24 Jan
This is the progress so far:
The upper peak will be the top edge. From there to the bottom corner is just about 42 inches. Following the angles out, the top edge of the shawl will be roughly 72 inches. Sounds large, but 42 inches is just barely from my shoulder to my knee, which means [...]
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21 Jan
Well, that’s what some people would call it. How ’bout you?
You might recognize that jumble as being the shawl I mentioned a few days ago, and Sam suggested going across the top.
And actually it’s not nearly as awkward as I let that picture depict. Here it is, all smooth and waiting for what comes [...]
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18 Jan
The GODS were against me today…. running my camera batteries down … and then having to RE-photograph all the skeins I had already RE-photographed once already today… then editing each and every shot ….. and THEN when I got them all suitably ready and a page ready to show them off, I couldn’t access my [...]
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14 Jan
Well, I am satisfied that I reached today’s goal of finishing the 2nd triangle of the multidirectional shawl:
Because of the short needle I bunched one side, and then the other, but really it is wider than it looks in either photo above or below.
When I reached the final row of the browns, I picked up [...]
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12 Jan
Here’s what I’ve been working on in “spare” time the last few days. It’s a multi-directional shawl, built on simple garter-stitch geometry. I made one triangle from the right corner of the shawl and built it sideways to the vertical center (about 22 inches along the short edges). Now, I’m [...]
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05 Jan
hahaha
Okay, so I’ve been remiss in posting. Here are two projects I’m working on this week:
I started with EZ’s circular shawl pattern and decided to take it up a notch … or twelve! I’m planning to fill in the gaps with a contrasting yarn in different shapes. It will likely take [...]
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