FO Friday- Florence

I am being super organised! Between A-Z socks I am working on WIPs, so by the end of next month they should all be done. I am not sure what I will do then for FO Fridays, lots of small things maybe.
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This lace scarf has been on the go for ages, it has been named Florence because its blue and spent part of its life in a hospital.
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Pattern: Articulation scarf by Johanna Marshall
Needles: 3.75mm, I used a two dpns, but that is just because they were the right size.
Yarn: Hand dyed silk and merino lace weight. This was a stash clearing project, there was about 50g and I used it up to the very last couple of inches.
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This is a great pattern, easy to work and remember. It is not totally unlike the one row lace scarf pattern which I also enjoyed working. What I learnt from this though is that I am not a fan of lace weight, it took so long to finish and what seems like a simple pattern becomes boring after a while- I kept wandering off to other projects. I am pleased with the end result but I think if I were making it again I would use a 4ply sock yarn weight and work fewer stitches.
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Lace pattern close up:
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I have been umming and ahhing about whether to block and decided not to. Generally lace is the only thing I do block so I may change my mind. However, I have stretched it sideways a little and am not keen on the look, also I don't fancy pinning it out/threading wires through so it shall stay as it is.
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The weekly sock yarn blanket square is being moved to earlier in the week, maybe Mondays.

FO Friday- Tapestry scarf

My FO for this week is a drop stitch scarf/shawl that is the start of my Christmas knitting. It is another project that I finished a while back then took weeks to sew in the ends, but it is done now and I have someone in mind to gift it to.

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The pattern is Sunday Market Shawl by Vanessa Carter, I used two balls of Rowan Tapestry that I received in a swap, it has come out beautifully squishy. It is a really simple pattern to make and dropping the stitches is somewhere between fun and nerve wracking. This yarn is fairly fuzzy so doing the dropping took a while to work the bits of caught fuzz out of the stitches. Fortunately I had seen a warning on a finished Ravelry project (same yarn and pattern) to be careful not to split the yarn during knitting, so that was a potential disaster avoided.

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The colour changes are lovely in this yarn, long and subtly fading into each other. The drop stitches stop what starts out as a plain knit scarf rolling up at the edges, and add interest.

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Two balls made a scarf long enough to be folded and worn scarf style, it is really thick and squishy like this.

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It is also long and wide enough to use as a shawl, the drop stitches give it loads of stretch.
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I have gone back to neglecting my sock yarn blanket in favour of making Christmas presents, I am trying to get all the must make ones done by the end of November, leaving December free for the maybe makes if there is time. Once that is all over I have a couple of lovely projects in mind, and will be doing some serious catch up on the blanket!

FO Friday- Gift knitting and a square of course

This week's FO is one I have been hiding for a while as it was made to be given as a birthday gift. The birthday has come and gone and the recipient declares herself pleased with it so it is time for it to make its blog appearance.

It is a scarf made using the "One row lace scarf" pattern by Turvid and a skein of Debbie Bliss pure silk rescued from a sale bin.

The project worked up really fast, with only one row to memorise, and a simple one at that it is an easy pattern and good for on the go knitting. The yarn has mixed reviews online but I rather liked it, there was only one fat and slightly unspun patch and it was not so bad as to be noticeable when the work was finished. I am told that it is "so soft it feels like it is made from kittens, green ones".

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The square this week comes from the other end on the ball from one of my WIPs. It is my favourite hand dye project and I spent ages trying to pick a knitting project for it, I finally found on that will hopefully be finished in the next week.

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