Tuscany!

Hi All!

I am about to embark on Tuscany! I am super excited. I sub'd the yarn for a Karabella cashmere. (I know, this is blasphemous, but I fell in love with the yarn...and the pattern looks like it will be perfect for it!)

Anyway, I will be making 2 of them (Christmas gifts) and I was wondering how many hours it took some of you out there to make Tuscany? (Obviously, everyone is different, but if I could get a rough estimate it will help me plan better. I always bite off more than I can chew when it comes to gifts for the holiday season!)

Can't wait to post progress pics once I get started!

Gwen

a vegan in Tuscany

Well, my second Tuscany is off the needles - this time a vegan version made with Rosarios Bio Bamboo!



It's for a vegan coworker of mine - hence the yarn choice.



Can't say I loved the bamboo as much as the Silken, but it was still fun to work with. A great pattern as well.

For more info/stats, feel free to check out my blog.

Cheers,

Kristina

I finished Tuscany! I started this project in June with some stash yarn, Bernat Satin in Bordeaux (a worsted weight yarn) and used size 6 needles. Because it's worsted, I ended up doing 8 repeats instead of 11.







It's still drying, though inside now. It was unseasonably warm today (23C, 75F), great for laying it out on the porch.

Tuscany!

More pics and specs on the blog.

Intoxicating - done!!

Yarns: Sea Silk, SWTC Soysilk, SWTC Oasis and Ella Rae Silkience

And I'll throw in a photo of my Tuscany in progress - with Silken (of course!)


More info/specs at my blog:
Intoxicating and
Tuscany (near the bottom)

Tuscany content?

I just acquired this yesterday (for more specs on this, if you're bored, check out the whole sorry story).

I do seem to recall one or more people posting here that they used only two skeins of Silken to make the Tuscany. For the life of me, I can't find those posts now, though.

Any thoughts? Stitch-ay Woman thinks it's a go. :-)

Cheers,

Kristina

PS Hopefully will have some FO Intoxicating pics within the week. I've been slacking off planning future projects and working on what I hope will be the world's biggest log cabin blankie made from scrap and swatches. It certainly may well be the most colourful. ;-)

A new member....And Tomato!!

Hi Everyone,

This is my first post on the No Sheep KAL (although I have been lurking!). I finished my Tomato about 2 months ago. I used Knit Picks Main Line in Wedgewood (main color) and Silver Sage (contrasting color). I had to increase my needle size to get gauge. This was my first sweater EVER! I learned so much and I loved every second of it. If you look at the pic, you'll see that I missed a row in the color section and ended up with 4 sections instead of the larger 3. Instead of a mistake, I like to think of it as a design feature!

Also, I am trying to decide on a Christmas gift for my mother. I am torn between Tuscany and Bacardi. I want something extra special for her, but with work and school I need my knitting to still be relaxing. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Gwen

http://www.gwendolynsgifts.blogspot.com

Lime Green Tuscany DONE!

At long last, this Tuscany is done! I LOVE this pattern. Thanks Amy.

Help with Cotton Tuscany

I posted MANY weeks ago about a lime green tuscany that I had started. Well, I have FINALLY finished, while moving my entire household from Oregon to California. YEA!!

So, here's where I need help -- I used an egyptian cotton. Do I need to "block" this? If so, how?

THANKS in advance.

What's that? Another Tuscany!

I finished my Tuscany over the weekend. I did one less repeat because I'm short, but love it all the same. I think it the best blocked project I've done. Pictures and more information on it at my blog.
willowluna.wordpress.com

Another Tuscany Shawl

Here's my Tuscany Shawl!

I used one skein of Hand Maiden's Sea Silk that I picked up at The Naked Sheep.

I really had fun knitting this one, and can't wait to start another project from the book. I think I have been won over by all the wonderful Tomatos. I have some GGH Samoa that just might work!

Tuscany Done!

Last night I blocked my Sea Silk Tuscany Shawl! I love how it knitted up and blocked, and I will definitely knit this pattern again. The Sea Silk is so light & airy and smells lovely. This is going to be a great shawl to wear this summer.

Here are some details for you...
Pattern: Tuscany
Yarn: Handmaiden Sea Silk (1 full skein and 1/4 of second skein) in the Paris color
Needles: new Addi Lace Needles size 6US
Size: 31 inches long at deepest point and approx. 80 inches across the top

I have more pictures on my blog.

How big should I make it?

So far I've used up exactly one skein of Handmaiden Sea Silk in knitting Tuscany. I'm trying to decide how big I should make the shawl. The pattern calls for knitting the 16-row pattern repeat 11 times and I've done it 17 1/2 times. As for measurements I haven't measured it across the top yet because it is all bunched up on my needles. But at the deepest point when I stretch it out is almost 26 inches. I've never blocked Sea Silk before so I don't know how much it might grow or not. At this point I'm sort of thinking I will keep on knitting this shawl and make it bigger with my second skein of Sea Silk that I have. What do you think?

Abby

Tuscany Started, a little

Hi all! Here is the pathetic start to my Tuscany Shawl.

I am using Seasilk. I wish that I had a solid to show off the pattern better, but I was tricked into buying the yarn because of how bright and lovely it was.

I have been working mostly with hemp lately and the seasilk seemed so crazy slippery. I finally tamed my savage beast yarn by switching from my Knitpicks Options needles to addis.

To further tame my Seasilk, I decided I needed a yarntainer. I'll spend whatever on seasilk, but I just couldn't slap down the $10 for a yarntainer. So my beautiful spun from silk and sea yarn is living in a kool-aid pitcher I picked up for $1.99.

The poor yarn is probably embarrassed to death, but I had to keep it from rolling away and ending up in the paws of my evil cat, or near any of my dirty kids. I love them, but silk yarn and snotty kids do not mix, or at least shouldn't.

Tuscany Started

This is my first time (officially) on a knitalong. I'm excited to share my project with others and to see the progress of all the other members knitting the wonderful projects from this book. As the title suggests, I'm working on Tuscany. Originally, I wanted to make this shawl using a bamboo yarn. I looked at those offered by my LYS, which were wonderful choices, but, after attempting to calculate the appropriate yardage, it was just too expensive. I'm not adverse to paying good money for good yarn, but the problem is that I'm not really sure that I'm even a shawl person. This is my second shawl and I like knitting them, but I'm not quite sure I will use them. So, I didn't want to spend that much money...yet. So, I chose an egyptian cotton. I know, not too exciting, but I love the color. It's Mandarin Petit (from Norway) in a bright spring green (using sz 6 needles). I love the other examples earlier on the blog using the seasilk and bamboo in verigated colorways (beautiful color choices!), but after seeing my start, I also like the way the mono-color emphasizes the pattern. I've decided this is my "leaving the northwest" shawl, since it reminds me of where I live right now...the color of the spring leaves. I'm moving to a much warmer and drier climate in the next 2 months, so this will be a nice reminder of my favorite time of year in the NW.

Tuscany

I recently made Tuscany in a lovely Bamboo Ribbon by Makalu yarns. It turned out beautiful, I'm giving it to a friend for her belated birthday present.
I made it a bit smaller because she's a tiny person so I didn't do as many pattern repeats. It took two skeins almost compleatly, I'd imagine two and a half would do the whole shawl in the large format.