WIPS May 12, 2006

Feeling overwhelmed by the number of things occupying needle space I have decided to cataglogue everything in progress, and try to prioritize/organize what I work on. So, in order of closest to being finished first I have:

Jim's mystery socks-mystery fiber - from the Adella for whom Adella's yarn shop is named. I'm about to turn the heel on the second sock. Part of his holiday present, these are the May socks. On the right - Body of my Sherlock cardigan and a closeup of the pattern. I'm using Carol Hurt's a-lining system of using a larger needle for a-lining the bottom. The bottom finishing is an open question - hem? I-cord? The pattern is a k3 p1 diagonal rib - I thought that no additional bottom treatment would be needed but this curls as if it were all stockinette.

And the next group: On the left, 2 pictures of my Laurel which has become a pullover. The back and a closeup of the pattern. Back and 1 sleeve are done, front is started. And on the right, a neck scarf pattern from Hand Jive Knits in camel, hand spun and hand dyed by a collective in Mongolia. This is another sample for Carolina Homespun. Size 8 needles, the largest in a while!











Next up, a cardigan in Malabrigo, kettle dyed merino from Uruguay. Softest wool I've ever work on. The color is actually deep blues with some blud/grey. I'm doing the sleeve increases in the middle of the sleeve and not at the seam line - a decorative twisted rib up the middle. Joan Schrouder's idea, really, to have the sleeve curve at the outside where the arm it will cover curves. My first time trying this, and I'll keep you posted on how it goes. This is the project I pick up when my hands get tired or sore; working on this spectacular yarn is soothing and calming physically and mentally.


This is the beginning of the Mermaid vest, a Medrith Glover design in Sweaters from Camp. The yarn is Jamieson and Smith, actual Shetland yarn. I think I'm postponing working on this because the rib is easy in comparison to the body. The plan was to have this done to bring to show and tell at Meg Swansen's knitting camp in July but now that I'm on the waiting list the incentive to get it done isn't as great. Once I get into the pattern it will be closed door knitting.


And the last WIP is the Bead Trellis Jacket for daughter Anna. The pattern is from Classic Knits for Real Women. Changed the pattern, of course, to a smaller gauge yarn (Brown Sheep Cotton Classic) and reworked it so the shoulders are narrower. The beads are sort of clear/irridescent, 1000s of them. The first sleeve is close to being done, and this I think I'm putting off because it means I have to start stringing the beads for the fronts and back.

I also have one UFO. The poor Kimono jacket from Vivian Hoxbro. A picture of this is on an earlier blog; it doesn't get much attention, probably because it is the second one I'm making and I have learned from this that I don't like to do the same pattern twice.

Finally, the next project up: (right afater I said I don't like to do the same pattern twice) is the stitch pattern from my Laurel sweater in Jo Sharp orange classic wool in a knit-in-the-round pullover for Jim. I'm justifying this because
1. I have the yarn and it's different than the cotton Laurel I'm using in my sweater;
2. It is in SF Giants' colors for the first Pitch and Stitch day at Willie Mays Field (correct name: AT&T Park);
3. this one will be done in the round.
So there you have it. TOO MANY PROJECTS!