I seem to have been infected by startitis but with no finishing effects!
Here's a sample of some of the wip's:
First up is Cusco from Cheryl Oberle's book Knitted Jackets
I really enjoyed knitting the first half, I love the yarn Artesano Alpaca, the pattern is easily memorised and it was good bus knitting. I've started the 2nd side but have mislaid a skein of yarn and now I'm not sure if I'll have enough to complete it - instead of trying to finish it, I'm dithering about undoing part of what I've already knitted and making the bands of stocking stitch smaller in order to eke out the yarn I have.
Next up is Baby Blanket no. 5 knitted using James Brett's Marble Chunky and loosely based on a Hap Shawl pattern. The centre diamond was knitted dishcloth style and then I started the Feather and Fan edge.
Having got nearly to the size I wanted I looked at it and realised that I've done all of that as Knit and as I'm knitting it in the round every 4th row should have been Purl - another partial visit to the frog pond!
What is the difference in Feather and Fan / Old Shale? I've always used the terms interchangeably but I secretly know that that is wrong!
Baby Blanket no 6 is the Curlicue Coverlet by Oat Couture knitted using yarn I got for £1 per 100gm ball and it's 55% wool machine washable!
I was knitting this at Mum's the other week when my eldest niece decided to sit on my lap and watch my hands. Then she held onto the needles, practiced wrapping the yarn around and then took off and knitted two rows - her first knitting and her gauge is more even than mine! This blanket will be for my Great Niece/Nephew so I plan to tag those two rows at the start of section 5 for posterity!
My latest knitting obsession is Kate's Cardigan from the wonderful little magazine KnitCircus which seems to grow from strength to strength.
The yarn I'm using is from New Lanark and is a souvenir from my trip to Glasgow. I do love knitting with a crunchy tweed. The back was completed as commuter knitting last week and the first front started yesterday.
No knitting today though as I've a foul headache and numb fingers and have spent most of the day sleeping.
Will I ever report a finished item? Perhaps I need to follow Dawn and Polly's examples and make lists though I feel exhausted just reading them!
Posted by Yvonne at March 24, 2009 07:20 PMhi Yvonne, hope you are feeling better when reading this?
Any chance the missing skein of yarn (Artesano Alpaca) is at home? If so, I'd wait to see if it turns up before tinking back.
Also, agree with 2 above about the blankets...they are gorgeous!!!
The blankets are fab - love the colours in the new one (and go little niece - how fantastic is that?). I've just got the knitted jackets book after you talked about it - and I love it, too many projects in it that I want to knit though.... I am seriously tempted by the knitcircus too
Posted by: juliet at March 26, 2009 11:44 PMSorry you're not feeling up to the mark.
Love the colors in the baby blanket No 5. And I need to get the pattern for the Curlicue. I love a multicolor yarn in that pattern.
Posted by: Stash Haus at March 25, 2009 12:16 AM