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Knitter / textile dabbler / lapsed writer Love all things wool and art NYC 🗽 she/her throwpickthrow.blogspot.com

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ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· 6d

Oh hey, my sock-in-progress fits this week's #ShowMeYourKnits theme, as it uses self-striping yarn. Did a progress check this morning, the sock grows apace!

Flat view of a speckled, striped sock on double pointed needles

Same sock now on a foot, reaching about halfway

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· 14d

Learning to knit socks from the toe up! Used increase instructions for a pattern I'm not gonna follow. (The pillow is cute but not mine.)

A speckled sock emeging from double pointed knitting needles, knit in orange and white yarn 🧶
It's on a throw pillow featuring a womn riding a horse

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Jul 13

My mother in law kindly gifted me a bag of goodies from The Woolly Thistle! I no longer have an excuse to not start up some socks lol. The eternal question is which pattern to knit next?

🧶 A plastic bag full of sock yarns in pink, speckles, and a bright green. Also some wool wash. It sits on yellow tissue paper. There's a project bag in the back that you can't see. The card from The Wooly Thistle suggests patterns.

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Jul 5

I didn't have time to take a good photo of the shawl so here's a quick one I did right after the embroidery was done 🧶 my sister was very happy! Now on to planning knitted gift my cousin's winter baby (a boy!)

Picture of most of a white shawl with eyelet lace, laid over a sofa

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Jun 11

I've finished knitting the Korpsång shawl! I tried a new to me bind off for kicks: Icelandic bind off. Easy once you get going and looks pretty on the garter stitch. Needs blocking and embroidery but not dealing with that today. It is indeed Nice and Large.

Closeup of a white garter stitch knit fabric, a blurry aloe in the background
🧶 the yarn (Skydance Fibers Nova) is a little fuzzy, has some sheen, and crisp stitch definition

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· May 24

Was thinking I don't have any yellow work for this week's #ShowMeYourKnits but then I remembered the yarn for the Sallah cowl I've been working on has splashes of yellow. In the bright sun, it stands out more than the other colors (purple, orange, green).

A mesh lace knitted triangle of gray with bits of lilac and yellow

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Apr 26

I don't know who in Manhattan is crocheting these tree... sleeves? Cowls? But I appreciate you.

A Manhattan street tree sporting colorful crochet stripes around its trunk.

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Apr 6

My latest attempt to make a shawl for my 3rd sister seems to be actually going well! 🤞I chose a pattern (Korpsång) from Laine's 52 Weeks of Shawls. The yarn is Skydance Fibers Nova.

A portion of a white shawl with many eyelets grouped in threes to resemble birds sits atop a pattern book with photos of the completed shawl

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Feb 28

#ShowMeYourKnits lace edition! My Sallah cowl is slowly taking shape.

🧶 knitted triangle with an all over lacy pattern in multicolor yarn with shades of gray yellow purple and green

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Jan 18

Finally decided to do something with this beautiful discontinued yarn in my stash. (Khusku, a bamboo/wool/nylon blend) I poked around @knitty.com archives and pulled up the Sallah cowl pattern. Tomorrow I'm back to working my my latest gift knits, but this one's for me!

A small knitted triangle of yarn on bamboo cable needles. It's silvery gray with splashes of yellow, purple, and green. 🧶

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Jan 6

Savoring one of my favorite xmas gifts: Elizabeth Zimmermann's The Opinionated Knitter. (Yes, that's a swatch-as-bookmark lol). Chock full of fantastic anecdotes and the archive of her knitting newsletters. I read the funny parts out loud to my husband.

"The Opinionated Knitter" 🧶 A pink hardcover book with a black and white photo of the author at center.

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Dec 27

#ShowMeYourKnits is knitter's choice, so here's the last gift knit I made: a Sophie Scarf in pretty fawn colored alpaca yarn. Hopefully my sister likes it. It only took a few days!

A folded triangular mini scarf sits on a black leather ottoman. It is made from a light brown and fuzzy yarn knit in garter stitch with an i-cord edge. 🧶

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Dec 24

They need to be blocked but the mittens are technically done! I used leftover yarn from the Briodag set but I still have a good amount of this yarn left... so much for knitting through my stash this year. 🧶 It was probably not a realistic goal to begin with. 😆

Striped mittens in 3 shades of purple, stacked on a red velvet pillow.

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Dec 3

LOL my abuela will be proud of me

Tidal graphic "You are Charo's 63rd biggest fan"

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Oct 1

Good news: I finished knitting the Briodag set and all pieces are ready by October as planned. Of course, it was 80 degrees today and will be again this weekend. Autumn has to arrive at some point but I am not sure when!

A woman (me) in cat eye glasses smiles in purple and gray knitwear: a knit ruffled scarf, mitts, and beret 🧶

The Briodag set: a beret, ruffled scarf, and knitted gloves

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Sep 1

Finally got out during weather cool enough yet still sunny enough to get a photo of my finished Briodag beret by Alice Starmore. It is unsurprisingly very warm. I'm happy to see that the pattern shows up in the orchid/violet part of the hat. Not bad for my very first stranded colorwork project!

Back of my head while wearing a multicolor knitted Hebridean wool beret. It's lavender-grey and two shades of purple. In the background are some trees, you can almost see a river in the distance. 🧶

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Aug 21

Briodag fingerless gloves are making good progress! Keeping track of multiple charts is Not Fun with my attention span but I am muddling through it. The pattern is pretty rewarding to watch develop as you knit.

Left hand wearing a knitted glove in progress, still on the double pointed needles. The cuff is striped and dotted with knots. It is in 3 colors, all shades of purple.

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Aug 3

Current knitting WIP progress: a beret is forming! I am actually another few rows past this already but figure I will take another photo before switching to the 2nd background color. 🧶 Pattern & yarn from virtualyarns.com- Briodag using colors Orchid, Driftwood, and Erica #knitsky

Orchid purple and gray multicolor hat is partially knit and still on the needles. The colorwork pattern is not very high contrast, unfortunately, but you can kinda make out the little gray crosses and squares.

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Aug 3

Since we're doing shawls on #ShowMeYourKnits- here's a better photo of my Damascena shawl. I really do grab this every time I'm cold (from air conditioning, it's been super hot here all summer). It's so comfy and pretty!

Woman wrapped in a cool gray and red knitted shawl. The red is in curving chain like stripes against the gray. Only lower half of face showing.
🧶 Yarn is Malabrigo Sock in Eggplant and Tiziano Red.

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Jul 17

I'm now working on Alice Starmore's Briodag kit, and have just completed the scarf! A little nervous about starting the proper colorwork. Very much not the season for posing with scarves, even in air conditioning, phew.

Woman with cat eye glasses and curly dark hair up in a headband takes a selfie wearing a knitted ruffled purple scarf over a pale pink shirt. The garter stitch scarf is 3 shades of purple, dark center band, bright lace ruffle, with light contrast trim.

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Jul 5

Trying to get a photo of my Damascena shawl laid out was tough given the size, but it wears so nicely! Worth all the time and effort.

A cropped photo of me wearing a shawl like a poncho. The shawl is knitted in grey and red yarn with a bit if a sheen. The grey background is striped with red "chains" or pods, and the trim has red leaves on stems. I pinned it with a poppy flower shaped brooch.

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Apr 22

Apparently there's a guy selling his crocheted roses in the city, and my lovely husband bought one for me on sight. So cute!

A red rose with 3 leaves crocheted in brightly colored yarn. The stitches are super tiny!

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Mar 6

Still working on the Damascena shawl, though on to the fun border. It'll probably take me a month to get through at my current pace, so I am likely gonna cast on a simpler side project soon. Maybe I'll knit some mitts in anticipation of spring...

A charcoal gray shawl with red wibbly stripes that look like pea pods. 🧶 It has a knitted on border with a red leaf and stem pattern.

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Feb 22

Lace is the theme for #ShowMeYourKnits but for once I am not actively knitting lace. So I present a throwback to my wedding shawl/wrap, one of the first things I designed myself using a stitch dictionary and some Malabrigo Silky Merino yarn. I did not know how to knit triangles yet lol.

A rectangular lace shawl draped over a spruce tree branch. It's knitted in gold and white tonally dyed singles yarn. 🧶

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Feb 8

For this week's Valentine's themed #ShowMeYourKnits I am still really proud of this red cowl/hood I came up with to solve my "it's cold out but I dont wanna crush my curls today" problem. Seamless with short row shaping. Uses White Gum Wool bouclé yarn, which is incredibly soft and cozy. 🧶

A selfie of me wearing the cowl up in hood mode. It is gray in the bottom, then solid red for the hood. Knit in reverse stockinette to show off the bouclé texture. My hair, black curls show in the front. Fabric drapes below my chin. I have enough fabric to pull up the bottom over my nose, but it is not quite a balaclava.

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Feb 4

Got to play with my xmas gift from my husband recently. I have no idea what I'm doing, it's great! Weaving is nice distraction from the chaos that will hopefully result in a coaster.

A close up photo of a small loom with a little over an inch of a gray linen strip woven. The warp (vertical thread) is white cotton. 🧶

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Jan 19

#ShowMeYourKnits I knitted my first sweater 4 years ago! Pattern is Ya'ar by Chai Crafts. I stopped short for a cropped fit. The yarn is a discontinued 50/50 merino/yak blend. I still wear and love this one, so light and warm.

Me, a woman with glasses and curly hair wearing a purple sweater. It has bloused bracelet length sleeves and a lace hem. I messed up the crew neck so it's a boatneck. I'm posing in front of my then neighbors' reed fence.

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Jan 15

Currently working on the Damascena shawl from Short-Row Colorwork Knitting. (Excellent book btw!) Colorwork is the main skill I wish to improve on in 2025. My color choices are arguably too low contrast, but I still like them. Yarn is Malabrigo sock in Eggplant and Tiziano Red.

A shawl in progress: charcoal/purple background with red wiggly stripes that resemble chains or bean pods. Made with fingering weight yarn. 🧶

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Dec 28

#ShowMeYourKnits I think my favorite knit this year is a tie, my swatch hat that accidentally fit is great, but I am also really pleased with this violet hat I just made for my mother in law. I thought, "this yarn will look nice in this stitch pattern" and was right!

I forgot to take a photo of the garter rib hat when it was done, so here it is almost finished, in my lap. The hat pictured is knit from yarn 🧶 dyed tonally in various shades of purple. I held fingering weight yarn double so it is thick and squishy.

ThrowPickThrow@throwpickthrow· Dec 6

Just got this used book in the mail! I bought it for the Aran sweater on the cover but I love the 90s -ness of all the patterns/photos. My Gen X husband secretly misses the oversized sweater silhouette so I told him to flip through and post-it what he likes 😆