Spring flowers from my garden ...

are popping up everywhere!!

Close ups are in order ...


(New Pediboo Sock Yarn by Frog Tree Yarns)

Does this mean the StitchingNut is finally restocking her sock drawer?

Question of the day ...

If you keep knitting spaghetti,

will you continue to loose weight?

We'll see!

How many WIPs can be on the needles ...

before I get lost in a sea of string and knitting bags?

Project info

Name: Crocodile Shawl

Pattern : Crocodile Stitch Triangle Shawl by Bonita Patterns

Craft: Crochet

Needle and yarn

Hook: 4.0 mm (G)
Yarn: Cascade Yarns Heritage Solids & Quatro Colors

How much? 1 skeins = 437.0 yards (399.6m)

Colorway: 5639 brown

Yarn: Schoppel-Wolle Zauberball

How much? 2 skeins = 918.0 yards (839.4m)

Colorway: 1874 warm Fall colors

Project info

Name: Pacific Waves on the Atlantic Shawl

Pattern : Pacific Waves Shawl by Danielle Miner

Craft: Knit

Needle and yarn

Needle: US 8 - 5.0 mm
Yarn: Elann Sonata (solid)

How much? 9 skeins = 1035.0 yards (946.4m)

Colorway: 2147 sky blue

Project info

Name: Summer Summit Wrap

Pattern : Summit by Mandie Harrington

Craft: Knit

Needle and yarn

Needle: US 4 - 3.5 mm
Yarn: Lion Brand LB 1878

How much? .5 spool = 1022.5 yards (935.0m)

Colorway: natural white

And that's ONLY the shawls in progress.

Dare I tell you about any more?? Another Day maybe.

Spring Fever ...

It's in the air!

I have finished the Budding Easter Shawl that I taught in a lace knitting class I gave. The same little shawl I've knit a couple of times now.



Here are the shawl facts ...

Shawl #5 (total so far this year: 2011)

Name: Easter Budding Shawl

Pattern: Budding Shawlette by Joyce (YuLian) Yu

Yarn: 1 skein Cascade Heritage sock yarn (I used every bit and ran out 2 rows before finish, so I used a few yards of Heritage solid Pink to finish last row & bind off.) Also used clear crystal beads and ran out of those so finished up with the last row of stems in olive green. But I doubt you would notice without me telling you. Ha.

Yardage used: 1 skein = 437.0 yards (399.6m) plus a few yards more of pink to finish.

Started: March 20, 2011
Finished: April 10, 2011

Finished Size: 60” wide x 29” long

Modifications: none

My Project Page: Stitchingnut’s Budding Easter Shawl

Such a pleasure to get the compliments when I wear it of course ...



And you can hardly tell the edge is in a different yarn can you? Or at least it looks like I did it on purpose. Which I did because I was too lazy to rip back and end with one less pattern repeat.

I'm always trying to stay one step ahead of my knitting flubs! BTW, after taking those pictures I couldn't take the wind and my windblown-fly-away hair anymore. So I went out and got a haircut. A whole new Do!!

Now maybe I can knit outside without my hair getting into my eyes!