Shimmer & Shine - Finished!

From a temporal perspective, I find knit on borders fascinating.  When you first start them you don’t seem to be making much progress, then suddenly you are halfway done, and then you get to those last 10 or so repeats and everything seems to slow down again.  I finished up the knit on border this past Wednesday and blocked it right away.  It is huge, but so light and floaty.

Pattern:  Woollsia by Ambah O’Brien

Yarn:  Sundara Yarns Extra Fine Fingering Merino

Needles:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Shimmer & Shine - Border One-Quarter Done

This has become my meeting knitting when I am on telecons.  I can look at a chart and at my knitting, so I can do simple lace while listening to the telecon.  This week I made some good progress  on it, finishing about one-quarter of the border.  It goes surprisingly quickly.

Pattern:  Woollsia by Ambah O’Brien

Yarn:  Sundara Yarns Extra Fine Fingering Merino

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Shimmer & Shine - Two Skeins Done

I finished up the second skein earlier this week and snapped a quick picture before I picked up stitches for the knit on border.  I’m using a skein of Mauve yarn that came as part of a kit for a temperature scarf that Sundara Yarns offered last year.  I decided not to knit the scarf - too much to track - and have been using the wonderful solid colors as accents for other shawls.

I managed to get a couple of repeats in during a meeting.  I think it’s going to look great.

Pattern:  Woollsia by Ambah O’Brien

Yarn:  Sundara Yarn Extra Fine Fingering Merino

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Shimmer & Shine - One Skein Done

This is mostly my work knitting project.  Pretty mindless and strangely addicting, you just want to knit another row.  It helps that the yarn is so pretty and feels so good to work with.  I almost stopped after one skein, just to finish.  I even started working a knit on border, but after sleeping on it I decided to rip the border out and continue with the second skein.  I also fished in my stash for more border color options.

I know that the mauve will work, as I worked a few repeats of the border with it yesterday, but the green would also look nice if I want more contrast.

Pattern:  Woollsia by Ambah O’Brien

Yarn:  Sundara Yarn Extra fine Fingering Merino

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Shimmer & Shine - Making Progress

I mostly worked on this project this past week.  It is an easy knit and suitable for work knitting.  I pulled out a semi-solid skein for a possible knit on border.  I think it will work.  I’m very happy with the way the skein is working up.  I shall probably only use one of the two skeins that I have for this shawl.

Pattern:  Woollsia by Ambah O’Brien

Yarn:  Sundara Yarn Extra Fine Fingering Merino

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Shimmer & Shine - Cast On!

Ambah O’Brien released her pattern Woollsia recently and is hosting a knit along for the it, with prizes.  I already have two Ambah patterns on the needles, but decided to cast on anyway.  I was thinking about using one of my many gradiance sets but the other two Ambah projects I have going are using mini-skein sets and I just didn’t feel like messing with another one, so I grabbed this yarn out of my recent acquisitions pile.  It is Sundara Yarn Extra Fine Fingering Merino in the colorway Shimmer & Shine.

The shawl is a basic boomerang shawl, a shape I love, and garter stitch, which I also actually enjoy, with some eyelet lace thrown in every eight rows to give it a little variety.  I may work a knit on border when I’m done.  We’ll see.

Pattern:  Woollsia by Ambah O’Brien

Yarn:  Sundara Yarns Extra Fine Fingering Merino

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)