WiP’s? on a Wednesday?
April 2, 2008 by missscarlett
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I have made some real progress on my Alaskan Jacket. Look!
Not only did I finish the back and the 2 fronts, I washed them and blocked them!! There’s a first time for everything. Oooh was that water dirty too - and now the pieces don’t smell faintly of iron (I have no idea what that was about!). I was sold on this process by the dirty water alone.
Here are the 2 sleeves just before posting:
I should finish them tonight while I watch the sobfest I taped last night - otherwise known as Biggest Loser. Spring Break, the house to myself and watching shows like In Treatment (brilliant){Gabriel Byrne with his accent} and No Country for Old Men (bloody brilliant - ha! literally but that is not what I meant) gave me lots of time to knit. The Size 11 needles didn’t hurt either.
I have adapted the pattern a little - the double moss stitch just looked like nothing with this yarn — Briggs and Little Heritage, a major steal on E-Bay — so I wound up using Sand Stitch (thank you Barbra Walker!) on the cuffs and the fronts. I’m really happy with how this stitch shows up.
Also over Spring Break: New Pets
And on a field trip:
How cool is that? This was one of 2 wood/stump carvings outside of Science World.
ETA: Just took Kira for her evening stroll and what do I hear? Frog Song!! Spring, spring, spring is here. Last night - no frogs to be heard. Tonight - serenaded.
Even though we had 8 inches of snow Mon. to Tues., the warmer weather has melted most of it and the birds are singing as though it never happened. I do believe we’ll have spring in Minnesota - eventually.
It’s good to see the squares are starting to accumulate. I’ll be washing and blocking more today.
I, too, just won some yarn on Ebay. I’m excited to get it and hoping it will work for a “son in law sweater.” I need to have the yarn tell me what it wants to be. Weird, I know. But there’s no use fighting it. Your sweater looks lovely. You will show off the finished product, won’t you?
My reward for cleaning my house today? Off to a yarn shop I didn’t know existed. Woo Hoo.
Can’t wait to see your sweater finished and modelled!
And wasn’t No Country For Old Men amazing??? I saw an ad for In Treatment and wondered if it would be as good as I thought it might - is it?