Haven't been able do much knitting (or much of anything else).
But I have started a shawl from my penny-dyed handspun. Went back to my Wrapped in Comfort shawl book by Alison Jeppson Hyde and have started her Water Turtles Shawl. I actually managed to only completely restart it once, which given my track record with lace is pretty good. I can actually count to 10! That's the design repeat count and I make darn sure that it comes out to 10 each time.
Alison has this pattern rated as Easy which certainly challenging enough for me right now. A big advantage to this pattern - it doesn't have a separate edging and is only a 4 row repeat so I can keep going 'til I run out of yarn. Always a good thing when dealing with handspun. I think I've got about 1200 yards, but that's assuming that I accurately measured the darn stuff when I was making it. I've certainly got enough to make a generously-sized shawl.
The color in the photos is still coming out more blue-gray than the yarn really is. It's more an olive green. I'll try to get better pictures as I progress.
Perhaps I'll be able to post more often now. I'm hoping that work has settled down a bit. We'll see.
Very pretty! And congratulations on counting to ten, I run into problems with six. Shhh.
ReplyDeleteWater Turtles, what a great name! Your penny dyed handspun looks exactly right for it.
I can't wait to see it, the name interests me. I hope you figure out the root of your pain, living in pain is not fun.
ReplyDeleteI thought of you this morning as I went to my sock drawer, unfortunately though it was too warm to wear my beautiful wool socks, but whenever I can I wear them. They are perfect.
Work has been so insane that I have been completely out of blog world. But I just got a laptop, so decided to spend some of my knitting time catching up on people's blog and starting a new blog. But I still won't be able to post much at all.