Category Archives: Shawls

Another Shawl and a Pair of Socks

Around April 5, I finished a pair of socks for Meg with one of the colorways from her last club called Intrigue.  This delicate colorway contains pink and a lovely pale denim blue.  This pair of socks has two texture … Continue reading

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Herbivore and Ziprelaxagon

I am going for interesting pattern names, apparently.  My Herbivore in Dazzle Arial is now blocked and I have been wearing it around some.  As always, I haven’t come up with great ways to arrange it, but some aren’t too … Continue reading

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I Didn’t Actually Fall off the Earth

Sorry I’ve been so silent lately.  After I finally went to urgent care for my cold on March 18th, I worked my way through my medication (which lasts a week) and my cough was just fading away when boom!  both … Continue reading

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Ziprelaxagons with a little Herbivore

I’ll start by showing you what I worked on all week at work last week – my Herbivore.  When I last showed it, there was quite a lot of the central ribbed triangle, but just the very beginning of the … Continue reading

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What I’m Knitting Now

I’m not a monogamous knitter (no surprise to anyone who’s read this blog for a while) but I’m really having a hard time sticking to one thing just now.  I have four projects that are truly active at the moment, … Continue reading

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After One comes …

You guessed it!  There are now two fingerless mitts.  I spent most of yesterday working on it, but it was worth it.  Franklin has been wearing them quite a bit – I’m hoping he will actually end up finding them … Continue reading

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A Great Shawl Design

One of the blogs that I read is called “do stuff!” which is a great name for it.  This is the blog of the very talented young Lee Meredith aka Leethal.  She has come up with some really interesting knitting … Continue reading

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Another Stephen West Knit

There aren’t really very many designers whose patterns attract me so much that I have knit several of them in the past few years.  In fact, I think Stephen West is the only one.  His designs are consistently interesting – … Continue reading

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Intriguing Wrap

My daughter Meg, of Twisted Fiber Art, lately ran a yarn/roving club with a great deal of flexibility.  People could buy a club membership for sock yarn, evolutions, or roving.  There were three installments (Oct – Dec 2010) and each … Continue reading

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Knitted Origami

I’ve I have a definite weakness for origami translated into knitting.  A few years ago, I found a pattern in Knitter’s magazine called Origami Bear.  Here is the Ravelry link to the pattern – Origami Bears.  I made a couple … Continue reading

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