A quilt I’ve been working on for years. Years.
I nearly finished the top and realized I hadn’t finished sewing together all the floral pinwheels. Oops. When it’s finally finished, it will be a nice little quilt.
And just a bit of knitting - I finished Central Park Hoodie and it’s been worn many, many times, I just haven’t taken the time to take a self-portrait, so you get a close-up of a button. I love this hoodie. Seriously.
Blogless Karen called Monday night. Kally and the Mr. were in the office playing with the inner workings of a new computer and I was finishing up the second front of my Central Park Hoodie. Kally enjoys helping with the computer - all those wires must look so delicious, the little parts must be really fun to swat around the room, and the tools must be so awesome to play with (the tools are pretty awesome to play with). Anyway, after I had answered the phone, I took a seat at the dining room table, a good place for a chat. The Mr. watched Kally run from the office to my knitting space. Full-on trot. At first, he didn’t know exactly where she was going or what she was planning to do (we both know that full-on trot means playtime/shitty-kitty-time), so he followed her. He found her sitting in the middle of the room looking for yarn to eat, yarn that I would have set down when I got up to answer the phone. She really wanted to eat some yarn and I was completely distracted…
That look right there, that’s why we only have one kitty.
I finished the Lollipop socks and, boy, are they tasty. I didn’t use a pattern unless you call making it up as you go a pattern. The yarn is Opal Lollipop 1012.
Mountain Colors Bearfoot, Wild Raspberry, very delicious.
Interweave’s Retro Rib sock pattern.
All for me - I’m totally spoiling my feet.
I’ve also started the sweater that everyone and their dog/cat is knitting: Central Park Hoodie. This sweater knits up incredibly fast. I ordered the yarn online and it arrived 9 days ago. As of this morning, I’ve knit both sleeves and a big portion of the back.
Berroco Peruvia, Grano. It is a very soft single ply yarn that reminded me of Lamb’s Pride when I first noticed it online. I’ve always loved the look of Lamb’s Pride, but think it’s just too itchy for next to the skin wear (the reason I never wear this beautiful hat). One of the local shops carries the new Berroco yarn - only a few skeins in each color, not nearly enough for a sweater - and I fell in love the second I picked it up. The heathered colors are full of a depth the Berroco website doesn’t come close to capturing, and it is so soft. Seriously. Soft. Since it is a single ply yarn and so loosely spun, I’m certain it will develop a halo and may have a pill problem. I’m hoping it will add to the charm of the sweater rather than be a big ugly eyesore. Oh, and the yardage! I wound the first skein into a ball and started knitting a sleeve. I knit and knit. And knit. And knit some more. The first ball ran out half way through the shoulder shaping. Holy shit. The yardage. It’s amazing. I just started the fourth skien. All that knitting used only three skeins.
Hey, grrlfriend, quit your yapping and get back to work - that sweater’s not going to knit itself.
