Year End Progress

I actually feel like I've been making progress and my works in progress are becoming finished objects!

I've completed my Entrelac Scarf. I love doing Entrelac, I'm planning a few more projects. Perhaps the Lady E shawl, and the "Quaint" headband on Knitty.com is a must.



My first lace project is off the needles. It's a shoulder shawl but I think it's small. I still have to block and and may just block the heck out of it and see how big it can be. It will be my first attempt at blocking anything. Caiti loves the shawl and it fits her nicely, she's been trying to make it hers. I told her we could share.


dishcloths


I gave Stephanie her pedicure socks for Christmas. I think she likes them, I know she was surprised. I also got a couple of dishcloths done for her, she said she was in desparate need.


Rockstar!

I finished weaving in the ends of Caiti's "Rockstar" Scarf tonight. She's really excited to wear it to school. I'm glad to be done with that fuzzy yarn! ewwww...

It's time to review my ravelry queue and decide what I'll work on for the new year. I don't think I want to go back to working on one project at a time, it was fun to have three things on the needles and be able to rotate when boredom set in. I think it kept me motivated.

The Class

Elke Coon taught a class at Knitting Grounds on Entrelac, Reverse Knitting and Reverse Purling last night. It was a hard concept to grasp and it felt like knitting for the first time. My hands felt awkward, I didn't know where to hold the yarn, I couldn't figure out how to read the pattern, I didn't know if I should be knitting forward or backward, or even knitting or purling!


It was great fun and now that I think I have it down, I'm hooked! I started at the store, ended up frogging (I attended Aaron's class on frogging) and started over. I had to leave with only 2 triangles on my needles but stayed up knitting at home until midnight to get the technique down. I had no intention of starting another project, especially one that wasn't in my Ravelry queue but I really wanted to learn how to do this.

I wasn't too sure of the Noro Silk Garden the pattern called for. I didn't like how it felt, but I loved the color. I am enjoying this yarn and I love how the color fits into the Entrelac pattern.

Elke is amazing, she can visualize how the stiches go together and form the fabric. She understood our questions, and could see what we were knitting as we went along. I would love to have a few more sessions with her.

Bordermania

I'm finally on the home stretch, at least I think I am anyway.

I've started the border and finished 5 of the 8 rows. Then it's on to 2 rows of binding off. woohoo!! I've only used most of one skein of yarn, and I'm wondering how big the shawl will block.


I can't believe I'm almost done!! And yes, I've already begun planning my next lace project.