My New Obsession

My first Different Lines knitted in two colors of Casbah. I know there will be others in my future. I started it Friday evening, since then I want to knit all the time.

I also want to try all sorts of variations. I want to play with the stripes on both sides of this beauty.

The shape that is emerging makes me think this can be the first half of a lovely bell shaped shawl but I have issues how it can be knitted. I would like to keep the lovely border created by the M1R two stitches before the edge but how can I do it with a decrease instead of an increase? Do you have any idea?

 

Excuse me,  now I must go back to my knitting ,,,

My Study of Stripes

Although it is October and although I actually am on a sock knitting roll (details to follow), I decided to first share with you my version of the very popular Stripe Study by Veera Välimäki:

 

This was my birthday gift for my sister. To make it useful in Israel I used two different cottons of Americo Original. The eggplant is their Pima Cotton Lace that to me seemed heavier than the light pink one which is their Cotton Flame that is a thick and thin fingering weight. The differences in the yarns weights and the thick and thin nature of the pink one gives the shawl an extra texture variable that I found very agreeable.

Both my sister and I are very happy with the shawl:

After I will finish some projects that occupy my needles already, I am going to knit Veera’s Different Lines. That is, if I will not find myself casting on for it later today…