I got sidetracked last weekend and never got around to posting. I finished Get a Shift On! , finished weaving in the ends, washed it and blocked it. I've even worn it twice already. I was worried right at first it would be narrow but it came out a really good scarf size in the end. Its been really rainy here so I had to take the "glamor" shots under fluorescent light, but oh well. This was a fun pattern and I still have left overs. I'll probably be making another one at some point with a little different color scheme. I worked on this exclusively once I started it. So once I finished it I went back to Killer Queen Cowl and I've made some good progress on it. I've done a little more than what's pictured. I'm into the decreases now. I n other news, I met up with some former co-workers last weekend for dinner and wound up with a commission. My very knitworthy friend Jim asked me if I would k...
I haven't made any more progress on my Killer Queen Cowl. I put that to the side so I could make progress on Get a Shift On! I've made quite a bit of progress. I'm on the last contrasting color now, then its into the fade portion. I can't find my scale so I wasn't able to measure my scraps before starting. I don't know if I'll have enough of each color for the fade portion... so this may get interesting very soon. The stripes didn't take very much so I'll have left over left overs from this. It's been really fun so far, so I see another in my future. Get a Shift On! It took me a little bit to figure out my color order but this is what I've done so far. The MC is Eggplant. CC1 is Dewberry, CC2 is Abril, CC3 is Anniversario, CC4 is Solis, CC5 is Indiecita, CC6 Aguas and CC7 is Plomo. Its all Malabrigo Sock. I've been knitting this at a pretty tight gauge compared to the pattern. I don't care for s...