The last clue of the Mystic Supernova KAL was published last week, and the FOs (Finished Objects) are starting to show up on Ravelry.
Here is a circular version of the shawl, knit by Bobbi Ann in Boise, ID. (Looks like it’s dog-approved!)
Ginni in St. Paul, MN knit a semi-circular Mystic Supernova, which I think looks lovely.
And then Ann in Boston, MA has a gorgeous circular Supernova that looks almost black. Swoon!
Many people are still knitting, and I’m hoping to see more FOs as they become available. So far, everything looks amazing.
If you missed out on the KAL, but still want to knit your own Supernova, the pattern is available in PDF format for CDN $8.00
I have a summer top that I knit a couple of years ago. I really like it, and I often wear it. I especially like to wear to various knit events, so when I went to Maryland Sheep & Wool festival earlier this month, it was an obvious choice. Also, it’s rather warm in MD in early May (by Ottawa standards at any rate), so a knit, short-sleeved top seemed like a good idea. And it was.
Anyhow, after I came home, I washed it, and when I pulled it out of the water, I saw this:
As you can imagine, I was NOT happy. I really don’t know what happened. I mean, there are lots of things one could snag the shirt on – both at the festival, and also the zipper of my bag, I suppose, but I never noticed a thing.
I figured that I had to have a little bit of spare yarn from the same skein lying around somewhere. But how to find it? After rummaging through the stash, I identified three likely options. All Wollmeise (the top was knit out of Wollmeise, Sabrine), but of course none of them still had the label.
After careful consideration in bright daylight, I determined that the right-most scrap of yarn must be it. I believe the three colours are (from left to right) Pfefferminz Prinz, Neptune and Sabrine. They really are remarkably similar (and obviously I must like this type of colour, since I have 3 versions), but with good lighting, the choice was obvious.
I then set out to mend the hole. Luckily it was only one strand of yarn that had broken, so I duplicate-stitched that row, starting about 4 cm to the right of the hole, and then went through the hole, mending the gap, and then continued another 4 cm or so to the right of the hole. You can barely see it.
The Mystic Supernova KAL is coming along. This week I released clue 5 (out of 6), so it’s really getting closer to the end.
This is what mine looks like (with the final clue stripped out). All the progress pictures in the Knit & Knag Designs group on Ravelry look great so far. My favourite this past week has got to be Kim’s from NJ:
Kim has stretched out her WIP as a steering wheel cover. Awesome! And handy for knitting at stoplights (just kidding – don’t knit and drive).
It reminds me of when I was at Rhinebeck a few years ago. I was working on Ra & Apep from Ancient Egypt in Lace and Color
and I had a nice-looking blob on my needles. I was in a restaurant, knitting away, and the waitress stopped at my table and said “Wow, that’s a lovely crocheted hat!”
What could I say other than “Thank you!” and try not to laugh? 😀 But I still affectionately think of the shawl as the crocheted hat. And from now on, I think the Mystic Supernova will be known as the steering wheel cover. 😀
Aside from that, I’m busily at work at another upcoming pattern – it will definitely be a Mystic KAL, but likely not until the fall, since it’s a large project again. I’ll show a bit of a sneak peek here:
The yarn is 2 boxes of Fiber Optic Yarns 100% Merino wool laceweight in the Damson-Gold gradient. 900 yds/3.6 oz per paintbox. Simply stunning.
I just spent the weekend at the Maryland Sheep & Wool festival. Cooperative Press had a booth, and I was there all weekend with the preview copy of Mystic Shawls – my very very very new book.
In fact, it is so new that it didn’t even make it there. But we brought a gorgeous preview copy, and took orders. For those of you who didn’t make it to MDSW, the book is available to order here. The book contains the 14 Mystic patterns published to date (Mystic Waters, Mystic Light, Mystic Star, Mystic Roses, and Mystic Earth, to name a few).
The booth was quite busy over the weekend. Shannon Okey, Andi Smith, Elizabeth Hope and I worked hard all weekend. We also had the pleasure of spending the weekend with Sally & Kitty of knitCompanion, as well as a number of visitors, like Heather Ordover who stopped by on Saturday, and of course Sam & Sarah of Cephalopod Yarns.
And of course no fiber festival would be complete without some yarn. One of my favourites was the gradient kit from Fiber Optic Yarns. I came home with two sets, for a total of 1800 yds of radiant goodness in damson-gold gradient. I’ve been so excited about this yarn that I’ve already cast on. Brace yourselves.
I also had the pleasure of meeting Jo & Carl of Ashton Studio Arts. They have some really lovely yarn, and I brought home several skeins of different bases and colours. I look forward to working with these yarns soon.
Stephanie of LunabudKnits had some lusciously soft and squishy yarn too. Can you tell I was in a “blue” frame of mind? I was also drawn to the name, I have to admit. It was well matched with another colourway called Tardis.
Finally, my favourite non-yarny find of the weekend was this amazing project bag made by Andi Smith of KnitBrit. I moved into it immediately, and I LOVE it.
In addition to all of the above, I also had the chance to visit with Gryphon at the Verdant Gryphon booth, and chat for a while. And of course many, many others. So much to knit, so little time. I had a great time, and look forward to next year’s festival.
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