I put the final stitches in my shawl and washed and laid it out to block. I didn’t block it aggressively, because I wanted it to retain the squishiness of the garter stitch. Because the value of the colors is so close to each other (main/contrast colors), the pattern is more subdued. I think it… Continue reading On the Spice Market
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A tiny modification
So far, only one tiny modification has been required, and likely no one will ever know except me (and I’ll probably forget it some day). I started knitting section 4 with the pink. I got a couple of repeats in, and realized, hmmm… that ball of yarn is getting really small, and I don’t know… Continue reading A tiny modification
A little shawl progress
I’m about halfway through the second part of my On the Spice Market shawl. Working back through the set of colors in the first part, they are now the accent colors. The main color may look like a simple gray in the shawl, but it really looks like a purple-gray (gray-purple?) in the yarn ball,… Continue reading A little shawl progress
Start all the things
Or at least that’s how it seems with the knitting. Now that Dad’s socks are finished, I gave myself permission to start a new shawl and a new sweater. I’ve had the shawl yarn since 2016 (I bought it as a “kit” from the Unplanned Peacock Studio dyers at a local yarn festival that they… Continue reading Start all the things
Some more gemstones
By the end of 2024, I had 5 “rows” complete on this shawl. It’s hard to take a photo of it when a row is in progress, so I had to wait until the row was complete. I’ve just started on the next row, and I continue to just choose colors as I go –… Continue reading Some more gemstones