Seriously, my pictures seem to be 'sucking' of late. It doesn't help that I don't go outside to take photos I'm sure, but I always feel kinda weird going out there with my tripod trying to take pictures of myself!
Anyway, I tried to take some modeled shots of my latest knits and this is the best I could do....
The 'Just Enough Ruffles' scarf. A few of you wanted to see this modeled and wondered how you actually wore it? The Ravelry Link seems to show it at it's best... you can see it HERECan I just say again how nice this is to wear seeing as it's not itchy wool ;-) Still don't know who the lucky recipient will be, but I'm sure they'll like it. It feels so warm wrapped around my neck.
I knit another cowl this past week... the Ridged Lace Cowl (you can see my Ravelry page here). This is for a friend who just moved to a colder state and is experiencing her first winter there.
Specs:
Yarn: Sublime Angora Merino
1 skein and a few yards of the second skein (I will try to make another one with the second skein and just make it one pattern repeat shorter).
Needles : US 8
I knit another cowl this past week... the Ridged Lace Cowl (you can see my Ravelry page here). This is for a friend who just moved to a colder state and is experiencing her first winter there.
Specs:Yarn: Sublime Angora Merino
1 skein and a few yards of the second skein (I will try to make another one with the second skein and just make it one pattern repeat shorter).
Needles : US 8
I tried taking more pictures of the Fresco Basket Whip Cowl, but I won't even show those... disaster!
Right now I'm working on my very first lace shawl - I cast on for Ishbel over the weekend. I picked this pattern because it didn't seem so intimidating, having a lot of stocking stitch in it. Oh my gosh, I started the lace pattern yesterday and I am making a mistake in EVERY row! Without fail I will either forget a yarn over or forget to pass the slipped stitch over. I have resorted to counting my stitches after every lace row. Is that what I should have been doing all along? Do you do that when you're knitting lace?
It was knitting up pretty quick until I started the lace. Now it's slow going having to count every other row, but it will be worth it because I simply hate unpicking the rows. I hope I can get better pictures of this when it's finished.
Right now I'm working on my very first lace shawl - I cast on for Ishbel over the weekend. I picked this pattern because it didn't seem so intimidating, having a lot of stocking stitch in it. Oh my gosh, I started the lace pattern yesterday and I am making a mistake in EVERY row! Without fail I will either forget a yarn over or forget to pass the slipped stitch over. I have resorted to counting my stitches after every lace row. Is that what I should have been doing all along? Do you do that when you're knitting lace?
It was knitting up pretty quick until I started the lace. Now it's slow going having to count every other row, but it will be worth it because I simply hate unpicking the rows. I hope I can get better pictures of this when it's finished.
6 comments:
the ruffled scarf looks lovely on you and I think the photo turned out well. Nice color on the cowl too. Good luck with the lace shawl -- yeah, I'm one of those people who put stitch markers EVERYWHERE and then count in-between the markers so I don't get to the end of the row and have to go all the way back to fix a mistake at the beginning.
Love the ruffled scarf on you!
I'm terrible at taking pictures too! I think I need a class on photography for bloggers, especially Knitting Bloggers. Although I thought you did a lovely job.
I think you take lovely pictures compared to mine. Ishbel is a good beginner lace shawl. I put stitch markers after every pattern repeat to make sure I have the right no. of stitches & they really help. Good luck with your Ishbel.
Yay! We have matching just enough ruffles!
Oh and the Ishbel? You are not alone - the lace pattern was definitely not intuitive to me. Lily had to bail me out several times!
Yes, I am the lucky owner of that great neck warmer:) Thank you. I love it.
denise... your photos are LOVELY!
i adore that ruffle scarf.
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