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second verse, same as the first

Posted on | May 13, 2010 | 11 Comments

Except with different yarn.

My yarn finally (thank you, volcano!) arrived from Shetland!  I immediately pushed all projects-in-progress aside and knit a swatch.

Not a ton of difference color-wise between the two (new swatch is on the right), but the real difference will come when I knit the entire cardigan.  Just as a reminder – I’m making Veronik Avery’s Fair Isle Cardigan from Knitting Classic Style.  The perfect summertime project!  ha.

The two colors of my substitute yarn that made me rethink this whole thing were olive and tan.  Here is the new, specified-yarn, olive and tan, atop the old:

Again, not a ton of difference, but I think it’ll contrast more than the substitute yarn did.

What have I been doing during all this time that I haven’t been blogging?  Well, I haven’t been working on my Denim Kaari sweater.  I got to the decreases for the sleeves, working both sleeves at the same time, and I just … stopped.

I am worried that the body is too long for my torso and will hit at the widest part of my hips, and I’m worried that the pockets will draw attention to an area that I’d like to DE-emphasize (namely, my stomach), so I put the whole thing on a shelf in my yarn armoire.  I think I’ll pull it out this weekend and sew the side seams, try it on and see if it’ll turn out to be wearable.  I’m 80% done with it, I need to either finish it or frog it.

Since I hit the mental roadblock with Kaari, I’ve been enjoying mindless knitting.

I have SEVERAL single socks lying about, and I decided it was high time to do something about it.  Voila!  Pair number one – from some old Regal yarn I got in the sale bin for $1/skein.  SB really liked these, said they were “cool” and made me wish I’d made a pair for him instead!

And pair number two!  Regia Bamboo I got from Little Knits for $2.50/skein.  I call them my Confetti Socks.  They’re 45% bamboo, which makes very silky socks.  These are going in the gift basket.  Yes, I’m actually getting ahead on my gift knitting this year, and am currently working on the second man sock for gift knitting!

My focus on knitting has really changed this year.  Last year was all sweaters, all the time.  While I still LOVE sweaters and want to make wearable garments (that is, after all, how I justify my yarn and fiber stash to myself!), I also want to make things that I’ve always wanted to make but weren’t high on my priority list.  Like having a good stash of handknit socks for gift giving.  Having handknit bread basket liners for when company comes over.  And knitting custom Christmas stockings – I cringe every year when I hang the old store bought ones!  What kind of knitter am I??!?!?!  Just kidding.  Sort of.

What’s on your list of things to knit that for some reason you haven’t?

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