Lady Eleanor at 4

Hi everyone! This is my first post to the knitalong, though I've been lurking for months drooling over all your finished projects from this nifty book. My first project is Lady Eleanor in Noro Silk Garden in #82. These photos were taken in the middle of the fourth ball (click for larger view):

Wrong side:

This pattern is WONDERFUL. It's a perfect showcase for a yarn with the texture and color changes of Silk Garden (and especially for the spendy La Lana Forever Random Blend called for). I'm in love with this Lady already.

Backyard Leaves

An only slightly-late Christmas present -- Backyard Leaves, done in a wonderfully soft Filatura di Amigo cashmere/silk blend.

I could never let my mind wander while knitting this, as I would almost always lose my place, but in the end it was worth it!

Thoughts on the "Backyard Leaves" Scarf

Rolling on Ruffles

I am progressing slowly on Guinevere...too many projects at once. Meanwhile, my teen daughter is knitting ruffles. She knitted one ball of Noro in one day.

Interlocking Balloons Complete!

Here it is:



The yarn is Karabella Aurora 4 color #8 and the needle size is 5. What a great pattern!

Linda
my blog: http://furryterrier.com

Misty Garden....done!

Hey guys....haven't posted in quite some time, but just wanted to pop in and see whats going on....and take a second to post a picture from my latest scarf style conquering!

I knitted up Misty Garden in Noro (my fave!) Auroura....it took forever, but I really love the end results. It has the charm of color changing Noro...but the glam of glitter specks...love it.

Ene Progress

I have made some progress on my Ene.

Here's a picture of it so far. It seems to be getting quicker - I guess it should, since the rowns get shorter as you progress.



I am using Misti Alpaca lace weight in a gorgeous chocolate brown.

Linen Backyard Leaves finished

Now my Backyard Leaves is finished. It has been a byproject I've just worked on in between everything else, so it has taken quite some time. The pattern was really fun to knit, quite challenging which is good. The yarn is two skeins Rowan Linen Drape, which made a scarf of about 130cm (52 inches).

There are more pictures and more details in my blog, a direct link to the post is found here.

Ene is blocked

Well, Ene is blocked...and did she ever grow! Fresh off the needles,unblocked she was 29" from the top to the point and 46" across the top edge. After blocking she is 39" from the top to the point and 75" across the top edge! I love the size.

Here is a shot a little closer to show the detail

Ruffles from New Member

Hi! I am new to this KAL, and have just finished an inexact Ruffles replica as a Christmas Gift. I did it with Classic Elite Lush, three skeins. It's shorter than the pattern, but just as cute. It was a lot of fun to knit, and I love the Lush knit up; very soft and snuggly stuff. I used it to teach myself to 'knit backwards' to eliminate turning my needles every row. Very functional skill to have, and not as hard to learn as I expected.

Can't wait to start another project from this book, which I really enjoy. My daughter has asked for Falling Leaves which I swatched but got distracted by holiday knitting, shopping, and cooking. She saw it on a customer at our LYS (Webs) and thinks she needs it. The book is marvelously diverse. Something for everyone!!

Lady Eleanor

First post ever here - I've been a lurker until now. Here is my Lady Eleanor, sans fringe. It is about 10 balls of Silk Garden #203, done with 6mm needles. I loved making this, and am sending it off to my mother for Christmas. A very satisfying project.

Teresa

Vintage Velvet!

This scarf was so fun once I got a chart from a friend of mine!! Before I couldn't keep track of where I was in the pattern.

I used the color recommended in the pattern for my soon-to-be SIL cause she's a neutral color kind of woman.

It was so fast and easy once I got going and figured out the pattern! The lighting here is a little wonky but the actual scarf is pretty close to the true color.

I'm working on Ene's Shawl, but I'm in the middle of frogging and starting over for the second time.... wish me luck!

Here is Ene, off the needles

I haven't blocked it yet. This took me about a month to do. I cast on in the middle of November, I think and I was also working on my KR gift elf present and Samus.

I used Jaeger Matchmaker 4 ply merino. I ended up using 3.5 balls. I am not sure how big it turned out...I plan to measure then block and remeasure and will let you all know the end results. This was my first lace project and while I had a few false starts, I enjoyed and recommend it to anyone up to their first lace challenge.

Blocking Ene?

I am closing in on the final chart for Ene and have been thinking about blocking. What is the best way to block Ene? SHould I pin it out and lay a damp towel over it or should I dunk it in the tub, squeeze out the excess and then pin it out to dry?

I think I want to be fairly agressive with the blocking. It is looking a little small right now...

Progress on Ene's Scarf

This is Ene's Scarf after 2 repeats of chart 3. 3 more repeats of chart 3 then on to the last chart. It is going much faster now, I am down to 217 stitches from the beginning 375. I am really enjoying the challenge of this project and am glad I started it again.

Ene's scarf took forever to cast on!

Hi everyone. I just joined the Kal. I am knitting Ene's scarf and the 375 stitches took forever to cast on! I am enjoying it, though it is slow going. Pictures soon...