| I started knitting when I was about ten years old (which is
a few years ago.....) Through the years since the time
that I could devote to knitting has gone up and down, but it has
always been a good way to use time on long car trips!
For the last few years I have been concentrating on knitting
projects using circular needles. I really like working
with finger weight and sport weight yarn, usually on US size 4
needles and smaller. I prefer Fair Isle and Cable
patterns.
I am starting to put some of my patterns on this web site as
well. There are links to them at the left of this page.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I did creating them! Recently
I have been putting a lot of my knitting information on Ravelry.
This is an exciting knitting networking site.
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Knitting Links
These are a few of my favorite links relating to knitting,
crochet, yarn, thread, spinning, and other related "fiber arts"
sites:
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Some of My Favorite Projects
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This is a short description of some of my favorite projects.
When I add a project it will be at the top of the list.
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Two Variations on the Icelandic Shawl
The shawl with green shades was done size US 4 needles with
Jaggerspun Maine Line. The variation is that I did a regular
knit instead of a reverse stockinette. The purple shaded
shawl is done on size US 6 needles from Knit Picks Palette
yarns. The variation is in the edged lacing (row 15) I added
one stitch and did a horseshoe lace edge instead of the
edging from the pattern. This change used approximately 200
more yards and made a much larger shawl. |
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This shows some of the details of the purple shawl variation. |
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Sweaters for our First Grandchild!
I recently found out that I will be a Grandmother in May
2008. Needless to say, I got right to work on my knitting
needles. Here are my first two efforts: |
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Size 6 months. It is a variation of one of EZ's baby
sweaters. I am holding off on installing buttons until I
know whether or not to install them on the left or right side.
This was done with Filtes Sydney Sport weight Superwash washable
yarn on size 6 circulars. |
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This is size 1-2 years, and is a variation of the Sirdar
"Snuggly Baby" pattern Nr 3020: I changed the button band and
collar. It was made with Sirdar "Snuggly" on size 6 and
size 3 circulars. Again, no button until I know whether to
sew them on the left or right sides. |
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This photo shows the size difference between a 6 month and a 1-2
year old. |
This shows a closeup of the detail on the shoulder and button
fronts. |
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Icelandic Lace Shawl (from KnittingDaily)
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I made a few slight modifications to the pattern, but only
someone who has already knit the pattern will be able to tell.
It was a delightful project to knit. I used Jaggerspun
Maine Line 2/8 yarn: it is very soft and easy to use.
I only used 5 colors instead of the recommended 8 colors. |
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Diamonds are Forever Shawl
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This is a fun beginner's level summer shawl done with fingering
weight yarn. |
This shows a detail view of the work on the shawl. It is
shown in front of a contrasting green background to highlight
the pattern. |
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Springtime Shawl
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This is the detail view of the Springtime Shawl. I decided
to "play around" with some sock yarn to see how it would work
for making a shawl. It took 2 100 gm skeins of sock yarn
to make a 72 in long by 22 in wide shawl. I was surprised
at how well it draped and how soft it was! |
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Two Tone Beret
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This is a very easy hat that I made just for the fun of it using
circular needles. The hat is sitting on a teddy bear which
I had previously knitted. |
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Diamond Cable Scarf
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This was a fun experiment at putting different types of cables
together. I originally made one in grey with two of the
diamonds that my husband uses as a winter dress scarf.
People started asking me if I would make a cable sampler scarf
to help teach them cable knitting: this scarf is the
result. |
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Dolores' Mini Cape:
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This project was fun to design and knit.
It took me about 24 hours of knitting time to
knit. It is nice weight to wear in Spring
or Fall. I used DK weight yarn on size 6
circular needles (although it could have been
done on straight needles).
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This is a sweater I made for my
daughter Heather:
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This sweater is based on the
"Northern Lights" pattern in the Fall 1993 issue
of Knitter's magazine. I modified
the pattern to be completed from the bottom up
in the round on size 2 circular needles.
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The wool was cashmere (white
yarn) and mohair (blue yarn). I modified
the shoulder and the detail on the cuffs, bottom
band and neck. The sleeves were knit from
the cuff up and then attached to the body of the
sweater so that the pattern was consistent.
The photo at the right shows a detail of the
pattern. The entire sweater took about
four months of work. |
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This is the detail of the neckline, which is a modification from
the original pattern. |
This is a detail of the bottom
band, which I also modified from the original
pattern. |
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This is a Faire Isle sweater that I made for my husband
Bill:
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I designed the pattern for this sweater
using several traditional Fair Isle patterns, combining
the ones I liked the best. I used Classic Elite
Alpaca wool on size 3 circular needles. It took me
about four months to complete the project, working in my
"spare" time.
This photo has been "enhanced" to show more detail at
the expense of accurate color. For a more accurate
color representation, see the next link below. |
Here is a close-up of the pattern.
These colors are more accurate than the picture at the
left. |
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