Sunday, September 2, 2012

{Has it really been month than a half??}

I think it really has been more than a month since I last posted.  Crazy!    During that time I've knit a whole sweater:


This is A Very Plucky Cardigan by Kate Hiester and it's a fabulous knit!  Top down and one piece makes for a quick knit, then add in that it's also knit in worsted weight yarn and you get an entire cardigan in one month of weekend knitting.   The yarn is Vanna's Choice in a "grey marble".  It didn't feel all that great to knit with, a touch scratchy, but it's washed up nice and it feels durable all complete.   The fasteners in the bottom right of the photo are silver hook and eye closures  from Lyonwood on Etsy.  I just got around to ordering those the other day so they are still on their way to me.  I think this is going to be a favorite to wear in the winter!  I'll make sure I get a picture of me wearing it soon, once the temperature cooperates a litlte more.

Also, I bought one of these not long ago:


It is a single skein of Wollmeise in fingering, 100% merino superwash in colour Jeton.  I actually don't like it as much as I was hoping, considering I could have 2 other skeins of REALLY nice yarn for the same price, or 4 other skeins of pretty-nice yarn, ya know?  I wanted to knit a shawl with it, but it's only just this second occured to me that it probably isn't a good idea to do that in superwash.... will I be able to block it properly?

Ahhhh!  I'm already 3 charts in to The Dane Shawl!  Am I going to have to pull it out?!