Purple Points - Skein 4

Skein 4 got me through most of the decreases and about an inch above me natural waist line. Pretty cool, almost done!

Purple Points - Skein 3

The third skein got me through the second sleeve and two repeats into the body of the cardigan.

Purple Points - Skein 2

Second skein got me through the rest of the top of the cardi and all the way through the left sleeve. I only did 3/4 length sleeves, so I had a bit left over from the second skein. I think I'll just save it in case I need it at the end.

Purple Points Cardigan - Skein 1

Here is how far one skein got me through the pattern. I'm just short of starting the sleeves.

Purple Points Cardigan

I have started a new cardigan. I saw the picture of the Point and Line Cardigan in Webs winter catalog and instantly fell in love. It looked so simple, yet somehow intriguing, so I went for it.

I bought eight skeins of Elsbeth Lavold's Silky Wool XL in the purple colorway and got started the beginning of January.


I am anxious about finishing my first ever cardigan, and I think I have picked a relatively easy pattern as my second go around.

Beads

I received my package from Shipwreck Beads yesterday!

In an effort to use up yarn in my ever-increasing stash, I have been searching for projects that aid my quest. I pulled out this yarn, of which I have two skeins left,

and found this pattern: TNT Beaded Scarf.

Fell in love with it on the spot, and istantly started a search for beads, which led me to Shipwreck Beads. I picked out these beads.

I am quite pleased with how they look with the yarn:


Unfortunately, I got ready to checkout only to discover that the website requires a $25 minimum purchase. Major negative, in my opinion.

Wearily, I went back to Ravelry to search for yet another beaded scarf pattern that would require the usage of some of my stash yarn. I found this pattern: Sea Glass

and ended up finding three different colored beads to go with some fingering weight yarn I had in my stash.

Another unfortunately, this pattern isn't available yet, it is still in test mode. So, I found the Dué Amori Gloves and Scarf set instead. I liked this much better, so now I have to figure out how to incorporate three different colored beads into everything. Oh well, you win some, you lose some. At least, I am using up some of my stash yarn.

Shalom - Finished!

I finally finished my Shalom cardi. (I'm not pregnant...just happens to be the way the sweater fell....) But I love it! I will definitely wear this a lot during the winter. Makes me want to knit as many of these type sweaters as I can. It was a very satisfying knit.