Continuing to dismantle The Grocery Girls Knit Episode One podcast:
WIPs (Works in progress):
Both Jodi and Tracie had this shawl in their FO segment, but I am not done with it yet. Soon, I hope. The yarn is yummy, from Yoshi & Lucy…their Amelia DK super wash Merino 4-ply in the Phoenix colorway. It is so squishy and soft. This shawl is going to drape so lovely. It is the Agleam shawl by Lisa Mutch, of Northbound Knitting on Ravelry. It is a paid for pattern…$6…It is the header picture on my blog page.
They had both done the shawl in a different color. The dropped stitches and short rows scared the hell out of me, so I jumped at the chance to learn a new technique. It is coming along nicely.
The next shawl is Quicksilver, by Melanie Berg…..who is a fabulous designer. THIS shawl I am doing in lovely yarns….Moon Tower “Stark Purple”; Molly Klein’s Sweet Tea yarns “tainted Love”; and Lizzie-Anne’s “Granny Smith”…….this had such great knitting…..garter stitch and an easy lace section…….it is a paid for pattern and worth every cent. And now, I am going to have to learn how to block shawls.
In my queue from Episode One, are several more projects I’m itching to get to. I am making my last pair of Obligation Socks for a friend. I have knitted three pair for the women I work with at the Waterworks Visual Art Center. I am a volunteer…they work there for a living. Tracie knitted a pair of Antler Mittens from Tin Can Knits….I’m going to do them as fingerless gloves for next year. It will be my first cable knitting. I know….how can a person lives as long as I have and knitted as much as I have and avoided cables all that time…..avoid being the operative word in that sentence. Jodi is going to knit the Clinquant shawl by Lisa Mutch of Northbound Knitting. I bought and downloaded it. Like I said….in my knitting queue.
Jodi is also Mrs Brown’s Bags on Etsy. I have several of her bags. I LOVED her early bags. The fabric she picked was adorable and whimsical and I wish I had found her when she was doing those bags that she shows on the podcasts. As it is, I am lucky to have a few of them now. She partners up with some indie dyers and they have yarn and a bag together. I have to whisper this, because they are very popular and because I would never, ever want to hurt Jodi’s feelings, but I do not like her bags with knitted fabric printed on them. I know they are very popular, but I love the personality of her earlier works.
I know it is strange for someone who sews and makes bags to buy them, but it is like when someone else makes dinner. It tastes so much better.
It does not faze me to have a ton of wips……I want to cast on everything and I get everything done…..at some point…..so far……
Oh, look…..shiny