English Crystal
With this little tablecloth or lace square, I completed my personal February challenge for Stash Down 2008: the Logan River Wrap, and something lacy with the Omo.
ILY, Logan
The Logan River Wrap was such an enjoyable project. Everything went smoothly, the pattern repeat was easy to memorize. I did have yardage issues, but the wrap gained length during the blocking process, which made up for that.
Pretty Jay
Logan has dried and is now unpinned. Photo shoot this weekend. : )
I feel so spoiled! Mom surprised me last week with these lovely skeins. Continue reading »
knitting, shawls or stoles, yarn stash | 13 stitchesRelax!
Many thanks to everyone who left encouraging comments regarding my worries about the Logan River Wrap. I took Opal’s advice, “block the living hell out of it,” to heart and did exactly that.
The result? See for yourself. Continue reading »
knitting, shawls or stoles | 14 stitchesShort
I cast off Logan last night, and managed to get a so-so picture in the waning daylight. Continue reading »
knitting, shawls or stoles | 10 stitchesHarmony
Progress has slowed a bit on the Logan River Wrap, but I did finish the 25th repeat last night. I’m using the last ball of yarn right now, and I’m not sure I will have enough for all 29 repeats and the upper border. I’ll probably put in a lifeline at the end of the 28th repeat and see how it goes. I was going to show you all the lower border, but I forgot to take a picture, whoops!
Here’s some pretty yarn for you! This is the January shipment from the Harmony club (link in sidebar). Continue reading »
knitting, shawls or stoles, yarn stash | 11 stitchesRustic
Now that I had a plan worked out for the Omo yarn, I decided to start the other stole I wanted to knit, the Logan River Wrap. I was attracted to its rustic tweedy, and cozy appearance. By lucky coincidence, when this issue of Interweave Knits (Winter 2007) arrived, WEBS had the exact yarn on sale, in a gorgeous deep purple. It was fate! Continue reading »
knitting, shawls or stoles | 9 stitchesOmo, Take 3
After the Jeanie fiasco, I perused my copies of Victorian Lace Knitting and Kinzel’s Modern Lace Knitting for ideas on what to knit next. It took a while (there are many lovely things to choose from!), but I finally decided on “English Crystal,” a square design from Kinzel’s first volume. Continue reading »
knitting, shawls or stoles | 7 stitches
