Like a Hole in the Head

I really didn't need another Work-In-Progress. However, after lots of knitting on size 0 & size 1 needles, I found I couldn't resist the siren song of fast, large needle knitting of bulky yarn.




This is the Cherie Amour sweater from the Fall 2007 Issue of Knitty. It has indeed been a very quick knit so far, even including having to re-start the knitting on the top part of the sweater due to gauge issues. The pattern calls for a smaller needle size on the waist, but the same size for the remainder of the sweater, which didn't work for me.



I'm using Louet Riverstone yarn, in the color Eggplant, purchased from Kirkwood Knittery. The bottom part of the sweater & the waist are both knit in the round, with the top of the sweater & the sleeves being knit back & forth. Due to the differences in my gauge between knitting in the round vs. back & forth knitting, I found that I needed to go down a needle size for the parts that are not knit in the round.

December Snow

In the interest of finishing at least SOME of my 2007 blog topics before the start of 2008, here are some pictures from our December snow earlier this month:



The first picture is Saturday Sky from the 15th, when the snow was still falling. The others are from the following day or two.

Still Trying to Catch Up

Although I thought I'd be tired of socks by the time that Summer of Socks 2007 was over, it turns out that I really LIKE not having to refer to a pattern at all. It's especially nice for Knitting In Public, which is most of what I've been doing lately.

Therefore, I've got quite a few more sock pictures to share:

First: Purple Trekking from Kirkwood Knittery. 1st sock. No Change.
Second: J-Knits "Denver" from Knitorious. This sock done & 2nd started.
Third: Panda Wool from Chris Needlecraft. Same amount done on both socks.



First: Etsy hand-dyed yarn from Unwind. Toes left to do.
Second: J-Knits "New Mexico" from Knitorious. 1st sock done & 2nd started.
Third: Mountain Colors "Glacier Teal" from Knitorious. 1st sock done & 2nd started.






I also managed to finish two pairs of socks in November, both with yarn from The Loopy Ewe. The pink is Apple Laine & the "Painted Desert" is Scarlet Fleece.



The pink Apple Laine socks were started last spring, but set aside during Summer of Socks, since anything cast on before the Summer Solstice "didn't count" for that knit-along. I finally finished toes for them last month. They had been sitting on the needles, mostly complete, for 4-5 months; so I thought it was about time to finish them.

All of these pictures are from over a week ago, because the weather has been too grey & overcast lately to take any updated pictures. It's difficult for me to manage good knitting pictures at this time of year, when the days are so short & there is less opportunity for natural light.