Ok, I wanted to knit chevron socks. I had that Lorna’s Laces yarn I wanted to do something else with…perfect. So, I cast on and started knitting this:

Lovely…but I couldn’t get it over my heel. Even though my gauge was fine! So I begrudgingly tore it all out and cast on [...]

Ok, here it is - a little late…

And the back…this is the bit that makes it marginally less poncho-y:

See how it goes straight across the back? It makes it more of a modified shawl than a poncho, I think.
Here is a pic of me modelling it with all the bad bits cut out:

It’s cute, [...]

The alpaca poncho reached 52″ last night! I very eagerly cast off, and today I started blocking it!

Unblocked it was 52″x13″. Blocking now, it’s 54″x 19″. The t-square ruler did come in very handy in this case. Lots of t-pins here…it kept wanting to shrink back. I spritzed it with [...]

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