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Picked a ‘simple’ shawl pattern using chunky yarn to practice making a shawl before I try with my handspun. Only, this pattern isn’t simple at all! I’ve finished the lace edge, but now I have to teach myself short rows to finish the piece. The white yarn are lifelines I wove in at points where…
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The colourwork is finally done & I just have to do the ribbing. Before I do that though, I’m going to weave in a lifeline because I’m terrified I’m going to stuff up the ribbing colour control and I really don’t want to tink whole rows…
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This is getting unwieldy & difficult to photograph progress. But I’ve only got 10 rows left of colourwork design left before the top ribbing section so I’m super excited to finish it.
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More progress on the fossil cowl. It took me a week of knitting every day before dinner to add another inch to the design. Double knitting is slow yet worth it!
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Here are some WIPs of of the fossil cowl. Yep, double knitting takes forever. But this cowl is gonna be sooo worth it once I’m finished with it!
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Progress on my double knit fossil cowl. This is honestly going to take forever as I can only comfortably do 2-3 rounds at a time, but realistically I am actually knitting 2 pieces of fabric at once! This is the bottom ribbing and the first few rows of the colourwork. Stay tuned!
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A frustrating pictorial tale of figuring out double knitting twisted rib stitch. Because I decided the stranded colourwork fossil cowl needed to be completely reversible & highly plush…