Monday, February 13, 2012
oops!
I don't know what I was thinking when I read the patterns from Plimouth Plantation, but in re-reading them with the repro yarn sitting right next to me I have realized that they ARE, indeed, written for that yarn, they're just knitted with smaller needles than the yarn sleeve calls for. Doh! Sorry for the error, folks. I'll try to be more careful in the future.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Projects, disappointments, and anticipation
That wonderful HandMaiden yarn that I started the last post with seems like a distant memory today. I did get the hat finished and have discovered, much to my dismay, that it doesn't like to stay on my head! It slips up and off every time I wear it. I am hoping that, with time, it will stretch enough to stay on because it's such a wonderful yarn and I want to wear it.
The next project was a little shawlette that I sort of made up as I went along. Another UFO (unfinished object) from some time ago, this is made of a wool/kid mohair blend boucle:
I don't usually knit with boucle because I always seem to get my working needle hung up in the loopies of the boucle and it drives me nuts. However, this has turned out to be a very comfy little keep-your-neck-warm-thingy and I love it! I knit the 3rd to last row as a knit 1, yarn over which effectively doubled the stitch count and created a ruffly effect at that edge. I think, if I ever knit this again, I will knit it as a knit 2 together, yarn over and keep it a flat edge. Overall, though, not a bad attempt.
I indulged myself and ordered yarn for two of the projects I mentioned in the last post: the Whitman Cap and the Bandanna Cowl. The Booklyn Tweed Shelter yarn arrived first so the Whitman Cap is first on the needles. What a lovely yarn! Soft, easy to work with, good stitch definition. So far I only have the ear flaps done:
I'll post more pics as it progresses. So excited to be working on this ~ can't wait till it's done.
I also ordered the Plimouth Plantation yarn spun by Harrisville in the reproduction 17th century colors. Two skeins of each color, plus the knitting patterns I mentioned when I blogged about them: (http://contemporarytextiletraditions.blogspot.com/2011/11/nerdy-history-geek-yarn-love.html). Much to my disappointment, I discovered that the patterns call for a yarn that is of a different weight. Sigh. I wish they'd said on the website what weight yarn the patterns were written for. At least then I would have been prepared to do the math. Not a disaster, I just have to do some converting to figure out needle sizes and whether the repro colored yarn will actually work for the repro patterns. Too busy with the garden planning to bother with it right now, so it will probably be a while before you see that. Sorry.
The next project was a little shawlette that I sort of made up as I went along. Another UFO (unfinished object) from some time ago, this is made of a wool/kid mohair blend boucle:
I don't usually knit with boucle because I always seem to get my working needle hung up in the loopies of the boucle and it drives me nuts. However, this has turned out to be a very comfy little keep-your-neck-warm-thingy and I love it! I knit the 3rd to last row as a knit 1, yarn over which effectively doubled the stitch count and created a ruffly effect at that edge. I think, if I ever knit this again, I will knit it as a knit 2 together, yarn over and keep it a flat edge. Overall, though, not a bad attempt.
I indulged myself and ordered yarn for two of the projects I mentioned in the last post: the Whitman Cap and the Bandanna Cowl. The Booklyn Tweed Shelter yarn arrived first so the Whitman Cap is first on the needles. What a lovely yarn! Soft, easy to work with, good stitch definition. So far I only have the ear flaps done:
I'll post more pics as it progresses. So excited to be working on this ~ can't wait till it's done.
I also ordered the Plimouth Plantation yarn spun by Harrisville in the reproduction 17th century colors. Two skeins of each color, plus the knitting patterns I mentioned when I blogged about them: (http://contemporarytextiletraditions.blogspot.com/2011/11/nerdy-history-geek-yarn-love.html). Much to my disappointment, I discovered that the patterns call for a yarn that is of a different weight. Sigh. I wish they'd said on the website what weight yarn the patterns were written for. At least then I would have been prepared to do the math. Not a disaster, I just have to do some converting to figure out needle sizes and whether the repro colored yarn will actually work for the repro patterns. Too busy with the garden planning to bother with it right now, so it will probably be a while before you see that. Sorry.
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