On of the nicest things I do in the mornings when getting my bag ready for work is to plan what knitting I will take to do on my commute - my commute can be up to 1 1/2 hours each way, so theoretically I can get a lot of knitting done (my projects don't seem to grow that quickly though!).
Yesterday I packed the Central Park Hoodie, of which I only have the rest of the second sleeve to do before blocking it, sewing it, and finishing it with the hood and button bands. I really want to get to the blocking/sewing stage by the end of this weekend coming (I am BORED with this project now - dangerous, as startitis beckons).
But when I came to pull it out, I realised I had left the pattern notes and cable needle back at home. Luckily I could pretty much remember the pattern, up to the point at which I would need to shape the sleeve caps and I was a little way off that, but I did need the cable needle. However, inspired by my mother who manages to turn out beautiful, complex knits without stitch markers or holders, or cable needles, or indeed any of the fancy notions I use all the time, I rummaged in my bag and found a large paperclip, and so it had to do, bent into a kind of cable needle shape. And it worked fine, so fine that I didn't even bother bringing my cable needle today.
On another note, Spring/Summer Knitty is up, and I want to do two patterns from it - Buttonheads, and the Torreyana shoulderette; I will just have to be strong and hold off starting until I finish the Central Park Hoodie's second sleeve...
Tuesday 23 March 2010
Friday 19 March 2010
I am a far too infrequent blogger, mostly due to the demands of work and life in general, but every now and then I resolve to turn over a new leaf, and today is one of those times.
This weekend just gone, hubbie and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary by flying to Milan, with a quick trip to Zegna fitted in before taking a train to Verenna on Lake Como. Verenna has special significance for us, as it was there, at the end of a walking holiday in the Swiss Alps, that hubbie proposed. Dear reader, of course I married him, and spending our anniversary weekend there was a lovely prospect, even though I am recovering from a cough/cold and spent the weekend virtually coughing up my lungs.
Although always on the lookout for yarn shops I didn't find any - although did find much fine cashmere and merino already made into things. I took some knitting with me, which you can see a photo of below; it's Catherine Tough's Panelled Baby Blanket from her book Hip Knits. As the great EZ says - unless you are a great stay-at-home, always knit blankets in squares or strips, and this is a strip knit blanket which I am doing in contemporary shades of creams, beiges and browns (from stash, I am proud to say), with flashes of leaf green and red. It will be a gift, and I don't know the sex of the baby - hence the neutral colour scheme!
I also wore a knitted item while on the rather cool Lake - the vintage style beret featured below is from one of the Rowan Winter magazines, and was knitted in, now discontinued, Jaeger Luxury Tweed (an alpaca/lambswool blend), in a soft berry colour.
After returning from Lake Como I have been attempting to relax after busy days at work with the second sleeve from the Central Park Hoodie - a pattern which is generally enjoyable if a bit fiddly at times.
More posting soon...
This weekend just gone, hubbie and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary by flying to Milan, with a quick trip to Zegna fitted in before taking a train to Verenna on Lake Como. Verenna has special significance for us, as it was there, at the end of a walking holiday in the Swiss Alps, that hubbie proposed. Dear reader, of course I married him, and spending our anniversary weekend there was a lovely prospect, even though I am recovering from a cough/cold and spent the weekend virtually coughing up my lungs.
Although always on the lookout for yarn shops I didn't find any - although did find much fine cashmere and merino already made into things. I took some knitting with me, which you can see a photo of below; it's Catherine Tough's Panelled Baby Blanket from her book Hip Knits. As the great EZ says - unless you are a great stay-at-home, always knit blankets in squares or strips, and this is a strip knit blanket which I am doing in contemporary shades of creams, beiges and browns (from stash, I am proud to say), with flashes of leaf green and red. It will be a gift, and I don't know the sex of the baby - hence the neutral colour scheme!
I also wore a knitted item while on the rather cool Lake - the vintage style beret featured below is from one of the Rowan Winter magazines, and was knitted in, now discontinued, Jaeger Luxury Tweed (an alpaca/lambswool blend), in a soft berry colour.
After returning from Lake Como I have been attempting to relax after busy days at work with the second sleeve from the Central Park Hoodie - a pattern which is generally enjoyable if a bit fiddly at times.
More posting soon...
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