Catching up!

Hi all, Thought I'd start this with a current picture of me and my, Vogue Knitting spring 2007, lace sweater:-) Biased knit fronts really kept this interesting. (done in Patons Merino, denim blue)
Sun Ray Shawl done in Ecofil burnt orange.

The Garden Path Shawl, done in Ecofil purple.

Luna Moth Shawl, done in a baby weight 95% virgin wool and 5% Lurex. I should have done a few more repeats of the pattern but I couldn't tell how big it would be when blocked or if blocking would even work...?
It turned out a lit better than expected:-) I did 2 rows of the yo k1 yo to get longer points.


Moonlight Sonata Shawl , done... of course in Ecofil ,2 blue tweed. Just started this last night. It's a bit of a struggle but I'm getting the hang of the pattern.

It seems that I like EcoFil cotton and I do but... It's the only yarn in the stash that would work for these beautiful shawl patterns. So..... (I still have more too... green and pink and light green tweedy colour arghhhhh!)

Diane

Keep On Designing SK!!!!

Sunray Shawl finished!!! I used Elann's Endless Summer Luna, in Aztec Gold. I don't usually enjoy working with cotton but I LOVED this yarn. And what a shimmery gorgeous shawl it made. Finished at 84 x 56 it took 5 skeins of yarn, and size 9 addi turbo's.

Luna Moth blocking

My shawl is blocking. This was a really fun shawl to knit, I can see myself knitting another one. I hope to post finished photos on my blog soon...

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Luna Moth in Zodiac is done

My Luna Moth shawl is done. Use US10 (6mm) needles and 4 balls of Zodiac.

Awaiting a Knit Picks Options Cable . . .

and a few tips. A Loooong cable. Couldn't find anything local long enough for my Pacific Waves shawl in Sonata Print Incan Clay colorway.

Just a short update; I was hoping they'd be here in time for my camping trip this weekend, so's I could bust out alot of hours on it!

Alas, no such luck (okay, so I procrastinated ordering too long!)

I've just gotta figure out what I'm going to take with me to knit, now that I'm medium to large project-less. Going to get caught up on reading recent posts and commenting on them tomorrow!

In the beginning

Well after about an hour of trying to figure out how to do a provisional cast on, I succeeded (I think ) in getting my Luna on the needles. I am using KnitPicks ShineSport in Coral, its very light and soft and a pleasure to work with. No splitting, as of yet. This is my second attempt at a shawl. The first time I took the easy way out and avoided any of this top-down, provisional cast on nonsense. ANyway, so far so good. I made it through the first repeat. Enjoy the pics! I shall return when there is more to report


The first picture is more indicative of the true color than the second for those who are interested.

Luna has landed!

I finished up my Luna Moth Shawl over the weekend and add me to the long list of happy Luna customers in this KAL. Luna was THE pattern, wasn't she? Awesome pattern, SK! Yes, mine is a BIG one and that was intentional. I think I did 7 or 8 repeats of Chart 2. I lost track.
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Particulars:
Yarn is Austermann Peru held doubled throughout, color 17, merino & alpaca (feels amazing...have I said enough how much I love this yarn?). Needles are Knitpicks' Options size 10. Blocked dimensions are 75" wide by 43" long at center back.

Thanks, Lisa for hosting the KAL! And huge kudos to all the first time shawl and lace knitters who jumped in for this great KAL. I hope everyone gained the confidence to continue.

Please, everyone, don't tell Jayne about this because I just promised her I'd let her finish her shawl before I picked up my Luna again. LOL. See how totally unreliable I am?

My blog: http://vamantaknits.blogspot.com/

A finished Luna Moth - and my first ever post.

I've finished my first Luna Moth! I say first because I've got plans for two more - one for my son's teacher who is moving to New York soon, and one for myself. This is a photo of my daughter Rachel modeling it before it was wrapped as a gift.

I really enjoyed making this, and though I never did manage to memorize the pattern it went surprisingly fast - cast on May 1st, final cast off on May 15th. I gave it to my best-friend (since second grade) for her birthday today - it is a big birthday (one of those ends-with-a-zero ones) so I wanted it to be really special. She is also a professional chef (with a national reputation no less!) and does attend some pretty swanky affairs and she said that it'd be a perfect accessory so I'm really tickled that she liked it.














I made it in black Rowan Kidsilk Night and added a line of small Swarovski crystal beads on the final half-repeat starting at each point and going in. Try as I might I couldn't get the crystals to show in the picture... the kidsilk has a bit of silvery sparkle to it and the crystals set it off nicely. I initially knit it as instructed but when I cast off I realized it was a bit small, so I pulled out the cast-off (a painful process thanks to the mohair) and added two more repeats.

Now I just need to find the right color for the teacher - she asked for blues or greens & I'd love to find something like the teal color in Elann's Highland Wool but in a yarn like the Super Kydd. Any ideas?

-Melanie

Planned to start Moonlight Sonata but.....

I had bought some beautiful torquise cashmere yarn to make this beautiful shawl, but while looking through my stash today I found some lace weight silk by Fleece Artist. It was screaming at me "sonata" so after lunch today I got out my swift and ball winder to put this into a proper center pull ball and get started. Round and round the swift was going and then all of a sudden it was stuck I gave it a bit of a tug cause sometimes this happens with hand dyed yarn, they stick together and a tug will do the trick. NOT THIS TIME. It is now 5:36 ct and I have about 1/3 of the 600 m skein untangled. I quit after 5 hours and was ready to throw it away. DH jumped in and took over cause he loves doing things like that, he has the patience of a saint. It is as if the skein was not tied correctly and part of the loops were on the wrong side of the skein.
Has this ever happened to anyone else? Hopefully I'll cast on tomorrow and have a little something to show you.

Luna Moth or Spring butterfly?

I am using Zodiac for my Luna Moth Shawl, it is not a proper color for it. It looks more like a Spring butterfly to me. I wish I had used Fiddlehead color instead. It is season for collecting fiddleheads right now. See my dinner - fiddlehead with chicken breast.

Yarn Question?

I have finally decided on the pattern , Luna Moth, but the yarn is still up in the air. I have 10 skeins of knitpicks SportShine on its way to me. Its 60% cotton and 40 % Modal. Will that be usable for this??? I am new to the whole shawl knitting and am not sure about fibers and blocking etc. I just finished the the candle flame shawl from knitpicks (my very first shawl, please see my blog for pics) and i used their Shimmer line for that. Any and all comments are welcome. Thanks!!

New Shawls on the Needles

Tom and Jeannie went to the Tattoo SHop tonight to visit with their buddies so I have time to knit and blog. Before she left Jeannie left me some of those 7 layer bars, made with graham and coconut and nuts and chips etc, and the one I just ate tasted so good. I haven't had much of an appetite but that was a nice treat.

This is the Sunray Shawl under construction, made from gold Elann Luna, on size 9 addis, It is such a deligthful pattern, the first one I made back in December was shipped out so fast I had forgotten what a delight it is.

This is LunaMoth Shawl done in Estelle Dazzle in 2 colors, one is Passion and the other is Fireweed, it is being done on size 7 addi's the larger needles just weren't working for this project at all. It is hard to see with this yarn and after 4 repeats its in a bit of a time out. I am enjoying SUnray more while I think long and hard on this one.

Progress report

Yes, yes, yes...I know she's not supposed to be square! And my Luna ISN'T. It's just the way I pinned her out. I wanted to see how large she'd be getting (can I admit that I didn't do a swatch test?). I think I'll likely go at least 2 more repeats, but possibly 3.

BTW, the ecasey wrap has had NO work to it. I guess now we know which shawl will be done first, don't we??!

Finished: Sun Ray Shawl

Here is my Sun Ray Shawl. I loved knitting it. It was my first shawl and a very good one to learn on. I used elann.com Peruvian Highland Wool in Bisque. Not my favorite color, but it looks very good, especially over black. Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of that...

Forgot to put this in earlier... there are more pictures of of blocking on my blog.

Help, please

Hi everyone, I'm having a problem with the cast on for the sun ray shawl. I can do the knit 3 but then how do you pick up the stitches on the sides? Is it the same way you would pick up stitches on a sock? I hope this doesn't sound stupid !
I think my yarn is too small , I might get some heavier yarn. Thanks in advance :)

Lisa's Luna

Finished the third repeat. Enjoying the pattern very much so far!

Yarn: elann.com's Adara in "Fern", 2 skeins & a bit of the 3rd so far.
Needles: KPOs, size 9

Plan: 6 or 7 repeats of rows 15-34 before she's done.

Progress!

Details are on my blog. It's going to be a photo finish to get it done by the 27th, but I am a champion Olympic knitter, so I'm up to the challenge!

Luna Moth in Hyacinth

Here is my progress on Luna Moth so far. I have just completed the third repeat of rows 15-34, with Elann's Peruvian Pure Alpaca in the Hyacinth colorway. Love that purple! I want a larger shawl, so in my mind, I would like to do two more repeats, but in reality, I may end up with one more before starting the edging.

Moonlight Sonata FO

SK's lovely design! Thanks for the fun.
Made with 8 repeats instead of 10. Used 4 balls of Elann's Baby Silk on #4 needles.
It would have been nice to have blocking wires so the little loops along the top edge would be round. I knit the picot bind off a bit too tight so couldn't get it to make nice little holes.
I had no idea that I had picked a challenging pattern when I decided to make Moonlight Sonata, I just thought it was pretty. It didn't take long for me to get used to concentrating on all the rows though. I will definitely make sure my next lace project has a purl row every other row.
My detail was a bit washed out from the flash. I will try to take a better picture in the daylight. Not promising.

Marie's Luna Moth

Here's my Luna progress so far. It's coming along. :-) I'm surprised I managed to get this far with all the other stuff that's going on in my life right now, mostly house hunting, you can read about it on my blog. Looking forward to finishing the shawl...

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