Angelica
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Showing posts with label Wool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wool. Show all posts
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Stitch Scarf: Simple Slip Stitch
The latest stitch scarf that I've finished is the Simple Slip Stitch one. That was done by knitting one, slipping one stitch, and then knitting knitting three stitches for the first row, and then purling the second row. I used some leftover black yarn that I had to make (I'm not sure what that yarn is composed of, other than I'm pretty sure it's a synthetic blend of some form). I had some problem blocking this one as well, although not as bad as the Purl Ridges scarf. I think that the problems that I had with this one might be from the fact that the standard stockinette stitch has a tendency to curl at the edges (this scarf is basically a slightly modified form of that stitch; and the curl at the edge is what I could not undo with blocking with this scarf), so I found a suggestion online of how to modify the beginning/end of each row so that the finished product doesn't curl, which I will try out on another project that uses the stockinette stitch or something similar. I haven't started a new scarf yet but I'm hoping to in the next few days. Currently, I'm working on using the magic loop method for making socks (it's so much easier than doing each one individually, even when I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to switch over to double pointed needles for the heels). (Top two photos are of the scarf; the bottom one is of the socks I'm currently working on with the magic loop)
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Leg Warmers
Angelica
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Saturday, July 18, 2015
Modified Condo Knitting Garter Stripes
I'm going to have to set up an alert on my iPod calendar to remind me when I last did a post, because lately it's Monday, and I blink, and it's Friday. Anyway, this is the second scarf of my Stitch Scarf project. I ended up modifying the original stitch pattern by accident (I think I did this by doing an extra row in one section without realizing it). The original pattern was rows 1-6: knit (with two strands); rows 7 & 9 (RS): knit; rows 8 & 10: purl (with one strand) (repeat rows 1-10). I ended up doing rows 1-7: knit; rows 8 & 10: knit; rows 9 & 11: purl (all with one strand of yarn). I basically ended up with a pattern of of three different stripes instead of two, which hopefully you can see in the photos below (I had taken a picture of the swatch in the book for reference, but I must have deleted it off my phone :/ so I don't have any way to let you compare them at the moment). I have many other things to post so I'll be working on that over the next few weeks (and I'm about halfway done with the third scarf).
Angelica
(All photographs ©Angelica Ricci and may not be used without permission.)
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Seed Stitch Scarf
I'm a bit behind on posting the Stitch Scarves (which I posted about here: http://wabisabikomorebi.blogspot.com/2015/04/stitch-scarves.html), considering the fact that I'm starting the third one, so here's the first one. This one is just a simple Seed Stitch scarf. I did it in an interesting Lion Brand yarn called Alpine Wool that I came across. It's 100% wool and is considered a roving yarn. The results were really clean and smooth considering how loosely the yarn was spun.
Angelica
(All photographs ©Angelica Ricci and may not be used without permission.)
Thursday, November 20, 2014
First Hat of the Season
I finished my first hat of the season. The yarn for it is 100% wool. A very basic design, which was good because this is the first pattern I've used that had a chart, and I had to rip out the first few rounds after the ribbing a few times before I figured out how to read it (I tried looking up how to read charts on the internet, but apparently how they're supposed to be read can vary from pattern to pattern). However, I think sometimes when you have to do that, the next time it's easier for you to remember how to do it the right way :)
Angelica
(All photographs ©Angelica Ricci and may not be used without permission.)
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