Finished objects!

Summer is here--finally.  Some days it is too hot to think about knitting--not!!!!

I finished Bradley's blanket from my left over sock yarns.  It took me about 2 years to complete, and at one point I calculated 1/2 hour per square.  The construction is mitered squares, and I chose to make them stockinette faced to show off the self-patterning of the sock yarns.  I added edge triangles to the sides and top to square off the blanket, but left the bottom as a zig-zag.  I finished the whole thing off with a 4-stitch attached i-cord.  I took this picture with the blanket on the floor and that is why it looks narrower at the top than the bottom.  And I've started another blanket!!!


This is a project that I designed to promote a beautiful yarn that has been ignored here in the shop!  The garment is a cover-up/poncho/wrap accessory.  I'm thinkin' it will be perfect on a cool summer evening at the beach!  The yarn is Araucania's Chacabuco.  It's bulky, 100% pima cotton.  I knit it on an extra large needle to create a really soft drape.  The colors pool differently from skein to skein:  my first skein made an argyle pattern, the second skein made a checkerboard, and the third skein is quite random, but beautiful nonetheless.  The pattern is available in the shop, free with purchase of the yarn.

This is a triangle scarf that I made with a new yarn, Katia's Temis.  It's a thick-and-thin yarn that I think looks best when knit stockinette.  Using a size 11 needle, I started with three stitches, increased in the first and last stitch on every right side row.  When I came to the end of the first ball, and opened the second, cut and attached the fringe to the fabric I had knit.  And the I kept knitting and attaching fringe until the second ball was almost used up, leaving enough to bind off the top.  A third ball would make a shawl.




There is still lots of room for you in our Knitting Retreat, where we will be knitting Knitting at Knoon's Wrap Me Up Shawl under the direction of its designer, Chris DeLongpre.  Be sure to give us a call or e-mail to register or for more info.  You can also check out our website, www.theyarnmarket.com, for details.