Magli, no longer UFO, but done!

Magli, completed and wet blocked on the couch! 

Yes, that is Magli lying on the couch... Drying from a hasty wet block. I am so happy to have her done. 31 pattern repeats... And the final border had to be kitchnered on (101 stitches)! I don't claim that she's perfect, but she's perfect enough for me.

Now, the age old question, what's next? I suppose I should get back to Clapotis.


Magli, closeup1 


Magli closeup2 


Magli, closeup3 

Magli, a UFO!

To recover, and sustain my bruised muse, I picked up the Magli Shawl, by Nancy Bush. I had started it last summer, and put it away about a third of the way done. I found the lace knitting to be unsettling... the stitch count changed throughout the pattern, and the markers needed to be moved. I lacked confidence in my knitting and couldn't read the stitches clearly. And then there were those dang nupps where I had to drop my knitting and take a crochet hook to pull the yarn through... pita!

Well, I can now! Am having fun again, and now have 22 repeats out of 31 done! It's lovely lace, and even though the lace weight yarn is a dark burgandy from Elann, I can read the knitting just fine now. I have come to a new understanding!


IK Summer 2004 Magli, by Nancy Bush 


Magli closeup 

After awhile of rest...

I have to admit that after I completed my Crochet Shopper, I was completely exhusted. My muse was drained. For one week, I did nothing... Well, I did think about what I wanted to do next. It took me awhile to decide.

I really want to do the Kerry Blue shawl in Traditional Knitted Lace Shawls by Martha Waterman, using my blue/gray Shetland handspun, but there are errors in the printing, and I have to re-write the pattern in Word... So that didn't happen. I picked up some wool/alpaca from an eBay seller, Over the Rainbow yarns... And away I went, working on KnitPicks Clapotis: http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall04/PATTclapotis.html


My Clapotis 

About done with one of the two balls of yarn that I had, I realized that I didn't have enough yardage... So I need to make it narrower... So...


My Clapotis Un-done! 

To the Frog Pond we went. I put it back in my knitting basket. Now I need to decide just how narrower to make it... Perhaps by a third?