Arrow Lace Mobius

It is finished and 'blocked'. I am not sure how to block a mobius other than to lay it out and cross my fingers. That twist doesn't lay flat. So far that has worked for me.

I followed Cat Bordhi's Arrow Lace Pathways Scarf pattern with one exception. The edging is just a couple of rows of garter with a really loose bind off. I was thinking about a pciot bind off but didn't have enough yarn. I did the picot bind-off for about 28 stitches, Looked at the number of color changes and count the remaining changes. Not enough yarn by about 30%.

The yarn is Raven Frog Fibers Marvelous Merino in the Princess Maksoutoff's Crown color. The yarn is nice but the colors bled into the water like crazy. I got dark blue water. Hopefully, they don't bleed much more. I really like the color combination.

Christmas Posy Cozy

The Knitting Guild of Denver Teas Cozy Contest is over. So, I can now show what I did for it and explain how I got there.

I picked the yarn by looking at the Brown Sheep Nature Spun I bought for a Christmas ornament class years ago. I took the class and made ornaments but there is a lot of yarn in a skein compared to what is used in an ornament or two. There is still yarn left over, enough that I haven't turned it into little balls to keep it from tangling.

My original thought was to make a Christmas Spirit (ghost with red and green ruffles at the bottom). I knew I didn't have enough yarn to make a big cozy. This led to the search for a small inexpensive teapot. Turns out if you look in the right places, this isn't too hard.

Next I tried my idea and it didn't work very well. So, I switched to just thinking about something Christmas. I started with modified whirlpool toe, instead of six increases every other row, I did four. When it got to where I need to abruptly increase, I went through my book of knitting mosaics. I settled on stems and leaves. At that point, I knew I was doing flowers. Of course, the mosaic was knit back and forth so the handle and spout could have their openings. For the bottom, I put a little ribbing to pull the cozy back in. The ribbing went across under the spout.

For finishing, I picked up around the handle area, knit a couple of row, and bound off. I did the same thing for the spout. For a button I add an i-cord buttonhole under the handle.

Then I made flowers by casting on with a strand of yarn and a strand of gold thread. Increased every other row until it got tight and bound off. The white flowers had knit in the back and front increases and the red ones have yarnovers. The top is a variation on the flowers to cover the cast on, since I didn't get it snugged up the way I wanted to.

Wrist Warmers

This is not the first thing finished this year. That was a hat. The hat is part of a batch of hats and there are still a few to go to finish up the whole project.

These wrist warmers are out of Lions Brand Wool Ease for washability. Black seemed to be a good color because it goes with everything and takes a bit before it looks dirty. So, I pulled out a part skein and still have some left over. Best guess, they used about 25% of skein.

These are based on the Estonian Wrist Warmers out of Nordic Knits. Since I was using a thicker yarn, I reduced the number of repeats both around and in length. I like how the pattern swirls up the wrist. Of course, this is difficult to see in the pictures.

If you have access to the pattern, they are fast to make. I think it might be a good pattern for playing with lace starting out.

Birds Eye Blocked

It is finally off of the pins and carpet. It is amazing how long it takes me to remember to block something.

This is the Birds Eye/Curving Spider Shawl from the class I took last September/October. The blocking may not be up to par but I only have so many pins. I think 150 to be exact. What is a girl to do? Maybe, I should beg for a blocking frame. I know someone who could make one.

The photos show the border and give some idea of how the color flows. Just to review, the yarn is Kuni and fingering rather than lace weight. I think the dip in water helped the feel. It was a touch scratchy before.

I would probably do a couple of things different if I did another but all in all I am happy with it.