Knitting

While I was waiting for my spun wool to dry, I had a go at Ninetta's treble tatting. Hmm, I'll need a lot more practice before I have anything worth taking a picture of.

I'm knitting a hooded scarf for my youngest granddaughter. I saw a picture of a crocheted  hooded scarf on Pinterest and liked the look of it. I couldn't get the pattern, but looked at similar garments on Ravelry until I could see how they were structured. I decided I was in the mood for knitting, rather than crocheting, and that I'd use the project to try out various stitches I have saved to Pinterest. After some sampling and experimenting, I decided to use this stitch from purlavenue.com, but I modified it, doing two rows of knit instead of 3 so that the fabric looks the same both sides. I had a 'leaf edging' saved that I've been wanting to try. It didn't work as well as I hoped, I think my yarn is too thick. So I experimented with different edgings until I found one I liked, which is here, number 1866 on Free Vintage Knitting. I'm going to use a different stitch for the hood part, I think the hood should be more solid than the scarf part needs to be. Watch this space.