Knitting Update

What's better then a knitting update? It's so nice to have tangible things to share. I started a bunch of things lately and even finished something.  The past few projects have been a combination of jumping on the bandwagon and trying to do some stash busting.

The first project is something I started and finished! At my LYS summer cotton tees have been popular and I really wanted to make one.  There was a shop sample of the Lucia Tee, which a friend also made, that started my inspiration but I just wasn't feeling the sleeves.  I wanted something that covered my shoulder more and came down a little farther.  And as much as I hate putting in set in sleeves, I do like the look and wanted to practice a bit more.  Set in sleeves are a bit magical to me, I feel like it's taking a square and trying to put it in a round hole.  The math shouldn't workout right. I applaud designers that figure it out and make it work. I decided on the Mie Pullover from Knitscene 2011 Summer edition.  I made a few mods to this.  The original is knit in reverse stockinette but I'm not really a fan of purling that much and I like the look of regular better.  I also got a slightly bigger gauge but I really liked the drape so after decreasing for the waist, I didn't increase at the bust at all.  The last thing I did was make the sleeves a bit longer.

My second "bandwagon" project, is the Jaywalker Socks.  Chevron is really big right now. A bunch of the new Knitscene patterns feature this bold print. My LYS even blogged about chevron patterns.  I was planning on using the self-striping yarn I got at the RI Sheep and Wool Festival for a 3rd pair of vanilla socks, but those are getting boring and it's the perfect yarn for the Jaywalkers.  I'm over half way through my first one, using a size 1 needle and the 9" size for my 9.5 foot. It's working out great.

I finished up my Owlie Socks so I could use the needles they were on for this pair.  The small differences in fingering weight yarn are really crazy sometimes.  My Owlie socks are much thinner and looser then these.  Partly it's because the cheveron pattern but it's also because the yarn for the Owlie's was just a little bit thinner then this stuff.  You can't really tell before it's knit, but afterwards I probably would have done my Owlies on a size 0 with more stitches around. 

I'm still chugging away at my Featherweight Cardigan, Peking Tee and have some Berrocco Origami that I want to use up. Also, I'm thinking of pulling my Collins back out and finishing up that for Rhinebeck! (The count down has begun.........)