Seaside Piccies

The radio silence has been due to me being on vacation. In Italy. Where the vistas included things such as this:

Not much knitting occurred during this time, but it was oh so nice!

Colourwork-I'm Going In

I saw this on the Yarn Harlot's blog and loved it. So I went to Ravelry and looked at all the lovely projects people made. I thought to myself, "I haven't really done colourwork, this looks intriguing". Then I went stash diving and found some yarn that would work! (shocking, I know). Clearly the Fates were with me. Then I swatched. (another shock, I'm sure). The pattern is Catkin by Carina Spencer.


I'm glad I did swatch, as a couple of the stitches are different. Also, there are spots on the chart where the symbol(s) go over 3 or more stitches. Took a few minutes for my brain to realize that I wasn't looking for ONE symbol on the legend, I was looking for 2 or 3 grouped together. Otherwise it went pretty smoothly.

Colourwork ahoy!

Lazy Katy Tuch/Shawl is Done

This was a pretty quick knit. It took me awhile only because I was working madly on the Ice Cream Blanket.

Project Details:

Pattern: Lazy Katy Tuch/Shawl
Yarn: Smooshy by Dream in Colr
Colourway: Lipstick Lava
Yardage required: 301 yards
Final size: 54" x 22"at the longest widest point







This is really more of a scarf than a shawl. The unusual shape makes it hard to drape over the shoulders effectively.

Other Project

Having finally finished the Epic blanket knit, I can now work on my Lazy Katy tuch/shawl guilt free. I've started on the edging.

At Long Last

The lighting was horrendous today, I will try for better pics another day, but I am too excited to hold out! Ta DA!!!!!!

And a closer up:



And even a pic of the back for those of you who like to look at the finishing on things (and the heavens know there was A LOT of finishing involved in this project):




DONE. Whew, that was more work than I want to contemplate doing any time soon.......

Continuing On

The seaming is complete! Whew. Here's proof:



Um, yeah, Elvis decided this would be a good spot.....

Edit: this isn't finished yet! Still working on the border...

Fingernail Friday

Not so much knitting as....

seaming! and seaming and seaming...it never seems to end! But I have gotten thus far:

Landon Bay

Checked out the Landon Bay hiking trails. These trails were a bit more 'rustic'. In other words, they were more what I would picture as a hiking trail. Ups and downs, rocks to go around and over etc. The trailhead was marked nicely:

A pic of the trail:

See? Rocks and trees and stuff! The trail lead to a nice view of the bay:

and a little bridge along the edge of the bay:


All in all, a very nice place to take a hike!

KP Trail

Went hiking out on the KP Trail. It is an old railway right of way that has been rehabbed into a hiking/biking/horseback riding trail.

There were a multitude of deerflies, so bring your bugspray! It goes through farmland so the view is pretty much what you would expect.

Aaaaaand then I got home and saw this in my backyard:

Hiking in the wilderness indeed! Apparently my backyard was more wild than the trail!

Lazy Katy Progress

I am currently working on a Lazy Katy shawlette/scarf. This is Smooshy sock yarn.

It doesn't look like much right now. I just started the first row on the lacy border and realized about 1/3 of hte way in that I started on the wrong side of the chart. headdesk
So I will have to tink back a bit and try that again....

Fingernail Friday

Fingernail Friday

NOT with Extra Protein

I like to sit on my deck. I like to have refreshig beverages while sitiing on my deck. I do not like having bugs befoul my refreshing beverage. I have devised a method to prevent said bugs from committing suicide in my refreshing beverage:



To whit, the saucer from my espresso cup set.

Next up!

I am on a shawl roll. I keep seeing lovely ones that NEED to be made. The next one is the LazyKaty.

Ciao

An FO!

I have finished my first Faroese style shawl. It has been christened the Camoshawl.

Fingernail Friday

A tribute to childhood

Having trouble with the sizing...click on pic and select original size on Flickr...



By Chris Lester

Fingernail Friday

Sometimes I wish...I was on a tropical beach...

Next Up!

Having finished the lovely circular shawl, I started poking around trying to decide what to make next. In the midst of all this, hubby and I discovered that his credit card may have been hacked when Sony screwed up with the information protection systems. So I am restricted to free patterns, until this is sorted. Fortunately, there were no funky charges on the card, so it's just a matter of getting a new one. I have been looking at Faroese shawl designs and decided to try a simple one first. Summer Shawlette , it's a free pattern at Knitting Daily. So far, it's been a clear pattern, with no surprises.

I am not quite getting gauge. Should be 4 stitches per inch and I am getting 4.5 and row should be 6.25 rows per inch and I am getting 5. However, that is unblocked and, lets say it all together, swatches LIE. And that is all this is at this point, essentially, a swatch. Besides, it's a shawl, not exactly a gauge-critical project, right?
Ciao