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,...