Posted: May 2nd, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: berocco ultra alpaca, projects: ms marigold vest, things i knit, vests, yarn i use | Tags: alpaca, handknit, kittens, knitting, purple, sweater, sweater vest, yarn | No Comments »
I took a several-month vacation on this vest, and I won’t lie – the big stumbling block was that I hadn’t wound the last skein of yarn yet.
I finally got around to that this week, and my vest is finally almost-done. (Just in time for spring, of course, but that’s beside the point.) I still have to weave in all of the ends and block it, but I’m really, really excited about this. You have to picture it under a white button-down with some dress pants, but trust me, it’s going to be adorable and make me feel like a pretty, pretty princess.
And, because I can, a picture of my cat. The logic here was that if she tried to drag the yarn away very, very slowly, I wouldn’t see. (Unfortunately, I am not the T-Rex in Jurassic Park, so it didn’t go so well.)
Song of the Entry: Jack’s Mannequin – Spinning (feat. Stacy Clark) (Listen)
Posted: February 20th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: berocco ultra alpaca, projects: ms marigold vest, things i knit, vests, yarn i use | Tags: handknit, knits in progress, knitting, ms. marigold vest, stockinette, sweater vests | 1 Comment »
Of course, just because I’m sparing you the cast-on row photos, doesn’t mean I’m not going to post about any of my progress. The Ms Marigold vest, down to the bust. I’m knitting it with a fair bit of negative ease, on 4.00mm needles instead of the recommended 3.75mm (apparently I have started knitting very tightly. Oops?). And now that I’m down to the bit where all I have to do is come up with ten inches of stockinette, I am practically giddy for as much mindless knitting as I can manage.
Song of the Entry: Hanson – Penny & Me
Posted: February 19th, 2009 | Author: admin | Filed under: berocco ultra alpaca, projects: ms marigold vest, things i knit, vests, yarn i use | Tags: handknit, knits in progress, knitting, ms. marigold vest, stockinette, sweater vests | No Comments »
Knitting has begun.
Knitting actually began last weekend, over several colourful days and evenings, but I’ve only managed to find time to photograph it recently, so you all get to be spared the giddy HERE IS MY CAST-ON ROW, I PROMISE IT WILL BE A SHIRT progress pictures. (Although, speaking of my cast-on row – I had to do branch away from my beloved long-tail cast on for the first time in ages to knit this sweater, and started it with a cable cast-on instead. It was a nerve-wracking experience.)
This is also a much more colour-true photo of the yarn – it’s a little deeper and a little purpler than even this photo, but not by much.
Song of the Entry: Hanson – Penny & Me
