New Concatenation Shawl

 I bought some yarn that was probably on one of the sites from which I get e-mails.  Already can't remember.  It is Storyteller Sock color Moon Rocks.  It was an impulse buy.  But the yarn speaks to me.  And I wound one skein into a ball while waiting on the carpool at St Joe.  And realized it is a variegated yarn rather than a self-striping yarn.  I guess I knew it when I bought it, but somehow bought it anyway.  I do not like variegated when used alone.  I don't like the randomness of the colors nor the pooling.  So what to do?  

I got help from my knitting buddies.  I have decided to do another Concatenation Shawl with it and three other colors.  I will take it in to the Blue Ewe on Wednesday to be sure that Jonathan doesn't have anything that will work.  But if he has no colors that I love, I will use Emma's sock yarn.  Right now I am leaning towards her Super silky sock:  Wish you were beer, Denim, and Teddy.  Hmmm....not sure on colors yet.  Work on this.

Then one day this month, I was sitting in my bedroom chair and looked at the cabinet to my right and I already had great colors in my stash.  I might add Wish you were beer to the mix.  It is a slightly darker version of the gold in this photo.

New Bias Before and After scarf

I was so pleased with my Bias Before and After Scarf after it was blocked that I decided to make another one.  My only fault with the design by Church Mouse is that the Cast on and Bind off were not pretty enough for how pretty the scarf is.  So I ordered two new books:  both of them about Decorative Cast on and Bind offs.  Great books.  But while waiting for the books to arrive, I found on-line directions for an icord cast on and bind off and I am using that without consulting the books at all.  The directions can be found at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxNtbWYXrvg

This is a Very Pink tutorial.

The yarn is again Zauberball Crazy. 

 

Malabrigo knit along with the Blue Ewe

Jonathan put a knit along in place for the month of March with Malabrigo.  I decided several weeks ago to join in on the fun.  The pattern is Friendship Shawl Easy by KnitSisu

the designer says this about her user name:    My username is KnitSisu and my website is knitsisu.com

Sisu: a Finnish word - determination, purpose, strength, courage, & resilience. 

I actually found the pattern ahead of time, but am waiting to get the pattern free ....I hope today.

The original pattern was released several years ago and this was the color way shown at that time.  I liked this color way so much that I copied it....not exactly because the pink that Jonathan carried was a bit different.