Saturday, March 22, 2008

Done, again

Here's another pair of mittens. Simma loved my Latvians and requested a pair. I still had some alpaca yarn left over from a hat that I had made her a year ago. She had bought the yarn in Australia when she was there Jan07:
I used other yarns from my stash, so it was very satisfying to use that up and not buy anything. I had to rip these back several times because I kept loosing track of when I should change colors and also where to place the thumb. (those pesky thumbs!) But I am happy with how they came out. Very soft!

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Gimme an N. . .O. . .R. . .O

NORO sock yarn! What's it good for? Absolutely nothing! N! O! R! O!

Well, ok, I exaggerate. The new Noro sock yarn is not good for socks, I'm guessing. I knit a small swatch and found the fabric too floppy and shapeless (it's single ply) and I worry it might be too scratchy. I've also read that it tends to bias when knit in the round (also because it's single ply).

So I used it to make another one of my reversible scarves. This is very narrow -- maybe only 4" wide -- and very long. Meant to wrap around the neck a few times and then you can tie it in a bow.





The pattern is a variation of the Indian pillar stitch. Kind of labor-intensive to make but also fun and, yes, reversible. This baby is something like 8 feet long and there's still plenty of yarn left. I'd say thumbs down for socks but thumbs up for a project requiring lace-weight yarn. The color shifts are really cool.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

Done and Done


Finished. Very happy with these and I'd like to start another pair soon. Or is it vest time? Sadly (happily?) the weather is nearly too nice to wear them, though they were welcome on the ride in this morning. Now where is that graph paper...