@knitting This is the first WIP I have with me this evening that I’m hoping to finish. This is a granny square that was made from the leftovers of my Triple Advent blanket that I’ve decided to add an icord edge to. I’ve got just under 2 edges left. #knitting
My new Must Stash yarn arrived yesterday. I have Plans of things to try with it. That said, those plans are on hold until I finish the socks I am currently working on and probably until I also finish the Advent shawl. Excited but don’t want to lose momentum on my current efforts. #knitting#FiberArts@knitting@fiberarts
The craft of knitting Cowichan sweaters is handed down through the generations in First Nations families on Vancouver Island, BC.
Having to sell the sweaters at wholesale prices to shops that mark up the retail cost by hundreds of dollars has led to an initiative called Knit With Purpose to deal direct with buyers and give knitters a fair wage for their time and expertise.
And they are done! My second bonus #FallFinishAlong project, colorblock camp socks from Ozetta with bonus contrast toe. These worsted socks probably won’t fit in my shoes but they’ll work in boots and be good around the house. The Icelandic yarn has an interesting texture. I hope it softens up with a soak. I need to remember these are non-superwash or I’m going to end up with felted baby slippers instead of adult socks ;) #knitting#FiberArts@knitting@fiberarts
I haven’t posted much knitting and I realized that’s because I didn’t want to post pics I thought were too repetitive (left slipper and then right slipper) so I thought I’d wait till I was done and then I decided, hey, that’s silly. So here are some progress pics from the Scandinavian snowflake slippers. Both feet completed; stitches picked up and waste yarn snipped for cuff; one cuff complete and working on second cuff. #knitting#FiberArts@knitting@fiberarts#handmade
@eyrea@knitting Thank you very much. I can't lie, I didn't pick the colours. They are from 3 different advent calendars. If you read the blanket across, it shows the different combinations front and back and if you read the blanket top to bottom it's the days (Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 etc) for each combination. Does that make sense? It's basically yarn and recreational maths.
I know, I know l, I said I was going to skip a yarn advent this year… but then The Blue Brick came out with a mood board I love. AND instead of 24 days of fingering plus a full skein, it’s 12 days of DK “minis” and a full skein. 12 days of DK seems so much more manageable even if it is something like 2000 yds total. A lap blanket sounds fabulous. https://shop.thebluebrick.ca/products/the-12-days-of-christmas
DAYS SINCE LAST YARN PURCHASE: 0
(Made it to 9 before this)
@knitting I've been feeling sad at my lack of progress with my #fallfinishalong projects. Then I realised that it's for a whole season not just a month and now I want to knit all the things. #knitting#autumn
@KarenStrickholm@knitting your Rav queue is beautifully restrained! I've got Husbeast's cardigan to finish (I'm just about to put the sleeves in but I need to do paperwork 1st). Then I have my Triple Advent Blanket to finish and a brioche shawl to work on. Oh and a sock for Husbeast.
@KarenStrickholm@knitting it’s actually a really lovely technique although you knit every row twice so it takes bloody ages! I deliberately designed my Triple Advent blanket to use brioche so I could make mistakes and learn how to fix them in a low stakes way. Go on. Give it a go! 😉