Noro Scarf

I know I've said it before, but there are some projects that I think I enjoy photographing even more than knitting (we're splitting ...

Cap Shawl Finished

One week later, and one massive frogging later than planned, I am finally finished with the Cap Shawl. Yarn: Misti Alpaca Lace Needles: Sus...

A new start

I've been wanting to knit another shawl. Shawl knitting must be at least as addictive as sock knitting. Once you finish one, well, you...

Knitting With All the Windows Open

Spring came, unapologetically , and I've been doing my darnedest to enjoy it while I can. In New York, if you don't look hard, you...

spider's-web shawl

Pattern : Spider’s-web shawl Size : Half hexagon Finished Measurements: approx. 75” across top, 24” from middle center down to bottom of sha...

Blocking Lace

I got my new KnitPicks catalog today and there was an interesting article in it about blocking lace. A more detailed article can be found in...

Double the pleasure.......

Double Border Scarf (pg 104) Yarn: Rowan's Kidsilk Haze Colorway: Candy Girl Needle Size: 6 Blocked size: 19x57 Here she is, the second ...

Melon is Blocked

I used JaegerSpun Zephyr Wool-Silk lace weight in violet on size 7 needles.

Moving On

Well. It's been almost a week and I am still completely beside myself from the flattering, generous, and passionate responses you have ...

From Cherry Leaf to Handsome Triangle

My first attempt at knitting a shawl from this book has been abandoned. This is the Shoulder Shawl in the Cherry Leaf Pattern from page 134...

Handsome Triangle Progress

Here is a picture of my handsome triangle shawl in Kidsilk Haze. Progress was slow since I stopped to work on something else, but it is bac...

Another Double Border Scarf

Apparently....well.....I'm addicted to this scarf.....can't get enough of it. I had bought 2 skeins of Rowan - Kidsilk haze for a sc...

Melon is Finished!

I finished knitting my Melon Shawl. Off the needles it looked like this: Then I pinned it out: Although I enjoyed knitting this shawl, I did...

Knitting at the Edge

I've made it to the edge of the Cap Shawl, and I think we might have a FO in the next week or so. Before I started on the edging, I had ...

Saddle Shoulder Aran Cardigan

Well it has indeed been an eventful month on my needles. I must say that this has positively been the most exclusive I think I've ever...

The Finishing Touches

The sweater is done. All the knitting. All the button-banding. All the wet blocking. Wow, it's almost disorienting. I find myself wa...

Melon Border

I am now more than halfway done with the border on my Melon Shawl. The color is kind of a violet-periwinkle color. A very light, blue-purple...

Started something new

Lace knitting really is addictive. Just when I finished the first shawl I had to start the next one immediately. Now that I binded off the t...

The VLT scarf patterns started me thinking -- hey, if you made them wider, you'd have a mini-shawl. It only took one skein of KP Gossa...

What Now?

Now that the excitement and apprehension of cutting is over, I feel it's rather anticlimactic (cruel?) dragging this process on for you,...