Pattern: Cashmere Neckwarmer by Kim K. Start Date: September 1st 2008 Finish Date: September 1st 2008 Yarn: Queensland Kathmandu Aran in Brown Needles: US 11 This was a quick little knit I polished off while watching my newest obsession 24. I’m nearing the end of the first season and can’t wait to get stuck into the next 6. Queensland Kathmandu is such a yummy yarn, I had two balls left… Read More »Finished knit and a challenge | Celtic Cast On
Neopolitan Socks Pattern: My own picot edge, 60 sts socks with Eye of Partridge Heel Yarn: Trekking 126 Needles: U.S. size 2 DPNS Start Date: June 26th 2008 Finish Date: July 6th 2008 These were soooo close to being twins it wasn’t funny but as you can see from the two they ended up being a few rows short of that. I’m not crazy about so munch white being at… Read More »A pair! | Celtic Cast On
2830 Start Date: July 6th 2008 Finish Date: July 23rd 2008 Pattern: 2830 by The Zephyr Girls Yarn: Cascade 220 Heathers Col. 9452 Lot 8553 Needles: U.S. circs size 8 As you can see this knit has been done for a while but I couldn’t find a nice enough day to take the pictures until now. I ended up knitting this as a medium and had no problems… Read More »2830 | Celtic Cast On
Well seeing as i’m really awful at keeping up with the ABC Along i’ve decided I’m playing by my own rules. We’re skipping G for now, if anything good pops up I can always backtrack but for now lets talk about H. H is for Heidi You’ve all heard me talking about my knitting friend Heidi before but I don’t think I really told you how talented this… Read More »H is for….. | Celtic Cast On
Lately my knitting has been geared towards smaller projects, ones I can bang out in a day or two. Part of that reason is because I’ve sworn to cast nothing else on the needles until I get my Anne Spencer completed…… well….. Anne Spencer has pissed me off and I don’t know if you will ever get to see her. See mum was here the other night and in all… Read More »Itty Bitty’s | Celtic Cast On
Cowls have taken over the blogosphere!!!! If you haven’t already knit one I KNOW your tempted to. What could be better than a simple knit, quick project, most definately portable that could be done in a matter of hours. After seeing many many many cowls out there I finally decided to give one a go and see what all the fuss was about…… Casually Cowl was born. Casually Cowl Start… Read More »Casually Cowl | Celtic Cast On
Clapotis Pattern: Clapotis from Knitty Yarn: Fearless Fibers colourway Mermaid Needles: U.S. 8 circs Start Date: May 18th 2008 Finish Date: June 2nd 2008 Thoughts 550 yards was definately NOT enough for this pattern. I ended up having to fudge the end as I was running out of yarn and still had the end decreases to do. I managed to make it work and was glad in the end to get it… Read More »Celtic Cast On » Blog Archive » Casting on :: Casting off
Pattern: Forest Canopy Shawl by Susan Lawerence Yarn: Elspeth Lavold Silky Wool Needles: U.S. 8 circs Start Date: March 22nd 2008 Finish Date: May 11th 2008 I made this shawl for my mum, for her birthday on the 17th of May. I knew I wanted to make her a shawl, my very first lace project and shawl project and had had the exact pattern and yarn in my stash for a… Read More »Birthday Shawl | Celtic Cast On
Cobblestone by Jared Flood Start Date: Feb 26th 2008 Finish Date: March 15th 2008 Yarn: Queensland Kathmandu Aran in Chocolate Needles: US 7 So I’m a little slack on getting my finished pics up. Heck never mind up I just took them yesterday Cobblestone was a joy to knit. Its the first sweater i’ve done in the round, first yoke, knitting on sleeves first construction of… Read More »Cowboy Cobblestone | Celtic Cast On
Its a lazy day here on The Ridge. The remnant’s of Hurrican Danny is descending upon us today bringing a ton of rain. I figured I’d make use of this lovely rainy day and start a new project. This is Super Natural Stripes by Fawn Pea. I figured with my cotton ease colour choices this would suit a girl or boy and with sizing up to 4 years I can definitely see… Read More »Celtic Cast On » Blog Archive » Saturday Stripes