Saturday, March 17, 2007
Irish Hiking Scarf
I finally completed my second Irish Hiking Scarf. It took me a while, over a month, to finish. Not because the scarf is hard or demanding to knit. I had other projects going at the same time and I sporadically worked on the IHS Scarf, when I could. Well, I finished it last night.
I had to laugh that today is St. Paddy's Day, and it's my "Irish" Hiking Scarf. Too bad it's not green...
Specs on my IHS Scarf: I used 4 skeins of Patons SWS yarn in the color # 013 Natural Earth. ( I love the colors) The scarf too my over a month to make, despite being an easy pattern to memorize. I used US # 8 straight bamboo needles, throughout. Oh yes, my scarf measured approximately 60 inches. Another observation...this yarn make the scarf itself, quite heavy. It's a lot heavier than my previous Wool Ease version. Hmmm...?
Happy St. Paddy's Day, everyone!
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Can I Post?
Oh, this blog is now in the new version of blogger. I think I can finally post and comment. YAY! This makes me happy. I have missed everyone.
I have been a really busy knitter these days. I completed a pair of dark teal Fetching gloves recently. I used 2 skeins of Rowan Wool Cotton for the pictured gloves. The yarn is great for hand-oriented knits. It's soft. I think I will make a second pair of these soon. I wear these often...
I have completed a pair of lovely pink spiral-y socks too. The colors are very me, too. These are pretty basic, but I think the colors do the "talking." The yarn was sent to me a little while ago from my Punk Rock Secret Pal. Yummy yarn!
Lastly, I just finished a sweater. I made this sweater for Project Spectrum V.2. February and March are for the colors Blue, Gray and white. So, I made a stash-busting sweater in those colors. I used 4 skeins of the lighter blue, one skein of navy blue and a minimal amount of leftover Sassy Stripes yarn from a pair of past socks. The design is a bottom up seamless sweater. I adore the yoke part of the sweater, myself. It also fits me nicely, which is a plus. LOL!
And these are my most recent finished projects that I have to share. I am already working on others. So, stay tuned...
Oh, before I forget...Some things should be changed in the side bar if this blog is continuing. My blog link is not correct anymore. My newer blog is: http://lanaknits.blogspot.com/. Also, PRKG's is no more. So, that can be changed to the new blog there too. It's Punk Rock Knitters at http://punk-knitters.blogspot.com/. Ok, I think that was it. I am off to add this blog back to my links...so that I can visit often and post too.
YAY for stigmata...
Lovies, Lana
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