Sunday, August 14th, 2005...4:06 pm
Wonder
The project I was knitting with the lovely merino my Secret Pal sent me was a One Skein Wonder. Here it is finished.
OSW
Here’s an arm
It was a fun project to knit. But, gosh, it took more than one skein. One 165 yard skein and near enough one and a half extra balls. I knew I didn’t have enough of the merino to finish the thing, so I bought a ball of Debbie Bliss’ Cashmerino chunky, which was a good gauge match. I didn’t expect to have to buy another ball to finish off, though.
I didn’t choose this project because I thought it would look good on me. I have a broad back, chubby upper arms and I’m not lacking in the bosom area. And as predicted, it don’t look great on! But it’s snug and warm. I expect I’ll cosy up in the house with it.
I also finally got to grips with two-tone brioche stitch, thanks to a ‘how to’ in Spring 2005 Interweave Knits. I’m knitting my DB a winter scarf using it.
Two tone
On the reverse, the light blue areas are dark blue, and vice versa. It’s cool. I must confess, the couple of inches you can see in the pic above are no more. I lost my groove, and the stitch pattern is quite hard to correct if things go wrong. So I’ve ripped it and will start again. I am knitting with Jo Sharp’s Silkroad Aran, which is a lovely yarn (delivered overnight by Get Knitted).
I’ve also started on a Christmas present for a friend. It’s a short, cross-over scarf which will fasten with a big button.
Texture
It’s the my so called scarf pattern made my own, with a little bit of help from Spunky Eclectic yarn.
7 Comments
August 14th, 2005 at 6:10 pm
Those colours are gorgeous – I hope it’s a good friend you’re making it for, I wouldn’t be able to part with it. The 2-colour brioche stitch looks very interesting, I’ve never tried a 2-colour version, mainly ’cause I knitted a whole jumper in one-colour brioche stitch and was bored rigid!
(My OSW is shortly headed for the bin – no-one likes it!)
August 15th, 2005 at 2:44 am
I love the My So Called Scarf. I’m going to have to make me (or someone else) one of those. You’re very organised to be starting Christmas presents already!
August 15th, 2005 at 4:08 am
Just goes to show how much yarn varies. I had leftovers with the silk I used which looks quite similar. The scarf looks gorgeous, both texture and colour.
August 15th, 2005 at 5:06 am
I love that scarf – I had forgotten that I have a scarf in that pattern, must dig it out. The OSW is a difficult one isn’t it – looks tempting, but would it really suit – in my case I think the answer has to be “no!”
August 15th, 2005 at 10:44 pm
I’ll have to check out the Spring Interweave Knits for the two-toned brioche. I’m curious about their instructions. I figured out how to knit two-toned brioche on my own two years ago just by looking at a friend’s sweater (possibly machine-made). I can do it both knitted flat and circular.
August 16th, 2005 at 4:04 am
I got some of that Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran, I got pale blue and brown. The brown is now an earflap hat that I wore all weekend (inside and out, it’s just SO SOFT), the blue is still languishing in the stash.
September 25th, 2005 at 8:38 am
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