WIP Wednesday: Anghymesur Shawl and Woodland Hat!


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Welcome back to WIP Wednesday, and thanks for sticking with me!   I've actually been super-productive and have got two projects to show today, my Anghymesur Shawl, and my Woodland Hat!

First, the Anghymesur Shawl.

This shawl is an asymmetrical shawl that will work for a single skein of sock yarn, and it's going to be released as a Patreon-exclusive pattern, as a huge 'thank you' to my first five Patrons! So if you want to have a good look behind the scenes of the this shawl (including previews of pattern drafts and other fun stuff) I'd love it if you joined me on Patreon!
A gradient lace asymmetrical shawl knit up on a straight needle.  The long end is tucked under the end of the straight needle, and the gradient goes from purple to teal.

I'm really enjoying working on this shawl, though the rows are definitely starting to get long. The lace is a bit too complicated for television knitting, I find, but not so difficult as to be unenjoyable.  If I'm working with this with the television on, I'm finding it's a good thing if I already know the show. Otherwise, I occasionally loose track of the episode plot, being a bit too focused on my knitting.   But, the lace isn't super-complicated -- I took it to Knit Night two weeks ago without trouble. 

 The stitch pattern is actually based off of the amazing work of Naomi Parkhurst, and her encoding of words into lace. I've just adapted it, changed a few stitches for my own preference, and figured out how to fit it into the increases and decreases of the asymmetrical shawl shape.

Yarn is Dragon Strings Phoenix Wings Gradient in "Dark Crystal".  I got it at the Woodstock Fleece Festival last year, and honestly wasn't sure what to do with it!   I love gradient yarn, but I don't love that a single ball of gradient sock yarn makes non-matching socks (I like my socks to at least mostly match)!  So, a shawl was the perfect way to work with this yarn, and I'm thrilled about how it's working out! 

Needles are my very old needles (I think they're very old Aero Needles but I'm not sure!)  They're labeled as size 11 Canadian, which converts to 3mm. (I don't see modern needles in Canadian/UK sizing, it seems to be a hold-over from older needles!)  They're straights, but quite long, (I think they're 14 inches), and I have, in fact, knit a sock yarn shawl on them before, so I should be able to keep this on these needles the entire time!

Second project this week is the Woodland Hat!

The second part of the hat is actually identical to the first.  Picking out the provisional cast on was a pain-in-the-behind, but I got it done without too many problems.  And I have, happily, ditched my makeshift elastic system from last post,(and yes, my elastics did qualify me for the *Eat.Sleep.Knit "Pull A MacGyver" badge!)  

A doubled hat.  The blue hat has stitches picked up from the bottom brim and knit with white yarn, to create a second hat, joined at the bottom brim. The hat is a worsted-weight cabled hat. Yarn is *Squoosh Fiber Arts Ultra Worsted in "Rock Candy" and "Mallowmar", both of which were  *Eat.Sleep.Knit exclusive colourways from 2017.   If you're looking for these colours now, you might be out of luck -- a quick Ravelry Search doesn't turn up either "Rock Candy" or "Mallowmar" as 'for sale or trade', but you might be able to find some by asking very nicely in a destash group.   The colours in the photo aren't quite true-to-life (it's what I get for trying to photography on an overcast day), the blue is actually brighter then it looks! (This post's photos are closer to real-life colour).

Needles are now my 4mm old Aero circulars.  It's a stiff cord, but that's not a problem for making hats!  And I can Magic Loop/Travelling Loop with these needles enough to finish the hat crown, which is the important part, right?

The *silver rose stitch markers that you can see in both pictures are from *Efficient Sense's Etsy Store -- you can see that the set gets a lot of use!  The *Celtic Knot Stitch Markers that I'm also using for the Anghymesur Shawl are from the same store, too!

Well, I think that's it for this week.  As always, I'd love to hear and see what you folks are making! Please, feel free to post your crafty projects in the blog comments, so I can be amazed by your awesome work! Until next week!

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