Leaf Evolution Shawl

I've wanted to do a laceweight shawl for a while now so I finally got around to it.

Earlier in the year, I found this lovely laceweight silk yarn for a great price online and just had to buy it. I got two skeins of two different colourways but didn't have any projects in mind.

I purchased the yarn from Camaj Fiber Arts. Here's a link to her Etsy page:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/CAMAJ?ref=l2-shopheader-name

I searched for a while and found a pattern I liked. It's called Leaf Evolution Shawl by Tetiana Otruta. The pattern is available for sale on Ravelry. Here's the link:

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/leaf-evolution-shawl

Lovely, shiny, soft 100% silk in wonderful colours. I used the top two for this shawl. 

Ah, I love the sensation of a newly started object. 

Got lots of knitting done outside in the fresh air. 

Almost made it with one skein but there's not enough here to do the last row and then the bind-off. At least I had a second skein of this same colourway! 

To get to this size, I repeated Chart B 24 times. If I had reduced to 22 repeats, I could have made it with one skein. It was an even number of repeats that are required on Chart B for the pattern to work out correctly.    

Blocking, such a great feeling! 

After blocking, it measures 67" across the top and 39" deep at the centre stitch.

I had to add bits and pieces to my blocking matts to accommodate the size of this shawl once it was stretched out.   

I loved this pattern so much that I cast-on a second one as soon as I finished this one. I have finished knitting it as well but it's not yet blocked so it'll have to wait for another posting. 

Well, that's it for today.

Knitterly yours,

BevKnits. 

Cadence Socks with Dyenamic Yarn

So here's my first project that I'm blogging about in a long time. I've decided that I won't blog until an item is done. In the case of shawls, I don't consider them done until they're blocked so this will encourage me to get cracking and finish things! 

Onto the socks at hand. The pattern I used for these socks is called Cadence Socks by Verybusymonkey, a free pattern on Ravelry. Here's the link: 

http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cadence-socks

The yarn I'm using is a hand-dyed sock yarn from Dyenamic Yarn in Bowmanville, Ontario. She makes some very lovely skeins. Here's a link to her Etsy page: 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/dyenamicyarn

Some lovely yarn came in the mail, time to make a ball.

Working on the leg pattern. 

Heel flap and turn.

Cadence Socks, finished on the sock blockers.

I LOVED this pattern. It kept changing so that kept it interesting for me. I used 2.75 mm DPNs, that's my favourite way of knitting socks, mittens, and gloves.

These socks are destined to go live in my cousin's house in the UK. 

I'm making another pair of socks with Dynamic Yarn sock yarn but that's for another post.

Knitterly yours,

BevKnits. 

Long time between blog posts...

I'm going to try and be better. I really want to blog, I just keep getting side-tracked.

Seeing as this is my knitting blog, I will keep my posts to knitting or other fibre related items.
Food posts will be in a different blog (tbd)

This post is just a "hello, I'm back" kind of post. I will be composing a proper blog posts on all the socks  and shawls I've been knitting lately.  I think I will do one item per post rather than making long posts with too much stuff all at once.

Cheers and hope to see you online,

Knitterly yours,
BevKnits.

This is one of the shawls I knit this year. :o) Stay tuned for a blog post about it and its wonderful yarn.