We had a lovely weekend away in Colorado last week, so no YOP update post from me, although I did get a lot of knitting done!
I finished up a not-quite-matching hat/scarf set. The scarf is the Malabrigo Waffles Scarf (a free pattern on Ravelry). The hat is the Dots and Lines hat by Lete’s Knits. For both of these, I used a very well-marinated stash yarn, Rowan Tweed DK, in the Dark Emerald colorway. I knit a sweater eons ago from this, and had 3 and a little bit balls leftover. I think my folks got me this during one of their UK trips in the early 2000s? Not entirely sure, but it was pre-Ravelry.
I also started (and have since finished) the Rosewater shawl, designed by Janina Callio of Woolenberry. I’m knitting this as a shop sample for my friend, Jocelyn, over at Serendipidye. This is on her Filolious base (a decadant blend of alpaca, silk and cashmere) in the Little Diva colorway. It is currently having a little soak before I block it, so finished pictures later this week, but so you can get an idea of the color and overall look, here’s where it was during our travels. This is a single-skein, fingering-weight shawl, knit all in garter stitch and a garter lace (so zero purling is involved). The bottom lace border appears complex but it’s actually very easy and not even charted; it’s mostly just yo/k2tog pairings in creative ways.
Additionally, I finished up the first pair of socks for the Falling Leaves Sock KAL 2022 hosted by Denise of Earthtone Girl. These are just a plain vanilla sock with a Fish Lips Kiss heel. I used Fiber Stash Dyeworks Twinkle Toes in the Hayride colorway for the main color, with contrast heels/toes using The Unique Sheep Luxe Sock in Sinful.
I have also been working on the Aloft shawl I cast on a couple of weeks ago. I’ve finished the second of the chart repeats. The design is from Bekah Knits and was originally part of Laine’s 52 Weeks of Shawls but is now available as a standalone pattern. I’m using it as the “A” pattern in my Shawls A to Z personal challenge. The yarn is the last of a custom spun base I had created for my shop – a yummy blend of alpaca, wool and silk. The original yarn (Celestial) had flecks of moss green silk noil in it but the mill ran out of the hand-dyed silk noil so these last few skeins didn’t have the silk noil in them. No matter, as it is still a lovely yarn with a light halo and I’m really enjoying working with it.
Last, but not least, although I didn’t work on it much last week since we weren’t at home, I took advantage of our rainy Saturday yesterday to work on the left bottom corner of the Desert Mandala. I’m hoping I can settle in for a couple of hours of stitching this afternoon and get the last feather done.
Have a great week YOP’ers!
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Goodness, you got a lot done. Agree that Filolious base looks amazing. The socks turned out super cute and very fitting for fall. The Aloft shawl will also be beautiful. Lots of fun projects.
It’s hard to argue with cashmere. 😉 But it blocked out beautifully and if possible, I’m even more in love with it. It’ll be hard to send it off to have it’s moment of glory in Jocelyn’s shop.
Ouch, that would be hard. I assume you get it back after a period of display? So much beautiful yarn and project ideas, so little time. 🙂
This one probably not, but she’s happy to “pay” me for my knitting time with yarn, so I may ask her to dye me up a skein of this base as it’s really wonderful.
The shawl for your friends shop is gorgeous. Such a pretty color. The color of the scarf are beautiful.
I really love that shade of pink with just a hint of purple.
The socks are perfect for autumn walks. The rowan felted tweed yarn wears so well and is nice and warm so that’s a great set that I’m sure will last years. It’s a pretty shade too, I used purple years ago on an early project and it’s been shoved in and out of pockets and hardly looks worn. I look forward to seeing the blocked shawl later this week, that pink 💗.
Thank you! I love all of those fall colors and they were a fun quick knit. I wore the sweater I knit for ages. It was a go-to sweater that finally wore out at the sleeves and cuffs, but a workhorse for many years.
Great progress on these projects! I love the idea of doing a Shawl A-Z (or socks A-Z) but I don’t know how focused I would be on it once I’d started. I look forward to seeing what patterns you pick!
Thanks! I just had SO many favorited/queue patterns in my library, this was kind of an attempt to knit down some that I already own and not buy new things for a while. I’m also trying not to put a time deadline on either of those A to Z things – and I’m hoping that taking that pressure off Must-get-these-knit will help me continue to just make slow steady progress on the lists.
Makes sense! And oh yeah. I think a deadline for an A to Z knitting ANYTHING would stress me out majorly.
Those socks are perfect for Fall! I really like how they look with the contrast heel color. The shawl for your friends shop is pretty. Such a cheerful color!
Thank you! I was really glad I had saved that leftover of brown- I thought worked great as the heels!