Knitting again

[callmemadam]

I have been knitting again.




First up I finished a plain sweater, knitted in Patons Inca, which is an alpaca mix, lovely and soft and warm. The yarn was less than half price from Hobbycraft, so a good buy. I used a Rowan pattern, which worked very well. When I used a Rowan yarn for something from the same book, I needed needles a size smaller than stated, but with the Inca the tension worked as it should.

I inherited an iPod but couldn’t bring myself to use it until I made a new sock for it and so made it look like mine. This is done in Patons Pageant, an odd ball which someone gave me.




As a Christmas treat and project, I bought a Twilleys scarf kit which was half price in our little wool shop. Twilleys call this a zigzag scarf, everyone else calls it multi directional knitting. The yarn, Twilleys Freedom Spirit, is nice; I like the effect of it very much. The knitting, which looks so clever, is actually easy peasy. I have two whines with the pattern, though. With the amount of yarn I have left over I’m sure I could have made an extra triangle and a longer scarf. Then the decrease section at the end was a problem. Either I am stupid at following instructions or the pattern was wrong but I soon saw that it wasn’t going to work and had to undo a chunk. Luckily, some internet research suggested a way and after that it was quick and easy. I’m pleased with the scarf and now that I’ve mastered the technique I’m keen to try it with other yarns from my stash.



Now I have to finish a sock which has been on the needles for months and then I can start using the lovely yarn I was given for Christmas

Comments

[land-girl.livejournal.com]

Lovely things, all of them - I think we have very similar tastes in yarn!

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I love the autumnal shades of the scarf.

[dozydormouse.livejournal.com]

Beautiful. I have decided to rescue my knitting from the spare room again.

[mimmimmim.livejournal.com]

You've been really busy! I've only managed about 4 inches of a Louisa Harding jumper this holiday.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Good idea to get the knitting out: just the thing for January.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's been ages since I did any knitting but now I feel keen again. It's satisfying to polish off the UFOs. Distracts me from all the other things I haven't done :-)

[minniemoll.livejournal.com]

I love multidirectional scarves, I've made two so far. Although I do have a tendency to gain/lose stitches randomly, which isn't like me.

Are you on Ravelry yet? The waiting list is very short now, I'm told. My knitting journal has been sadly neglected since I started listing my projects on there.

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

I didn't really think I was good enough for Ravelry but I may join just to see what other people are up to. It's been a while since we saw your wondrous works here.

[minniemoll.livejournal.com]

Of course you're good enough! It's for all knitters, and it's a great source of inspiration. If you're thinking of doing a pattern, you can see it in lots of different sizes and yarns, with pattern notes, and you can see what people have made with yarns you like. The forums are very useful too.

Once Ravelry's open to the public I may start just putting up one photo of my FOs, with a link to the Ravelry page, which would save me posting all the photos twice (you have to use Flickr for Ravelry, but I can't work out how to post Flickr photos to lj.)

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

You're very encouraging! Perhaps I'll have a go. Flickr is a complete mystery to me, though.

[minniemoll.livejournal.com]

Flickr's very easy, you just upload your photos, put your username into Ravelry, and then they show up and you can drag and drop them. Probably easier than it sounds ;)

[pinkhebe.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! I am feeling inspired to knit a zig-zag scarf (again - and I have plenty enough on the needles at the moment).

~x~

[callmemadam.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Plenty on the needles? That won't stop you :-)