norahsknits

Just finished this, and here it is partially laid out for blocking. The yarn is Malabrigo Mechita, one skein (420 yards), used almost all of it. It blocked quite a bit larger than it appeared when fresh off the needles. The color is English Rose, 057, a very pretty color. I added five rows of half-double crochet around the edges.

I purchased 10 skeins each of two different colors this yarn, which is a super-bulky weight yarn but is sort of light and fluffy. The colors had too much yellow and orange for my taste, but knit up into blankets, with edges worked in half-double crochet, they look pretty good. The one above appeared sort of misshapen after the knitted center was done, but the crocheted edges straightened it out, I think. The one below is the type I would make again, using mitered squares. 

Several more finished items. First, the Thistle Leaf pattern once again, this time used for a large wrap in Purl Soho's Sweetgrass , organic cotton and alpaca. This used almost all of 2 skeins. The color is Beech Bark. I'm planning to send this to my daughter. This is the finished item knit in Porcupine Stitch from Catskill Merino lace weight , color Tibetan Red. I was hoping to be able to visit their NYC farmers' market stall, but that will have to wait. This used two skeins, and after blocking is significantly larger than the size before blocking.  The final item pictured is crocheted from "three shades of green" for the Weavers Guild of St. Louis 2020 challenge project. Items for the challenge will be part of the guild's virtual meeting on August 17th, 10 am . This is a large wrap, using two kinds of Noro yarn and a third yarn from Berroco.

Started blocking some items. These are finished. From top left: almost transparent leaf lace scarf from lace weight alpaca (I think this was Cascade Alpaca Lace), edged with rose-colored Berroco Folio (alpaca & rayon); ostrich plume pattern lace in rose-colored Berrocco Folio; traveling vine lace pattern in Purl Soho Good Wool, off-white color (item is folded double); and thistle leaf pattern in natural white color ('Moon white") Purl Soho Cattail Silk (100% silk). 

The Thistle Leaf pattern in the prior post was from the Second Treasury of Knitting Stitches by Barbara Walker. This scarf, in Porcupine Stitch, is knit in another pattern from the book, the Porcupine Stitch. The yarn is from the Saxon Merino farm, also the subject of a prior post. This pattern - 9 rows, is easy enough to memorize, though it has patterning on every row. Since it has an odd number of rows, it is reversible (the pattern reverses every 9 rows). I think the top and bottom edges will have similar appearance too, so that the last few rows can remain in pattern. I started with 4 rows of garter stitch, in purl, and will finish with the same before binding off. The six-stitch side borders are also knit in purl stitch. I'm using a row counter, because otherwise, it would be confusing to keep track of the rows. I have used one skein of the yarn so far,  and have knitted about 6 inches from the second one. Here's another view: