I seem to have got quite a lot of knitting done since I last did an update (OK, so that was back in June, so hardly surprising).
My Fantastic Purple Cardigan is nearly all knitted, I just have to sew the seams and knit the edging. I blocked it on the spare bed one week and it took up loads of room, as it seems to have come out rather large. That's a good thing though, as it's meant to be a baggy cardigan.
I got frustrated with the Mini Mania Scarf and ended up frogging it. I'd wanted to knit it to use up odds and ends of sock yarn, but found that linen stitch was hurting my wrists if I did it for too long so decided to give up. Plus, all my machine washable sock yarn leftovers seemed to be variations on mud colour (have I really knitted a whole pile of mud colour socks?) which didn't make for an interesting scarf. Instead I have started a Sock Yarn Leftovers Blanket using mitred squares. The pattern is more of a recipe into which you add in whatever weight yarn and needle size you want. It's very easy to follow, and this is a great project to pick up when I need something fairly mindless to knit, such as at knitting group where I'm busy talking and drinking wine, or when I'm at home watching TV with subtitles (anyone else enjoying Les revenants?)
My Aeolian Shawl is coming on well, I've just started the edge pattern, although there still seem to be a LOT of rows to go. I've really enjoyed knitting this and, apart from a blip last week when I did four rows wrong, it's been fairly straightforward knitting. It is quite time consuming, as it's now at the point when it takes about 45 minutes to do a knit row.
On a trip to our nearest proper yarn shop, Mrs Moon, with a friend back in May...
That was a really good shopping trip, as I also found in the sale a copy of a book I'd wanted for ages, Little red in the city, which has lots of info inside about knitting to fit your size and shape.
Think that's all for now.
3 comments:
Glad to see someone else enthusiastic about mitred squares! I've been experimenting with that myself....!
I might have to do another post on that subject, too!
All your projects look wonderful - can't wait to see the Purple cardigan in its finished state :-)
You have been very busy. The yarn store looks like it is full of gorgeous yarns.
Is Mrs Moon our closest LYS, or is it that one in Hampton that I haven't been in yet? (I looked in the window when it was closed, looked interesting). Garden looks great.
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