19 December 2015

I've done all of the decreases and increases for the Blank Slate. It has taken only two and a quarter balls of yarn to get this far. I'm now knitting the sleeves to be joined onto the body.

As a reminder, this will be a raglan with saddle shoulders.

The knitting has been a breeze but with other projects popping up this becomes a start/stop project. The markers keep me honest with where I am in the project and help me remember (that's the most important part - remembering.)

3 December 2015

Here's the progress that I've made on knitting Ysolda Teagues's Blank Canvas sweater. I've about half way through my second ball of yarn and I've knit a bit more than a third of the sweater body. The shaping for the waist are the marker pins you see. In a couple more rows I will be starting to do increases for the bust line.

It is a simple knit with what will be real shaping to fit correctly.

I am going to be getting actual yarn samples of Baa Ram Ewe's Dovestone colors. Yes, real samples of the yarn color. I will post when the samples arrive. This yarn is wonderful to knit with and has a beautiful 'hand'. I'm really enjoying knitting it on the Marblez needles too.

Mailers went out yesterday. Look in your mail box for the bright green trifold.

2 December 2015

The Winter/Spring mailer is going out to the post office today (or so I've been told). See if you can find my cut and paste blunder (I don't know how I make these mistakes, honestly).

I've started knitting the KAL sweater Blank Canvas by Ysolda Teague. The Baa Ram Ewe yarn that I am using is Dovestone and the color is Aire.

This sweater actually has shaping. The sweater has not been tucked up under the model's arm nor is it pinned heavily in the back. It's really shaped as you knit.

I have been told by the supplier that I will be receiving actual color samples - no more color pictures of the yarns.

Tomorrow I will take a photo of the progress of my knitting.