What I knit on my holidays - part #2

This is the project for which I thought I might need a backup whilst I was away. I set out with yarn, needles, and a pattern (not this one) which I wasn't completely sure would work (as it needed to be down-sized) and came back with this:



It just needs a couple more rows in the body, the sleeves, and some icord edging and button holes and then it's done.

The yarn is Blacker Designs Corriedale in a fabulous leafy green which really doesn't show up in this photo.

Coat of many colours

Nothing screams "stashbuster" quite like introducing two new colours in the last 8 rows of a project. Still, I think the picked up edging on the neck carries it off.

Pattern: Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmerman
Pattern source: The Opinionated Knitter
Yarn: Rowan Pure Wool DK
Needles: 4mm
Recipient: baby Peter

It's not traditional to blog something before handing it over but I might be seeing Aliki and Peter tonight and I'm hoping that the promise of knitwear will act as an added incentive for them to make it to the pub!

It's not a race, but am I winning?

Felix and I were going head to head on our surprise projects last night in the pub. I was about 4 hours knitting-time behind her but Felix is working a larger size, with mods which means more ripping-out potential. Is it enough to compensate for (as Felix put it) my handicap of a nine-to-five job?



I'm about 6 rows (and they're long rows) from the end which might mean that I get to do the astound-your-friends flipping it right side out bit at work. That would be cool. The only downside about this whole project is it's taking far less yarn than I thought it would - so much for a stashbuster!*

In other news I plan to be in Lun-don on the evening of Monday July 13th when not one, but two knitters will be doing their fibre thing up on the 4th Plinth. I can't stick around for the second slot between 10 and 11 due to boring things like last buses but I'll be there between 6 and 7 for sure.

* but this is fine really because this yarn would make an a-ma-zing sideways garter stitch scarf for someone this Christmas. Lucky I like my garter stitch.

Like butter

I'm currently hooked on garter stitch on 5mm needles. When I've not been working on the handspun log cabin blanket I've been working on this.



The yarn is Artist's Palette Buttersoft dk (shade BS7009 in case you're interested) and it really lives up to its name. I am foolishly entranced by the colour changes which work so well in the garter stitch. If there is pooling going on then I've not noticed it.

As for the pattern - let's just say you'll be surprised.