Kora
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This shawl came out of my desire for a simple project that didn’t take much thought and that would travel well. So I designed a shawl that would combine large sections of garter stitch with smaller portions of simple lace patterning. The combination of cushy garter stitch and simple lace make for relaxing knitting and a cozy finished object.
Knit in one piece from the top down, this shawl begins by casting on 12 stitches at the back of the neck and increasing eight stitches every other row to shape the shawl into a circle. But the fact that the piece is knit back and forth means that there is a slit from what would be the very center of the circle to the outer hem.
This construction lets the shawl curves easily around the shoulders and stays where you put it. It also means that this shawl could easily be turned into a circular shawl.
Yarn: 840 yards (768 meters), light fingering weight
Shown in: Madelinetosh, “Tosh Merino Light”; 2 skeins, 420 yards (384 meters)/skein, colorway ‘composition book grey’
Needles: US size 8 (5.00 mm) 40 inch (100 cm) circular, or size needed to obtain gauge
Notions: 9 stitch markers, tapestry needle
Gauge: 21 sts/4 inches; 34 rows/4 inches (30 sts/10 cm; 32 rows/10 cm) in washed and blocked garter stitch
Blocked Dimensions: 18 inches (46 cm) down the center back
Skills Used: cast on, bind off, knitting and purling, k2tog, ssk, yo, k2togtbl, weaving in ends, blocking lace
Friday on a Monday
It’s obviously not Friday, it’s Monday (boo!). But here’s an finished object for FO Friday anyway.
So between all the various moves this summer I managed to misplace a whole heck of a lot of things, most of which I’ve since found, but some of which I haven’t. Somewhat impressively I managed to misplace every single hat I own. I’m positive I have some, somewhere in this apartment. I’ve torn this place apart multiple times trying to find them. They’re nowhere to be found. (And this is not a huge, or even very messy, apartment.)
I eventually realized that it would probably be faster to knit a hat then find any of mine. So I did. Just in time for the first snow storm of the year.
Pattern: My own
Yarn: Madelinetosh Merino, colorway: unknown, its a very rich dark blue if you want to take a guess.
Yardage: one skein (210 yards/192 meters)
Fiber Source: got it in a destash from a friend
Needles: 3.75 mm (US 5s) 40″ circulars for the tubular cast on; 4.5 mm (US 7s) 40″ circulars for the ribbing; and 6.00mm (US 10s) 40″ circulars for the main body of the hat. All knit using magic loop.
So I’m still waiting for all my other hats to show up, but at least I’m waiting with a warm head, and a cute hat.
100th
Edit: Giveaway over. Congratulations Britney! get in touch with me and let me know which pattern you would like.
This is the 100th post on this blog, and that seems like something that should be marked in some way. I figure I can mark this moment either by saying something profound and meaningful, or by having a giveaway. And since for me today is a day of mundane tasks (laundry, cleaning, etc.), and I want a bit of pepping up, I’m going with the giveaway.
So, leave a comment and I’ll put your name in the hat for a copy of one of my self-published patterns. Share the post (on twitter, facebook, etc.), then come back and leave another comment saying where you shared it, and I’ll give you a second entry. I’ll draw the winner Monday morning, not too early.
The long and short of it: leave a comment before Monday morning, be entered to win a pattern.
Here’s to another 100.
