Summer Scarf

What if ... I combined short rows with drop stitches ... this scarf idea looks promising.

Pieces of Eight Mitts - Deutsche Version

Renate Schattschneider (wwmaid bei Ravelry) hat sich die Mühe gemacht, die Anleitung für die Pieces of Eight Mitts ins Deutsche zu übersetzen - und sogar noch eine zweite Version für 6-fädiges Garn zu schreiben.

Vielen lieben Dank!



Diese deutschen Anleitungen finden sich bei Ravelry:

• für 4-fädiges Sockengarn (Ravelry-Link)
• für 6-fädiges Garn (Ravelry-Link)

The english version of this pattern is available here.

Corinne Cardigan

Quite proud that I finished my Corinne cardigan - pattern from knitty.com. I love that I found buttons that match perfectly.

Another Short Row Interpretation

I've always wanted to knit the beautiful Summit shawl by Mandy Harrington. I've tried it a few years ago when I rediscovered knitting, but at that time my attempts looked rather sad and were soon frogged. But I still kept the pattern in my queue, because I'm still planning to knit it one time.

Curiously enough, I never thought of it as a short row pattern - even though I do like short rows very much. That changed when I saw a wonderful picture on Pinterest to the machine knitting blog alessandrina.com. In her post "Wisteria 2" she explains a similar pattern (for machine knitting) in terms of short rows.

That got me thinking - especially since I was looking for ideas how to use the sock yarn that I bought last week ... and eventually I started a crescent scarf with short row "holes" (i.e. non-wrapped short rows).

As always, I'm not sure whether it the effect (shape, topology and yarn) will work, but I'll continue for a bit.