Model shot
How can you not love this face?
This is Fern — who is now known to the world as Samantha Joy — wearing her purple sweater with white bunny buttons.
I’m just so completely in love with this little girl! The only thing better than close friends is the child of those friends. :-)
Clapotis progress
Loving the Lion and Lamb yarn, but I’m still allergic to wool. It’s incredibly soft, so there’s no itch factor, but my eyes and nose itch and I’m congested. Whatever. I will suffer through, persevere, and wear my Clapotis with panache, I’m sure.
It’s just that the colors are so pretty …
I only had straight needles with me when I started. This morning, back in Houston, where half of my knitting supplies are now located, I transferred it to circs and I feel SO much better. Straight needles annoy me now because of the neighbor-poking, awkwardness, and hand strain factors. They also look less threatening to airport personnel. (Yay.) (Also: not a guarantee of your travel experience. Mileage may vary.)
Fern and a Twin Set
Wednesday nights are knitting nights in my world. Lost and West Wing air right after each other, so it’s two solid hours of sitting in front of the television.
Last Wednesday saw the finishing of Fern’s sweater. (Fern is the name my mother and I have given to Jake and Shelli’s little girl.) I haven’t posted any pictures of Fern’s sweater because her parents are more apt to use the computer, and this was a surprise. Since I gave the sweater to Shelli on Saturday, I’ll post a picture now. :-)
This is my favorite of the four sweaters I’ve knit. I like this pattern more than the others; I like the increases hidden on the side (for diaper “flare”) and the way the increases work for the raglan shaping. I changed the border and cuffs to seed stitch, and I just love how that looks. (Pardon the gapping … a coffee canister isn’t the best model.) The yarn is Bernat Softee, and it is just deliciously soft to touch. I love the little bunny buttons, too. (more pictures)
Last Wednesday and the beginning of the week saw more work on Billy’s sweater. Billy is the brother of Trixie, and I really need to get these done before they get too big to wear these!
Last night I finished most of the sleeves; there’s one sleeve left to do, weaving in for Billy, and then buttons for both.
I love this last picture because you can see the color contrast in the two. These were done in Sock it to Me Collection - Harlequin sock yarn from Elann.com. Can’t remember the name of the color, but Trixie’s (the greenish one) is color 79 and Billy’s is color 80. Yes, this is how you know you’ve spent too much time staring at the label on your yarn while knitting! (more pictures)
Clapotis Yarn!
After forever and ever — okay, two months — my yarn for Clapotis arrived from DiscountYarnSale.com. I’d ordered it before their site said eight - ten weeks, so I was a little antsy. They were great, though, and ta da! (Also, I think they’re really close to Houston … hmmm.)
Anyway … I decided to splurge and go with the Lion and Lamb yarn, and I went for the Icehouse colorway. It’s a beautiful and soft yarn, and a lot less bulky than I thought it would be.
The yarn … which looks darker in this picture than it really is.
And the cat, wondering if it’s really yarn or if it’s more of the salmon sushi I brought home yesterday.
I’m being good and waiting until I finish the twins’ sweaters before I start on this. When I get back to Dallas tomorrow, though, you better just watch out. Size 8 needles and stitch markers, here I come!
Making plans
I need to start keeping track of projects I want to work on once I get through the plans I already have. So after I finish Billy’s sweater and a Fisher sweater, I’ll get started on the list:
- Clapotis … whenever the yarn gets here. I’m a little aggravated because the yarn delivery time was not eight to ten weeks when I ordered from the supplier. A discount isn’t worth that much of a wait.
- Samantha — one or two of them, at least. I know a few little girls who will be born this year who probably just need to have that.
- Knitted bunny .., yes, again with the baby.
At some point I’ll knit something else for myself, but I have such an aversion to seaming that I don’t really want to get into something big. I do love the Audrey sweater (too lazy to look for the link) that I’ve seen around the web, but the cost of yarn for that (or the alternative of searching out a different yarn) is exhausting to the brain.
