Knit Diary

I've officially joined Team Wales.

I'm not from Wales or of Welsh ancestry, but what the heck? I rather knit for Wales than for any other team. Besides the two hottest babes in all the land come from Wales:

Yes, he's a babe.

I am actually knitting...trying to finish up the mini/cavern sweater. I'm almost done with the second sleeve and hope to have it blocked and photographed by this weekend.

Posted by Sandy at 03:40 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I just found out that at least two other Olympians will be knitting Ene's Scarf (really shawl with three charts and you have to cast on 375 stitches. ohmygosh!) Mandella and Leah are also knitting Ene. Let's go TEAM! WooHoo!

Posted by Sandy at 09:27 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Challenged by Yarn Harlot, I've signed up for this .

I plan on knitting Ene's Scarf for the games. By the way, have you seen the freaky little mascot?

Weird.

Posted by Sandy at 10:44 AM | Permalink | Comments (2)

Here's my Charlotte:

Yarn: Koigu PPPM, from top to bottom - 802, 522, 802, 823, 416
Yarn Source: Purchased from Wildfiber in Santa Monica
Needles: Addi turbo 4mm
Notes: Used chart from Uli's needlework (It really helped!) I will use this strategy with other lace shawls. I didn't add the fringe because I think I will get more wear out of her as a plain jane. Yeah!

Posted by Sandy at 10:39 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I cast on for this sweater, based on Glampyre's mini sweater and modified by cosmicpluto as the cavern sweater.

I'm using Elann's alpaca in Malt Heather. So far, it's knitting up nicely. Alpaca is so slippery, but the fabric is so soft and light and lovely.

Posted by Sandy at 12:23 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Yesterday was a yarn bonanza: I also received this in the mail.

This is Blackberry Ridge laceweight silk blend in Samarkand Blue. So lovely.

I plan on knitting this:

I also ordered yarn samples and they sent me this:

Crazy!

Posted by Sandy at 08:57 AM | Permalink

I just got this is the mail today. Wow! Five skeins of Brooks Farm Yarn Four Play. $16 for 270 yards of this beautiful yarn is so worth it! Fast service too. I ordered it on Friday and it's already here!

This is a pretty accurate color. In the Brooks Farm Yarn website all the Four Play yarn looks so shiny, but in real life it's just lovely and lush.

I love this color that I ordered called "Patsy". I love the dark browns, reds, & purples. I'm going to knit something wonderful in homage to my funnly lovely girl Patsy:

Charlotte is almost finished. I only have 16 more rows out of 154 rows to go. Shawl Progress Calculator says I'm only 81% done! geesh!

Posted by Sandy at 12:47 PM | Permalink

I cast on for Charlotte's Web Shawl on New Year's Eve.
Here she is up to row 90 (183 sts on needle). I am using this handy chart from Uli's Needlework.
I struggled with the lace pattern at the beginning and counted stitches after each right side row. I started flying through it with ease and stitch counts kept coming out right...until I reached row 85, (I got cocky, see, and stopped counting my stitches on the previous RS row) and lo and behold, I had one extra stitch! (S)Tinking back two rows took TEN hours! Well, actually about 45 minutes, but lesson learned.

I hope to finish her by the end of the week. I hope my color choices work out; it's still hard to tell.

Also, I just purchased (Yes, I'm at work) yarn for this:

Blackberry Ridge lace weight silk blend in Samarkan Blue.

Posted by Sandy at 02:45 PM | Permalink