May, I promised I'd finish at least 2 things in my bag and I think I did. Not sure I'll make that promise again this month :), maybe....
So, finished... The Comfy Cardi. I made this before (twice) and gave one away to a friend. I love the sweater, it is comfy, but wasn't crazy about the color, so I did it again. Again in Noro's King, but more my colors. I do love the sweater, I had to bring it in from home to take the picture. Finished #1.
Also finished, but just under the wire, yesterday... A shawl I've been carrying around in my bag for months. Knit with Karabella's Gossamer. It's a light mohair with a bit of glitz and glam to it. 2 make a pretty and special shawl.
And now new... my favorite :). Scarves are going to be big again this year and some of the scarf yarns are very new and different, which always amazes me since there are already so many things out there. Just when I think they can't come up with something new... it shows up!
Here are two new yarns that are amazing, cool and beautiful. The first is called Park Avenue. It is luxurious and elegant. That big ruffle you see is the yarn, you are knitting just 3 stitches. As you can see I knit the sample in purple, someday this will be mine!
And something called Tecido Trico. It is a piece of fabric with holes punched in the top, which you knit. It comes in animal prints and florals and makes a wonderful and different spring scarf.
Next I will tell you the tale of a sweater. It all started by moving some yarn into the clearance room. I moved in a yarn (actually it is a carry along) called Pansy. It is a thin thread with little poofs on it. The colors are pink, yellow and orange and I've always liked it. So as I am moving it I am thinking, "what can I do with this?" Hmmmm..... It's a carry along, so what colors go with it? Pima Cotton is right around the corner and a DK, so it could be good for summer. Hmmm, hot pink and yellow, holding the carry along up to it, I like it. But not sure I want the carry along in the whole sweater, maybe stripes, some with and some without. Maybe another color to break the yellow and pink. Lime Green. Ok, three colors, how do I stripe? Off to the computer and Stitch Wizard, I play with stripes, deciding on some thin and some thicker stripes, with the carry along on the thick stripes only and no thick green stripes. Now a swatch to make sure I like it. A little fiddling and a few adjustments and I have a stripe pattern. Now what to do with it. Hmmm... again. I see a pattern on the cover of the Debbie Bliss magazine that is cute. A few adjustments and that could work. Adjustments? It has no sleeves, I need sleeves, it is fingering weight, this is DK. Ok, still doable. A little math and with the yarn weight difference the next size up will work. It's in pieces, I want to work in the round. I cast on the back x2 and off we go. Getting close to the armholes and read ahead to see what to do next. Ooops, should have read better in the beginning, I was supposed to cast on a different amount for the front and the back. Ok, another adjustment, I think I can make it work. Add sleeves, a few changes at the neck and I think we have a sweater. Like the pattern only different. That's my sweater story.
And in the works. I showed a magazine to my daughter, she picked out 2 things she liked. A sweater and a DRESS!. The sweater is started. I have to order yarn for the dress. It is cute, but a dress? I'll keep you up to date of the progress of that.
I also started an Infinity Scarf. They are very popular long circular scarves that you wrap around a couple of times. I am knitting it out of Findley Dappled and it is my social knitting. Since it is in the round and just knitting, I can knit and talk, so I am keeping this project for when I need something easy and mindless.
That's it for May. There are piles of yarn on my desk with ideas attached to them and a new magazine from Noro that has a few things calling to me...We'll see where all this leads to in June. So for now, Happy Knitting, Nancy
