Also known as "Curses Foiled Again".
This is the second sweater I've knit for Leo and neither have, yet, resulted in the end of our relationship. I will spare you my diatribe on the boyfriend sweater myth, because I'm simply too pleased to have this off the needles
I hope to have a properly modeled version of this for you soon. For now, you'll have to settle for it on me (and slightly rumpled).
Pattern notes after the bump.
Well, you guys really know how to crack a girl up. There were so many hilarious replies that I just couldn't pick, so I decided to enlist the help of a random number generator to pick a winner.
The lucky commenter is: Leah with the word supercreativepurpleiciouspuppylovin'. She's been contacting and will be receiving a surprise sometime soon.
Rules: Please leave a one-word comment that you think best describes me — it can only be one word long. Then copy and paste this into your blog so that I may leave a word about you.
Found: All over the internet.
Reward: Comment that makes me laugh most by the end of day Friday, will win a prize from my stash. (either yarn or roving, to be decided by winner.) Made up words with definitions will be counted.
This is really the first time I've done test swatches for a design for someone else's book. I've had pieces in books and I've had sketches accepted for publication in magazines, but normally I self publish so my swatch is always in the color and yarn that I intend to use. There was a part of me that felt it would be good to run out and buy the "right" colors of yarn, but there is no guarantee that it will actually be the yarn I use, so I decided to stick to stash yarn, almost exclusively. The result is swatches so horrible to the eye, that I feel I'm giving nothing away by sharing them.
They are sitting atop the stitch by stitch chart I've done up for my Silky Wool yarn. As insane as it sounds, even for my own use, I generally chart every stitch of the piece I plan to make.
I wanted to get everything in sunlight, last night, and while the days are long here, there's only really one little spot by the window that gets direct sunlight. Guess who gave me a hand with the photo shoot:
She was checking the lighting for me.
And no, I haven't been neglecting my girlfriendly duties, Leo's turtleneck is nearly done.
On the commute home, a couple days ago, I asked Leo "Hey, do you prefer your turtlenecks on the long side or on the short side."
"Oooh, I don't know, kind of medium. Helpful, huh?"
Indeed.
So this piece will probably be done before my next blog post, but getting Leo in front of a camera, may still be days away. From what I've seen of it on him, though, I think it'll be worth the wait...hubba hubba.
I spent a good deal of my weekend working on some swatches for someone else's book, this weekend, so bloggable progress is pretty scant. I can show you my gorgeous Silky Wool swatch, though.
I am fighting every urge to cast on for this piece right now. But I can't and shouldn't, not until at least one turtleneck is done for Leo and my swatches are finished for the unbloggable items.
I will tell you that I have big plans for this yarn. Oh how I love the Silky Wool. I don't know how it stands up to the test of time, but it's a great weight, comes in a huge assortment of colors, has good yardage, has a delightful texture, is soft enough to wear against the skin and appears to have just the right balance of drape and structure to pull off a lot of designs.
In entirely unrelated news, I thought you might be happy to learn that the next season of Knitty Gritty has been scheduled.
New episodes should start airing next month. You can see what's coming in the next season by clicking here.
The two episodes that I'm in, do not air until later this year.
