Well, I now have a warm car. I had the thermostat replaced and my toes so love it. If I had know that was the problem, I would have had it fixed when we bought it 7 years ago. I thought it was just a drafty vehicle and the winters here are not very long. It was worth the 2 hour wait in a drafty waiting lounge. As I get older, my circulation in my feet and hands has bottomed out. When I dig for my hand knit wool socks, I search for the thickest ones or double layer the thin ones. I have decided to never make socks out of thin sock yarn. It will be sport weight or even dk weight. I love the luxury of thick wool socks. They make you feel so cozy and pampered!!!!
I ended up not taking my Half Circle Cardigan with me to the car dealership. I, instead, took a project for a gift that needed to be done by the end of the month. I figured if I took it, I would finish it and I did, almost. I did not want to finish my Half Circle Cardigan and have to start another project for Saturdays road trip. If I had finished it before this weekend, I would have been tempted to start my Diagonal Cardigan and I really want to wait and start that closer to my Jefferson City trip in March. I like the anticipation of a project almost as much as making the project. When I finish a project, I need a cooling off period, so that I do not leap into a project that I later regret. I call this "rebound knitting".
Showing posts with label Diagonal Cardigan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diagonal Cardigan. Show all posts
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
More Lyra progress
I have made great Lyra progress. I am now at Rnd 95. I probably will not make progress on it this weekend. I have been feverishly working on my Lyra because the Half Circle Cardigan (my other project) was boring me to tears. As everyone who knows me knows, I cannot sit and do nothing!!!!
I am on the back portion of the cardigan. I have to do K2, P2 ribbing on 146 sts for 132 rows. The progress just seems to be so slow and boring. I was beginning to hate the fact that I had even started it, wondering if it would even look good on me. I hate to spend a long time on a project and then just hate it. I love the variation of the colors on the yarn I am using. A knitting/church friend came over yesterday to have me help get her back on track on a pair of socks. She had a fit over the colors in the yarn, it made me see that it really was very lovely. Isn't that just like a knitter? I got her on track with her knitting and she got me back on track with mine. So this weekend, I am going to be trying to finish my Half Circle Cardigan through the 132 rows of the back. Here is a picture of the weird shape. Of course, the choice of color is no surprise. I love autumn shades.
When I finish this, I am going to reward myself with a new mindless knitting project. I have a pattern that I bought from my local yarn store that is called diagonal cardigan. It calls for Noro yarn, but I plan on substituting JoJoland worsted weight. It, too, is a slow variegating yarn, but a lot softer that the Noro. They both call for the same gauge on the label. This cardigan is made all in garter. It consists of 3 squares made on the diagonal. The back is one square and the two fronts are the other 2. The excess on the fronts fold back in a chic lapel that you can set off with a great shawl pin. The square is made by starting out with 2 sts and all the rows are (increase in first st, knit across). Once you get to a certain width diagonally, you decrease the first st and knit across until you are back to 2 sts. The sleeves are just plain garter. If you click on the JoJoland word above it will show you the colorway that I plan on using. I hope to be able to work on this on my Jefferson City trip in March. It will make a great road trip project.
In the design department, I am experimenting with multi-directional crochet. I love multi-directional knitting and think the same idea in crochet would be very interesting and great fun.
I am on the back portion of the cardigan. I have to do K2, P2 ribbing on 146 sts for 132 rows. The progress just seems to be so slow and boring. I was beginning to hate the fact that I had even started it, wondering if it would even look good on me. I hate to spend a long time on a project and then just hate it. I love the variation of the colors on the yarn I am using. A knitting/church friend came over yesterday to have me help get her back on track on a pair of socks. She had a fit over the colors in the yarn, it made me see that it really was very lovely. Isn't that just like a knitter? I got her on track with her knitting and she got me back on track with mine. So this weekend, I am going to be trying to finish my Half Circle Cardigan through the 132 rows of the back. Here is a picture of the weird shape. Of course, the choice of color is no surprise. I love autumn shades.
When I finish this, I am going to reward myself with a new mindless knitting project. I have a pattern that I bought from my local yarn store that is called diagonal cardigan. It calls for Noro yarn, but I plan on substituting JoJoland worsted weight. It, too, is a slow variegating yarn, but a lot softer that the Noro. They both call for the same gauge on the label. This cardigan is made all in garter. It consists of 3 squares made on the diagonal. The back is one square and the two fronts are the other 2. The excess on the fronts fold back in a chic lapel that you can set off with a great shawl pin. The square is made by starting out with 2 sts and all the rows are (increase in first st, knit across). Once you get to a certain width diagonally, you decrease the first st and knit across until you are back to 2 sts. The sleeves are just plain garter. If you click on the JoJoland word above it will show you the colorway that I plan on using. I hope to be able to work on this on my Jefferson City trip in March. It will make a great road trip project.In the design department, I am experimenting with multi-directional crochet. I love multi-directional knitting and think the same idea in crochet would be very interesting and great fun.
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