First, and foremost is the Whisper Cardigan. I spied this in Interweave Knits a while ago and decided that I had the perfect, handspun, yarn for it. And so, I spent months knitting it. That's what happens when one knits a cardigan in laceweight yarn.
It came out nice but I'm not crazy about it. It's one of those things that looks better in the magazine then on my body. Oh well, live and learn. I probably still wear it occassionally.Then there were socks.
And socks.
And socks.
The first pair (right-most sock) was started just before the New Year and finished up just as July began. They are mine. The yarn was purchased in Lancaster, PA last summer so I really had to finish them before this year's trip.The second pair (center sock) was knit in fairly short order as my "camp pick-up waiting" pair and is for the lovely Squidette. The yarn is a Regia something that we picked up at Webs in February.
The third pair (left-most sock) was my "don't need to look" pair that was started during a viewing of the latest Star Trek movie, continued during Harry Potter, had more inches added while my eyes dilated at the opthomologist, saw some action on the trip to Pittsburgh and was the ONLY project taken on the bike trip. The second sock gained major inches in the corn maze and while sitting around a campfire and was finally finished on our way back from a short trip to the Catskill mountains earlier this week. The yarn is a Regia or a Socking or something like that -- I lost the ball band a long time ago. Squidette picked it out at Webs and it was always designated as socks for Mike. "Blind" knitting often takes the shape of socks for Mike since he has such large feet that I don't have to worry about measuring for very long stretches of time.
And finally, we have Squidette's new gloves. Sport weight alpaca dyed and purchased in Lancaster, PA on our most recent trip. There is more than enough left over for a pair of matching mittens which I will probably start in the next day or two.
Currently on the needles:
the biking socks started last year for the Tour de France Knit-Along,
a cob-web weight shawl which I work on every 6 months or so,
a lace weight shawl which was started a few weeks ago after I finished Swallowtail,
and, a pair of socks for Little Squid which were started today and are about 2 inches in.
I think that's it.
On the spinning front I am working on the main color for Mike's sweater and am making steady if intermittent progress on it. All of the ancillary colors are spun and plyed though only one is skeined so far. I'll skein the other two right before I start plying the main color. That's when I'll finally need the bobbins for my Journey Wheel.
One more day of summer vacation....
3 comments:
You've been quite productive!
Is cob-web weight yarn lighter than lace-weight?
I like the description of "blind-knitting" for Mike because his feet are long.
I feel that way about my own feet (isn't THAT sad! LOL).
i'm still plugging away at my whisper and am doing the m1 increases on the lower body every 5th RS row b/c i don't think that sharp increase would look good on me. i hope i can wear it in public but if not i think it'll be a good home-based shrug to throw on. kinda sad because i've been knitting it forever!
Thanks for the postt
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