Later this week I am off on holiday to France, so I thought I would do a quick update before I go.
I am knitting a pair of pretty stripey socks. I’ve knitted the first one, and the second has been cast on. I think I might finish it on the train home as it’s DK weight. Here is the first sock:
Despite what the Flickr name says, these aren’t Fyberspates at all. They’re Regia. And I have some Fyberspates yarn somewhere that is vaguely similar, but not similar enough to account for the silly mistake!
They are going to be definitely fraternal as my two yarn balls do not match at all, but I don’t care about that sort of thing at all!
I have also (nearly) finished my first baby item. A friend of mine has a baby due over the summer. I thought to myself: What does every August baby need? A wooly jumper. So here it is:
Clearly there is still some weaving in of ends to be done, and I need to join the underarm stitches, but on such a small jumper that really isn’t going to take long. It’s the Child’s Placket Sweater that was published in Joelle Hoverson’s Last Minute Knitted Gifts. I love this jumper so much. The pattern goes from tiny baby sized to big ten year old sized, plus it is impecably cute, and I want to knit one for myself! I’m sure someone has done that… The yarn is RYC Cashsoft DK, which is lovely, and interestingly, I only needed 2 balls for the jumper. I like it when that happens!
I am going to be taking some yarn away with me. I will be doing down south by train, and then we’re going to France on the Euro Star, so lots of knitting time! I’m taking some yarn I got to knit some socks for my Mum, and also these lovely skeins of Handmaiden Casbah which I bought recently.
I’m hoping these will keep me very busy!
Right now, however, I need to get my head down and work hard, as I’ve promised my supervisor a draft chapter before I go away!
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August 17, 2008 at 11:03 am
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