Shawling Along

The third clue of the WendyKnits Summer 2014
Mystery Shawl came out on Saturday.  I have
7 of 18 repeats done.  I suspect Ruth is done with hers.
I did 23 repeats of Clue 2, which will make the back a
little larger.  It is still going to be a rather small shawl, I think.

The color is much more vibrant than this pic shows

Have a little start on the 2nd sock. 

Ruth's is beautiful, and the color is lighter in person than
it looks in the pictures.

Yesterday was a beautiful day for the pool.  This summer
has been really yucky pool weather so we were so glad
we could take advantage  yesterday.  Today is going
to stay in the 60's so I suspect we will not get much, if
any, use of it this week. The cool nights drop the temp
and it does not recover in the daytime.
Joe has worked so hard in his garden this year, and it
looks totally flooded this morning.  I hope his crop
survives!!! 

 Cuteness overload!

 I love this picture!

 Abbey loves picnics

 I hate it when he does this

 and that's why he does it

Chillin

reason for picnic

I'm on vacation this week, and what does one do when
its raining and cold?  KNIT of course!

Mystery

Ruth and I have been busy all week working on Wendy Knits
Summer Mystery Shawl. Clue 2 came out yesterday.

 


I finished up Clue 1 on Friday, just in time.
This picture is 1/2 way thru Clue 2.

 I like the pattern a lot. I like the lace edging because its so few stitches (21),
and the body is not many more (42)

Since I am half way thru Clue 2, I am guesssing that the shawl is 1/2 way
done. I put it in the center of my back and it is only this big:

I have enough  yarn to knit a couple more repeats....
all in all I am really enjoying this!

Here is  Ruth's!  Isn't it lovely!

She is also working on a dishrag in between.
Flax yarn. Pattern is Lacey fun by Elizabeth Lovatt Young. Free on Ravelry.

Martha is working on her tee top.

This is Miley Tee by c2knits. The yarn is Queensland collection Dream
Looking great so far!

In other news:
Joe has mastered Rotissere cooking:

 Have a great week!

Don't Judge Me

but I made another Baby Surprise sweater.

Plymouth Yarn Select Superwash yarn, size 7 needles
Sleeve ribbing size 5 needles.

I love this yarn.  It's a little pricey, so I buy a few skeins here and
there when its on sale.  Someday, I will just buy a bunch and make a
sweater for me.

It's lovely for baby garments.

I think finishing this little sweater with ribbed sleeves and a collar
really makes it much nicer.

and, of course, cute buttons!

It blocked so nice.  And just so you're not surprised when
it happens again, I plan to make a boy version in the near
future. No babies in mind yet.  It's kind of brainless knitting at this
point.

Finished up the first sock.  Lornas Laces' Solemate yarn from
Martha.


This is toe up.  I could have made a little longer if my
calves weren't so gigundas!




I knit the Knits  through-the-back loop to really
make them pop.

I have a really small start on the 2nd one, but really love this pattern
Knit 2 rows, Seed stitch one row

Ruth finished up her crazy crazy sock.
Regia BLITZ yarn.

Martha finished up her Lichen and Moss socks.
(Ruth did same pattern a while ago).  Pale lavender yarn.
Toes are with some yarn we died 6 years ago at her house.

I really need to try this pattern.  Soon.  She is working on a cute summer
top - no pics to show yet.

The three of us are doing WendyKnits summer mystery shawl.
No progress as of yet to write about. 1st clue came out yesterday.

Rainy Sunday here in  Western New York. Not much else to say
about it.  Let's hope next week is warmer than predicted so the pool
stays warm.  Happy Knitting.

Inventing

I finished up the Oh Helen shawl on Wednesday. Fringed and blocked it.

It turned out great.

I was a little skeptical that it would look good and not  home-made, so
I bought two little white sweaters just in case.

Joe said the shawl looked way better! Yea!  Received lots of compliments
at the wedding, and no thought it was made by me!

The next thing was finding a bag to go with the outfit.  Believe
me I looked.  $25-$30 little bags and I did not like any of them.
ugh x 10000000000.

See the bag in the picture I'm holding...yep...made it!!

I did a little poking around on Ravelry. I knew what I wanted but
didnt see anything exact.  I had tons of the Berroco Captiva
yarn left. (hate that yarn by the way - working with it is a
nightmare)...anyway.  Thinking way back to the booga bags
we all made.

 I started out with size 6 needles (suggested size
for yarn is 8) I wanted it tight.  It was too big looking so
I went down to a size 4.

Cast on 30 stitches and knit 25 rows.  Picked up stitches all the way around.
Knit 10 rows or so, and decided it needed beads....which I had from a
project many years ago.

Its so hard to see the beads in these pictures.  I staggered the beads around,
with 3 plain rows inbetween.  I used my cell phone for the bottom template and
worked up from there.

Once I decided it was big enough, I Knit 5 YO, K2tog, all the way around.
then knit a few more rows, and added a final row of beads. I used the crochet
hook method to add beads.  Thank goodness it rained Thursday or I never
would have got this done.

Then I decided it needed a ruffle. So I k1, k1 / increase one tbl all of the way
around, and knit a few more rows.

Then worked on the i-cord. I put beads at each end of the icord.  Started
the i-cord with 4 stitches, but it was too big...went down to 2 stitches, and it
was dainty enough.

Now I did get a few compliments on the bag too!

Also this week, I started the sock from yarn from Martha. I started out
using same pattern as Ruth, but it was not fun to knit. Ruth's looked fab!
I am such a tight knitter, I was having trouble picking up the yo and bringing
over 2 stitches.   I ended up using the pattern Grumperina made last 
K 2 rows, seed stitch one row...

I like them a lot!  The pattern is not soft thougth, but the bottom of the foot
is and that's all that matters.

Worked a little on this too:

Ruth  did not have any pics to share.

Martha is working her way down both socks. Says she has wild
yarn for the toes!!!! So pretty...

Have a great week!