I have finished the first panel of Anna’s Aran Afghan. I’m now designing the center-panel, and will update as soon as I’ve decided what it’s going to look like. After I have knit the center-panel I plan knit a second panel mirror image to the first panel for a total of three.
I have also cast on a new project – Falling In Love socks, a pattern by Anniken Allis, available at MagKnits. I’m using a lovely purple yarn from Apple Laine – local yarn from Russell, Ontario. It’s really nice. It’s 174 m per 50 g skein, and I am using 2.75 mm dpns.
The socks are finished! The pattern was basic ribbed socks by Kate Atherly from Spun Magazine. I wanted a plain pattern to allow the stripes in the yarn to show nicely. I used Supersocke 100 yarn from ONline (420 m per 100g), 75% wool and 25% polyamid, and 2.75 mm dpn. I’m quite pleased with the result.
Project start: March 7, 2007
Completed: April 24, 2007
We had another lovely meeting at Crystal’s house. This time it was while most of the older kids were in school and nursery school, so there was even more time for knitting and knagging. Christine B continued working on her Izzy dolls. Christine L was working on her silk-purse. Wendy finished the front (or was it back? First side, at any rate.) of her sweater. Crystal was working on an afghan, but is considering scrapping the project since the yarn is too rough. Heather was knitting dish cloths, and I was working on my afghan. Adrianna joined us for the first part of the morning, but then had to run off to pick up children at school.
The afghan is coming along quite nicely. At the moment I am probably a little over 2/3 done with the first panel. I’m noticing that in the lovely spring weather we’ve been having for the past couple of days, it’s a little too warm to be knitting wool blankets. But in the evenings it’s nice and cozy, so I’m still making a lot of progress.
I have decided to make two panels of this kind and a different center-panel with more braids. What it will look like exactly is not clear yet. I have also decided to create some kind of edging for the top and bottom.
I have purchased 20 balls of yarn. That should be enough for the whole blanket.
Anyways, so far I’m pleased with the result and will continue working busily. Hockey playoffs should give me lots of evening knitting time. At least for as long as the Senators are playing. At the moment we are guaranteed another round.
And there are two more bears. A white, soft, fluffy thing named Snowflake for L. She selected the yarn herself – all nylon from Patons, called Be-Mine (81 m per 50g).
And a lovely green (excuse me, Geothermal) and purple (that would be Cyberspace) bear for V. He is made with the leftover Berroco Air from the Arctic Throw. So I guess by definition, he’s a real AirBear.
Project started: 12 April, 2007
Completed: 16 April, 2007
Today I knit a little brown bear. I’m so pleased with the result. He is really cute. The pattern is Air Bear from Berroco, although I used Alafoss Lett Lopi yarn instead (100m per 50g). A helped me pick out the colour and picked this brown because “it looks like yummy chocolate!”. I used 5.0 mm straight needles, and stitched it together using more Alafoss yarn. I think I’m hooked and am going to make another bear shortly, so that this one does not get lonely!
Project started: 11 April 2007
Completed: 11 April 2007
I have finished my headband in Merino/Silk/Cashmere from Sublime (86 m per 50g, needle size 5.0 mm). The pattern was adapted from one from Garnstudio , because I thought the pattern was so pretty. Of course it’s too warm to wear such things now, so I’ll have to save it for the fall/winter, but I’m sure I will enjoy it then. Finally something nice to keep my head warm!
Project started: March 2007
Completed: 10 April 2007
My Celtic Knot Afghan is finally complete. I finished the knitting last weekend, and now it’s all assembled. I am rather pleased with the outcome. I started this back in January. The main reason for choosing this pattern was that I wanted to learn how to knit cables. And if I was going to do that, I might as well make something that counts.
Well…. I think this counts.
The pattern is by Nicky Epstein and is available here. I used a red yarn, Alfa from SandnesGarn (60 m per 50 g), and 7.0 mm needles.
I learned a number of things while knitting this afghan;
1. Cables are fun
2. I prefer to use a double-pointed needle, slightly smaller than the regular needles, to do the cables (I used a 5.5 mm dpn). This works out better than any of the cable-needles I tried.
3. Patterns sometimes have to be modified slightly, and that’s ok. For this project, I changed the kind of make and decreases used at the top and bottom of the rounded portions of the knots.
4. I learned how to cast on by knitting on stitches – my regular CO method didn’t work for the edging.
5. Edging looks lovely.
Project started: 11 Jan 2007
Completed: 1 April 2007.
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