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WestKnits Sunday

On By FogKnitsIn FO Friday, Shawl, WIP10 Comments

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My Dotted Rays with a Speckle Fade is done!  It’s definitely my new favorite thing!

I love the chevron border with it’s high contrast!  The purple yarn is MadTosh EuroSock and it’s parter in striping was a skein of Magpie Fibers MCN.  It’s super soft.  I don’t mind having leftovers from that skein!

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The body is four colors, starting over at the upper right corner, faded together.  Hedgehog Fibers Skinny Single in Boombox!  Western Sky Knits MCN!! and then two skeins of Hedgehog Sock.  I was unimpressed with the Hedgehog Sock.  It was very think and rather splitty.  I can’t imagine knitting actual socks with it.  I’d need quadruple zero needles for that.   No, I think my money is on the Skinny Single in the future.

Like all good shawls though, it’s only exciting until the next one comes off the needles.  With that in mind, I’ve started my next WestKnit.

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I culled at the skinny little scraps and half balls from the stash.  Sometimes I think the only reason I use fresh skeins is to turns them into leftovers.  I really love scrap projects!

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This one is Stephen West’s Spring 2017 MKAL.  I didn’t have time to do it then and I was still bummed about not loving the Building Blocks MKAL in the fall.  This one is called Marled Magic!  Despite kicking off with my least favorite stitch — YO, K2tog mesh, I knew I wanted to knit this shawl when I saw what Stephen did with all those ends on the side.

The tails are all cut at deliberate lengths.  Instead of weaving them all in at the end (nightmare!!) they’ll be braided together down the center of the shawl, into a big tassel off the point.  It’s a clever little treatment.  I can’t wait to try it out.  I’m willing to deal with a tassel for it!

Tomorrow, it’s back to jury duty.  UGH.  At least I’ll have knitting time!

 

 

FO>CO

On By FogKnitsIn Bind Off, Casting On, Shawl, WIP9 Comments

When one door closes, another opens.  The end of one chapter is just the beginning of the next chapter.  And so it goes with knitting, as well.  Binding off one project leads to casting on for the next.

I’ve finished the Vee Vee shawl, complete with my own modifications to the edge & bind off.

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It’s hard to see the details since I haven’t blocked it yet.  In addition to the stripes you see, I added a series of YO holes that increased in size.  Then, I bound off with a crochet hook!

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I thought maybe I wanted to continue with the loopiness and a crochet picot seemed easier than a knit version.

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Turns out, it was!  Far less fiddly than a knit picot.  I enjoyed doing it.  After a short while I decided, perhaps, just maybe I was going too far with all the loopy bits.  Ultimately, I finished the rest of the bind off, in a plain chain bind off, still with the crochet hook.

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There’s a section bound off with the grey yarn as well.  That was my attempt to make my frankenstein bind off look planned.  Until it’s blocked, it’s hard to tell.  And, I was in no mood for end weaving.

miss babs gradient kit 2 ply yummy rainbow yarn knitting

Instead, I started something new!  This is a Miss Bab’s 2-ply Yummy Polydactyl kit!  Yay rainbow!  I’ve had this in the stash for several years.  Being Pride weekend, it seemed like the perfect time to finally but it out!

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I’m pairing it with a skein of MadelineTosh Euro Sock in color Void.  Turns out I actually have two skeins of fingering weight yarn in black?!?  I guess I never counted this one because it’s got some variegation going on.

spice market on the needles

The pattern I picked is Melanie Berg’s Spice Market Shawl.  I’m very excited!  Rainbow yarn knits faster than non-rainbow yarn.  Fact!   Much progress has been made already!

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I really do intend to finish my cat sweater soon but for the meantime, I’m stuck in rainbow-land!  I’m loving this so far!  Hope you’re enjoying your weekend just as much!  :)