Actual real live knitting content!
I did say I’ve been knitting.
Apart from the miles and miles of grey ribbing, now finished, but still in need of blocking (not so easy with a dodgy back 
) I have been doing :
(Click on the image to see that I really did do the sleeves.)
All I need to do now is finish off a couple of ends, sew on some buttons and block the picot edging into submission. (Any ideas why it’s rolling so badly? I did use a smaller needle – I’m wondering if I should have done a round or two more before knitting up the hem?)
Update: It did block OK – I attacked it with a determined expression and a steam iron – that sorted it out 
Pattern: Basically Opal Baby Sweater (scroll down)
Adaptations: Picot edging for bottom and cuffs. Sleeves knit flat rather than in the round. And I couldn’t find my printout when I did the neck, so I just made it up and did a few rows of garter stitch.
Yarn: Beautiful, gorgeous, wonderfully soft hand-dyed yarn from Kristen I love this both when it pools (front and back) and when it doesn’t (sleeves) and it’s soooooo soft.
I have also been doing:
It’s a square to contribute to the afghan for Skip North (eep, less than a week – the children still don’t know I’m going away – this is John’s department… – my back MUST be better by then!) I love the pattern – very simple, but very effective. I’ve still got some brown 4-ply Rowan Yorkshire Tweed lying around waiting to be knitted into a tank top – this could be the stitch pattern that I use.
And thank you to everyone for your suggestions and input on my post below – I decided to go for the Shetland Garden Faroese Shawl – and here is the beginning of it:
It’s kind of stalled while I finish the baby sweater and the square, but I’ll be back to it soon.
See – I do still knit
seven comments:
Ooh, I love the way the colours have pooled and not pooled on the baby sweater!Daisy () (link) - 04 March '07 - 13:27
Stocking stitch curls, that’s just the fact. You can try to block the #$* out of it, but it’ll still want to curl.And I will watch your shawl progress! When I am no longer knitting from stash, I’m gonna make myself a nice faroese shawl, I think!
Mary deB () (link) - 04 March '07 - 13:55
Oh WOW. It looks AMAZING! I love the zig-zaggy pooling. Such a darling little sweater.kristin () (link) - 04 March '07 - 14:02
I love the pullover. But I especially LOVE, LURVE, ADORE, the colour of the shawl.Is the shawl difficult to do?
Bog Ruth () - 04 March '07 - 18:52
Sorry to interrupt Anne, but who’s this ‘Bog Ruth’? Do you know her?!Louise - 04 March '07 - 19:34
The square is lovely! So is the sweater. Um, I wonder if it will keep rolling even after blocking. :(Chris () (link) - 04 March '07 - 19:45
Pretty baby jumper. It reminds me of Monet waterlilies.Pigwotknits () (link) - 05 March '07 - 11:42
