SOTSIII Hint 5

Hint 5 is done and is becoming tricky to photograph in its entirety.



So I took a close-up of the hint. Now I have started seeing insects floating up the stole. Mayflies or perhaps even bees?



I've also finally finished my Poet's Pullover. I knitted this in BWM Alpaca in, I think, Sphere. Hard to know as a bought a pack of the yarn in their fabulous back room and it was unlabeled. I used 3.5 mm, 4 mm and 5 mm circular needles to knit the pullover.




I had to redo the sleeves because they ended up too wide. I think there were a couple of errors in the pattern but nothing serious. I'm pretty happy with the end result.

SOTSIII Hint 4

HInt 4 is done. Again an easy knit - lovely! The pattern is becoming quite solid and now it looks to me as if leaves or flowers are breaking away from the solid section and drifting down. I eagerly await the next hint to see where this pattern is taking us.

In the meantime I have completed the body of my Poet's Pullover. I've had to make a few modifications because my stitch count did not end up the same as the pattern. I also found the armholes a bit tight so I re-knitted the fronts and lengthened the armholes. I'll finish the collar tonight and should be able to start the sleeves tonight as well.

A friend was interested in knitting a pair of felted clogs. So I whipped one up one evening this week to show her the construction. Now I need another free evening to knit the second one. Its rather satisfying being able to complete a project quickly.

FO: Escalier

Yep my socks are done and I think they are gorgeous. In fact I'm wearing them at the moment and they are very comfortable. This is a great pattern thanks to T. I knitted this in Patonyle which is a lovely soft yarn and complements the pattern.

Having completed the socks I needed a new project to balance my lace projects. I hauled out some Bendigo Woollen Mills Alpaca out of my stash and went looking for a pattern. I really wanted to knit this. But after spending an entire evening knitting swatches to get gauge (and I really hate swatching) I had to concede defeat - it just wasn't going to happen for me. So the next morning I hopped onto Ravelry and went hunting and I found this. I got gauge! So I cast on and I'm off knitting endless rounds of 2x2 rib.