Branching Out

Just recently I enjoyed a wonderful visit from my sister-in-law Michaela. During that time she was working on a scarf from Knitty called Branching Out. I was smitten and had to start one of my own.

I am still working away on my lace shawl but this was great instant gratification. On my shawl I am currently at the tedious middle section that feels like it is going nowhere fast. This on the other hand was an easy lace scarf that I could see unfolding every row I knit. It took me about a total of 5 days of knitting off and on, I used a large yarn then what was called for but that is the great thing about lace, gauge doesn't matter. It was so much fun to knit I might have to make more for gifts. Pictures to come eventually.

WIP

Sadly the hat has made no progress. In fact I have ripped it all the way back to the beginning. It is the first project I have done any cabling on; everything was fine and sailing along until I actually looked at the hat and realized I had messed up somewhere. I had failed to move a stitch over or cabled a stitch too early but after several more failed attempts I had to put it away. I am still determined to finish it, I love the hat.

However, I am currently working on my first lace project. It is the Juno Regina and can be found on Knitty. I had to restart several times since I had never read or worked on a lace pattern before. I finally decided to do two shawls, one in worsted weight for practice and one in lace weight for myself. Thank goodness I went that route even though it means more yarn used (ran out of the stash yarn I was using in worsted had to buy more lol) and more time spent but I am very happy with the results. Photos to follow whenever I get around to posting them.

Edit to add photos: I have completed the worsted weight shawl and still working on the lace weight.