Category: sweaters

  • an FO and a new ‘do

    Lush and Lacy is finally done!

    lush and lacy, done!

    Lush and Lacy
    Pattern: Lush and Lacy from Sweaterbabe, size M (36 1/2)
    Yarn: 7 skeins Classic Elite Lush – 50% angora, 50% wool
    Needles: Knitpicks Harmony, 5.5 mm

    Notes:
    I love this sweater! When it started popping up on the blogs, I just had to have it. I actually had the called-for yarn in my stash! I really love the peplum in the back and the gathers on the sleeves. The knitting was extremely fast, but I stalled out in the finishing.

    lush and lacy, back

    My mods: no pockets on the front, longer sleeves. I wanted the bell part of the sleeve to fall below the elbow, not above, so I just worked even longer before shaping the cap. No buttons or clasps yet (mostly out of laziness) so I use a kilt pin to hold it closed in front, or just wear it open.

    lush and lacy

    I’ve worn the sweater a few times already, and the angora’s halo is really coming up just from being worn. It doesn’t seem overly sheddy yet, but we’ll see. It’s soft as all get-out, though!

    lush and lacy, flat

    In other news, I got a funky (for me) new haircut – it’s really quite short in the back, with longer pieces angled toward the front. The longer pieces around my face make it feel like I have longer hair, but it’s really short in the back! Nice and light. Definitely the shortest my hair’s been in a long, long, long time, and I love it!

    new hair

  • come and get it!

    Socks that Rock is back in stock at lettuce knit! *Lots* of Socks that Rock.

    Socks that Rock - lots of it!

    We also got a few other Blue Moon Yarns – Silkie, Silk Thread, Geisha and Laci, all in Raven clan colours.

    Socks That Rock

    Call (416)203-9970, email, or come in to order! We do lots of mail order (including to the U.S.) and it’s going to go fast!

    Now that I’ve gotten that out, a bit of knitting progress? I’ve been working really crazily all week, so there hasn’t been that much knitting for me. But I’ve made a good dent in the first sleeve/yoke of Choco-belle:

    choco-belle sleeve

    But I’m not so sure about it. It seems really wide, for one – and the pattern increases the sleeve by 12 more stitches! I left those off, planning to just add them in when I cast on for the yoke sections. But it still seems so big and bulky. I don’t know, I suppose this is going to have to have a time-out for awhile.

    Apropos of nothing, here’s a jaunty snow woman that my sister and I built in the driveway (mostly to use up snow from that last big storm, and therefore less shoveling).

    snow lady

    Hee!

  • so, what else is new?

    The answer is…not much, really. Knitting, watching Stargate: Atlantis, reading Anne of the Island (I’m working my way through the series), eating. I’m plugging away at my various secret projects, which certainly doesn’t make for exciting blog photos.

    Oh! I know! I did knit a bit of Choco-belle this week.

    that is one major piece of knitting!

    That’s the peplum, two rows away from being complete. That’s one big-ass piece of knitting, people. I don’t know what I’ll do if this sweater doesn’t pan out. Definitely not ripping, that’s for sure. I’m sort of at a weird point in this sweater, where I’m really not sure if it’s going to work. We’ll see.

    The cables sure are nice, though.