Knitting Thursday

Well, I'd hoped to have a jubilant post today, to either have completely finished B's sweater or to at least have gotten one sleeve done and attached.  Well, I either have misplaced the rest of the blue for the stripes, or I've run out of it.  Yes, I had enough when I made the sweater the first time around, but it was a different style, with raglan sleeves, and thus used less of it (the stripes are around armhole level).  So yeah, I'll have to look around later and see if I can find any more of it.  If not, I'll pick up a skein of either a darker blue that's different enough that it looks complimentary but doesn't look like I'm trying to match and failing, or maybe a darker grey.  I can't get the original blue because Wildflower's been discontinued, and because I bought the yarn years ago and wouldn't be able to get the same dye lot.  Hopefully I can get into John Lewis tomorrow or over the weekend so I can finish this sweater.  In the meantime, I'll move on to the next project: a swatch for the Sherwood sweater for K.

Knitting Thursday

Since there's nothing much to report as far as knitting projects (still working on B's sweater), I thought I'd talk about the yarn and needles I'm using.  The yarn is Wildflower DK by Plymouth, which is a nice yarn to use, I think.  It's a fairly soft yarn, and it knits up really well.  I've even had great luck with unravelling things and starting new projects with the yarn.  It's sad that it's being discontinued, but so it goes.

I'm using size 5 bamboo circular needles for this project.  I really like bamboo needles.  They're nice and smooth, and don't split my fingertips if I've not knitted in a while like metal needles tend to do.  I've never really liked straight needles, which I'm sure is at least in part because I used circular needles when I first started knitting.  So even if I'm just knitting back and forth, I prefer the circular needles.

Knitting Thursday

Sorry for the lapse in posting.  Life has understandably been busy of late.  I was afraid I wouldn't finish that tunic dress for C before Epiphany (today), but, thanks to my Mom, I did.  Mom knit the sleeves for me, which helped a lot.

So, having finished that, I'm finally getting back to a sweater I'd started for B a long time ago.  Actually, I'd made the sweater, but it didn't fit quite right, so I ripped it out and am now re-doing it.  I'm only on the back of the sweater, unfortunately, but at least I'm getting back to it.

Maybe after I finish that, I can make something for myself.  I have a long queue of things for myself and the kids.  Since my Mom brought me a lot of yarn, I should be set for a while now.