Well, actually TWO FO’s!! I just finished a great shawl that seems to have its light hiding under a basket: Borderline by Nicole Montgomery. What appealed to me about it was both the gradient colorwork and the bobble thingies at the edge. The bobble thingies remind me of a shawl that my daughter owns that we have both really liked.
The pattern is very well written. The shawl shaping is a NO HUMP crescent!! I will use her shaping technique in the future for a great no hump shape. The shawl is wrinkled slightly because I wore it yesterday and garnered many a compliment!!
I used my Fiberstory Fave Sock Gradient Set (purchased at The Yarnery) with the addition of a very dark full skein at the bottom edge. Because the number of colors and yardage differed from the yarn used in the pattern, I had to adjust my row counts to accommodate.
I was a bit “crochet challenged” by the bobbly bits, but finally managed to do them. You make all 50 and then attach them. The first one I tried took an hour!! After some trial and error, I restarted and did all 50 in one day.
My other FO is a cute little thing that is a great gift idea for this time of year. It is called certifiable (why I don’t know!), and is a small hoodie that serves as both a gift card holder and a Christmas tree (or generic holiday) ornament:
This pattern was also very well written and just so darn cute. Made it in one evening!! I wonder why there aren’t more projects on Ravelry??!!
And now it is FO, FO, FO!
Kmkat mentioned that she thought the pattern was expensive at $5. That is a personal choice, but to me it was worth it. It was very well written and set up for minimal printing. She detailed the pattern line by line.
As much as I like that tiny sweater, $5 for the pattern is bit steep.
Comment by kmkat — December 11, 2015 @ 5:29 pm
Cuteness overload, I’ll be casting on the ornament tonight! Thanks also for mentioning the “No Hump” part of the shawl.
Comment by Alicia — December 11, 2015 @ 6:48 pm
Nicole is a local to us in Peoria. She has some very nice patterns and of course I just bought this one because I just happen to have some gradients I bought at Stitches Midwest. You enabler you! Love the little sweater, what a clever idea someone had!
Comment by Penny — December 11, 2015 @ 9:18 pm
Thanks for sharing both patterns. certifiable is such a cute pattern and so well written. In my book it was well worth the cost – I didn’t need to do any thinking just knit away and finished the first one very quickly. I’m late to Christmas knitting this year so this is a life saver for me!
Comment by Ruth — December 13, 2015 @ 9:49 am
Hi Susan, Thank you for the great class. What is the name of those knitting needles, again? the special ones from WI?
Comment by nadia — December 14, 2015 @ 11:13 pm
I think you are referring to the Signature needles that Julie had. I don’t have any but they are like jewelry.
Comment by lv2knit — December 15, 2015 @ 12:17 am