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December 11, 2015

From Susan — Fo, Fo, Fo!!

Filed under: Updates — lv2knit @ 2:08 pm

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.

6 Comments »

  1. As much as I like that tiny sweater, $5 for the pattern is bit steep.

    Comment by kmkat — December 11, 2015 @ 5:29 pm

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

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