I think I already know the answer....

I'm just finishing up the back of this sweater when I notice that the next ball of yarn is not exactly the same color as the one I'm working on. I keep going and then decide to alternate the skeins for the rest. I know vaguely that I should have done this to begin with but I honestly didn't realize that they were that different. There were only 8 or 9 skeins and I thought they were all done at the same time. I need to rip the body out and start again, don't I??

You can see it better in this photo.

Ugh.

New Projects

Couldn't wait to cast these on!

Wraparound is going slowly. I had to size down to 3mm to get the right tension. I'm on a roll now with tension squares and seem to do them before every project. Maybe I'm maturing as a knitter!

And Sarita. This was taken without a flash and seems to reflect the colors best. I started with the bottom which is one long strip. I thought it would be easy and I could use it to see the pattern for the other sections.

Yarn from America

Katherine,

Thought you might like to see your yarn! Only a few more weeks to wait. The silk garden is like a 4 ply. Will make a gorgeous scarf. If anyone else wants some silk garden lite - order in the next couple days from Webs so it gets delivered to me before Simon leaves for the UK!

Winter's Muse

This is what I miss about you guys. I found a LYS that has the Louisa Harding books and completely fell for Winter's Muse. I know you all like the book but I always hate buying books sight unseen. There are at least 3-4 patterns that I'd like to make here. And I love that you can substitute 3 of her yarns for each pattern to get a different result. It would be lovely if she'd show each pattern in more than one yarn but that would probably get expensive to test knit. Anyway, I think I may frog Cambridge and use my RYC alpaca for Audrey. The alpaca is too fuzzy for any stitch definition of the cables but Audrey has just the cables in the ribbing before all that stocking stitch.

Has anyone made anything from this book yet? (ps. paid $18 bloody dollars for that book in moment of must-have panic. Should have bought it from you Sheelagh and had Simon pick it up. He's back in the UK in late Jan/early Feb. Should I order some 'Grace' yarn now???)

Scarf pattern

I take it from the lack of posts that everyone is up to their ears in shopping and holiday knitting? Well, if anyone's still reading, I thought I'd mention this scarf pattern. I bought it but haven't made it yet. It's nice that most of the proceeds goes to Dulaan though.

New book

Sam (and anyone else interested in Glampyre designs),

Did you see that Stephanie Japel has a book coming out next year? Fitted Knits. I've also been looking at the new one Sahara. I came really close to ordering the pattern. The actual design was done by Wendy Bernard at Knit & Tonic but it was published under Stitch Diva.

Any comments on Erika Knights' new books? I haven't seen Glamour Knits or Classic Knits in person but I usually like her stuff.

Done and Dusted

Gosh, how easy is that mobius pattern! This has actually been finished for a few days now but just got around to taking a photo! I used every bit of that Silver Thaw and had to cast off the last 10 stitches with some leftover Silk Garden. I just love it! I'm going to make one for Grace once I figure out how to make a smaller one.