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This beanie is too small for me so it is a bit stretched in this photo. It wouldn't even fit DD's relatively small head, but I'm sure some young person will love it. What looks like white flecks in the photo is actually a silver polyester thread, thus the name Starshine.
I have also completed a pair of small adult fingerless mitts - they used about 35g of a thin 8ply acrylic. No cables here because the variegated yarn is interesting in itself. They fit DD and she wanted to keep them but I told her I would knit her a pair of Fetchings - she's more than happy to wait [it's still too warm here for mitts].
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The Winter of Textured Knitting continues apace; five people have now joined me which is a real buzz! Even if no-one had shown any interest I would have knitted cables this winter so it's really exciting to have some blogpals to share the fun! So, welcome to the latest three: Lilypily, Pass the Slipped Stitch Over and Pins and Needles. It was actually Lilypily's owls that inspired me to start knitting cables again; I had been carefully avoiding them because of all that fiddling around with a cable needle. RoseRed told me it's possible to do cables without one - I tried it and lost my stitches! But now, I'm feeling the cable love again!
And not only cables, many kinds of textures are in for a work out over the next few months. Care to knit along? See the sidebar for more information.
The owls are great aren't they!
ReplyDeleteJust when I should be doing wintery textured knitting, I'm doing lace - need to finish my mum's shawl - a big deadline knit like your daughter's shawl!!
Alright, I'm in....
ReplyDeleteCan I cheat and show my Blackberry Cardi that I finished a few weeks ago.
Yes, I tried the no cable needle and found it more stressful than using one! Nice results, Lynne!
ReplyDeleteKeep going Lynn. Every time I see a cable knit I start to plan more and more what I'll be doing!
ReplyDeleteCute mitts!
Oh and you should look up a tutorial for cabling without a cable needle, if you haven't already. There are several out there and I mean to learn too.
ReplyDeleteGreat Beanie Lynne! I admire you this. Most of the beanie's I knit end up a bit wonky looking. :)
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