First there is the Half Hap shawl, otherwise known as the purply heap. This has reached the stage of having completed the "centre" and the Old Shale border, and I have worked off the stitches so that there are loops all round for picking up to put on a narrow edging. I think I am going to have to reduce the number of loops on the curved edge, as there seem to be wildly too many - a bit of reading up needs to be done before I decide on that.
I have a semipair of socks. Araucania bought in Bungay. I am so impressed at how random the colours are - there is nothing in the colour distribution to tell you where the heel flap is. I do like yarns that stripe, or pool, or even swirl, but if you want true random, this is the one. Feels lovely as well.
More Aruacania. Who saw the Winter Twilight Mitts in Knitting Daily? I already had the orange sunsetty colour, and got the darkish green single colour from Get Knitted - I asked them to find me the most consistently dark skein, and they did me proud!
But everything else has been abandoned for this. A top-down, hooded cardi in Cascade 220 , all the way from sunny Californiay. This for the daughter that doesn't knit. I am trying to put on a bit of speed so that she gets it before the cold weather sets in. It is growing remarkably fast.
3 comments:
the hoodie looks great. i looks like some nice cables on the back. is it the one from the fall issue of vogue knitting?? that one is gorgeous. knitted a sweater in cascade this spring. i am looking forward to seeing if it holds.
No cables - sorry! Just the way it is crumpled on the needles. I tried to encourage her to consider cables but she wants this
http://www.getknitted.com/acatalog/Knitting_Pure___Simple.html
Pattern No. 225.
It certainly feels nice and crisp and should keep its shape.
The drawbacks of knitting for others! I tried to tell hubby that he needed an aran sweater, but he assures me he'll never wear it.
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