Category: future projects

  • finished things

    The red socks…

    More shots (just because I like these photos):

    Red Knee Socks
    Pattern: my own, toe up
    Yarn: Koigu Kersti, red, 3 skeins
    Needles: 3.5 mm Garnstudio bamboo circular
    Started: March 29, 2005
    Finished: April 6, 2005

    They’re quite tight in the leg, but I think that’s a good thing – they’ll stay up! I did a normal bindoff, but it wasn’t stretchy enough so I did a sewn bindoff. It looks like ass when the sock isn’t on, but who’s going to see that? Anyway, I did one ball’s worth of each sock, then split the last ball by working from both ends of the skein. I ended up with just a few yarns left over. I think they’re pretty awesome! I may put up the pattern sometime.

    Oh, and I’ve got another finished object as well…first, a triumph:

    The sleeve cap fit *perfectly* into the armhole. I usually have to ease all this way and that, but this one was spot on. Ahhhh. Anyway, enough stalling, eh?

    The length is right, the armholes fit, the body is reallly good (and tight but not tooo tight), and the cotton shrunk up and actually does kind of hold things in…but. The neckline was ENORMOUS. Maybe I just don’t have broad shoulders, or maybe that’s why the model is posed weirdly, but seriously, it was just falling off. After much experimenting, I think for now I’m doing this:

    Ribbon threaded through the neckline and tied in the back. Gives the neckline a rather ruffled look when cinched in, but I think it fits with the look. Another option was lacing up the back neckline (like a corset, heh) but then the center back neck did this weird bulgy thing. Ah well. Modelled pics tomorrow!

  • project ramblings

    Well, I don’t have any photos today because my sister is using the camera for a project, but I do have progress to report – the Silk Garden cardi is done and currently taking a bath, and the second red sock is up past the heel turn. Pictures tomorrow. So naturally, I’m thinking about new projects.

    Here’s the (rather long) queue:
    1) Phildar jacket (still haven’t received the yarn yet)
    2) Rebecca Apricot Jacket, in red Cotton-Ease
    3) a raglan cardigan that I’ve got an idea for…in black Cotton-Ease
    4) Gibson Girl pullover
    5) socks – cotton ones (Making Waves, Merino Lace Socks, Retro Rib, all from IK)
    6) T-shirt in Elann Esprit (getting more into the hotter months here)
    7) top in Schachenmayer Aurora
    8) Chickamis

    I’ve also decided to make “Sideways Spencer” (sooner rather than later) by Annie Modesitt, from the Fall 2004 IK – damn, that was a good issue!

    I’ll use some modifications a la Bonne Marie, and I’m going to do it in Cotton Fleece, in an olive colour that doesn’t seem to be listed on their website. Here’s the thing – I’ve had the 6 remaining skeins at the store put aside for me, but I’m worried that it won’t be enough. The pattern calls for the equivalent of 5 skeins, and I’ll be adding quite a bit of length. I might hold off until we get a new order of Cotton Fleece, and that way I’ll be sure to have enough.

  • sneak peek

    The preview of Interweave Summer 2005 is up!