May 15, 2010
Saturday
Tempest is finished, and has been blocked.
I love blocked stocking stitch, it always looks so neat! So now just the seaming and the bands to go. I'm not taking it to Canberra, finishing is too fiddly for a road trip, so I've started something new.
It's Shimmer by Kim Hargreaves, from her newest book, Misty. I'm knitting it in Calmer, which I got from Jannettes Rare Yarns. Love calmer!
Hopefully I'll be too busy to get anything done on it, though!
And in other news, I'm creeping up on 10,000 comments on the poor, neglected blog. So I've decided there'll be a little give away to celebrate.
The person who leaves the 10,000th comment will get a project bag, and I'll see if I can get my hands on a skein of Knitabulous yarn to go with it. I'm not telling how close we are to 10,000 just yet, but I expect to see it sometime within the next few weeks. Could be much closer than that, of course, but I'm not telling!
Comments
Oh Tempest, I wore mine today and I just love it!!! Yours looks lovely thus far!!!
Posted by: 2paw at May 15, 2010 04:24 PMlove tempest - and I agree you are a very very very fast knitter.
Posted by: missfee at May 15, 2010 04:44 PMI'm yet to knit anything by KH - I think it's time i rectified that.
And 10,000 comments?! Wow. I hope I win! :-)
Posted by: bells at May 15, 2010 05:30 PMYou are such a prolific knitter! I saw Venezia on the Sticks and String blog. What a beautiful sweater and I really like your Shimmer, too. Pink, imagine that!
Posted by: Beth at May 15, 2010 09:20 PMI love the pink of that calmer. Very soft.
Posted by: M-H at May 15, 2010 10:58 PMHave a great time in Canberra, wont' be going, way to sick still. Shimmer is looking nice so far.
Posted by: Annie at May 15, 2010 11:42 PMI see a pink theme. Haven't seen the Kim Hargreaves book yet, will have to check for it.
Have a good time.
Posted by: Suzanne at May 16, 2010 09:31 AMI, too, loved the blocked look of knitting! Especially on lace!
Posted by: Lynne at May 16, 2010 11:25 AMI cant wait to see it finished. The new knit looks beautiful too.
Posted by: sue at May 16, 2010 06:36 PMThe stall at the markets was lovely.
your tempest looks fabbo and I can't wait to see it put together.
hope you survived the weekend ok. i cant believe youve already finished tempest. well i can actually, cos youre like that. it will look amazing on!
Posted by: drk at May 17, 2010 10:02 AMCongratulations on your market stall & I am sure you did well. Tempest looks great in those gorgeous colors.
Posted by: Ann at May 17, 2010 11:52 AMSo I didn't see much blogging but I guess it's only because you've been knitting!
Posted by: Evelyn at May 18, 2010 05:43 AMAilsa says that you were a trouper at Canberra , hope your head cold goes away soon . Tempest looks lovely.
Posted by: diane at May 19, 2010 03:40 PMYour knitting speed is unreal! I've been working on the same old boring socks for almost a month and my son will probably outgrow the sweater I'm knitting him before I finish it. Darn children and their needs seriously cut into my knitting time!;)
Posted by: Mandy at May 20, 2010 04:18 PMLOL I had to comment,..anyhow love the colour of tempest,still havent started mine ,have two other WIP to finish first,isnt it funny when you should not knit/spin 'cause theres study but you do and get heaps done as well as get the work stuff through as well!
I'll have to keep following your blog and sending comments your way. Lovely Shimmer!
Posted by: Daisy at May 23, 2010 10:52 AM
Can you teach me how to knit as fast as you??!! Wow!!
Posted by: Rose Red at May 15, 2010 03:42 PM