Knitting progress in 2010
BossBoss has decided that we can all goof off for a couple of hours tomorrow
and go to the cinema. Isn't he a nice boss? It will be partially over our
lunch hour (he's giving us the rest of the time and we don't have to make
anything up) so I'm seriously contemplating trying a pretzel as my movie
snack. Never had one before but everyone keeps assuring me that I'll love
them. My BossBoss is really quite lovely.
I haven't talked about knitting here for a while. No, I have no idea why
because I've been doing quite a bit and 2010 already has three finished
objects to its credit.
January was the cowl-necked sweater that I've already blogged. I really love
it and wear it whenever I can get away with the "hey, didn't you wear that
the other day?" thing.
When that was finished, I cast on for some socks that I'd be able to put
aside during the Olympics. Those became my socks of hatred, sadly. The
pattern is good, the yarn is soft and will be lovely on my feet. I just
hated the colours. It was a relief to put them aside an concentrate on madly
knitting an entire sweater (short-sleeved, but still...) during the
Olympics.
I finished with a couple of hours to spare and I'm really pleased with it.
Just need to source some good vintage buttons for the back closure. The
pattern is from a vintage book, originally printed in the '30s and really
lovely. Now I want to find a high-waisted pencil skirt to wear with it :-)
Or possibly some 30s/40s style wide-legged tweedy trousers would also look
amazing.
With the Olympics over, it was back to the socks of hatred. I could tell
that I wasn't loving them because I'd find any excuse not to knit them.
There were entire evenings when I was catching with TV - usually a prime
knitting time - with the socks sitting beside me untouched and unloved.
Using the cats as an excuse for why I wasn't knitting them grew old very
fast.
This past weekend I got fed up and decided to get them gone. I was nearly at
the heel of the second one on Thursday, barely touched my knitting on
Saturday, and still managed to get within a couple of rounds of finishing at
the curling on Sunday. They finally got finished, bound-off and ends woven
in yesterday lunch time. I feel so much happier about knitting now that I
don't have to work on them! I'll try to get some photos up shortly so that
everyone else can judge how hideous they are.
To celebrate, I decided to cast on a pattern that I've been wanting to do
for ages. It's called Spring Forward and they looking like fun, happy,
spring-ish socks. The weather has been warm and sunny for the last few days
and it feels like spring has started, so these socks are very appropriate!
I'm using the Sea Wool that I bought last September and already loving it so
much more than the socks of hatred. It's a variegated yarn with pinks,
yellows, greens and greys in soft pastels so it's rather a cheerful yarn.
Seal Wool is 70% merino, 30% seacell and it's got a fabulous sheen to it.
I'm already excited about what they'll look liked when the lace section
starts.
and go to the cinema. Isn't he a nice boss? It will be partially over our
lunch hour (he's giving us the rest of the time and we don't have to make
anything up) so I'm seriously contemplating trying a pretzel as my movie
snack. Never had one before but everyone keeps assuring me that I'll love
them. My BossBoss is really quite lovely.
I haven't talked about knitting here for a while. No, I have no idea why
because I've been doing quite a bit and 2010 already has three finished
objects to its credit.
January was the cowl-necked sweater that I've already blogged. I really love
it and wear it whenever I can get away with the "hey, didn't you wear that
the other day?" thing.
When that was finished, I cast on for some socks that I'd be able to put
aside during the Olympics. Those became my socks of hatred, sadly. The
pattern is good, the yarn is soft and will be lovely on my feet. I just
hated the colours. It was a relief to put them aside an concentrate on madly
knitting an entire sweater (short-sleeved, but still...) during the
Olympics.
I finished with a couple of hours to spare and I'm really pleased with it.
Just need to source some good vintage buttons for the back closure. The
pattern is from a vintage book, originally printed in the '30s and really
lovely. Now I want to find a high-waisted pencil skirt to wear with it :-)
Or possibly some 30s/40s style wide-legged tweedy trousers would also look
amazing.
With the Olympics over, it was back to the socks of hatred. I could tell
that I wasn't loving them because I'd find any excuse not to knit them.
There were entire evenings when I was catching with TV - usually a prime
knitting time - with the socks sitting beside me untouched and unloved.
Using the cats as an excuse for why I wasn't knitting them grew old very
fast.
This past weekend I got fed up and decided to get them gone. I was nearly at
the heel of the second one on Thursday, barely touched my knitting on
Saturday, and still managed to get within a couple of rounds of finishing at
the curling on Sunday. They finally got finished, bound-off and ends woven
in yesterday lunch time. I feel so much happier about knitting now that I
don't have to work on them! I'll try to get some photos up shortly so that
everyone else can judge how hideous they are.
To celebrate, I decided to cast on a pattern that I've been wanting to do
for ages. It's called Spring Forward and they looking like fun, happy,
spring-ish socks. The weather has been warm and sunny for the last few days
and it feels like spring has started, so these socks are very appropriate!
I'm using the Sea Wool that I bought last September and already loving it so
much more than the socks of hatred. It's a variegated yarn with pinks,
yellows, greens and greys in soft pastels so it's rather a cheerful yarn.
Seal Wool is 70% merino, 30% seacell and it's got a fabulous sheen to it.
I'm already excited about what they'll look liked when the lace section
starts.