Posts filed under 'Striped Border Scarf'
Here are some pictures of the Striped Border Scarf from Victorian Knitting Today that I promised. I meant to post these last week but didn’t get a chance. This past week has been BUSY at work. I’ve been having to read a truckload of books for a 5th grade audience so my time has been taken up by that mostly. THANK GOD I will have my book talk tommorrow and will be done with 5th grade books for awhile. One can only take so many.
But enough of my bitching.
Pattern: Striped Border Scarf
Yarn: Kidsilk Haze for one. Suri Elegance for the other.
Needles: Size 7 Denise.
Click here for the Ravelry entry for the Alpaca version of this project. (let me know if you can see it 
) And here is the Kidsilk Haze version on Ravelry. I decided to knit these up for Mother’s Day presents. The second one knitted up very quickly. I think I had it done in a week. The pattern was very easy to memorize.
I can’t say enough good things about this Victorian Lace Today book. I LOVE it. I can’t wait to get to my next project for it. I am going to knit the Syrian Shoulder Shawl next.
Audrey is coming along. I’m still on the first sleeve. It seems to be taking forever. Maybe I need some more vacation driving.. yeah that would be wonderful!
Oh, and I started on one of my quilts last weekend. I am going to try and finish the top of it today so I will get pictures up to show you.
Have a good Monday!
May 21st, 2007
I finished all of the knitting on Rusted Root yesterday. Then I promptly tried it on (and took a picture). It fits! i really like the way it fits, in fact. And I love the fabric of the bamboo yarn. As I said, it’s going to be a really nice summer top. Nice and light and airy. Yay! I will wear it this week and take an official “finshed” picture. Stay tuned for that.
In other knitting news, I’ve been knitting away on the Striped Border Scarf from Victorian Lace Today. Incidentally, I had to start the whole thing over last week, after I posted my picture. Instead of doing a “crochet cast-on” I did a “provisional cast-on”. duh. So I decided to take out the yarn when I started on the center part of the shawl and I realized that I had live stitches on the end of my border. It worked out okay. The border just took a few hourst to knit. So I was was back on track in no time.
April 16th, 2007
Here is my Rusted Root top. I am really enjoying this project. This is my first top-down garment and I am just enamoured with the process. It was fun knitting the sleeves and trying to figure out how it would all work out. I’m already plotting some other top-down sweaters in my future. I’ve been wanting to make a lacy cardi for summer in a black cotton, bamboo, or hemp yarn. I kind of want to just design it myself using this method. Hmmm… a project for the black, red and metallic months of July and August maybe?
This is being knitting with South West Trading Company’s Bamboo yarn. I just have to say I LOVE it. It’s beautiful. It has the most gorgeous drape. And it shines like silk. And the two newer balls are really nice and soft to work with (they changed the yarn at some point. I had an older ball that is a little stiff. The newer balls are waay softer). And I think it looks pretty, too. The fabric is really light and airy. A summer cardi knitted up in this yarn would be gorgeous.
I knitted the first half with the older ball and one of the newer balls, switching each row. The older ball ran out so I’ve been switching each row with the newer ball, hoping to avoid pooling. I can really tell where the old ball ends and the new one begins. Not sure how I’m liking that…hmm. I’ll keep going for now. I guess if I have to reknit the whole thing it wouldn’t be the first time. sigh. that’s the story of my knitting life.
I got a gift certificate from my inlaws to B&N and I bought Victorian Lace Today with it. Oh my freaking god I love this book. This is on par with Nancy Bush’s Knitting Vintage Socks (my favoritest knitting book ever). It’s beautiful. The photographs are gorgeous. Simply breathtaking. I LOVE the little bits of history in it. I’m a sucker for that sort of thing. And the lace! Oh my God! The lace! Dude. It actually makes me want to knit lace. I thought I hated knitting lace. I don’t know. Maybe I still do. But this book is inspiring.
There is a section called “understanding lace” which was very helpful for the lace challenged like me. And each pattern states clearly what level it is. She even points out the patterns to start with if you are new to lace.
So I decided to pick one and just go for it. I was going to order some lace yarn from Knitpicks in a pink and yellow to go with the Project Spectrum theme. But then I decided that I just couldn’t wait. I had some leftover alpaca lace yarn and decided to cast on. I’m knitting what is simply called “Scarf.” It’s taken from a Weldon’s pattern, according to the book. Here’s my progress:
And I don’t feel like poking my eyes out with my needles!
April 9th, 2007