Knitting

Chunky Cable Knit Cowl

Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:11:29 GMT

Posted by: justaphage

We had what will probably be our only Snow Day last week and I finished the cowl I started for the holiday break back in December.

I found the pattern here. It wasn't the worst choice for learning cables; the pattern is easy to understand and it is worked flat and sewn together. I did talk briefly about my early struggles in a post to my own journal, but on the whole I am very happy and cozy with it.

In other knitting news, I am about 75% of the way through my first pair of socks! For my next project I am hoping to combine with another passion (tea) and make a tea cosy for our pot. I really prefer knitting in the round so I am staking out some nice wooly yarn so I can learn steeking. Finally, I think I have figured out Ravelry, so if anyone would like to interact with me there, I have the same username.

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Sweet Shawlettes

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 16:10:12 GMT

Posted by: lorres

I bought this book on Friday at my local independent book store and have been sitting with it for the past few days just browsing. I was ready for some inspiration and this fits the bill. I haven't tried any of the patterns, so I can't comment on their quality, but I enjoy the photography, which does a fairly good job of showing the pieces. There are also schematic graphics of all the shapes, which I find essential in order to actually enjoy the patterns.

The one thing that I don't enjoy so much is the word "shawlette". I've been putting up with capelet for a few years now, so I'm used to it and only mildly annoyed when I have to repeat that word over and over again to people who ask: "what are you making"? But I'm also switching to say "a short poncho" instead of "a capelet". Then people merely get a vague idea of a somewhat out of date style of garment. I just don't like the sound of the word shawlette, and people who aren't into knitting will have no idea what it means anyway.

*sigh* oh well. The book is a delight, and I'd recommend it if you like looking at diminutive wraps . 8^)

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In progress: purples cowl

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:02:15 GMT

Posted by: lorres

Cowl in rib stitch with about 10 yarns, irrc

for more details see:
http://www.thatknittingblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/purples-cowl.html

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Playing with yarn

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:59:09 GMT

Posted by: untonuggan

I cast on with some Malabrigo that had had an unfortunate tangling accident, so I wasn't too sure how things would turn out. I was initially intending to make a manly ribbed hat until I realized the yarn had a lot of purple hues mixed in with the blues. It ended up being this cowl:

(For basketweave pattern and a close-up of the stitch check out my Flickr stream.)

Which is super duper comfortable, and I am so close to not giving it away. I wore it all afternoon after I finished it. I had some yarn left, so I decided to make a matching headband. I cast on what I thought was 90 stitches (as the pattern requires a multiple of 6). I realized it was actually a multiple of 6 minus 2, but I was curious as to what stitch that would make if I just kept knitting around (and let the pattern rotate around.) It makes this:

Which is lovely and super stretchy and I want to make more. (For the curious, it's K4, P2 on a multiple of 6 stitches minus 2. So when you get to the end of the round you start with P2...and keep rotating around. It's fun!)

Unfortunately I had not cast on two less than I needed as I blithely thought (and didn't check for some bizarre reason unknown to me). So I ended up with this:

Which is at least 26" long and too big for a human head. But at least I found a new stitch. And now I can rip it out and recast on the correct number of stitches.

Does anyone know what the above stitch is? It's some sort of mistake-stitch-double-seed-stitch something. Any help would be appreciated.

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