Oldest UFO

While cleaning out and organizing my out of control stash, I found this.

I really have to work on my photography technique. It’s a crocheted cardigan that must be at least 10 years old. Everything was done and I’d even started sewing it up. I really don’t know why I didn’t finish it. Back then I had major completion issues so it’s quite possible that something more interesting caught my eye and I just moved on. Well now I’m going to finish it. I doubt very much that it will fit me but I’m sure I’ll be able to find someone to take it off my hands.

Shawl Progress update:
The body of the Unst stole is completed. I’ve re-charted the edging and insertion chart because there was a minor error with the one in the book.

I’m now on tier 11 of the Forest Path Stole. Progress has been slow because Unst was consuming so much of my knitting time. I’m planning to do 21 instead of 23 tiers so that I don’t run out of yarn for the edging.

Balmoral is a lot easier to knit than it look. I’ve corrected my mistakes and completed chart C on the weekend. Finally I’m back to more interesting stuff.

More WIPs

Forest Path Stole:The Forest Path Stole is coming along well and I'm now half way through tier 10. So far I've had no major problems figuring out the pattern. As you can see, I skipped the seed stitch border and plan to do a knitted on border. I'm using Zephyr in the colour Jade.

Balmoral Thistle:

This pattern is from Marianne Kinzel's Second Book of Modern Lace Knitting. I'm using JaggerSpun Super Fine Merino 2/18 in the colour Raspberry, and 3mm needles. I've completed charts A and B. Would you believe I've messed up probably one of the easiest rows in the whole pattern. There are over 504 stitches/row and I have to undo two rows!

Unst Stole

Center pattern:

Border pattern:

After buying the book Heirloom Knitting book by Sharon Miller, I've fallen hard for Shetland lace. This is proving to be a very challenging project especially since I'm using metal needles with very slippery silk. The center and first border are done and I'm halfway through the second border.

Why another knitting blog?

There are so many knitting blogs out there. Why create another one? I've asked myself this question and even now that I've created mine, I still can't give a good answer. This blog was created for purely selfish reasons. I wanted a place to show my creations to people who will hopefully enjoy seeing them.