The last piece of my shapely Vogue cardigan is complete. Have I begun the finishing? Heck no. Why finish when I can start? Here's my upstairs project- the beginnings of my EZ %age sweater:
I decided since it wasn't to be car knitting, I needed something simple, but a little more interesting than stockinette stitch. There are prettier cable patterns, but this one will divide nicely at the V-neck. I'll do a cable up the sleeves, too. And there's no sewing, so I'll actually finish this one! The yarn is Bernat Aspen Soft, a merino wool blend from Smileys Yarns. I love good woolies, but there is something to be said for washable, especially when it 's to be worn against the skin.
Downstairs I'm working on...
for The Ships Project. I'm using Cervinia Sorento (again, from Smileys) which I think is a very nice acrylic yarn. It's made in Italy, so I feel very international when I knit with it. The patterns are somewhat from EZ's Knitting Workshop and partly my own.
Gifted again!
SP goodies abound. Time to break out the spindle and practice up. Why can't I make a nice small strand like everyone else?
And in other news:
Dinner tonight was from last night's Emeril Live. Very yummy if you like seafood.
Check out the Naive Knitting weblog. Scroll down to the doggies- so cute! I have socks picked out to make them- one day.
Picts of the puppies: Sammy helping DD#2 with her homework.
Max sez- what in the world is she doing?
Hey, no fair!! You have finished objects! I have swatches and sketches... wanna trade?
I want to molest your lovely fair isle hat, and I'm glad to finally see someone say that the cervina yarn is fab since I've been stalking it on smiley's for the past few weeks. You may have just enabled me.
I have to ask you a question though. I've never done extensive fair isle before, and the resources out there arent really resources so much as pattern books, so this question isnt answered anywhere that i've looked; When you knit fair isle, does your gauge shrink? I mean your stitch gauge (row gauge being small or something was mentioned in Vogue Knitting). I had this lovely hat all planned out for my brother, and now it looks like it's going to be for his new baby. gah! (I was bad, i didn't swatch in pattern, i just swatched with one yarn.) And yes, I'm being good and spreading the stitches before knitting in a new colour, so there's no puckering.
Thanks for being such an awesome SP! I havent been that spoiled in years!
And now it's time to be late for work.
--Bobby
Posted by: Bobby | Saturday, May 14, 2005 at 03:15 PM