Project Crocus: Finished!
Although this project has been done for a while, I didn't get around to blocking it properly until last weekend. And wouldn't you know it...the light at night is just awful for taking pictures. Whenever we would be home, it would already be turning dark or I'd forget about taking proper pictures until it was dark already.
But we managed, and here it is in all its glory.
Taking the pictures with just a bra underneath showed...um....far too much of my not-quite-lean belly, so we had to re-shoot the pictures after I put on a camisole for decency. You can still see my jeans waist showing through quite well.
Of course, casting off this project on September 11th and blocking it on the 20th means I won't be wearing this until the next heatwave, probably somewhere in 2021. The weather turning colder is impacting my need for munchies and it's not pretty.
This was my first time knitting with linen. It's nowhere near as stretchy as wool, and it can be quite coarse. It behaves rather well on the needles though, and it will get softer with wear. The best part of this project is that is was a KAL and Kat knit the same top in cobalt blue, and we had the best fun.
My next big project will be the Pumkin Ale cardigan, swatching is already done. First though, I promised myself to finish that one final pair of socks that are still on the needles. And....they are the very last WIP that is on the needles too! I usually have three projects in various stages of completion lying around the house, but pandemic does weird stuff to the brain. Once the socks are done all my needles are EMPTY.
Nothing like diving face-first into a new project to fix that, am I right?
But we managed, and here it is in all its glory.
Taking the pictures with just a bra underneath showed...um....far too much of my not-quite-lean belly, so we had to re-shoot the pictures after I put on a camisole for decency. You can still see my jeans waist showing through quite well.
Of course, casting off this project on September 11th and blocking it on the 20th means I won't be wearing this until the next heatwave, probably somewhere in 2021. The weather turning colder is impacting my need for munchies and it's not pretty.
This was my first time knitting with linen. It's nowhere near as stretchy as wool, and it can be quite coarse. It behaves rather well on the needles though, and it will get softer with wear. The best part of this project is that is was a KAL and Kat knit the same top in cobalt blue, and we had the best fun.
My next big project will be the Pumkin Ale cardigan, swatching is already done. First though, I promised myself to finish that one final pair of socks that are still on the needles. And....they are the very last WIP that is on the needles too! I usually have three projects in various stages of completion lying around the house, but pandemic does weird stuff to the brain. Once the socks are done all my needles are EMPTY.
Nothing like diving face-first into a new project to fix that, am I right?