Grad

My daughter's grad is on May 31. A while ago I think I posted that I found some yarn in the same colour as her dress - 80% off!

I can't remember how many things I cast on and then frogged - a simple thin, lace shawl, a shrug, variations on the same. But I was never satisfied.

Finally, I was browsing on Ravelry and saw this:




Capelette by Be Sweet. I saw photos of people wearing it and it seemed to me to be just the right thing. Was that stockinette stitch, reversed every, what... 5 rows to create ridges? Looked like it to me. Did I need a pattern for that? I'd have to upsize it to 2X anyway. I guessed at the number of stitches. I was wrong the first time but the second time it was just right. 140 stitches does it.


I knit it on 6mm needles, I think at a gauge of 3.5 stitches per inch. I made 8 ridges. This is how it turned out (I added a brooch at the rosette):


Love it! She loves it! Mmm Hmm.

Ikea Knit Nights

Tonight, as with every other first and third Monday of the month, I went to Knit Night. I picked up my friend and her baby and we arrived at Ikea in Coquitlam at 6pm. We bought some supper - a good value for the money - and chatted while we ate. Then we started knitting.

Others showed up along the way, there were 7 of us tonight, all at varying skill levels from rank beginner to skillful crafter. We knit and instructed and chatted. It was really nice to be able to ask questions and get answers from others who knew what to do or who might do things a different way from how we would.

We discussed patterns and caressed the yarn and explained that all knitting is just knit and purl. It was a really comfortable experience that I cherish.