Some Knitting Time

Work has kept me so busy. Life in general has been very busy and I haven't had any time to knit. I always have a project with me wherever I go, but I still haven't had any time to knit. For my own sanity, I took a few days off from work before the Thanksgiving holiday so I could have some time to myself and do what I love the most. Knit.

I finished a cowl for a friend of mine who was in town this weekend. This was a quick knit that I found the stitch pattern for in one of my stitch dictionaries. I love the ripples. The yarn is Madeline Tosh, which is so yummy! It's wonderful to knit with, feels amazing, and blocks beautifully!

I also managed to make some headway on an entrelac scarf that I've been working on for my niece. It's made out of the Noro Kureyon yarn using three different color schemes. I love how the yarn transitions throughout the scarf. It has all the bright colors she loves! It will make a great treat for her come Christmas time. Although, as the weather gets cooler, she may even receive it sooner.

Happy Knitting!

One down... many more to go!

It's finally finished!

I started the Juneberry Shawl from Brooklyn Tweed many months ago. It was such a quick knit and I was almost done... and then I realized I was going to run out of yarn. When I went shopping for this project, I had bought enough yarn and I was going to have some leftover. That all changed of course. There was maybe 8 inches left on the border and my little yarn ball was not going to get me very far.

To check and see if my eyes were deceiving me, I used a trick that Cheryl Oberle had told me about during one of her classes that I took. It involves some math and a yarn scale, and it helped me figure out if I really did, or didn't, have enough yarn for the rest of the border. You can read about it here on her blog.

After weighing the yarn ball and a little math, I came to realize that I really was going to need more yarn. I ordered three skeins from Webs and as soon as it arrived, I started back up on my shawl. Since the dye lot was similar, but not the same, I alternated every two rows with the new and the original yarn.

And here is the result!