New Projects

Yawn. I should be at my knitting group now, but things conspired against me tonight. I could go now for the last hour, but I'm feeling too lazy. But not too lazy to write about my newest projects!

First of all, I realized that all I had on the sticks were sweaters for Owen and David. Nothing for me. That's just wrong! I had been promising myself I could start a sweater for me that I've had the yarn for since last February (a birthday present from Mom) as soon as I finished enough projects. This is what I am knitting:

It's the Sirdar denim chunky sweater. I've been lusting after it for a while, especially after Ms. Bestitched made a similar sweater a while back. I got some Valley Yarn Berkshire Bulky in "wine" for mine. So far I just have the bottom ribbing done so it's not exciting enough to photograph. I'm doing a huge modification of the pattern though: I'm doing it in the round (Annie, are you proud of me?).

If that wasn't enough to keep me busy, I cast on for an Elizabeth Zimmermann Tomten for Owen. This isn't just jacket, as it will double as a Halloween costume. I'm thinking just add ears and a tail and you have a black cat, right?

With any luck I'll make enough progress on these projects to have something worthy of a photograph soon.

Italy and Wales Hybrid

What happens when you mix Tuscany yarn with Nancy Bush's Conwy pattern?

Nice, huh?

Pattern: Conwy by Nancy Bush in Knitting on the Road
Yarn: Lorna's Laces Tuscany (though when I think of Tuscany it's more orange and green)
Needles: Size 1 and 2 DPNS
The pattern only called for size 1 needles, but my feet are kind of on the wide side so I discovered after finishing the first one that I could use more room. For the second sock, I switched to size 2 at the foot. Perfect. Yes, I did go back to the first, ripped out the foot, and redid it.
Thoughts: Great pattern. Like I said before, I love the yarn and the color, but not the pooling. I would use Lorna's Laces again, but only in a solid color.

Shout out to Annie

My friend Annie just started blogging! She is an awesome knitter. Check her out at Annie in the Round!

Bring on scarf season!

Wow, I can't believe it is September already. This summer really sucked, that is until we found an apartment and moved. I am very happy to move on to Autumn -- especially if it means I can start wearing my latest finished project!

Remember this scarf I started last Christmas in a knit-along with my mom? Well, mom finished earlier this summer, but I had a nice car ride out to Boston this past week that allowed me to finally finish mine.

Project: Misty Garden scarf from Scarf Style
Yarn: Rowan Tapestry in Rustic (color #174)
Needles: size 6
Thoughts: Love it! The project only took 2 skeins though I had calculated I would need 3. I was thinking I could make a matching headband or something with the third skein.