Bluegreen Lemme Cowl Finished

 Hi all -

I hope everyone is doing well! Things are good here. We had a little more snow, which is good. Just a couple of inches, but every bit helps.

This week I finished my Lemme Cowl designed by Laura Nelkin.

Lemme Cowl

This cowl has a nice shape. It is fitted, but the stitch pattern makes it really stretchy and comfortable. And the accent beads at the top are cute. It works up pretty quickly. I have some read yarn to make another cowl and a matching Lemme Hat that I hope to start soon.

I also started my Platy shawl also designed by Laura Nelkin.

Platy Shawl

This is a fun shawl that is knit from one skein of color-changing yarn. It starts in the middle with Judy's Magic Cast On, which is a really cool cast on for things like this because it is absolutely invisible! If you zoom in on the picture, you will not be able to see where I did the cast on. The pattern is fun because you use both ends of the skein to really play with the colors. The Platy stitch, which is a stitch that Laura came up with for this shawl, is a bit fiddly to do and I don't think all of my stitches are completely correct, but they are close enough to look good so I'm fine with that. I enjoy using different stitches and creating interesting textures in my knitting.

Finally, I finished piecing the backing for my second panel for Angela Walters' Arcs, Curves & Points With Rulers Quilt-Along (QAL).

Small Arcs, Curves & Points - Backing

It's a bit wild, but I used up all of the QAL fabric that I got. It'll be fun once it's finished. I still need to pin baste this one, but the QAL start date got pushed back to January 20 and I have the other panel to work on, too, so I'm all set. Angela said that the demand for the supplies was overwhelming so they decided to push back the start date to try to get everything to everybody before they start.You can join the QAL for free and just work with your own supplies, but I'm glad that she got this response for the supplies. She's a wonderful teacher!

Nancy