Below is a (slightly fuzzy) photo of the Cozy Campfire socks I have been using a travel project lately - they have been to Belfast, Dublin, Milan, the Lakes, and on a few journeys around London and the south-east as well. This Dream In Colour yarn is just beautiful - even Simon wanted a pair, until he saw the glitter in them and thought it was too girly.
These socks used my favourite basic Vogue socks pattern, no stitch pattern as the yarn speaks for itself.
It is now rather too warm in London for me to want to wear them, but a cool change is expected this weekend and I expect to be padding around my draughty floorboards in them.
Thursday 29 April 2010
Friday 16 April 2010
The Knitting Blues
Today I have come to the end of 2 weeks leave from work, and I haven't done as much knitting as I thought I would. I thought this would be a great time to complete random WIPs, but somehow this didn't happen - in fact I probably knitted less than I do during working weeks!
I finished the Central Park Hoodie - or should I say Central Park DRESS! That might give some idea of what happened when I washed and blocked this linen/silk blend yarn - yep, it has no memory and has ended up a long line cardigan, with very long sleeves. I think it might end up in the frog pond, along with a number of other projects which are languishing there at present... or it might make a good mothers day present for my mum!
I am close to finishing the plain Dream in Colour socks, (Cozy Campfire - bought, I must admit, partly for the name alone); these have been accompanying me on trips out during my annual leave.
I am undecided about whether I will finish the Versailles Shawl, partly because I am living to regret my choice of yarn; a very soft cotton/wool/acrylic blend (King Cole Inspire) in bright green - perhaps a bit too bright? Perhaps a bit too cheap? I am not a yarn snob, and it's not the feel which is surprisingly luxurious, but it's the colour. I thought it would work for a shawl, but maybe not. It is hibernating in a corner of my knitting room - again.
I did another panel of the Panelled Baby Blanket; only one to go now - this might be a good project for knitting group on Sunday.
I need a project that's going to work now. And something I feel inspired to knit - I have hit a blank. I went back to my stash list, and started to wind the Adriafil Merino Laceweight I have had sitting in stash for ages, with thoughts of doing either something vintage, or the tank top from One Skein; but it did not want to wind easily and I got frustrated and stuffed it in a bag! Oh dear...
Next on the stash list is the Argentinian Alpaca, which needs to be ripped from an ill-thought-out project and re-knit into, probably, a shawl. But April does not feel like the right time to knit an aplaca shawl, so probably not.
Next is 4 skeins of Kidsilk Haze which I had planned to do Grace with; I knitted Grace about 5 years ago but it came out too short and I gifted it to a friend; she wears it a lot and I would still like one for myself - modified to have a longer body!
Decisions, decisions. I have bought some yarn too - this is what having time does; I get to visit yarn shops! I will post pictures of these purchases soon.
I finished the Central Park Hoodie - or should I say Central Park DRESS! That might give some idea of what happened when I washed and blocked this linen/silk blend yarn - yep, it has no memory and has ended up a long line cardigan, with very long sleeves. I think it might end up in the frog pond, along with a number of other projects which are languishing there at present... or it might make a good mothers day present for my mum!
I am close to finishing the plain Dream in Colour socks, (Cozy Campfire - bought, I must admit, partly for the name alone); these have been accompanying me on trips out during my annual leave.
I am undecided about whether I will finish the Versailles Shawl, partly because I am living to regret my choice of yarn; a very soft cotton/wool/acrylic blend (King Cole Inspire) in bright green - perhaps a bit too bright? Perhaps a bit too cheap? I am not a yarn snob, and it's not the feel which is surprisingly luxurious, but it's the colour. I thought it would work for a shawl, but maybe not. It is hibernating in a corner of my knitting room - again.
I did another panel of the Panelled Baby Blanket; only one to go now - this might be a good project for knitting group on Sunday.
I need a project that's going to work now. And something I feel inspired to knit - I have hit a blank. I went back to my stash list, and started to wind the Adriafil Merino Laceweight I have had sitting in stash for ages, with thoughts of doing either something vintage, or the tank top from One Skein; but it did not want to wind easily and I got frustrated and stuffed it in a bag! Oh dear...
Next on the stash list is the Argentinian Alpaca, which needs to be ripped from an ill-thought-out project and re-knit into, probably, a shawl. But April does not feel like the right time to knit an aplaca shawl, so probably not.
Next is 4 skeins of Kidsilk Haze which I had planned to do Grace with; I knitted Grace about 5 years ago but it came out too short and I gifted it to a friend; she wears it a lot and I would still like one for myself - modified to have a longer body!
Decisions, decisions. I have bought some yarn too - this is what having time does; I get to visit yarn shops! I will post pictures of these purchases soon.
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