Keeping me warm on today's trip to the beautiful city of york
Monday 28 December 2009
Sunday 27 December 2009
Thursday 24 December 2009
In which I nearly complete two items in one day
The 23rd of December was a good day for me, knitting-wise. I finished work at midday, and with that sudddenly realised exactly how close Christmas really is. This spurred me on to complete Simon's annual Christmas scarf - this year the Textured Ascot from Jane Davis' 2005 book "Knit Ponchos, Wraps and Scarves", which was a Christmas present from my mother a few years ago. The yarn, Jarol Heritage DK in coffee, is left over from my favourite FO from 2009 - Anna Bell's Bridie - and the scarf took just over 100g. You will see a photo if you scroll down.
I had a long evening in waiting for Simon to get home from Yorkshire, and whiled away the hours making progress on the Back to School U-Neck Vest from Stephanie Japel's "Fitted Knits", knitted in Wensleydale Woolshop's Longwool Aran in teal - a gratefully received birthday gift from the Guilty Knitters. The yarn is wonderful - light, warm and lustrous, but the pattern was not so wonderful. I am an experienced seamless knitter, and accustomed to Steph Japel's patterns, so I was surprised to find myself having lots of problems with stitch counts throughout this. I logged on to Ravelry to discover that not only does the original book have errors, but there are errors in the errata for this pattern. I winged it in the end, and also accidentally freestyled my own textured version of the waffle stitch pattern that makes up the body, and I'm pretty happy with the outcome - just the edgings to do around the neck and armholes. Again, you will see a photo if you scan down.
OTK currently - well I am being quite restrained, but I do have three projects on the needles I am now thinking better of - the Versailles shawl (love the pattern, not so sure now about my yarn choice), Catherine Tough's Panelled Baby Blanket (will probably get finished for a gift next year), and a second go at Popknits' Footlights Cardigan (I think I've already gone wrong, and will probably have to rip it out).
My plan is to hibernate the baby blanket until the intended baby is closer to being born, to rip out Footlights, and...perhaps...finish the Versailles shawl before new year. This will mean starting the new year (almost) completely afresh.
What a lovely thing to contemplate!
I had a long evening in waiting for Simon to get home from Yorkshire, and whiled away the hours making progress on the Back to School U-Neck Vest from Stephanie Japel's "Fitted Knits", knitted in Wensleydale Woolshop's Longwool Aran in teal - a gratefully received birthday gift from the Guilty Knitters. The yarn is wonderful - light, warm and lustrous, but the pattern was not so wonderful. I am an experienced seamless knitter, and accustomed to Steph Japel's patterns, so I was surprised to find myself having lots of problems with stitch counts throughout this. I logged on to Ravelry to discover that not only does the original book have errors, but there are errors in the errata for this pattern. I winged it in the end, and also accidentally freestyled my own textured version of the waffle stitch pattern that makes up the body, and I'm pretty happy with the outcome - just the edgings to do around the neck and armholes. Again, you will see a photo if you scan down.
OTK currently - well I am being quite restrained, but I do have three projects on the needles I am now thinking better of - the Versailles shawl (love the pattern, not so sure now about my yarn choice), Catherine Tough's Panelled Baby Blanket (will probably get finished for a gift next year), and a second go at Popknits' Footlights Cardigan (I think I've already gone wrong, and will probably have to rip it out).
My plan is to hibernate the baby blanket until the intended baby is closer to being born, to rip out Footlights, and...perhaps...finish the Versailles shawl before new year. This will mean starting the new year (almost) completely afresh.
What a lovely thing to contemplate!
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