norahsknits

 A second project in the works - Piper laceweight from Quince & Co. Super soft and nice to knit with.

Just completed this shawl for myself. The yarn was a gift and is a single ply heavy lace weight wool/mohair yarn - Piper from Quince & Co.  The yarn is a pleasure to knit with. I have some left and will use it for another project. The pattern is an adaptation of the Odyssey Shawl by Joji Locatelli .   

 Hand-dyed laceweight yarn. Enjoying the colors.

Earlier this month I took a 3-session virtual class with Ann Konzen on knitting stranded mittens. I learned a whole lot - I had never done stranded knitting before, and this was the impetus I needed to try it. The pattern I used is Hedgerow Fingerless Mittens  and this is the second pair of this pattern that I've made. The yarn is something I had on hand but is discontinued - Cloudborn brand alpaca/wool/silk in a fingering weight.   More pics:    

Posting a few pics of recent items. I have used this stitch before - it comes from the Barbara Walker Second Treasury. The longer pair of fingerless mitts/gauntlets is a modified version of a pattern found in the book Rustic Modern Knits .  The yarns used for these items are S. Charles Ritratto (the purple with the sparkle) and Filature Lanarota Fashion Toes, a sock yarn. (The multi-color fingerless mitts on top of the purple shawl are knit from Noro Taiyo sock yarn.) The Porcupine Lace pattern is very stretchy and blocks larger than you would expect. 

  I had a small pile of very small yarn scraps that had piled up. I decided to use the scraps to crochet a needle case for my yarn needles and other large, sharp needles that have been stored by poking them through paperboard. The finished size is 4 1/2 inches by 7 inches, folded. I crocheted a separate piece for the inside (could not find any scraps of felt to use). The inside is shown below with the needles installed. 

  I've been working on some knitting for family. The items above use Noro Tokonatsu, cotton, silk and viscose, for the solid color, and Cascade Tangier, silk, cotton, acrylic and rayon, for the multicolor yarn. Similar fiber content and weight, although the Tangier was difficult to knit with as it seemed to have too much twist. The lace pattern is called fern lace.   Also, in the last week or so I finished another item for my sister, a small garter stitch wrap using Berroco yarns. This one was fun as it was pretty much totally made up. She liked it.