WIP Wednesday: Green

Today is the start of a green-along in remembrance of the classic Ravelry green that was retired last year. What I’m knitting isn’t that particular shade of green, but it is green. I’m knitting the Nouveau Beaded Capelet by Melissa Lemmons. I haven’t found an off-Rav link for it, so I won’t post one here.…

WIP Wednesday: Spice Route

I’m in an awkward spot in which I have many projects close to being finished. They just need blocking, ends woven in, buttons sewn on, wraps on the niddy noddy counted, yarn washed, etc. The only thing I have left on the needles is this. It’s Spice Route by Louise Zass-Bangham. I only have about…

WIP Wednesday: Pirra Necklace

My mom was pre-packing for a trip and discovered a gap in her jewelry collection. She wanted something longish that would coordinate with the outfits she picked out for the trip. I presented several knitted necklace options and she picked out the Pirra Necklace by Ambah O’Brien. But she wanted it beaded too, so I…

WIP Wednesday: The Cursed Sock Part 2

The sock strikes again. I’m now on the second sock, the right foot, which has completely different charts. In addition to the math not working out for the repeating section of the top of foot chart I have found two mistakes so far. First there’s a line of four purl stitches in the middle of…

WIP Wednesday: The Cursed Sock

I’ve been focusing on these socks all week. I already told you about how the chart symbols were confusing and the chart for the heel flap didn’t have wrong side instructions in the legend. Well, it got worse. I was aware that the charts for the small and large sizes for the top of foot…

WIP Wednesday – Legolas Socks

The Legolas Socks by Claire Ellen remains my primary WIP. It is definitely an advanced pattern. The heel flap is worked flat (of course), but the legend for the chart does not provide wrong side instructions. It assumes that for the wrong side of “knit through the back loop” you know to “purl through the…

WIP Wednesday: Pravigan

I’ve been working on Pravigan for at least 1.5 hours every Monday. I haven’t gotten very far. Last Monday I got through 4 rows (which actually feels like 8 due to how two color brioche works). I could have gotten through 5 but I got confused on the first row and had to stare at…

WIP Wednesday: Working the List

Recently I posted about my plans for the new year. It included a schedule in which each weekday would be devoted to something specific – knitting, spinning, finishing, the brioche scarf, or other crafts. Well, I’ve been sticking to that and it seems to be working! Of course I knit a little bit every day…

WIP Wednesday: Qiviut Cowl

My New Year’s Eve cast on this year was the Lotus Ring cowl made from my precious qiviut I got at the Sock Summit. For those who don’t know, qiviut is the most expensive and softest of fibers. It is the soft underwool of the muskox, and in Alaska is collected by hand from either…

WIP Wednesday: The Tee

I have been pushing to get this tee done before the end of the year. It’s from a summer KAL with The Black Sheep Yarn Boutique. The pattern is Mackenzie by Sandi Prosser. The yarn is Louisa Harding Yarns Lirico. I finally finished knitting the front and back up to the neck shaping and pinned…