Perspective is Everything!

Leaf Point Stole

I must think that I am tall – I’m not, but I seem to think that I am.  I just finished part 1 of a 3-part pattern.  This is the stole version, with 2 scarves, each a variation on the theme, yet to be created!  Unblocked the stole is 15 inches wide and 75 inches long – blocked it will be about 16 inches wide and 84 inches long – the width is good, but what was I thinking about when I figured the length!?  The pattern will be for a summer workshop that will feature hand-painting with dyes and everything is knit in undyed fibre.

Detail at each end.

I love the look of the stole.  But as I knit it for me, it will be a bit on the long side, maybe it will become a gift for someone.  It will work well as a guideline for the scarves (this is why the first one is for me, it allows for mistakes to be corrected as I go), but sometimes math and swatching do not translate into real life.  In the creative process, intangibles, for example, your, mood, your knitting style changing the gauge over a large project and the yarn, how it responds and lofts over a larger project has an effect as well.  Swatches are full of information, you just have to remember the intangibles and be prepared to adjust!  Things change, and perspective must evolve as well.  Really, I am 6 feet tall and can wear a 7 foot stole!

Embossed Beret - small, medium and large!

The small Embossed Beret is almost finished.  The class starts tomorrow and it will be done in time, only the decreasing rounds are left.  It will give the students a chance to try on all the sizes and decide which one is right for them.  It also allows me to check the pattern and make sure that the decrease rounds for the crown are correct!

Happy Knitting

Lynette

Two Projects with Beads!

Raindrops on Roses - Small Beret

I’m working on the pattern for my Embossed Beret, a lace beret accented with beads.  The Beret is knit with worsted weight yarns and size 6/0 or 4/0 glass or wooden beads.  The medium and large sizes are knit and I am knitting the small size now, (it was the model for the beading tutorial in the previous post).  The written pattern is about 1/3rd done and enough is ready for the class on Thursday.  The writing will be mostly finished next weekend.

Embossed Beret

 

The beads on the yarn, looked like raindrops.  The colours reminded me of roses in a garden.  The yarn is Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Worsted, an absolutely gorgeous yarn to work with, very soft with great colours – this one is the Tuscany colourway.

My Helix Scarf so far - the center section is about 3 1/2 inches deep.

Mad About Ewe started its first ever KAL this weekend – Helix Scarf. I’ve made a few modifications.  I like the rounded end shown in one of the samples and have provisionally cast-on my initial stitches so that I could graft the ends together later. 

Since I think that beads really can accent curves and edges I have also decided to bead my Helix – 1000+ beads really slow you down!  The knitting is simple, but the effect is rich, making this a very satisfying knit so far.

I hope that your knitting is going well!

Happy Knitting

Lynette