weekend – March 7th, so stop by, say “hi,” and squish some yarn. Here’s the link to their website with the shop hours & address.
I’m stuck on second sleeve island.
Each Wednesday, I post little snippets about the projects I’m working on.
Déjà vu? Me too.
This sweater sleeve looks eerily similar to how it looked last week. It is slightly longer – I manage to squeeze in a couple hours of selfish knitting this week, but that’s about it.
Almost all of my crafting time has been spent working on a project I can’t talk about yet (sad panda). So I’ve spent the week working away on it, and starting longingly at the piles of things I want to make.
In the meantime, I’ve been loving the hell out of my handspun-handknit sweater, and it’s rekindled my spinning interest.
knitting some sleeves and hiding from the weather
Each Wednesday, I post little snippets about what’s happening, and what I’m working on.
One big lump of knitting progress this week. Sleeves!
Over the weekend I finished one sleeve of my sweater and started the second sleeve of my second “Perfect for Layering Purple Sweater.”
Other than that all of my knitting time has been focused on knitting the sample for a project I won’t be able to show you for awhile. Sad panda.
I’m crossing my fingers that I can steal a couple hours to work on that second sleeve some more – maybe this weekend.
Meanwhile, I’ve spent most of my time hiding from the cold, wearing multiple pairs of tights, and plotting more sweater knitting.
