Category: Work In Progress

So while I was at the NYS Fair I had a chance to sit down with some very accomplished knitters.   Because I’ve only been knitting since January I thought I’d show them my work with the EZ blanket and get some feed back.  I was very surprised at their comments!

1. My stitches are uniform and with good tension.

2. My short row was done correctly coming around the corner

3.  My stitches were a little loose as I made the turn but at least I’m doing the turn correctly!

WOOT! I don’t suck, I’m so thrilled!

Here’s the corner so far.

OK,  a fair amount of progress has been made on the EZ Blanket.  Unfortunately that progress was interrupted by a snag which involved me having to frog over 2,100 stitches to fix it.

Usually with a snag you can just stretch it a bit and voila.  Not this one, a very convenient snag pin pointed a spot where I had split the yarn while knitting leaving only 1 of 3 plies knit.  ARGH!

So, after frogging and re-knitting I am officially 1/2 way through 1 of 4 parts to this blanket.  For some stupid reason I’m obsessed with counting stitches and I have completed 10,800 stitches so far!

Last but not least!

If you’re going to the NYS Fair Wednesday 8/31 come say hi.
I’ll be doing a spinning demonstration at the wool barn from 10-2pm.

Thank you Alpacamundo for suggesting the EZ’s Garter Stitch Blanket, it was exactly the type of project I need to get me out of my funk.  As it turns out the reason for my funk was too many small projects, I didn’t know it but I was looking for a BIG one!

I have a thing for rugs and blankets and after looking into EZ’s blanket it was exactly what I was wanting to tackle.  Garter stitch is easy, mindless, minimal counting, and with any luck the project might get done before Christmas to be used as a gift or possibly sell.

So, my lovely 2.2 lb cone of heather grey alpaca will become a beautiful blanket.  Since the yarn weight is is a 3ply fingering I decided to go with a 60 stitch base which seems to be getting me very close to the recommended gauge in the pattern.

This is what I’m hoping it will look like when done!  (Click Here for Pattern)

And this is how much I’ve done so far.  Yup, I’ll be posting about this one for quite some time.

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Fiber Wordless Wednesday!

The alpaca in the collar is the one that is on my watch list.  She was dilated yesterday and uncomfortable looking but of course is a perfectly normal happy alpaca this morning.  Ugh, teases!