I’m early finishing this clue! I finished Laurel Mists MKAL Clue 3 with time to spare! It’s mostly knit or stockinette which makes for pretty quick knitting, and I was spurred on by the color shifting finally happening with the sock blank. The shawl coloring now reminds me of a sunset from a seashore. It’s …
Right down to the wire! I didn’t think I would make it but I did! Laurel Mists MKAL Clue 2 finished just in time! It wasn’t necessarily a difficult clue but the shawl is starting to get big! I’m starting to see some of the color changes starting in the sock blank, and that is …
Laurel Mists MKAL Clue 1 Finished! I managed to finish ahead of schedule! Getting started was troublesome; the instructions have you place markers at the beginning to mark the edge and center spine. The markers are fiddly when starting out and I ended up restarting the shawl a couple times, but I’m able to keep …
My “quick summer knit” ended up taking most of the summer! I used SweetGeorgia’s Flaxen Silk Fine for this top in the color “Starlight”, and the pattern is Holli Yeoh’s “Grotto Nymph”. There were a few challenges in knitting Grotto Nymph for me – knitted lace, linen yarn, fingering weight top. I live in a …
This summer I wanted to try a knit along with some of my knitting friends. I’ve never participated in a knit along before, let alone a mystery knit along! I can read patterns fairly well and feel confident that I can follow along not having seen the final result of the pattern. So when SweetGeorgia …