SparkleShan

It's been a while since I did a knitting work in progress Wednesday and boy do I have a few things in progress. I'm still slowly and hear and there plugging away on the Boxy Sweater that I started in October. I still have another 9 inches of stockinette stitch before I even start the arms. And did I mention its in fingering weight yarn?? I am also knitting a second Terrafrom shawl with sparkle sock yarn that I dyed myself. I am going to add a second skein of some sparkle sock yarn that I also dyed myself, that is a little bit light then the current skein to make it longer and give it a cool ombre effect. My little sister is having a baby girl at the end of August so I am crocheting her a blanket. I am using some Cotton ease yarn that I have had for about 5 years, since they live in Virginia and the baby is being born in the summer I wanted to make a light weight blanket she can use right away. I also started a Bias Wrap in the left over Handmaiden mini maiden s...

This year I competed in the Ravelry Ravellenic  games that coincide with the 2014 Winter Olympics. This is the first time I actually finished projects before the games ended. And I finished 6 on top of that! For the work in progress category I finally finished my first garment that I started 3 years ago, Rusted Root sweater. I'm so happy to finally have finished it!  I also finished several slouchy hats for myself, Emma and one for my best friend too.   

I've been doing some holiday gift knitting recently and I am on a head band kick. They are perfect to keep your ears warm in the winter months. I even knit one for myself. The patterns were all easy and fast I found them on ravelry.com 

I counted the number of knitting projects that I have on the needles that aren't hibernating and I have 8! I have a bad case on chronic cast on! Luckily I finished one of those projects tonight, a headband to keep my ears warm.  I'm also working on a linen stitch scarf with scraps of sock yarn.  My first sweater, the Boxy. The Sastrugi Cowl designed by my friend Brittany Wilson in some yummy angora blend yarn. The Bee keepers quilt has been brought out of hibernation.  I'm also working on a test knit for a friend, designing a shawl and another head band and some wash cloths for Christmas gift.  I made a challenge for myself that I won't cast on any new projects until I finish two. Hopefully I can stick to it!

Every Wednesday I am going to post about my current crafty (mostly knitting) works in progress. This week I am still working on the herbivore shawl in my lovely sparkley hand dyed sock yarn.

Last night I released a new knitting pattern that I designed last year. I designed a cowl to use hand spun yarn, but really any yarn can be used. There are directions for knitting the cowl in either fingering weight or DK weight yarn. This is only the second knitting pattern I have ever designed, but I am hoping to work on more designs this year. I am offering a free copy of the cowl pattern on Ravelry (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/reverse-seed-stitch-cowl) until April 2nd, using coupon code 'newspring'. I would love to see more people knitting this pattern and please share them with me in my Ravelry group here .        

In honor of Pi Day, we are doing a Pi Shawl Knit a long in Bohoknitterchic's Ravelry group. I am knitting the Doubloon Shawl . This will probably end up being the biggest thing I have ever knit once I am done, as it calls for 2000 yards of lace weight yarn. I am using a yummy alpaca, cashmere, silk blend yarn hand dyed by my friend Carrie. This is my first time knitting with lace weight yarn. Here is a shot of my progress so far.                                                   

My Friend Brittany Wilson designed an awesome shawl, Gowan , and I did a test knit of it for her. I knit the shawl using hand dyed sparkle sock yarn from another friend Carrie. I used about 380 yards of yarn and the size of the shawl after blocking was 51 inches by 22 inches. You can check out Brittany's other awesome pattern designs here .                                           

I added several new hand knit items to my Etsy Shop today. They were all hand knit by me using hand spun yarn from my friends or yarn that I spun myself. Here is a preview of what I added. And don't forget my 20% off sale is still going on!! Use coupon code 'KIDNEY' at check out (club listings excluded).