Add One Purpled Stripe

The next steps on the Sweater Sampler are a twisted k1p1 rib and a k2p2 rib to demonstrate how an increase in the number of k’s and p’s in a rib increases the snugness factor.  I’ve seen this to great effect on socks.  I really like a k3p1 there.  
Then there’s the addition of different [...]

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Another Border

I don’t have a lot to show for the last couple of days as my work life has been pretty busy. But I did manage to add the pink borders to my Starflower quilt (stack n whack).
Now it will be put aside until I get a little more practice with machine quilting.  I had hoped [...]

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The Sweater Sampler 1

I made quite a lot of progress on my sweater sampler last night.  The worsted weight, 4 ply yarn works up very quickly, even though I’ve added some extra stitches to help the knitting flow around the 16″ circular needle a little more smoothly.

So far on the sampler I’ve done stitches I already know:  garter, [...]

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New Project

Well, I frogged the yellow Twisted Tulip socks.  They’re way too complicated to work on right now.  Not especially hard, just requiring concentration and undivided attention which I cannot currently provide.  I think they’re a vacation-in-Taos project.    
They’re going back into the stash for a while and I’m moving on to the Sweater Sampler [...]

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It’s Coming Together

I have the body of my Stack n Whack hexagons quilt pieced together with one border added.  
Here’s a picture of how some of the units went together in strips.

And here’s the entire body pieced.

I’m adding a one-inch border in black and I have some great pink/fuschia-colored fabric that I’m going to use to add [...]

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Working on the Quilt

I’m continuing to work on my Stack n Whack quilt.  I really need to think up a name for it, but nothing’s come to me so far. Here are some more hexagons.

Once the hexagons are complete the rest of the quilt gets put together in units.
Here are the units stitched together ready to be [...]

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Stack n Whack Hexagons, Continued

Here are some more of the hexagons I put together yesterday:

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Back to Whack N Stack

John headed up to Northern Virginia to spend the day with our daughter today.  Larissa wanted to take him to the new Air and Space Museum at Dulles and to a film about flying.  So it was Dad and Daughter day for him.
That gave me a nice chunk of time to get back to work [...]

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A New Project!

Well, not exactly.  It’s a start over of a project I began during our move.
I frogged the few rows I had completed on my Twisted Tulip Socks and have now knit a few more beyond what I took out.  This is a pretty complicated pattern that makes very fine cables with a cable needle and [...]

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Aspen Grove Shawl Stitching CompleteI

I have just finished knitting my Aspen Grove Shawl that I started for the Seasons of Lace Summer 2008 Knit Along.  I’m pleased with the way it’s turned out and am anxious to get it on the blocking board.

However, I decided this would be a perfect project to try out lace blocking wires on, so [...]

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