Knitting Dragonflies

  I had one ball of Kid Seta sitting in my UFO box, I’m trying to get my UFO’s done and do a stash blast. Using this cute pattern for a super simple lace Cat’s Paw Scarf , I had cast on quite some time ago. After getting it back out I quickly finished it up, but was dismayed to discover that I didn’t have enough yardage, (had I used some on something before?) to make it long enough for a scarf. Instead of frogging it and looking for another pattern, I decided to graft the ends together and make it into a cowl. I found this great tutorial on grafting for garter and stocking st. from Sarah Bradberry, it comes with a Kitchener video from Letico.ca, which always helps. On the grafting topic, my husband came home the other day with a copy of Vogue Knitting Spring/Summer 2010 . It has an in depth article on grafting that is worth taking a look at. Long and detailed, it made my head spin a bit. A beginning knitter might give up on the article, but if you keep going by the end of

I bought this kit 2 years ago and am ashamed to admit that it has been lounging on a shelf since then. After getting it out one morning, I had half of the hat done in 3 hours. I like the fit so well I am planning on making this hat again, in cotton, or even wool. It has a great shape. I don’t usually like to buy “kits” but I bought this one (from OneFineYarn ), it come with the pattern and 10 balls of Adriafil Reflex. Adriafil Reflex is unique material that reminds us raffia. The hat will amazingly hold the shape and no brim support is needed. Yarn specs: 59% rayon, 41% polyester; 25g/59 meters each ball; made in Italy. Hat is crochet using yarn doubled throughout and crochet hook I/5.5mm. Pattern provides instructions to create a hat to your own measurements. (this is the great part, my hat fits “perfectly”!) I used crochet hook I, and ended up using 6 balls, I have 4 left and think I will make a smaller brimmed sun hat. Now I’m ready to walk dogs and work

This is the month that I finish my UFO’s. Not planned, but it seems to be what is happening. I picked this up and like so many UFO’s, I’m not sure what my problem was when I put it down. I finally finished this easy repeat up. This pattern would be good for a beginning lace shawl knitter. Simple, and it teaches you to “see” the pattern and follow it. I was trying to bind off, and after trying several methods, Obstiknit on Plurk helped me out by suggesting I try the I-cord bind off. I searched on You Tube for some help and found a good tutorial from iknitwithcatfur , she has a variety of knitting tutorials to view. Yay, it is not pulling and looks good! Chart in Norwegian translates to “Monsters seen from the right side”, could this be right? That doesn’t seem correct! -From Knitty Winter 04, an article about reading knitting charts.   -Another take on how to read knitting charts from Smart Knitting-Crocheting.com -Need to make a knitting chart? Here is one that y