Category: tops

  • happy birthday to me

    Silk Ribbed Corset
    Pattern: by Annie Modesitt
    Yarn: Madil Eden, colour “mocha”, 100% bamboo, 5 skeins
    Needles: Denise US6
    Started: July 21, 2005
    Finished: July 30, 2005

    Notes: I had some problems with the pattern and its format, but it all worked out in the end. I emailed Annie about an updated revised copy, but never got a reply – but that could be due to some weirdness with my email. I still had problems with chart F even following the revised copy. Let’s see, what else…oh. I couldn’t figure out the icord cast on, so I did a normal loop cast on and it worked fine. And I just didn’t do the crochet edging – I wore the top today and it was fine, so that’s that!

    Look, look, what I got for my birthday from my boy:

    An oak umbrella swift!

    MADE BY HIM!

    And he’s all mine. Heh. I thought I’d taken pictures of birthday acquisitions, but it would appear not. Tomorrow. Now I must sleep.

  • this and that

    Thanks for all the compliments on sapphire guys! I really appreciate it.

    Always eyes forward, I’ve finished knitting the ribbed corset. Here it is blocking, very stretched.

    It’s more promising that it’ll fit now, but still a bit iffy. The stomach area is fine, but the bust could be…er…flashy? At any rate, I’m going to put the buttons on and then see. I haven’t even woven in the ends yet.

    I hate those little metal things that hold the buttons onto the card. I’ve been using a staple remover, but it doesn’t work all that great – one of those sharp corners (on the metal thingy) poked me under the nail! After that, I had to go hunting for a pair of pliers. Luckily I found them, and now all buttons are liberated.

    I finally got to a bit of spinning, and I navajo plied for the first time on some random singles that had been sitting on the bobbin for awhile. It’s VERY overtwisted, but that’s ok. It was just an experiment – it’s very cool. Will definitely be doing it more.

    In stash enchancement, Lorna’s Laces Shepherd Sock in “Watercolor”. I think I’ll do the “go with the flow” socks with it.

    One waving lace sock down, one to go. I think the second one will go faster.

    I think I’ll start a new, plain sock with some of that knitpicks yarn – something to knit while reading!

  • a gem

    Sapphire, she is done!

    A shot of the cable on the side.

    Sapphire Tank
    Pattern: my own
    Yarn: Pingouin “Sillages”, 6 balls
    Needles: Addi Turbo 3.5 mm circular
    Started: July 17, 2005
    Finished: July 27, 2005

    Notes: This tank went pretty quickly for 3.5 mm needles! I love the yarn, which was cotton, viscose and silk. I definitely could’ve made this tank smaller, but the fit’s not bad as is. I used a double slipped stitch edge on the armholes and straps, outlined in Annie Modesitt’s Spencer jacket pattern. All in all, not bad. Not the greatest, but not bad.

    In other news…I went crazynuts with Knitpicks.

    That’s Shine in Cloud (grey/silver) and Orchid (fushia), Sock Landscape in Yukon (the one in hanks), and Sock Garden in Zinnia and Star Gazer Lily. They feel sooo nice! Plans? A 3/4 sleeve pullover out of the Cloud, a shrug out of the Orchid (since now I’m all tanked out), and of course, socks.

    I’m alllllmost done the knitting on the silk corset! Now I just have to pray for a blocking miracle for it to fit me. Seriously.

    P.S. Thanks for all the input to my last post! I think I’m still going with the diamond spiral for banana cream, but I’ve got an idea brewing for the branching leaves pattern…