Neon January 2022 Knitalong - One side Done!

I finished up Part 2 on January 19, and received Part 3, the final part quickly.  I have been mostly focusing on finishing up this one, although I did take time to finish up Part 2 on the Triangle version as well.

Yesterday I finished up the first half.  When it came time to put the stitches on hold I used a new tool that I just received - The Knitting Barber Cord.  I bought mine from Dreamweaver.  I have to say it worked very well.  I followed the directions and those stitches slipped right off and onto the cord.  Once I had freed up my needles I cast on for the other side.  I know that the two halves are not going to match from a color perspective, but I am embracing the differences and the colors.

I do love these sort of short row patterns where you have a very colorful yarn with a solid contrast.  They are just so much fun to knit and the results are so beautiful.

Pattern:  Neon January 2022 Knitalong by Iris Schreier 

Yarn:  Art Yarns Merino Cloud

Needle:  US 7 (4.5 mm)

Arrowhead Shawl - Finished!

I finished this shawl up on January 24.  I am very pleased with how it came out.  I used up all of the yarn and really like the design element.  Once I finished the lace chart, I picked up stitches along the cast on edge and started working with the remaining yarn, working decreases at the beginning and end of the right side rows and increases on either side of the purl column.  I did a combination of knit rows and purl rows, just making it up as I went along, and also did two rows of eyelets, just for some variety.  Blocking was a little bit of challenge, mostly just making sure (as much as possible) that lines were straight.

Pattern:  Arrowhead Shawl by ChiWei Ranck 

Yarn:  Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light + Tweed

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

Birthday Bliss - Finished!

I finished this up on 17 January, but haven’t really figured out how to get a good photo of it.  It is long.  Blocking it was a little bit of a challenge - mostly just finding a long enough stretch of floor space that was out of the way (so not in a hallway).  I did use up pretty much all of my yarn.  I had a few scraps left over, but nothing worth saving.  Here are the colors and the charts that I knit with them.  I made the shawl symmetric from a chart perspective.

Color 1:  Day 3 - Fathom - Chart 1

Color 2:  Day 4 - Charcoal - Chart 2

Color 3:  Day 6 - Medieval - Chart 3

Color 4:  Day 7 - Tart - Chart 4

Color 5:  Day 8 - Nocturne - Chart 5

Color 6:  Day 10 - Liquid Gold - Chart 6

Color 7:  Day 12 - Dirty Panther - Chart 7

Color 8:  Day 13 - Yucca - Chart 6

Color 9:  Day 15 - Phantasm - Chart 5

Color 10:  Day 16 - Ceremony - Chart 4

Color 11:  Day 18 - Esoteric - Chart 4

Color 12:  Day 19 - Madonna - Chart 5

Color 13:  Day 21 - Leopard - Chart 6

Color 14:  Day 22 - Wino Forever - Chart 7

Color 15:  Day 24 - Gilded - Chart 6

Color 16:  Day 25 - Cousteau - Chart 5

Color 17:  Day 26 - Beautiful Liar - Chart 4

Color 18:  Day 28 - Snake - Chart 3

Color 19:  Day 29 - Aura - Chart 2

Color 20:  Day 30 - The Feels - Chart 1

Pattern:  Birthday Bliss by Amy Gunderson

Yarns:  madelinetosh Euro Sock

Needle:  US 4 (3.5 mm)

Not-so Neon January 2022 Knitalong - Part 1

I was enjoying this knit so much that I didn’t want to have to choose between the rectangle and the triangle, so I did a little stash surfing and fished up another pair of Art Yarn Merino Cloud, also bought at Earthfaire.

The colorway is Rainbow Mountain, and this one will be the triangle.

Pattern:  Neon January 2022 Knitalong by Iris Schreier 

Yarn:  Art Yarns Merino Cloud

Needle:  US 7 (4.5 mm)

Neon January 2022 Knitalong - Part 1

I have a bit of a thing for Art Yarns yarn.  They have such great colors.  I usually buy them from Earthfaire and they usually come with free patterns but I have yet to knit anything up with them, until now.  Iris Schreier is hosting a knitalong for the latest special colorway - Carmel by the Sea.  I bought the recommended solid to go with it.

There are two shawl shapes that you can work from this beginning - rectangle or triangle.  This one will be the rectangle.

Pattern:  Neon January 2022 Knitalong by Iris Schreier

Yarn:  Art Yarns Merino Cloud

Needle:  US 7 (4.5 mm)

 

Arrowhead Shawl - September, October, November & December Done!

It has been a while since I posted about this shawl, but I have been working on it, using it as filler, so to speak.  Last night I finished up with the December color, but I decided not to stop there.  I had been thinking about modifying the shawl for a while as I wanted more length and I wasn’t super crazy about the two points on the one side.  So, last night, after finishing the last row instead of binding off I cast on more stitches, the same number of stitches that I already had on my needle, plus two, and then I joined to knit in the round.  I will have a diamond with purl stitch spines on the quarters, which will give me another point on this end to mirror the point of the cast on end.  I found a nice lace pattern in Melissa Leapman’s Knitting Modular book and charted it up in Stitchmastery.  I will work the diamond using up my yarn in reverse order and, assuming I still have leftover yarn when I get done with the diamond, I will pick up stitches on my knitted cast on and knit some more rows to use up what ever is left.

January - Modern fair isle

February- Tiny House

March - Manatee

April - Birkenstick 

May - Coffee Grounds

June - Cold Drip

July - Rye Bourbon 

August - Brick Dust

September - Copper Pink

October - Filtered Day Dreams

November - Antique Lace

December - Paper

Pattern:  Arrowhead Shawl by ChiWei Ranck

Yarn:  Madelinetosh Tosh Merino Light + Tweed

Needle:  US 5 (3.75 mm)

My Hat - Cast on and Finished!

As soon as I cast off Bruce’s hat I immediately cast on one for myself in the other skein of yarn that came in that club shipment.  This time I did the decreases as directed in the pattern.  I think I like the way I did them on Bruce’s hat a little bit better, but this works for me and the size of my head.  I knit this one on Sunday January 9 as well.  We have since worn them for our walks.

Pattern:  Mistake Rib Stitch Hat by Vanessa Ewing

Yarn:  Mountain Meadow Wool Sundance in Barn Dance

Needle:  US 10 (6 mm)