Saturday, July 24, 2010

progress

I'm almost done knitting the main part of my sagebrush shrug. It's in a stitch pattern that I half made up, combining the increase/decrease patterns of Crest of the Wave with the staggered, half-drop repeats of Fir Cone.


It looks so strange and misshapen now that it's hard to imagine what it will become. But the lace pattern will bloom once it's blocked. Then the rectangle will be folded into a cylinder and seamed for an inch or so at either end to make armholes. The last step will be to add ribbing the openings.


I should have just enough yarn (I hope!) to get it where I want it. It's always kind of an adventure that way.

8 comments:

Sarah {The Student Knitter} said...

That is SO creative! I love the look of the pattern you created! You will be posting the instructions for it, won't you? :) Too pretty!

Artful Gathering said...

Lovely pattern and yarn color...
Looks wonderful...

Acorn to Oak said...

It looks like it's going to be so pretty and I love the color!

Anonymous said...

looks great so far!

Vicki Boster said...

just beautiful - you are an amazing knitter!

Vicki

Natalie Rush said...

Wow...looks great!! Knit faster so you don't run out of yarn. hahah! :)

Turtle said...

looking good! Hard to tell now but it reminds me of a web of leaves or a honeycomb.

S. Chaffee said...

It is looking gorgeous! If you write up a pattern for it let us know. I'm addicted to shrugs right now :D