W.I.P Wednesday

Welcome to my first W.I.P (Work In Progress) Wednesday. This past week I've really only worked on my rainbow conduit shawl, but since this is the first one, I'll do a full round up. I've pulled out all the projects I'm currently working on and taken some photos.

First is the shawl. It's Kauni Wool 8/2 Effektgarn in EQ (that's the rainbow) and Drops Baby Alpaca Silk. The Kauni is very rough to knit with, but the Drops is beautifully soft, so they balance out.

Next is the worsted weight sweater. The pattern is Split Ends, and I'm knitting it in Knit Picks Wool of the Andes. It's not the softest yarn ever, but it's nice enough, and pretty affordable. Sweater quantities of yarn can get expensive fast!

This is the start of an Everyday Shawl. It's knit in Rowan Fine Art in Kingfisher. This is the third or fourth project I've started with this yarn. I loved the look of it in the skein, but I've never been happy with how it knits up. I think I might be on to a winner with this one, but I need to do a bit more to be sure.

This is a Nautilus shawl I'm doing with a  Schoppel-Wolle Laceball 100. It's going to take forever, but should look amazing.

This is my magnus opus. It's a fair isle sweater knit with 4 kilometers of Drops Flora on 2.5mm needles. The pattern is Peace Jubileumsgenser. I printed the charts out on A3 paper so I can actually see them, but I can't work on it for too long at any one time before my brain turns to mush. I've nearly finished the first page of  the charts, and I started it in July 2017. It does go weeks without me touching it at all though. So much to knit, so little time. 

 And finally I thought I would show you the cross stitch I'm working on too. I've finished the bottom right quarter here, I've still got an awful lot to go. This is my oldest WIP, I got it for Christmas 2014! The finished piece should measure 40x27cm (16x10 1/2”). It’s a snow covered Zojoji Temple.