It’s funny how much pleasure I can get out of a little scarf. I’m so happy with how this turned out. Details Pattern Mistake Rib: CO 23. Every Row: *K2 P2* to last 3 sts, K2 P1. Slip first stitch of each row knitwise. Yarn Knit Picks Decadence 100% Superfine Alpaca in Winter Berry. 2 […]
roositud lessons
This roositud business is definitely a learning process. I substituted yarn because Rauma yarn isn’t avaialble locally for me and when it’s Saturday afternoon and you really need to start a new project, well, mail order just won’t do. I missed one important thing in subbing yarn though. The roositud yarn is about twice as […]
roositud!
you have no idea how i had to contort myself to get this pic Five inches of knitting at 8 spi doesn’t go very quickly. But I finally got to the Roositud tonight! I’m only a few rows in but I’m really enjoying it. You don’t ever knit with the contrast colors — you’re just […]
Quick Pic and a Question
My friend’s scarf is about 60% done. Her birthday is tomorrow. I knit on it on and off this weekend but for some reason it’s hurting my hands. I can’t even figure out why — it’s 100% alpaca, mistake rib (k2p2), done on US 10’s. The only thing I can think of it’s the US […]
Anu’s Stocking
After reading Margene’s post on Roositud I knew I had to try it out for myself. I had always thought it was simple embroidery, but now that I know it’s a knitting technique, I’m all for it! I’m doing Anu’s Stockings from Folk Knitting in Estonia. I decided to do them cuff-down because I was […]
i think it’s gonna work
When I posted about the yarn yesterday I really wasn’t sure what I was going to make out of it. I had knit and washed a gauge swatch and decided that I liked the yarn best at 3.5 spi*. I knit it at 4 spi and it bloomed to 3.5 after washing. That was a […]