fo: my andrea’s mitts

Progress on my new sweater is continuing – at a very satisfying pace, thanks to my break from school this week. (I feel like I am too old to call it “spring break,” but that’s totally what it is. Bring on the Arrested Development jokes)

I wanted to blog these mitts, though. I’ve been wearing them a lot this week, and I wanted to make sure I got some pictures up before they got too worn and fuzzy-looking.

These are the Andrea’s Mitts () I started in February. They languished on my craft table for an embarrassing while with only one thumb left to do, but once the weather started warming up, I wanted them finished so I could wear them. And man, am I wearing these a lot.

The main colour is 100% alpaca, and the contrasting stripes are alpaca-silk, which means that they are totally fuzzy and soft and warm, but also have a bit of a tendency to stretch out. That actually works perfectly with this pattern, which I wish I could say I planned on. The lace around the cuff turns out tight – much more than I expected, even though the pattern says that the cuff is pretty tight – which keeps them snug on my upper arms much better than ribbing ever would.

Plus, I feel like a pretty pretty princess when I wear them around.

be patient i am getting to the point

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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)

turn the radio up, push the pedal to the ground

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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