Ene Almost Done

STILL working on Ene. From Scarf Style: Innovative to Traditional, 31 Inspirational Styles to Knit and Crochet . Great patterns all around in that book.

I'm through the second pass on Chart 3. Fortunately, this shawl gets smaller as she goes. The color in this picture is pretty true to the yarn color. It's a gift for Helen. I'm a little late on it. Though I do try to get thru at least two rows a night....most nights I make it.





I am finally enjoying knitting Ene. I was having a hard time with the center stitch, but finally got a handle on how it works on the row.

I hope to have this done in the next few weeks and blocked. I'll post pics here and on Ravelry when done.

Pattern: Ene, "Scarf Style: Innovative to Traditional, 31 Inspirational Styles to Knit and Crochet"

Yarn: Baruffa Cashwool, doubled

Needle Size: Too lazy to go look

Color: Same issue as above

Ene is finished!

I've been working on Ene off and on for the past 6 months. This project was really a challenge for me, and I'm so proud of myself that I actually finished it! There are a couple more pictures on my blog. Happy knitting, everyone!

I ran out, too

So close and yet so far. I have one row of chart 3 left, then all of chart 4. I had high hopes of finishing this weekend.

If anyone has any leftovers of Blackberry Ridge lace weight in cream, I'd be happy to take it off your hands in exchange for chocolate or something. I don't need much. I'd rather not have to buy a full skein if I need so little!

Ene's scarf

This is my version of Ene's scarf, which I knit for my granny:I used a little more than 3 balls of Regia Silk #2.

Progress

I've been working on Ene since September. This is my first big lace project and it's going pretty well, after I started it over three times. I thought I knew how to read a lace chart, but eventually figured out that sometimes you read right to left and sometimes you read left to right! I don't get much time to work on it because I can't have any distractions while working on it. I love the way it's turning out, though, and am looking forward to finishing it someday!

Jenny

Another Ene Off The Needles

I fell in love with Ene last year when I attempted it for the Knitting Olympics but failed miserably. One year later I was able to finish in only 14 days (must have been all that training). I used Blackberry Ridge silk blend laceweight in the dark chicory colorway.

This is the third scarf I've knit from ScarfStyle and I'm not done yet! Next up I'm considering Forbes Forest or perhaps the Not-So-Plain Geometric Scarf (which looks like an Olympic feat...has anyone made this one? and if so what did you think?)

Ene is finally finished...

I have been admiring this shawl for such a long time. I finally decided to make one myself. It was presented to my Mom who loves everything that her daughter crafts.
I used Henry's Attic Kona Superwash, wtmytc (way too many yards to count), and size 8 Addis. It came out very big; that's an oversized chair that it draped on. Kindly excuse the mess. The picture was taken at Christmas, in my home with 20 houseguests!

Ene Knitters

Hello one and all! Happy Holidays!

I have a question for those of you who have knit the lovely Ene.
What yarn did you use, do you recommend any certain yarn that would create the greatest Ene ever? I ask this question because for Christmas my wonderful husband and I will be going on vacation and during our vacation we will be on a yarn crawl the entire time (sounds heavenly, doesn't it?!) and Ene is one of the projects for which I would like to purchase yarn. I, of course, have the Blackberry Ridge as recommended in the book as a possibility, but have no idea if I will run across it during our travels. And, truthfully, I would be tickled if some of you had used a yarn that was a bit heavier and loved it (lace wt yarn and I are trying to have a better relationship; this is, afterall, one of my 2007 resolutions, but, if I were to choose our [lace wt and I] relationship builder, it would be something smaller, such as a scarf), but if lace wt it is to be for the perfect Ene, so be it.

Any and all of your suggestions and recommendations are highly appreciated!

Happy Holidays and Knitting!

My Ene's won

first place in my local county fair! Here is a pic when I finished it last winter.

Yarn Question for the Ene Shawl

I know, boring entry with no pictures, but I'm having problems picking a yarn for the Ene shawl. I have some of Knitpicks shimmer, and I also have enough Misti Alpaca Lace weight to make it. I am a pretty loose knitter, so I always have to go down one size or two.Started the swatch in sz4 needles with the Misti Alpaca, but I'm not liking how "loopy" it is (yeah, I know it's lace, but stockinette should still be pretty tight to me:)) Does anybody have any suggestions, or experience in knitting this with either one of those yarns? Should I just double strand it and use sz 6 needles or..? Any help and or suggestions would be appriciated..

All the projects I've seen so far are LOVELY! The ENE shawl is so daunting, but so many of you have made it, so it must be doable!!

//Linda

My finished Ene

Well it only took me five months, but here it is. I used Blackberry Ridge 100% wool in a lovely denim color. It measures out to the same size as in the book. I wish it was a little bigger but I'm happy with her. I have more pictures and a funny little story over on my blog if you care to check it out, Knithole.

yet another Ene

but who really gets bored of looking at this beautifully designed lace project?
Project specs:

yarn: Lorna's Laces Helen's Lace, black purl colorway
needles: US 5 addi circ




I have enough yarn leftover that I could've doubled the yarn, but I thought it would have muddled the colorway. She's not the biggest ene I've ever seen (about 5' from tip to tip) but she's big enough for me.

Ene's Scarf

I finished Ene's Scarf last weekend and am really happy with how it turned out. I used Blackberry Laceweight Silk/Wool Blend (the yarn called for by the pattern) and loved it!



check out my blog for the full write up: brooklyntweed.blogspot.com



Hope you enjoy! - Jared

Ene is finished and beautifully blocked!

I finished her on Sunday morning (not participating in the aforementioned Olympics but certainly trying to attain such greatness). I lightly blocked her on Sunday night (I didn't have enough room when I started) but wasn't able to fully block her until last night.

Check out my blog for pictures: wordswitsnwool.blogspot.com

Materials:
1 hank of Lorna's Laces in Helen's Lace, colorway Lakeview (I still have nearly 400 yds left). ~$42.00

1 pair of 32" Addit Turbos, size 6 ~$14.00

1 set of size 4 Bamboo dpns (they're what I had available) for the final three needle bindoff done very loosely. (can't remember the cost)

2 boxes of T-pins from Michael's or Joann (can't remember that cost either).

Time to complete: ~1 month of knitting but I only knit about 3 hours/day and not every day either.

Ene 2 is completed..

It is finished! Details on my blog.

Ene#2 is growing raidly

Soon she'll be full sized! Woohoo!

Ene, The Snow Queen

Ene didn't really appreciate being woken up this morning to be thrown in a snowbank, but I wanted to get a good shot of her:
Don't worry, I put her back to bed as soon as the shoot was over!

Hope everyone dug their way out of the snow! Ene turned out to be 19" unblocked from the center point to the top, so I blocked it to the unblocked pattern measuremnets - 32" - so she's a bit smaller than I thought she'd be. Has anyone used Blackberry Ridge Yarn? Is it really a laceweight, or is it more of a sportweight? I'm thinking of making Ene a sister, but I'm not sure.

Anyway, I hope all of you Eastcoasters dug your way out of the snow! Why did it have to be a Saturday - this was a snow day for sure on a Monday!

Ene2 update report

Just wanted to share a picture and an update for my second Ene. I used 3 stitch markers and I think that is sufficient. I am finding this easier the second time around.

I cast on about a week ago using Knit Picks Shadow in the Oregon Coast colourway.

Ene2

I started my second Ene shawl. I am hoping to enter it at a local show in a couple of months. I have given myself 6 weeks to complete it. After all the first one took six weeks and the second time should be easier, right?

I am knitting it in KnitPicks Shadow yarn in the Oregon Coast colourway, as seen here. I will post pictures when there is more to look at. right now it just looks like a long curly worm on my circular needles.

Ene's Shawl progress!

Sorry for the fuzzy picture....

I'm working on Ene's Shawl, which I love and I'm actually futher along than this pic would indicate. You see I had several hours of Superbowl knitting time available to me after I took this pic. I'm now 2/3rd of the way through Chart 3 for the first time. I'm loving this colorway and Ene has made me fall in love with lace knitting. Now, I'm not really a shawl wearer, but then someone very wise (whose name I cannot remember) said "That's because you haven't met the right shawl yet". See, I'm really clumsy when it comes to my clothes. So, I'm going to try very hard not to snag it, pull it, or catch it on velcro or anyother such damaging event once this is finished. Oh yeah, and I won't leave it out for the kitties to eat either (they love wool).

Here's a less fuzzy pic: