Friday, 26 Jan 2007
More unfinished flotsam and jetsam in my project pile, that is. These are the works in progress that have been rotating in and out of my knitting bag these days:
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The Very Late Baby Sweater. Intended for Zellie, CBear’s truly wondrous brand new baby girl; destined to arrive probably somewhere around baby’s Week 4 at this rate. This is based on a vintage surplice sweater pattern that I’m updating with new yarn, simplified stitch pattern, new gauge, and new closures (to make it easier to get baby in and out without unnecessary acrobatics.) The pattern will appear somewhere, once I finish writing it.
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The Even Later Birthday Stole. Yes, it was back in May that I told my friend Lisa that I was starting her stole. Fast forward eight months and this is how far along I am. Yikes! (I started over twice, in three different yarns, and I’ve only recently regained interest in making this project stop haunting my knitting basket - but still.) It’s coming along nicely, if a tad more slowly than the last time I made a stole from this pattern and yarn. Or maybe I wasn’t quite so flea-brained then as I am now. Who can remember? Not me, that’s for sure.
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The Furtive Sock Project. Now did you really think I wouldn’t have a sock stowed away someplace? This is my sock for riding in the car, for waiting at the auto body shop, for standing in line at the grocery store. It’s Great Adirondack Soxie - pros: it comes out awful pretty, and it makes a nice soft fabric; cons: it is DYEING MY HANDS PURPLE. I fear that I’m going to have Barney-colored ankles after every time I wear these.
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The Class Sample. I’m teaching a Beginning Lace class at Loopy right now, and all of the students chose Branching Out out of all the free patterns they could choose from. I had one I knit for myself to show them, but I wanted to be able to do it along with them so I could show them how stitch by stitch. Hence this sad little stub of a scarf. I think this one might never get finished - I might just pull it out to use as a demo whenever I teach this lace class again.
Who knows which project will get done first? And will I ever actually finish anything after all? Tune in to find out…
January 26th, 2007 at 11:53 pm
Very nice lacework! It must be great to have a teacher to show you step by step how to deal with charts.
The sock is beautiful, very pretty colors. If you’re concerned about barney feet, lol, I’d soak them in some vinegar when they’re all done, should solve the problem.
January 26th, 2007 at 11:58 pm
I love the stole - are you going to publish that pattern too?
January 27th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
That sweater for Zellie is going to be really cute! Your stole and scarf, lovely!! I’ve not entered the lace zone yet… I like the sock too, but I’ve heard a lot about that soxie yarn. EEK purple hands, wonder if vinegar would work for your hands too? :)
January 27th, 2007 at 5:26 pm
The soxie turned my needles blue…and left dye on the finger I wrap the yarn around. The stole is really very lovely!
January 28th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
You know, I never knit any baby items smaller than the 12 month size. Being a procrastiknitter isn’t so bad when you know it and calculate it in!
I love the birthday stole. And all the rest of your stuff.
February 9th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
Hey…love the Soxie yarn. I’m making a pair out of the Khaki colorway. The dye isn’t coming off on me, so it might be the color purple. Bluish/purplish colors tend to bleed more, I think. I’m so afraid that I’m not going to have enough. I only bought one skein, but I’m told that’s enough for a pair.