Happy WIP Wednesday! That’s so much better than thinking of it as Hump Day, especially when there’s new WIPs involved!
This week I’m all about new travel knitting. Easy stitches and simple patterns are the name of the game. And of course, a bit of stash busting. I just love a pile of half balls.
First up, a quick mitered square baby blanket. It’ll be done before I know it (largely because I don’t have enough yarn, I’m ignoring that though.)
I weighed the yarn I did have and divided it up into four equal portions, one for each mitered square. I’ve got almost 3 squares finished! Gotta love size 7 needles. These squares are practically knitting themselves.
It’s really just a palate cleanser while I pondered my next shawl, which started with a pile of oddballs. At first it’s just throwing yarn in a pile.
Over the course of a few days, it gradually figures out a color scheme.
And then the fine tuning begins. Colors are added and subtracted. More stash is pulled out from the depths. I start to wind up new skeins.
I really love where these colors ended up! I think I’ve found the perfect progression for a fade! It’s a bit of a dragon in my mind. A splash of green for the tail, then fading purple through the body, up into a grey head. I love it!!
Yes, this is going to be fun and it’s garter stitch! Wooo! The pattern is Match & Move from Martina Behm (of Hitchhiker fame). The ultimate result is a triangle, worked sideways. I’m excited to really get this one under way!
FogKnits 
That is going to be super neat! You’re so creative!! Do you use a pattern for your interest square blanket?
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Thanks! No pattern…just making four squares from equal amounts of yarn. I started by casting on 2 stitches, doing a set up row: KFB, place marker, KFB and then every row after that is ‘Knit to one stitch before marker, KFB, slip marker, knit to last stitch, slip purlwise with yarn in front’ . Just work that row until the yarn runs out. I’m leaving my stitches live so I can use them to graft my squares together at the end.
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Thank you! I’ll have to try that as I have a ton of yarn to use up!
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It’s nice for watching tv or other distractions :) great relaxation.
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I love this color combination. I’m planning on bringing out the dye pots Friday. Lime green just got added to the list
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Nice! I love bright greens!
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That does sound like a lovely dragonish fade :)
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That is going to be sooooo gorgeous! I am in love with the color combo and can’t wait to see the FO :)
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I’ve started fading the first purple in…it’s awesome so far!
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