Or, Picots are Pretty!
On the knitting front, I have actually been knitting. That two color sock looks just the same, as I haven’t worked on it a bit in the past week. I have picked up the Jo Sharp eggplant sweater from several posts back (the one with the misbehaving schematic measurements). It is very difficult to take pictures of dark eggplant colored yarn, let me tell you. Well it’s actually not hard to take pictures of it, it’s just hard to take pictures that show any detail. Here are a couple of attempts.
I also started a new lace project. It is the Estonian Garden Wrap; here’s a link to a photo. And here’s mine:
The yarn is Zephyr lace weight, in a bottle green that doesn’t look nearly that washed out in person. I’m loving this pattern so far!
And one new one. Though I didn’t sign up for the Knitting Olympics, I have one project that will be worked on for much of that time. Around the Knitting Doctor house, the third week in February is the Week of Bluegrass, better known as Wintergrass. I have tickets for the whole four day festival, right smack in the middle of the Olympics. I have one heavily cabled project on the needles, one lace project, and one sock in two colors, all of which require a decent level of light and the ability to count. None of these will work at a bluegrass festival that is mostly in the dark and involves a lot of foot stomping and clapping. So I started a new pair of socks that will be the 2006 Wintergrass project.
The yarn is Opal, I think the color is one of the Rainforest group, Ladybug. It’s my first attempt at a picot edge. I used Claudia’s excellent instructions, found here. Other than the picot thing, these will be just plain socks. Perfect for knitting in a dark music hall!
I just love those little picot points! Very girly!
If any of you are going to Madrona this weekend in Tacoma, I’ll be there for the Yarn Harlot’s talk tonight, then shopping at the market tomorrow. I didn’t sign up for classes, but can’t resist the possibility of yarn that I might not own already. Hope to see some of you there!
I hope I can claim some responsibility for the lace! That’s the pattern I was working on the day I met you. It’s looking lovely. I wish my schedule would allow for either the bluegrass festival or Madrona, but alas school and work do not. I will be thinking of you, though, and wishing I were there. Love the picot edge. I need to give that a try.
Purple…. YUM!
Oh boy! All kinds of new projects going on. I love starting a bunch of new knitting projects. Everything looks great!
It all looks very beautiful.
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Beautiful cables and lace!!
Those picots look great! Good choice.
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Nice projects! I think the sweater details came out well, even if the color was hard to capture. Blues/purples are persnickety.
Nothing like small braindead knitting. Socks are so good for that. I brought some for a recent plane flight, then got flummoxed by trying to pick up stitches on a rolling slipped stitch stockinette in a very dark color. Live and learn.
Love the colors of the projects and the patterns, too! I got a great kick out of your fun internet fun things, too! One question I want to ask..I noticed your dpn’s are very long…do you find them easier or are you going to need them that long eventually?