Sweater Update, among other things
I’ve been really busy with work, with hardly any time to put up more pictures, or knit and take more pictures! I have several deadlines in the coming weeks and they are really keeping me busy. But I thought I’d just put up a small update of things in progress.
First off, the Balaclava Cap finally has its edging, and it has been successfully taken on trial runs on the West side and along the Hudson, especially when walking back home late at night from the Path station. It is *incredibly* warm and totally keeps out the wind. And we’ve had some really windy days here. I look like a slightly dressy bank robber – and feel like King Arthur’s knight from time to time – but I really don’t care, because it’s an incredibly warm and comfortable garment. And I despise the winter enough to look weird to feel warm.
Next up, the cashmere vest is coming along nicely. I have done about 2/3 of the back, and it should be done sometime this week. This is perfect commute knitting. I have the TV versions of a lot of P.D. James’ mystery novels in my Netflix queue, but hardly any time to watch them. If I did, this stockinette vest would get done a lot faster. Oh well, I’m travelling to California in a few weeks for a conference, so maybe then. The yarn, Filatura Lanarota 100% cashmere, is soft, but splits more than any other I’ve worked with and the stitch definition isn’t great. So it’s going to be a plain stockinette vest, but I think it will look good when done.
What else? Here’s what I would like to finish next: It’s a pair of gloves I started making last year, but abandoned for some reason. One is done, and I only need to finish two fingers and a thumb on the second. They’re Brooks Farm Mohair-Wool blend and they’re wonderfully soft and good to work with.
dunno what you are knitting but when will it be this? I will PAY GOOD MONEY for an iPod case!
dang. no html allowed:
http://www.etsy.com/view_item_sold_anon.php?listing_id=69369&transaction_id=16776
Something like this, perhaps? We can talk terms next month, if you like!
http://www.grumperina.com/ipodcozy.htm
TOTALLY!
I like the Brooks Farm stuff a lot. Although it does shed more than would be ideal. I suppose that’s just the way mohair goes, though.
Although I swear I read somewhere that if you put a mohair… whatever… in the freezer for a while before wearing it, it won’t shed.
I haven’t tried this, due to the fact that it’s already frickin’ cold a lot, and thus putting on a freezing sweater sounds deeply unpleasant.
Here’s a whole thread of iPod cozies, by the way:
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=25972.0
Sepoy, do some surfing of knitting blogs and come up with some preferences, most importantly of colour. And also look at your bank balance. Rest I will take care of.
Spud,I have a Brooks Farm lace stole I made last year that is very warm but also very fuzzy. I bought the yarn when we went together to the Wool Fair, remember? I think it just needs to be reblocked all the time, which is a pain. But it is beautiful…
“do some surfing of knitting blogs”
um.
i scarcely have the gumption.
i do like electric blue in color.
as for $$: lets pay u in martinis….
oh, chicken.
but okay, a shade of blue it shall be, from my stash (like the gloves above?). and i shall want considerably more than a couple of martinis. can you confirm that your IPOD is indeed the size that is mentioned in the pattern I linked above? am making no promises about when it shall be cozy-ed, because there’s also that paper on 1857 to write, but let’s see. (i cannot believe this conversation is being had, but for martinis and knitting fame)
my ipod is indeed sexy and svelte. don’t you have one!? in which case, we shall take you straight to the SF Apple store and get you one.
who said anything about a couple of martinis? WAY MORE.
what can i say, i’ve been resisting this fruit of capitalist desire…