Category: finished object

  • laura loves lara

    Laura also loves:

    – finishing 3 papers (and on time)
    – finishing one last embryology test
    – being done undergraduate classes FOREVER

    Still three exams to go. But at least they a) don’t start for more than a week and b) are spread out so I can study for each.

    And Lara? LOVE.

    lara!

    Pattern: Lara from Debbie Bliss’ “Alpaca Silk”
    Yarn: DB Alpaca Silk (aran) in Teal, 14 skeins (the exact number called for with less than half a skein left over)
    Needles: Denise US 7

    Love, love, love this sweater. It’s so cushy and soft, and warm, and was a fast and easy knit. Very satisfying. I’ll definitely knit this one again, maybe in something like handspun in stripes or something? Or a Noro?

    I wore it with a two-pronged hair thingy with a butterfly on it the other night, but now I seem to have lost the hair thingy – very unfortunate. On the plus side, I did find that other wooden hair stick that I love so much for closing sweaters. I wore Lara today just open, and it’s really comfy that way – some of my other ones I prefer to wear closed.

    Laid out (colour’s more accurate in the first photo):

    lara flat

    I do believe I’m back on the blogging thing! It was a hard week (with lots of studying yet to come) but everything’s getting just that much closer to actually being DONE.

  • pattern: belle shrug

    Thanks to all who’ve helped me destash. Still some great stuff left!

    In the meanwhile, a new design and pattern:

    Belle Shrug

    The “Belle” shrug is a light and comfy shrug knit in one piece from cuff to cuff, with a decorative ruffled (but not *too* ruffled) lace edging. Knit with 7 skeins of Blue Sky Alpaca and Silk.

    Pattern (and yarn) available from lettuce knit in Toronto – we do lots of mail order too!

    These papers are killing me. Two more weeks…

  • old socks, new yarn

    tuscany socks

    I finished the Tuscany (Lorna’s Laces) socks a loooong time ago but never blogged them! They’re just basic socks, 68 sts on 2mm needles, 3×1 ribbing and normal heel flap. I made them for the boyfriend’s brother, who wore them to an important interview…and got the job!

    In new yarn news, the Rowan Pure Wool DK that I got awhile back for the short-row fair isle in Loop-d-loop:

    rowan pure wool DK

    The main colours are the light pink and dark pink/red. I was a bit disappointed with the light pink colour at first but I think it’ll all work out. Some swatching is in order, of course, and I can always just supplement with other colours if needed.

    I’ll be having a BIG handspun destashing sale tomorrow. Stay tuned!