I had a partial ball of Kidsilk Haze left after I'd made a version of the Annis shawl for a friend's birthday. At around the time I was casting off the shawl, a mini version of the pattern was posted on Ravelry. Said mini version required the use of beads and I figured it was best to try beads on a small project first so this Mini Annis was born.
I wish I'd beaded more of this. I was so sure the beading would be a pain in the bum to do and would take forever, that I only beaded where the nupps were supposed to go. I wish I'd beaded the spines of the lace now as the beads were, for me at least, not that difficult to place. I used a very fine crochet hook with the bead threaded onto it, picked up the loop, ran the bead onto the loop, transferred the loop back to the needle and knitted it. "Simples" as the Meerkat on the ad would say.
So having practiced on this one, I am confident I can tackle the beaded shawls in my queue. But of course I didn't cast on a beaded shawl. I've cast on a Garden of Alla shawl in the rainbow laceweight I got for my birthday. I started on 5mm needles but I wasn't sure I liked the look so I've changed the tips to 4.5mm and will start chart two using those. I am hoping the transition won't be too obvious.
But I can't knit lace and do other things simultaneously yet, so for TV knitting and nights when my brain won't cope with repeating a stitch pattern accurately, this week I also cast on my first top down, set in sleeve sweater. Knit in black Jaeger Merino Aran yarn, the pattern is Tang from "Custom Knits" by Wendy Bernard. I had to learn to do a provisional cast on for this one. It took me two days to cast on sixty four stitches. I actually cast on way more than that, then dropped the first forty or so. It took me that long to get the rhythm going and to manage stitches that went all the way around the needle. In the end I had to cast onto a really large straight needle then knit off that onto my beloved Harmony interchangables.
There is also a lone and very sad little sock, part knit and sitting patiently in my In Tray at work. This is my lunch break project and there haven't been any lunch breaks for the last couple of weeks.
I think I might suffer from multiple project syndrome or something.
3 comments:
Despite the 'simples' remark, I'm still not going to try knitting with fuzzy cobwebs and I'm most certainly not going to put shiny things on owt. I shall leave it up to you. It's a very pretty colour.
Sorry for your lack of lunch/free time and for your turtleneck travails. Here's to a success on the black aran. Sorry, black aran in a pattern you've never tried - put in extra lightbulbs in your house!!
I too have recently learnt provisional cast on - felt very swish doing it on the 12 st test. Actually casting on 90something stitches... aagh. It looks a lot better when you've picked them back up and knitted them, rather than hanging from a thread and looking all loopy and loose.
Keep calm and knit on.
Cheers,
AJ
Very very pretty! And not as 'simples' as you make out.
OMG! that is so beautiful! That is so fine, and it must take so much patience. If that is simple I would hate to see one that was oncidered complicated. I would be trying to knit while watching football and end up with one great big knot.
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