Category Archives: Knitting Creations

Blocked at Long Last

I managed to block my Ulmus II:

I didn't manage to have it all stretched and nice behind my back oh well

I didn't manage to have it all stretched and nice behind my back oh well

It took me only 49 days, shame one me!

I like the point of this pattern

I like the point of this shawl

Do you see I have a new hair cut?

Trying on my new Ulmus

Trying on my new Ulmus

I think I like the new hair dresser I found by chance.

If  Sam will get up before the sun will go down or decide to disappear, I will take some photos of the 2 Ulmuses together and show them to you.
Sam finally got up and there was some kind of a sun still out there so Marcus took some photos of my two Ulmuses together:

Do you think we can fly?

Do you think we can fly?

I like the details:

I like the details of this shawl pattern

I like the details of this shawl pattern

This edging is pretty I think, in both colors.

This edging is pretty I think, in both colors.

And I think we can wear them like this too:

Are they nice like that or not?

Are they nice like that or not?

Sam on the other hand thinks only girls with no boobies (like me) or gay guys wear shawls like this. You see, she is too proud of her big boobies to be able to hide them in this fashion!

Oh and in this last photo I think you can see well the different drape of the 2 shawls.


I Do Knit

Seriously!

Latest FOs waiting for their spay treatment

Latest FOs waiting for their spay treatment

Saki sneaked into the frame and is acting all innocent as usual:

The Socks and the Cat

The Socks and the Cat

And this lonely sock is waiting for his mate:

A Lonely Sock

A Lonely Sock

who is still in the yarn state.

And the Ulmus II is all ready to be washed and blocked too:

Ulmus II all ready for its spa treatment

Ulmus II all ready for its spa treatment

The light edge was not a choice but a yarn shortage must, I think I like it though. I am waiting to see it blocked before I will take my final  decision on this issue.

Knitting Mantra

I have a confession! I love knitting projects that require repeat counting of stitches. I think this is why I loved knitting the Ulmus shawls. The pattern made me count to 3 in a mantric way that I find very relaxing. Does this sound weird to you or do you do it too?

Yesterday, I started Maplewing. I am using Whisper, the merino laceweight yarn of The Woolen Rabbit in the colorway Arabian Night and I am loving it.

A failed attempt at showing you the lace in my Maplewing bud

A failed attempt at showing you the lace in my Maplewing bud

This sure is a long start - 522 stitches in all their glory

This sure is a long start - 522 stitches in all their glory

In the first section of the pattern there is a repeat of 39 stitches and I find myself counting all the time,  It goes:

10, 9, 10, 5 with some stitch manipulations in between
6, 10, 7, 10,1  and the manipulations
2,10,5,10,7,,,

What a treat!

The pattern has its own internal markers (the above mentioned stitch manipulations) so if I don’t get to one of them at the end of one of my counting sections, I know I have a problem and I stop and check, this make it perfect for this relaxing knitting/counting sessions.

Do you think I am crazy or do you enjoy things like this in your knitting too?