Entrelac

Happy Saturday,

As you may remember, learning new techniques is one of my New Years Resolutions.  So on New Year's Day I thought what could be better to ring in the new year than jumping right in and starting an entrelac scarf.  I chose the pattern by Allison LoCicero, which is a free Ravelry download.  I just used the instructions with the scarf pattern and found that if I did exactly what it said, instead of trying to think it through, it turned out perfectly.  However, if you do run into trouble, or don't quite understand what the pattern is telling you to do, she has linked to a YouTube video that will walk you through the stitch pattern.  After I worked the two tier repeat a few times I had it memorized so the scarf zipped right along.

I used Knit Picks Chroma Worsted in Guppy, and am so glad I did.  I had seen that another person on Ravelry had used it for this scarf and I thought it looked neat, so I wanted to use the same for mine.  It was really cheery to work on and watching to see which colour was coming next kept me motivated to work another row, and another row, another row...

Needless to say, it was very fun and I'm so glad I stepped out of my comfort zone and learned something new.  I could see myself making more of these and maybe even a cowl or two, now that I know it's not as hard as it looks.  It has given me the confidence to try another one of the techniques on my list hopefully in the near future.

Have a wonderful weekend,
xoxo

Knitting Together

Hello Knitters,

I have to apologize for not getting the pictures of the booties today.  I was thinking about it this morning, but then I was cleaning and forgot and when I remembered again, it was too dark to take any pictures without the flash coming on.  However, it's been a dreary day here so I don't know if I could have gotten a good picture anyways.  I will have to save them for Monday's post. 

In other knitting news, my sister came down today and is spending the night so we can do a knit-along together (and visit too of course)!!  We both have wanted to knit the Inca Snowflake from Itty-Bitty Hats for a while now, so I ordered us some Knit Picks Chroma in worsted weight and it arrived this past week.  She's knitting with Lollipop (which is so fun and is my favourite) and I'm knitting with Roller Skate (also very pretty, but more muted than hers).  I think that hers looks like a tropical inspired hat and mine is a Nordic one :)  Since the yarn is so soft we're not sure if we'll do the fleece lining, but I'd like to try it just to learn how.  It's really fun knitting these together and I'm excited to see what they look like when they're done.  Right now we're both mesmerized with watching the colours gradually change! 

I hope you all are having a fantastic weekend, and have a great Super Bowl Sunday tomorrow if you're a football fan!  We're not football people here, but I'd never pass up a good chance to sit and knit :)

Happy Knitting!!