I recently finished blocking my Citron Shawl. I’ll have to admit that I was glad to finally be done with this one. The rows of stockinette seemed never ending. I almost gave up in the last few rows. Overall, I’m ok with the shawl, but it’s not one that I love. Even after a very [...]
Ever since the 2009 Winter Knitty came out, I’ve been thinking about Citron. While it seems that the majority of Ravelry seems to be knitting it in fingering weight yarn, I’ve decided to stick with the original laceweight. I’m using an unknown, unlabeled lavender colored baby alpaca laceweight yarn that my mom purchased She knit [...]
April was underappreciated pattern month for the Ravelry Sock Knitter’s Anonymous (SKA) group knitalong. To qualify as underappreciated, there had to be no more than 15 projects on Ravelry. Before the month started, I did some research, and found that the Dresser Scarf Socks pattern in my queue qualified for the challenge. Luckily for me, the [...]
I’ve finally gotten around to taking a photo of my finished Absinthe socks. I knit them in the smaller size (56 stitches), but did add some stitches along the way. On the foot, I only moved 2 stitches total from N2 to N1, giving me 30 on N1 and 26 on N2. When I was [...]
About two weeks ago, I wanted to go to knit night, but had nothing to knit. How lucky I was that the Spring Knitty came out that day. After taking a look through, I decided to cast on for the Absinthe sock pattern. I knew that I had the perfect color yarn for the pattern. [...]
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