Dec 12 2008
treats … oh yeah
After finishing the Solstice-themed shawl for Anne’s club (and it was a feat - nearly 700 sts to bind off at the end) I was finally in for a treat which had been sitting beside my desk staring at me innocently (seductively is more like it but I say ‘innocently’ because it was just helplessly amazing yarn in skeins which have no real physical power - how would they know what kind of an affect they were having on me?) for some time. I resisted winding the yarn until the last stitch was bound off and the shawl was blocked to perfection. I petted it regularly but I resisted winding. I am pretty proud of myself, considering, this Celestial (Ravelry link) is the type of yarn you want to take to bed with you (and I am also probably the worst knitter around for constantly starting new things when I have no business doing so, so I am extra proud of myself).
See?
Anne mentioned something (innocently?) about wanting to make a Tangled Yoke with it and well, I fell. Hard. I had to have enough for a sweater.
So, here it is as a Tangled Yoke sleeve:
As it is, however, knowing how my knitting goes, I doubt it will be ready in time for holiday wearing, so I decided to get back into the swing with my one-armed Kauni as a back-up - doable for the holidays if I want it to be (and although not quite as heavenly as the Tangled will be, still a fun and festive addition to a holiday wardrobe). Here’s a shot of the one-armed version, steeked and hanging about on my dummy lady:
My track record for finishing sweaters is not great but I have high hopes with these two.
In other news, a selection of some new things in the shop (although the top one, laceweight, is gone already, sorry):
And coming soon:
I have some FOs, too (remarkable lol) - I will post those to Ravelry.
If you have snow, blame me. I wished for snow to grace the photos of the Solistice shawl for publishing and, well, I got my wish. Over and over again. In November, no less. We have about 2 1/2 feet accumulated (and it’s not stopping… urgh).
