WIP Cedar Leaf Shawlette Part 3

(Topic: Knitting) Hi Friends! Yet another update on how the shawl is progressing. Well, I completed the body of the shawl and have moved on to the edging. The edging is made up of 30 (!) leaves, each knitted alongside and connecting to the body of the shawl, along the outside (not the neck) edge.

WIP Green Leafy Shawl part 2

(Topic: Knitting) Dear Friends, Bit by bit! My time for knitting comes in awkward chunks right now, so my work progresses in fits and starts. That said, I’ve managed to finish the body of my shawl! Knitting in the car. The stitch markers are every time I turn before the end of a row, leaving

WIP Leafy Shawl

(Topic: Knitting) Hi Friends, A year ago, at a professional conference I attend, a colleague of mine let me know that there was a small yarn shop within walking distance of the hotel – and that she’d be taking me there the next day at lunch. Oh dear, oh woe, what hardship! (joking) I ended

In Progress: Blue and Purple Baby Blanket

(Topic: Knitting) Hi Friends! Just a little update on another knitting project I have going. This is using a chenille yarn, and is knit in stockinette for the body and garter along the edges to reduce curl. The blue is a somewhat thinner yarn, so I might get a bit of accidental shaping from that.

Lacy Baby Sweater

(Topic: Knitting, rainbow babies) Dear Friends, As you have seen, I recently finished a whole run of baby shrugs, for all the friends who had/will have babies. I enjoyed making those a lot! But now that they are done, I’m looking back into my own knitting pile, and the project I decided to work on

Baby Shrug

(topic: knitting) Hi Friends! I had to wait to post pictures of this, because I’ve given a few of these to friends and didn’t want to spoil the surprise! Lately, it seems like many of my friends have had (or are about to have) babies, and I wanted to come up with a gift that

Prayer Shawl 1, and a Sunflower

Dear Friends, One of the knitting groups I’m in, which meets at a church, makes prayer shawls/lap blankets for the VA hospital in a nearby city. I’ve been in that group for close to 2 years, but somehow that project somehow rarely seemed to be on the top of my pile. Well! Yesterday I finally

Valentine’s Day Baby Blanket

Valentine’s Day Baby Blanket For donation Last week, I finished this baby blanket I’ve been working on since Christmas. Planning ahead, I knew that Valentine’s Day is the next holiday that many people do, so I picked out a red and a white acrylic yarn that was soft and pretty. The pattern is simple (and

Color-Pooled Scarf

  Color-Pooled Scarf Hi Friends! I have completed another project that has been in my bag for a while now. It is a scarf, warm and pretty! Here it is while still under construction: The next picture is the center, which is the first part I did. This is the part with “Planned Color Pooling”,