October 17, 2005
PONCHO PROGRESS
Nothing like a little travel to get a lot of knitting done! The pattern has been straightforward and error-free, so far. After the slowdown of grafting the edging into a circle, and the struggle of getting right the very first, establishing lace row (which took me four tries), I'm now flying through the rounds. The piece you see in the photo measures about 11 inches tall.
My sister liked her socks! Somewhere there's a picture of her trying them on. Oh, that's right. Scott ended up being the Official Photographer for this trip, and the pictures are still on his camera. (Haven't you heard this excuse before?) Before we left for Arizona, I thought I'd be smart and buy a new memory card for my camera; that way, I wouldn't have to struggle with deciding which pictures on the already-full, old card to keep and which to delete. Turned out that the new card I bought didn't work in my camera.
I'm meeting up with my Master Knitter group from Seattle Knitter's Guild this morning, so this entry is brief, but I did want to share my poncho progress with you.
It's beautiful! What size needles are you using for your lace poncho?
Posted by: Jewel at October 17, 2005 12:32 PMThanks, Jewel! I'm using size US 6 needles, which is what the pattern called for. I didn't knit a gauge swatch, but just launched in. I'm a tight knitter and things I knit tend to need to be scaled up, but I figured that for a poncho, size/gauge wouldn't be too critical. Interestingly enough, I'm coming out right on target -- *unblocked.* If anything, my poncho might end up being a little larger than the pattern dictates.
Posted by: Karen at October 17, 2005 04:37 PMKaren, the shawl/poncho/wrap/shrug thingie is turning out so beautiful!! I can't wait to see it again in real life!
Posted by: Ryan at October 19, 2005 08:18 AMThis is just so beautiful! I can't wait to see it in person! Makes me ready to start another lace project....
Hugs from Idaho!
Posted by: Abby Cohen at October 20, 2005 10:51 AMDid you ever get the battery for the camera? I still have to get one for mine. Yeah, uploading pictures just aren't as fun as taking them. I get upload-itis from time to time, so I put the camera on top of the laptop and tell myself that I can't open it until I take care of the photos, but is it my fault that it falls off before then? :D
Posted by: Heather Leigh at October 28, 2005 01:40 PM