When the days are as nice as they’ve been, I want to spend time outdoors. The snow isn’t deep enough to snowshoe and it’s been a bit too icy to want to strap on the X-country skis. That leaves walking, and it’s been just perfect. With a pair of gaiters and layers of clothing, the woods are warm and out of the wind, but it rips across the fields. Even so, the temperatures are about right. Just as the snow started to fall yesterday, I drove visiting family the 1 1/2 hrs. (or so) to the airport. By the time I made it back across to the Kingdom, the roads were covered and slick. Everything was blanketed in new snow. As what seems to be the pattern of all storms this winter, by morning the temps had risen and rain was making it a heavy to remove mess. By late afternoon, fog rolled over the hills, and wow! another beautiful walk.
Thanks to all of you for your suggestions for the use of the cranberry dyed yarn. About the time I was going through books searching around, my sister mentioned a scarf she had just finished. It was lacy. I wanted lace. It won’t begin to use all 900 yds. but it looked like fun. It is. I’ve gotten the first three repeats done. It isn’t long enough to see the color shifts in the yarn yet, but they’re coming. The anticipation is keeping me interested. I missed having a lace project on the needles. It’s a good project to offset the stockinette Funnel Neck. A little of this, a little of that.
I worked for longer than I was happy, trying to chart the pattern on the computer. I mad my "graph" using word, then tried to fill in the little ‘cells’. Hours, I tell you. With 54 sts, to the pattern, I couldn’t keep it on the page. Finally. I just charted it by hand. If anyone has experience using a program for this, let me know, please.
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12 responses to “more winter days”
That’s really beautiful!
Winter is so beautiful with the white coat that covers all the brown.
The yarn is gorgeous and the pattern similar to Hanging Vines and Seaweed, too. Enjoy the lace…it’s a nice foil to SS.
I believe C at http://catena.typepad.com/catena_expressions/ uses some kind of chart program…
I love your winter pictures keep them up 🙂
Does the Knitting Fiend have something that will serve?
Love the mountains in the Kingdom. We are all about rain where I am.
So nice. The walk photos and the cranberry scarf. Sheesh, I need to get out of the city more often.
I use Excel spreadsheets. Set the column width to ‘2’ and begin. Make your symbol, copy the cell and paste wherever you want. I also color chart this way by changing the background color of the cells.
Bright yarn, white and grey outside.
Love the pics of sun on snow… So different ot what we have.
I think the cranberry yarn is the perfect thing to offset the gray outside too. It looks lovely.
Oh, that Spreadsheet graph idea is EXCELLENT! Thanks, Cheryl!
I like Excel for charting as well – works much better than Word. Does just fine for either colorwork or lace, IMHO.
is that…the pattern in fiddlesticks flirty ruffles shawl? i’m knitting it right now, and it looks Very familiar, heh. do you think you could send me the pattern you’re using for that scarf?
melanie
I chart using Excel, in fact, if you want to send me the written out instructions I can chart it for you. I’ve got it all set up in my computer at work with a key and everything.