Winners!
24 Oct 2011 Leave a Comment
in designing, family, knitting, life, mountains
I used a random number generator and came up with #’s 4, 6 & 9! SO, I will be sending off some free patterns to Alison, Toyia & Kim R., thanks for commenting! This was fun and I’ll do it again soon.
Hubbs and I celebrated our 9th Anniversary last Thursday, and we actually got to go out and celebrate! Of course we went down to LAB, one of our fave downtown hangouts. I was upset because we both forgot to get more of their awesome hot sauce while we were there…darn!
We couldn’t wait until 10 pm for the music to start, so we wandered off to Jack of the Wood to listen to some local bluegrass. I don’t know what it is about hearing bluegrass live, but it’s just too fun. He had to drag me away or I probably would have stayed there all night. What can I say? Mama doesn’t get out to party too often. Though I can’t say I recommend that strange pumpkin brew they had there…
We also got in some hiking, and Mia had a great time in her new back carrier. We searched for my precious mushrooms, but alas, their time may have already passed =:(
In other knitterly news, I’m mid-way through my next cardigan design. I’m using another base from Dye for Wool. This one is a BFL sockweight yarn, 100% superwash wool, in one of their repeatable colorways, ‘Rose coming to dust’.
So pretty!
I’m trying something new again, this time it’s a top-down cardigan with set-in sleeves. The book Custom Knits by Wendy Bernard has been extremely helpful with the dimensions and method of this technique, I highly recommend getting yourself a copy if you love top-down methods.
This yarn has a lot of ‘bounce’ to it, a soft hand, with a tight twist that makes me think there won’t be any pilling at all. I’m really enjoying this process, the wool slides through my fingers on touch alone, which is nice for the WS rows, which are just purled.
For this cardigan I’m adding in panels of the Gothic Arches pattern from Barbara Walker’s Fourth Treasury. It’s definitely not a simple pattern, but you do get into the swing of it after a couple of repeats.
I love the way the middle sections pull straight up into little tufts!
I’m about at the waist now, with one sleeve already completed. I think I’m going to stop the lace soon and just make the bottom flare out a bit, for a long, swingy sweater. Oh, I can’t wait to wear this one!!
Fall is perfect for sweaters and mums!
Thanks for stopping by, don’t forget to stop and breathe in that crisp fall air once in a while (or enjoy wherever you are!).
