I’ve finally finished my second pair of RSS Socks! Yippee. It’s only taken me 2 1/2 months! It should have gone much quicker, but I’ve been working on other projects too. Excuses, excuses, I know. Anyway, a pattern will be published soon. Promise! |
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RSS Now Complete, Almost Available…
2011
06.10
06.10
Sky Wrap Scarf Published!
2010
07.27
07.27
I have just published my Sky Wrap Scarf Pattern. My first one! Yeah! You can find it in my new pattern section and it’s FREE! Yippee!
Sorry it took so long. It really wasn’t that hard to figure out. I just got busy with other things. Hope you enjoy it!
Cheryl
New Pattern Available!
Today’s Sweater is a Wrap – "Literally"
2009
02.18
02.18
Apologies to Brenda Dayne and Saturday Night Live for that title.
A while back I wrote about some lovely yarn that I acquired at my LYS. I had my eye on a wrap that one of the girls was wearing and noticed how lovely it was draped across her shoulders. I couldn’t stand it so I bought the yarn. I know, I’m weak. Who could resist this?
The yarn is Schaefer Laurel in the Susan Sontag colorway. I noted at the time that the colors reminded me of the beach. I also noted that when I got home and started working on the pattern that they wrote out for me, my brain decided that it couldn’t be right. My memory kept thinking that the ribs were thicker and there was more substance to it. It kept looking like a shopping bag to me. Actually, this would be a great stitch pattern for a shopping bag. I think the yarn might be overkill for a market bag though.
Anyway, it was driving me crazy. I went to the web to look for stitch patterns. I found Lacy Diagonals and that was better, but still not giving me the thicker ribs I was looking for. I modified that and came up with the pattern below. Actually, this is the first pattern that I have written out. I named it Sky Wrap because it reminds me of clouds in the sky.
By the way, I was wrong. I went back to the store and compared my wrap to theirs. Stephanie’s wrap was exactly as she had written it. She liked what I did though. My ends slant, hers were straight. My memory thought that her ends were slanted. What a brain fart! Anyway, mine’s an original and I love it! I wore it all over Amsterdam in September.
At some point I’m going to post the pattern, but until I remind myself of what I actually did, I’ll have to leave it off. Remind me to remind myself to refigure it out…….
Knit Knite Out
2008
08.22
08.22
Last night I went to socialize with other knitters at my LYS. Seems that most LYSs have knitting groups that meet on Thursday nights. I tried to connect with another group, but this one for some reason is comfortable. I also ended up buying a new skein. Oops, that wasn’t on the agenda. $40 bucks, but I couldn’t resist. I love the weight of this yarn. It is Laurel, 100% mercerized pima cotton from Schaefer Yarn. The colorway is Susan Sontag. It reminds me of the beach. The silver, light brown and white are so soothing. There was a shawl/wrap made from it in the store and it just hangs beautifly.
I cast(ed) on as soon as I got home and quickly discovered that the instructions don’t seem to be the same as the wrap in the store. It has a wider rib than what the directions say. Since I couldn’t sleep, I fooled around a bit and I think I’ve got it now. I want to go back and look at the original just to be sure.
Also since I knit combination style, I decided that I don’t need to k2tog by flipping the stitches around. I did that for like 10 rows which slowed me down and looks kind of crappy. It doesn’t matter which direction my rib goes! It’s a shawl and it’s mine, all mine! 
