As promised...

... REAL. LIVE. KNITTING. PHOTOS… (I’ve just been reading about people’s pet peeves on Ravelry – it seems that too many capitals and ellipses are right up there… )

Before Christmas I finished a shawl for Ruth:
made from the Touch Yarns Merino 4ply that Liz picked up for me (that yarn is sooooo yummy – I’ve another skein just sitting around being petted for now.)
And I made her a pair of mittens too:
made from handspun pink pencil roving. (Spinning pencil roving feels like the biggest cheat ever – lets face it – it is the biggest cheat ever )

The main current WIP is the Back to School U_Neck Vest (Ravelry link) from Stefanie Japel’s Fitted Knits. Of course, it’s supposed to be knitted in Aran/worsted weight yarn, and I have 4-ply (Rowan Yorkshire Tweed, now discontinued, scored in Robert Sayle sale ages ago). Still, my trusty calculator hasn’t let me down so far, and having tried it on for photos, it’s even fitting fairly well:

Apologies for the rather close-up and intimate view of my front – it was that pic or this one:

– so much for trying to take pictures of myself on a grey grey January day.

And I’m also attempting to make the Hidcote Garden Shawl from this:
– lace-weight silk from Colourmart – having had to rip it out once already because I dropped a stitch, I will definitely be using lifelines. This stuff is slippy as a slippy thing. (On the subject of which, I’ve invested in some Addi bamboo circs to knit it – I’m not 100% impressed by the join between the metal and the bamboo – there’s a great deep crevasse there just waiting to catch a thin little laceweight stitch or three… – still, John has had at it with some ‘stuff’, and it does seem to be much better.)

Well, the laundry isn’t going to sort itself…

four comments:

Cute hat and mitts!! She looks delighted with them. :) And the vest is really cute.

Chris () (link) - 13 January '08 - 16:52

Oh wow, knitting and gorgeous knitting at that. The first picture gives a little better idea of the knit and the fit….Cute hat and mitts!

I can’t wait to see Hidcote out of that. Prett. Tee.

Carrie K () (link) - 14 January '08 - 22:31

Love the vest (and the photos!).

Daisy () (link) - 16 January '08 - 14:31

I love that top! Do you like the Fitted Knits book? I’m toying with the idea of buying it myself…

jessie () (link) - 16 January '08 - 20:56

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