Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Am I Knitting Fast Enough ?


I think I am, as for the last 2 weeks, I have been only knitting this ....


..... and I did it within 10 days & then there was the blocking & drying.

I am so in love with this pattern, The Flower Basket Shawl - it's such a great change from my Mystic Light Shawl (which is taking a rest to recover from the massive frogging) - a lovely & easy lace pattern that I just can't put it down. In fact, the pattern only requires 7 repeats but I was so carried away that I did 12 repeats ! The blocked shawl measures 64" x 32" & there is still some more yarn left. I should have kept going ...

And the yarn - it so soft & so lovely to knit with. I fell in love with the yarn when Helen first showed it to me & I knew I had to cast on a new project - it's Dream In Color Baby in Funky Fuchsia colorway - it's supposed to be lace weight but it felt like 3 ply & I used a 4mm needle.

This has been one of the best project that I have done - the pattern & the yarn is a winning combination - I can knit more of these shawls & maybe set up a shop to sell them - any buyers out there? Anyone interested in buying the Fuchsia Flower Basket Shawl as I can whip up another one very quickly......


While waiting for the shawl to block, I did this ....



.... fingerless mittens for Lynette. She is having her semester exams & have been doing quite a lot of revision & sitting in her room with frozen fingers, so she asked for some mittens. Lynette went through my sock yarn leftovers & came up with this combination - Fleece Artist & Socks That Rocks. I just did some measurements & then knitted them up in 2 days. I am really happy with the finished mittens & now Lynette's fingers are warm enough so that she can finish her revision for the last paper tomorrow.


So, am I knitting fast enough ?

8 comments:

Denise said...

Wow - 10 days! That has to be a record surely. The shawl looks beautiful, I wish I could enlarge the pic to see the detail in it.
Nice gloves too.

Tigers said...

Your shawl is beautiful!
Dream in Color is becoming my favourite yarn very quickly.

Lisa said...

Amazing - the shawl is beautiful...

Suzanne said...

Wow! It doesn't look easy to me, but it sure is lovely!! Your fingers must have been flying :)
Suzanne

Rachel said...

Thanks for your comments on my scarf and cowl! Your shawl looks incredible and I'm amazed you knit it up that quickly! I also really like your mitts...I love the color combination between the two yarns.

To answer your question...can we ever really knit fast enough for all there is to do? :)

Linda said...

Both projects are absolutely lovely!!! Nice work, and uh yeah , uh pretty quick indeed!

Bells said...

WOW! I'm full of admiration. I would say, yes, you're knitting fast enough.

But there's always room for more, right? that shawl is on my list. I just love it.

Susan said...

Okay that's speed demon knitting! An absolutely beautiful creation.