A Pile of Yarn
Who doesn’t love a big pile of yarn sitting on their desk?
From top to bottom, left to right:
1. Reywa Fibers “Bloom” (50%/50& yak/silk) colorway ‘Wild Orchid’
2. Koigu “Lace Merino” (100% merino) colorway ‘L3667’
3. Julie Asselin “Merletto” (75% merino/15% cashmere/10% silk) colorway ‘Dapple Grey’
4. Sweet Georgia “Merino Silk Lace” (50%/50% wool/silk) colorway ‘autumn flame’
5. Cascade Yarns “Forest Hills” (51% silk, 49% wool) colorway ’16’ (I did a review of this yarn a couple months ago)
6. Fiberspates “Scrumptious Lace” (45% silk, 55% merino) colorway ‘80502’
I agreed to knit a some lace swatches for my LYS, so I have this pile of lace weight sitting on my desk waiting for me to swatch and play with. yay!
FO: The Jade Sweater
Pattern: a basic top down yoked tunic
Yarn: JaggerSpun Zephyr.
Colorway: “Peacock″
Yardage: one 50g ball, 560 yards
Needles: 3.5 mm (US 4s) 24″ circulars
Dimensions: 33 inch (84 cm) bust
Technically I haven’t washed this yet, so it’s not 100% done, but it’s like 95% done, so I figure it counts.
I made this and the dress underneath it as part of The Self-Made Wardrobe, which is a project I’m doing where I only wear clothes I’ve made for an entire year. Yep. So I’m spending this month frantically making clothes, and I’ll start wearing them June 1st. Which is in 2 weeks. eep! You can check out and follow the project here.
Remember remember!
The price of Shawl Geometry 1 and Shawl Geometry 3 will go up this evening, so if you’ve been thinking about getting either of those books, now would be a good time to get them. Shawl Geometry 1 is currently $23 and will go up to $25, & Shawl Geometry 3 is currently $17 and will go up to $20.
Here are the links:
Shawl Geometry I: the math of shaping shawls for non-mathy people
Shawl Geometry II: 19 more funky shawl shapes to design and play with
Shawl Geometry III: the relationships behind the numbers
Have a great weekend!
I’ve been knitting sweaters(!!!)
sweaters?!?! what?!?!
yep.
sweaters (plural)
the first is almost done. I just need to finish off the armholes and weave in the ends.
I’m debating about the color though, they’re really not my colors, and it’s doing some funky pooling so… keep the colors? or dye it?
I’m working on the yoke of the second sweater, maybe I’ll finish the yoke this evening?
Love this color though, it’s a beautiful jewely green. The yarn is JaggerSpun’s Zephyr (which I loooooove). They call the color “peacock.”
I’m still plugging along on this shawl. It feels like I’ve been working on this project forever. But I’m oh-so-slowly making progress.
I’m making myself knit at least 2 rows a day on this project, one patterned row and one plain row, which is progress, but the rows have gotten reeeeaaaallllyyyy long.
I’m also working on some charts & written instructions, but I know if I don’t finish this shawl before casting on something new, this shawl will never get done…
