knitting is a hereditary disease

Finally making some progress on knitting projects ... yea!

Posted on 09/19/2009 by Barb | Comments (1)

If you haven’t bought it already, you probably NEED the Interweave Knits Weekend Special Edition. There are some really cute patterns in it. I’ve fallen in love with Whirligig Shrug (pattern by Stafanie Japel) and bought some Merino 5 Super Wash (Crystal Palace Yarns) in a dark brown from Kelly at Double Ewe. (If you haven’t seen her new store and it’s at all convenient, you should stop in … nice job, Kelly.)

This little shrug is a quick knit. Two sittings and it’s almost finished (if I were an organized person, it would probably already be finished.*) and it is going to be really, really cute. This is supposed to be a Christmas gift for Eva, but I know already that I won’t be able to wait that long to hand it over to Andrea.

I also bought some Claudia Hand Painted fingering weight. My thought is to make a reversible ear-flap cap – again, for Eva. This will be an “improv” project I think.

And lastly, I am at the finishing stages of a fuzzy white bear** … for … guess who? Eva!

Notes:

*I had a few things I wanted to accomplish this morning. I stopped by my son’s house to do some touch-up spray painting on his ceiling, and then made the drive over to St. Paul (paint-speckles and all) to meet up with the Always Fantastic Saturday Morning Knitting Group. My Goal for the session: Finish the above-mentioned shrug for Eva. Off I hustle with my big, jam-packed bag of knitting stuff. Partially completed item, yes. Pattern, yes. Needles, yes. Yarn … no. Sigh.

(Amanda was there today, Andrea, so I was finally able to return her brown bear and pattern. Everyone says “hi.”)

Oh, and these lovely peppers are from my itty-bitty lame little garden. We take pride in what little accomplishments we can!

1 Comments

Hello.
I read you finished the Whirligig Shrug. I need to put the edging however I don't understand how to get the double roll. I picked up at the edge and I dont see how what I did can produce the correct results. Hope you could provide assistance.
Thank you,
Theresa

- said theresa kelly (09/19/2009, 12:05 PM)