As you know I failed at the February Fitted Pullover – my lace looked very moth eaten, but I was determined to master the lace pattern.

I decided in the round was just too complicated at this stage – I just wanted a simple flat pattern – a scarf!

This is a scarf of my own design (it’s a scarf not too hard!).

I’ve got a border of garter stitch and then four repeats of the gull lace pattern.

For the more pattern minded of you …

 CO 38 stitches

Knit five rows

K5, *K1, K2tog, YO, K1, KO, SSK, K1 , repeat until there are 5 stitches left, knit these remaining stitches

K5, P until there are 5 stitches left, knit the remaining stitches

K5, *K2tog, YO, K3, YO, SSK, repeat until there are 5 stitches left, knit these remaining stitches

K5, P until there are 5 stitches left, knit the remaining stitches

Repeat the previous four rows until the scarf is the desired length

Knit five rows

Cast off.

K2tog is knit two stitches together 

YO is Yarn Over.

SSK is Slip Slip Knit

 and tension is irrelevant (it’s a scarf!). If you use chunkier yarn, then have less lace repeats and more repeats for a lighter weight yarn.

However, I am determined to get to grips on this pattern, so I am going to try a scarf (I’m hoping flat will be easier than round).

Slowly, slowly. The lace pattern is reasonably easy to remember – although the girls are home on holidays at the moment and like to ask me questions while I’m trying to concentrate (I think I managed to fix/cover up this morning’s mistake).

I really want to knit socks though … I am determined to finish.

]]> http://sewwitty.com/2012/04/13/progress-report/feed/ 0 http://sewwitty.com/2012/04/05/february-jumper/ http://sewwitty.com/2012/04/05/february-jumper/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:37:12 +0000 SewWitty http://sewwitty.com/?p=1544 Well my third attempt is faring a bit better.

I’ve made it to knitting the lace!

This is my third attempt at starting this top – I kept twisting it when I joined the round (despite my best efforts). I referred to Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Knitting Workshop and knit the first 5 cm flat and then joined the round. I think it’s OK now, but this is my last attempt. If this doesn’t work I’m starting something else.

I’m going to make Miss A a quilt using three fabrics (from my stash) – it is going to consist of big plus signs.

I’m still working on the baby clothes quilt (I cut a few more squares everyday) and the knitting project (I’m about to start knitting the lace pattern), but they are both such big slow-moving projects I wanted something else as well.

This seemed like a lovely idea, but cutting the squares and rectangles is very time consuming.

The other project is this one by Amy Herzog…

 I’ve cast on three times so far …

Above is the first time and you can see it’s twisted – like a mobius strip. It might all end badly.

I finished the second sock! These came together very easily and I might be a convert to toe up construction.

There are some great instructions here.

As you’re probably all aware, Miss P is a huge dinosaur fan – we have a quilt, a cushion and a T-Shirt, so when I saw this book at Dymocks I just had to have it. You can find more about it here.

Both girls have requested this dinosaur …

On a cursory reading it seems OK.