Delurking.....

I got this book a while ago and would love to make most of the patterns in it. So far I've made 2 projects. I made the Blizzard wrap for my boyfriend's mom for Christmas.

Here she is wearing it. I used Knitpicks Decadence. This was a fun project to work on and I might make one for myself one day.

And here I am in my turtleneck shrug.

Again I used Knitpicks, but this is Andean Silk. I used 12 in. circs, but never again...I have learned to knit on 2 circs to avoid such short needles. Struggling with those needles was all worth it though. I love how it turned out.

Blizzard Shawl

Maybe I should add some text? The completely finished shawl is huge.
You can see more pics at

"I hate waiting."

the book says finished measurements are 27-28 inches wide, 80 inches
long. Pssshaww!!! It's at least 40" wide, 85-90" long, depending.
It can get longer and narrower, or shorter and wider.

finished!!! 

Hi everyone. I've been MIA, and I think knit alongs are not for me. At least, not ones w/o deadlines. When is a procrastinator supposed to finish a project if there's no deadline?
We had a small blizzard here in Colorado yesterday. I thought it would be very apropos to work on my Blizzard shawl. I'm using the same yarn that Scarfstyle suggests, and it's a beaut.

half 


close up of blizzard 


The book says the finished measurements would be about 27.5 inches by about 80 inches. I'm a tight knitter, tight crocheter. I usually use hooks 2 sizes smaller to get gauge. I used the recommended hook (size P), and the finished size (I'll get a pic of it completely finished later... I gotta weave in the ends) is about 40 inches by 85inches. At least. That was before I put the edging on!

In any case, anyone have ideas about how to weave this superbulky yarn into the rest of the shawl? My tapestry needles from Chibi/Clover just aren't gonna do it.

thanks for the advice...here it is...

thanks to everyone who posted some much needed sage advice. I ended up going to a LYS. If anyone's in Denver metro area here, I have to suggest going to Recycled Lamb. Very helpful ladies there, even if you don't buy anything. I value customer service, so this store will be getting a lot of word of mouth business from me, as well as my continued patronage.

oh. back to the point. here's the progress on my backyard leaves.

so far... 


I also got a yarn shipment in today, which included the Reynolds Blizzard in light blue (#612), for crocheting the blizzard shawl.

here's a pic of the yarn.

blizzard