Woodland Shawl

October 2007

Pattern: Woodland Shawl by Nikol Lohr
Yarn: Cherry Tree Hill Supersock Solid (2 skeins; colour: teal green)
Needle: 3.75mm circular
Finished Size (blocked): approximately 20 inches x 68 inches

I love this. The pattern was easy, and the results are gorgeous.

(Related blog posts here, here, and here.)

Embossed Leaves socks

October 2006

The Embossed Leaves Socks from the winter 2005 Interweave Knits (designed by Mona Schmidt). I used 2 skeins of Koigu KPM (colour: 1128) and a long 2.25mm circular needle. I'd highly recommend this pattern.

Leaf Lace Shawl

September 2006

The popular-in-blogland Leaf Lace Shawl, designed by Evelyn A. Clark. I knit this off and on over a period of a few months, and it was such fun to knit. Yarn is Inca Gold 100% light-fingering-weight baby alpaca (colour: 404/charcoal), knit on a long 4.0 mm circular needle.

Finished size: 68 inches across, 33.5 inches deep at point.

Backyard Leaves scarf

January 2006

Pattern: Backyard Leaves (in Scarf Style)
Yarn: 2 balls Patons Classic Wool (colour: leaf green)
Needles: 5.0mm
Finished length: 7 or 8 feet?

As I was sewing the two halves of this scarf together, I thought, "This scarf is reeeeally long." I had just followed the pattern, never measuring, never holding up a piece and seeing that it was beyond long enough. That's OK. It means I can wrap it around my head six times and be warm.

Lace Leaf Scarf

November 2005

I knit this scarf in the time it took to watch Shadow of a Doubt on TV.

Pattern: Lace Leaf Scarf, by Teva Durham (loop-d-loop)
Yarn: 1 skein (126 m/100 g) Manos Del Uruguay pure wool (colour: 104/Prairie)
Needle: 9.0mm (I used a big sparkly Addi circular)
Finished length: 137 cm/54 inches

A two-hour scarf (plus blocking) is about as close to instant gratification as it gets. This one was fun and easy to knit, and I bet I won't run into anyone else wearing one like it.

Pretty comfy socks

August 2005

These top-down socks are based on a pattern called Pretty Comfy Sock, which I modified by casting on 72 sts (so there are nine lace panels). I used two balls of Wildfoote sock yarn (colour: Bark Cloth) and a 2.25mm circular needle. These socks are stretchy and, yes, both pretty and comfy.

Lace Panel Socks

July 2005

These are the Lace Panel Socks from a Patons pattern book called Pull Up Your Socks. Yarn is Patons Kroy 4-ply (colour: regatta); I used four 2.25mm double-pointed needles. Stretchy, pretty -- I love these socks.

Waving Lace socks

December 2004

I knit these socks for a secret sock swap, so they live with someone else now. (Hi, Joanna!) The pattern, called Waving Lace, by Evelyn A. Clark, is from the spring 2004 issue of Interweave Knits. The waves are made with simple yarn-overs and decreases. I used buttery camel-coloured (012) Regia Silk sock yarn (55% wool, 20% silk, 25% polyamid) and a 2.25mm circular needle. These socks were knit from the top down, and the only variation from the pattern is the short-row heel.

Whole wheat lace socks

June 2004

I made these toe-up socks for myself using Patons Kroy sock yarn (colour: Flax) and one 2.25mm circular needle. This was my first time knitting an afterthought heel, and these are also my best-fitting socks yet. (Coincidence?) Other than the afterthought heel, I followed a pattern called Lace Top, Toe Up Regia Color Sock.

Feather and fan scarf

April 2004

This feather & fan scarf was knit with two skeins of Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport yarn (color: Tuscany), 4.5 mm needles, and a free pattern. I prefer the way the colours from the first skein came out (on the right), but the difference isn't this obvious in person. This scarf (unblocked) measures 8.5 inches by 49 inches.

(Related blog post with another photo here.)