February 16, 2008
Thank you!
I love you people, my imaginary friends! Every one of your comments made me smile, thank you. My family smile and admire my knitting, but they don't "get" it the way all of you do.
So, in the wake of finishing the Shetland Shawl, I suddenly find my knitting future wide open. I did pickup Buttercup and make one sleeve.
I had to incorporate some pretty big modifications in that sleeve. Fortunately I took notes for the next one! I'm knitting the size small for myself, and that fits just fine in the body, but there was no way those itty-bitty sleeves were going around my upper arm. So I added a few stitches and readjusted the armhole shaping to make up for the additional stitches. It seems to be fine now, we'll see how it goes.
So all that remains of Buttercup is one more sleeve and a tie. I could have that done in a few days!
But I let temptation beguile me, and resurrected a long, long dead project.
It's the Charlotte's Web shawl! My friend Jill sent me this for my birthday back in 2004. I knit it up, and then it sat, for ages, waiting for an edging. Then I edged it, blocked it and it was huge. H-U-G-E. SO I frogged it in a huff and threw it aside.
But last night I decided that a triangle shawl in fingering weight is exactly what I need after a square in cobweb, so on the needles it went.
Alas, it may soon come off. I'm not sure that I'm happy with the colour combo I went with this time, especiaslly after looking at the way I went last time!
Posted by Donna at February 16, 2008 07:07 PMComments
I have been meaning to knit one of those forever!! Can't wait to see how yours turns out.
Posted by: becky c. at February 17, 2008 12:48 AMI'm currently doing a Ruffled Fichu (a couple of pics of others on Ravelry) out of handspun fingering. It's even garter stitch....and I might break down and take a photo soon. But mine has more colors than yours, and I'm liking it so far!
Posted by: Cathy at February 17, 2008 01:00 AMI love the colours but, since I have no idea what's in your mind, my likes don't really matter!! So, I agree with "wool winder", rip it out now before it gets too much further.
Posted by: Lynne at February 17, 2008 08:52 AMI love the colours but, since I have no idea what's in your mind, my likes don't really matter!! So, I agree with "wool winder", rip it out now before it gets too much further.
Posted by: Lynne at February 17, 2008 08:52 AM(did you mean to say frigged or frogged?)
Posted by: Nat at February 17, 2008 09:30 AMOh, Charlotte is so pretty. I have had that pattern for years and never bought the yarn to knit it. Can't wait to see yours, the colors from your other blog post are so nice.
Posted by: Suzanne at February 17, 2008 10:50 AMWow your shetland shawl looks amazing.
I love the colour of Charlottes web.
I love the colours, but it is you who must feel the love, not I! Go with your gut!
Posted by: amanda j at February 17, 2008 05:35 PMOh NO! Don't frog! I love the color combo!
I wish I had the koigu at hand to do that... but I'm missing that teal in my drawerful...
The colors are lovely - I do like them but it's your call as you are the one knitting. Can't wait to see Buttercup all done.
Posted by: Ann at February 18, 2008 10:22 AMheh heh heh you did *what* to it, in a huff no less?
Posted by: Taueret at February 18, 2008 11:05 AMI can't believe I missed your post on the Shetland shawl?! It's absolutely STUNNING!
Posted by: Helen at February 18, 2008 06:10 PM
The color looks good to me. But if you're not happy with it, the best thing to do is rip it out before you go much farther. It will never be finished if you don't like looking at it,
Posted by: Wool Winder at February 17, 2008 12:43 AM