Scarf finished for New Year

Posted by on Dec 28, 2006 in Craft | One Comment

According to some Sottish folkloric thingy, all current knitting projects need to be done and dusted before New Year’s Eve… and  no new ones started until midnight.01 of the New Year… this might be to give us all a break from knitting like demons to get things finished for Christmas or it might not… Anyhow ...

Clapotis and Misty Garden scarves

Posted by on Oct 31, 2006 in Craft | One Comment

Just a gratuitous scarf shot – neither are finished but hey, I hadn’t posted anything for a while… :) The Clap you know, and the other one is a varient of Misty Garden from Scarf Style. It’s a mixture of some Alpaca my SP sent me in the summer and some Be Sweet boucle mohair… ...

Clapotis in Wales…

Posted by on Aug 21, 2006 in Craft | 2 Comments

Just come back from a long weekend in Wales where some more of Clapotis was knitted… I’ve switched over from using stitch markers to just purling to show where the stitch eventually needs to be dropped.. much easier! An annoying thing using the Tapestry yarn however… I know that sometimes the wool snaps and there ...

The Clap (!!)

Posted by on Aug 16, 2006 in Craft | No Comments

So.. about 2 years after everyone else has made one, I am starting another [Christmas] present and making a scarf version of Clapotis.. Blame the new Tapestry yarn from Rowan.. I saw a ball in blue hues that [someone] really likes and thought it’d make a great gift for her.. I’d often hear crazy craft ...

Seaside scarf

Posted by on Apr 23, 2006 in Craft | No Comments

So this is the resulting scarf – it was pretty quick to do (all garter stitch) but was fun knitting with the different textured wool… The boucles and ribbons weren’t actually as tangly as I thought they would be – in fact for me it was easier to knit with than cotton (I’ve discovered I ...

Seaside scarf

Posted by on Apr 7, 2006 in Craft | No Comments

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