Karen's Craft Odyssey

Finished knitting my shawl. Still have a couple of ends to sew in and I probably should block it, but here’s what it looks like:

Probably wouldn’t hurt to stretch out the lace part a bit, and to straighten the top edge of the lace. The top edge of the garter stitch section is [...]

The napkins are still on the loom.  On Sunday I was 3 pattern repeats into napkin #3 when **SNAP** the stick that the warp was tied to BROKE.  The stick was solid oak, about 1″x0.25″x48″.  Guess which dimension snapped first.  This stick was tied to the back apron on the loom.  Learning to Weave by [...]

I’m back at work this week, but I’ve only been on the bus one day so far,
so not much knitting progress to report. I’ve completed nine of fourteen
lace repeats on my shawl and two sample squares for the Open Day rug. At
15 cm the rug squares are pretty quick knitting.
On the loom I have [...]

Have to go to work this morning — I suppose we all must pay the piper somehow. Anyways, just uploaded a progress picture of my weaving and thought I’d share it.

This weekend I’ve made progress on several outstanding projects. I’ve now
finished eight lace repeats on my Feather and Fan Triangle Shawl, only six
more to go. On the weaving front, I’ve almost finished napkin number two
(out of four).
I’m also organising a group project- a knitted rug for the Open Day Raffle
at Spinners. I’ve [...]