I finished chart #2 of the Evenstar shawl during the week (long enough ago that the above picture has two repeats of the beginning of chart #3). I’m really enjoying this pattern – it’s really well written, with any of the odd stitches really well explained so that they’re not hard to figure out.    I’ve […]

I got through Chart 1 of the Evenstar shawl over the weekend.  I’d started it with size 3 DPNS, and got about 15 rows in when I messed up.    Fortunately, I’d been reconsidering my needle choice anyway, so I was able to restart it with size 4’s, and I’m much happier with those.   There’s enough

So this is how much Berroco Ultra Alpaca I had left.    I got two hexipuffs in, and realized I really had too much.    So I detoured into some Ruffle Rib Baby socks, and still managed two hexipuffs beyond that.

My birthday seemed like a fitting day to start on Susan Pandorf’s Evenstar shawl.   I purchased the yarn for it (Anzula Cloud’s Dusty Rose) back in the fall of 2011.     I’ve been sitting on it, feeling like I should be working through more my scrap yarn before tackling this pattern, but I’m pretty much done

Pattern:  Loria Mitts by Ashley KnowltonYarn: Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine in the Oceanic colorwayNeedles: Size 2.5 DPNs Almost done with the Ultra Alpaca yarn!    I have a fair amount left, even after these mitts, but it’s an amount I’m comfortable finishing off as hexipuffs – I’ll be interested to see how many I get out

For the use-up-yarn side of the project house, I’ve cast on some Loria Mitts in what should be the last of the Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine.   I’ll be adding these to the cache – I seem to always find a way to use fingerless mitts.

Pattern: Plicate by Hunter HammersenYarn: Berroco Ultra Alpaca Fine in the Oceanic Mix ColorwayNeedles: Size 5 Circ and DPNs This hat took a little longer than it really should have, because I tore out the original medium version, and moved it up to an extra large.   (The pattern is written in such a way

So, both to use up some more sock yarn, and because I sold some yarn and had a Paypal balance, I’ve cast on a Plicate hat by Hunter Hammersen, using Berroco Ultra Alpaca fine yarn.     It’s very early stages, as you can see, so no concentrate reports on the pattern yet, but so far, so

Pattern: Oddity Mitts by Mia HeikkinenYarn: Dream in Color Smooshy in the Goodluck Jade ColorwayNeedles: Size 2 DPNs In the further quest to use up sock yarn scraps, I’ve done another pair of Oddity mitts.   I really like this pattern – the cable is a lot of fun to make. I also do enjoy

Pattern: Nennir by Lucy HagueYarn: Claudia Hand Painted Yarns Fingering in the Teal Party colorwayNeedles: Size 4 Circs Once I got the right needle size, I really enjoyed Nennir.    It’s really fun watching the cables grow, and the pattern is complex enough to not be boring, but still relatively easy to do (as long as