July 25, 2010
Startitis
At Knit Camp earlier in the year, our table won the trivia competition. (No fault of mine - I was busy drinking.) As a prize, we won yarn. Yay! I love Knit Camp!
I won a bag of Cleckheaton Country Silk in blue. I quite like Country Silk but Australian Country Spinners, true to record, have discontinued it. They have an excellent track record of discontinuing the yarns I like, leaving only the bland or awful. Anyway, that's a rant for another day. One where I get accused of having it in for ACS. (Not true, I just don't particularly like any of their yarns!)
Anyway, as I mentioned, I'm a fan of the Country Silk, even though I can't get 8ply (DK) tension with it unless I go down to a ridiculously small needle, then I don't like the resulting fabric. So this time, I went with what I liked, and on a 3.75mm needle, I got 20sts/10cm. So I went pattern hunting.
And I found Sage Blouse by yellowcosmo, a free Ravelry download.
I was a little worried that the silk slubs would obscure the Moorish Lattice pattern, but I'm quite pleased with the way it's coming out.
That's three days work, and I'm enjoying it, as I'm sure you can see! I'm going to be laid up for a few days this week, and this will see lots of action, I'm sure.
And just because it's been a while, a Twinkie pic. The quality isn't great, because I took it late at night, but this is how she likes to wait for bedtime.
By giving us really big hints that she'd like to be in bed (with her dinner, please!)
Posted by Donna at July 25, 2010 08:07 PMComments
The top looks really good so far - nice choice!
Posted by: Rose Red at July 25, 2010 09:28 PMAre you telling me you tuck that little big thing in every night?
I like that top too!
Posted by: Ailsa at July 25, 2010 11:32 PMI love Twinkie and any camp where drinking is the number one sport. Who really cares about knitting when you have a great drink in your dominant hand! I forgot about the pattern "sage blouse," thanks for the reminder.
Posted by: Diana at July 26, 2010 08:04 AMI love the tucks in that yarn - they show up beautifully.
Posted by: Ingrid at July 26, 2010 08:57 AMThat is so cute that Twinkie waits for bedtime. Very nice sweater, I haven't noticed it before.
Posted by: Suzanne at July 26, 2010 09:49 AMLovely yarn & good choice of pattern. I bought a bag of the same yarn & color from Morris & Sons last year & it's sitting in my stash. I have the same problem with ACS when they discontinued my fav yarn, Vintage Hues.
Posted by: Ann at July 26, 2010 12:15 PMTwinkie looks so cute waiting to be put to bed! I love the knitting and Country Silk is very nice to knit with. I have some blue stashed away somewhere too planned for a project one of these days after I finish the others!
Posted by: sue at July 26, 2010 01:19 PMI like that Country Silk too. I've made a jacket for one of my granddaughters using it, and it came out well. It's quite heavy for length. I knitted it on 4mms for garter stitch.
Posted by: M-H at July 26, 2010 03:04 PMgreta combination of yarn and pattern. im pretty sure you will have that finished by the time you finish being laid up!
Posted by: drk at July 27, 2010 01:46 PMThat's how I feel when I'm hungry and tired! Your knitting is gorgeous and I can't wait to see it when it's finished.
Posted by: Rusty M. at July 29, 2010 09:52 AM
Oh, Twinkie, and how is that pose different from sleeping? Everyone likes their own cozy bed, I suppose.
Posted by: Beth at July 25, 2010 08:57 PM