This first one is called "Wingspan." It's a small shawl made of offset triangles, ending with an overall curved shape. The new things for this project are knitting a triangle shape, and adding on cast-on stitches. This photo shows the start of it. Earlier this evening I finished this first triangle, and started on the second. The pattern calls for eight triangles, but you can customize this shawl however you want with more or less triangles and such.
This pattern called for size 4 circular needles, but I don't have such a critter in my knitting tools. I had size 4 straight (flexible plastic) needles that were my mom's, so I started on these. But I realized I was REALLY going to need the length of the circular needles as the project wore on, so I started over on the smallest circular needles I had, size 8. So far so good, I like the looser feel it has - the size 4 was almost giving a dense, "carpet" feel to it. So this may turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
The second project, also just started, is awesome. I wanted a "lacy" scarf of some kind. I found this pattern called "Cashsilk Fern," and loved the viney-lacy pattern in it. Since I learned yarnovers in recent times, they don't intimidate me anymore. It called for size 3 needles. I was sure I had everything but size 1, but I can't find the size 3's for anything. So .... I picked up the size 4 flexible-plastic needles "discarded" from the other new project, and cast on. Only one size difference will hopefully not be too much. So off I go with probably the most challenging project to date for me ... this photo shows the beginning of what I hope will turn out to be a fun, pretty scarf.
Barely cast on:
Getting a good start on the beginning rows and I'm LOVING the pattern:
Both yarns are "Shimmer" by Red Heart, "Purple Haze" for the "Wingspan" shawl, and "Lime" for the "Cashsilk Fern" scarf.
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