WOYWW 245 & Shawlettes

I often wonder how many people visit the hundred plus desks of WOYWW each week to have a snoop and to see what we are all crafting. 

This week my desk is all about knitting, here in my living room but it does come with me on my travels too. 

I'm giving Julia the new title of "Knitmaster" as she has been pulling the wool over our eyes for ages, as we found out just this week that she isn't Mrs Dunnit at all. All can be explained.

She is, however, still our own dear "Julia" who instigates so much fun and friendship each week, so we'll let her off. 

Incognito? WOYWW? Crafting messes around the World? All will be revealed if you get over to her place PDQ. 

The STAMPING GROUND is the place to go.

 Here's my little coffee table festooned with left over balls of yarn. Not just any yarn but Noro (silk, mohair, lambs wool mix from Japan) which I love to knit, and recently I've been making  "shawlettes" (very wearable, warm, long triangular scarves). The Noro yarn is random dyed but sometimes there are colours in the balls that I don't really want to include so I wind it off until I arrive at a shade I do prefer. 

I am not a fan of yellow, orange, or brown, so I ended up with quite a stash of small balls in shades of these colours. I decided that someone might like a scarf in this colour palette so I am knitting them up to see how it goes. There will be so many ends to weave in but I think it will be well worth it as it is quite an expensive, quality, yarn. 

Easy to knit as they are all in garter stitch. 

 Here's one below that I made for DD2, in her favourite shades of blues and greens, with wooden beads on tassels at each of the corners. They help it to drape easily around the neck and look that little bit stylish and individual.

For this one I just started at the bottom front point and increased on every row at the second stitch, then at the next to last stitch. 

and one for me in my preferred colours.(I know... big spot on my chin!)

 I can personally recommend Noro yarn as I have used it for quite a few years and all the garments I've made have washed and worn really well. After a few washes the yarn really becomes extra soft so it it really cosy to wear.
This scarf increased in a different way in the middle of every row giving a lacy ladder down the front. I've got the pattern for this somewhere but I must admit that the other method of increasing is much simpler and far easier.

That's the status quo for today so be warned that I'll be off around the world, snooping to see as many of your desks as possible.