September 26, 2006

Bandwagon

I tried to resist but Andrea and Myrth convinced me of joining so next month is:

In other good news I finally finished knitting the Bomber jacket, let me just gather my strength to block and sew and I’ll have a FO soon (just when the weather gets hot again of course).

I received a parcel conveniently timed with this:

Felted Tweed in Herb to make Salina, I choose suggested yarn of the project because I fell in love with it while working on the Electra Vest, and the color is perfect I don’t have nearly enough green on my wardrobe.

And some Malabrigo to make a scarf. I already have some Manos del Uruguay and I plan to make a scarf too then compare the two yarns because they seem so much alike in quality and colors. Just for an afterthought it seems weird to me that in order to get Malabrigo and Manos I have to order them from the US, I mean they’re both made in Uruguay so it makes more sense to be able to get them in Mexico, as they’re both part of Latin America.

September 18, 2006

To remove the dust

Pattern: Embossed Leaves Socks from Interweave Knits Winter 2005
Yarn: Koigu Premium Merino (100% merino wool, 50g, 175 yds.) in 212713, 2 skeins.
Needles: Susan Bates US 1
Cast On: August 7
Cast Off: September 3
Mods: I changed the heel for the slipped stitch heel and made the ribbing a little longer.
Comments:I’m fairly new to socks so the twisted stitch rib amazed me, is so stretchy and so much better looking than a normal 1x1 rib. I loved the lace, the volume of the leaves looks elegant and terribly complicate but is in fact simple and easy to memorize, by the time I did the heel of the first I didn’t needed to look at the chart. The color is great, subtly variegated pinks and purples and the Koigu is so widely praised on the web that I don’t need to add anything else. The toes follow the lace pattern for a beautiful and comfortable point (no kitchener!). I subbed the heel for the slipped stitch heel, because I love it since the SLLS but wish I had made them longer.

Boy it’s been a long time, I been working on the eternal sweater slowly (half a front and the collar remain to be knitted) I have promised no to cast on for anything new until I finish this.

I also made an enormous progress on the Electra vest, I just need to finish one side of the neck and the ribbing of neck and arms, I even started to weave in the 2 million ends! (made a fairly good progress on that account).

I want to get these old projects ready for fall (if we have one) but mostly because I want to start 2 new sweaters and have them ready before winter: Salina for me and the Urban Aran for Raz (a la Jared of course ).