The latest
Here's a status report on the projects I've been working on lately:
Dale of Norway baby dress for baby Georgia due in January. See page 2 and 3 of this page for what it will look like. Now that I have the colorwork section done, I am planning to do the long, plain stockinette portion while studying. Then I can do the fancy crochet and smocking and finishing work during winter break. Just need to find someone to show me how to do the crochet part.
Here's my first Chevron Scarf from Last Minute Knitted Gifts. When I first saw Courtney's gorgeous scarf, I loved it. Then I got on Ravelry and saw lots of other pretty ones people had made. And then an online yarn store had a going out of business sale with super cheap Lorna's Laces. I bought 4 skeins, enough to make two scarves. Unfortunately, all the colors didn't go together the way I hoped they would, but these two did. The colorways are Lakeview and Somerset and I love the way this is coming together. It does go slowly though knitting a scarf with sock weight yarn.
Lastly, this is Daniel's sweater which I worked on quite a bit at the Knit Out. This is a VERY long term project as I can only work on it when I can concentrate on the pattern and cabling - no study knitting here! The pattern is Sebastian - a unisex sweater in Rowan's Classic Summer book. The yarn is Elsebeth Lavold's Silky Tweed. It took us about a year just to pick out the yarn and pattern. Daniel really wanted a light grey color, but he's allergic to wool, and most grey yarn is either wool or alpaca which is too hot. Silky Tweed is only 20% wool so it was an excellent choice and will make a lighter sweater which is more appropriate for Austin weather. This is going to be a gorgeous sweater when it is finished, but unless I suddenly find lots of time to work on it, it will be quite awhile. And that is ok by me because I am enjoying the process quite a bit on this one.
I've also been working on the FIL socks as I plan to gift them for Christmas. I am to the top ribbing of the second one, and once I finish that I need to go back and redo the top of the first because I didn't make it long enough. Good thing it is toe-up! These are my purse knitting, but a row here and a row there can really get you somewhere over time. I just hope they fit!
All of these projects are knit on size 4 or smaller needles with thin yarn, so I'm thinking I need to intersperse a larger gauge project into the mix. First of all, because I think that will be easier with my broken finger (surgery was today, went well so far). Second, the whole reason I knit lots of different things at the same time is to have variety. So who knows, maybe there will be a new WIP soon. I have a few ideas in mind.
