October 09, 2003
WIPs Old and New
I've added another panel to the sampler stole. This one is the same as the center panel of the Unst stole.
I also have a new WIP, the Gerbera sweater from Dale 126. The yarn is Sisik, a very nice tweedy mohair blend. I was pleasantly surprised by how soft it is. It's an easy but fun knit, it's done in the round, and it's a sweater which I can't wait to wear this winter! What more could I ask for in a WIP?
I haven't forgotten about Scarlett, though. Working on the first sleeve, slooowly. I MUST try to finish this soon. It's getting to be ridiculous how long it's taking me.
But look, another distraction arrived today! It's Rowan's Yorkshire tweed 4-ply from Cold Comfort Yarn. How can I possibly keep my hands off this stuff:
Linette
Posted by at October 9, 2003 02:12 PMOoooh, *ALL* of those projects look wonderful! Maybe I should go get my Lo-Tech Sweat and get some knitting done on it tonight...
Posted by: Caroline in NH on October 9, 2003 04:47 PMOK so far we are 2 for 2 on Carolines.
Everything looks great! How long is the stole now? I'm slogging along with LOTSS at about 2 rows an evening and it's still pretty short...
I notice in that pattern, she has a one-stitch difference between her row length on charts A and B so she just increases or decreases one stitch on the plain rows in between the charts - when I saw that, a light bulb went on as to how one might manage to do one's own sampler. Are you doing such a thing?
Did you get one of each Yorkshire color? What are you going to do with it??
Posted by: CarolineF on October 10, 2003 05:46 AMHi Carolines!
The stole is about 24" long now. It's growing very slowly now that it's no longer at the top of my WIP list. Yes, I sometimes fudge by decreasing/increasing a stitch or two when I start a new lace pattern.
The yarn is a kit for the Moor vest in the Yorkshire Fable book, but I haven't decided whether I'm going to knit it as written. I might get a few more colors and do my own version. The yarn is fabulous! Possibly even nicer than the old DLT (much softer).
Posted by: Linette on October 10, 2003 08:53 AMIt's like seeing the children at another reunion, ya just want to say "my, how big you've grown!" to those beautiful projects!
Posted by: Sheila on October 13, 2003 12:03 PMhi linette. i LOVE that gerbera sweater! thanks for sharing - can't wait to see more of it!!
Posted by: carolyn on October 13, 2003 06:04 PM