It’s Knitting! On a knitting blog, no less. First up is the True Blood Faery Ring sweater. After the cable set-up dust-up, I’ve managed to get a few inches of that cable section done finally.
Sorry for the crappy photos. It would appear that we’ve entered the grey and gloomy season around here. Try clicking on them, but the lighting is just so lousy that it might not help. Notice that pesky seed stitch out there under the armpits, where it belongs.
The Major has more or less shamed me into hauling this out and working on it in earnest. She suggested that we ought to get our butts in gear and finish these, and I think she outranks me, so here we go. She has the body and part of both sleeves done, and if she keeps it up will be done with hers by Thanksgiving, if not sooner. I also pulled out the buttons to show someone this past week, and that got me all excited about this project again. Here they are, in case you forgot.
Yes, they really do have little fairies on them. I think I spent more on the buttons than I did on the yarn.
Here’s the sock in progress.
That’s the first of the pair, the yarn is Sanguine Gryphon Little Traveller yarn, the color name is Penny Pot, NJ.
I also forgot to show you a shopping acquisition from this month. This was my birthday present to myself. During the birthday trip to Seattle, we took the ferry across to Bainbridge Island for a day, and had lunch and did a little window shopping. There is a nice little yarn store there, Churchmouse Yarns, and they happen to be one of the handful of shops that is carrying Jared Flood’s Shelter yarn. I’ve been drooling over photos of it since it appeared in stores, but wasn’t about to plunk down a lot of cash for it until I could see it, since it’s fairly spendy. Well, I saw, I squooshed, then I plunked.
Oh yeah. It really is that pretty. I bought four skeins of this in Button Jar (isn’t that a great name?), and the pattern for Terra. Now I just need to finish the other two shawls in the UFO pile before I can cast on for this.
I’m off to take care of some business. I’m back to work tomorrow for a seven day stretch, so who knows how much knitting or blogging might happen. We’ll see!
OOOOh – that’s going to be one yummy shawl! Good to hear from you and that no blood has been shed on the Fairy.
Ooh – I love seeing all the wonderful knitting going on. I took a break from mine to re-knit the chemo cap for my friend. I was nearly done with it and realized at the crown I had made a grave error – so ripped the whole darned thing out. : (
Love those buttons. I can’t wait to get this puppy done. Yours is looking marvelous.
BTW – the cables don’t marry up at the shoulders. I nearly freaked out when I saw that. It’s how the pattern is written. It apparently gets hidden under the hood – so don’t worry.
Looking good Lorette – looking good.
I love that your sock yarn is named for a place in NJ…
I love the buttons too! They are perfect for the sweater and now that you have teased us with them you are required to finish up the sweater….just sayin’.
As for the sock yarn, I have a soft spot for NJ so I lvoe the name of it.
I LOVE the Button Jar and can;t wait to see how your Terra turns out. I haven’t added it to my queue but you could be the voter changer.
Those buttons would inspire me, too!
So you’re overwhelming us with a flood of knitting-related stuff! Really spiffy knitting-related stuff at that. 🙂
I simply LOVE that button
Those buttons really are fabulous! And the yarn for Terra… mmmm….
Those buttons are beautiful and oh so appropriate for your sweater. If you work on it a little everyday, it will be done before you know it.
Mmmm. That was a lucky find. Discipline, eh? I don’t understand that word.
love the colors of those projects! They are pretty!