New Works-in-Progress
First of all, people, thank you SO much for all your kind comments on my waistcoat! I dithered for a while before posting the pictures but am delighted with all the feedback. I don’t think I ever got so many comments.
And now, on to two new sweaters! After the last gauge disaster, I have restarted the Ogee Tunic yet again, this time in Elann Highland Silk, which is a truly wonderful yarn to work with. Really, I cannot recommend it enough. It is a little splitty at times and I’ve spotted a knot or two but it knits up so neatly and with its shine and price, it’s a great deal. This is a picture of the beginning panel at the bottom hem, which I have knitted and frogged so many times that I now know it by heart.
You know, this name Ogee is most unfortunate. Every time I see or read it, it reminds me of a really really awful song Ae Jee, O Jee Lo Ji Suno Ji(O hey, hello there, look here, listen up!) from this late ’80s film called Ram Lakhan. It had some ghastly music which inexplicably became wildly popular. This song is a good example of the godawful depths to which Hindi film music sank in the 80s, when earlier singers and composers aged or died, leaving the field of a variety of Cacofonixes, especially Mohammed Aziz and Anuradha Paudwal who sang this song. The film (and this song) starred the unbelievably hirsute Anil Kapoor, whose unkempt looks were only outdone by his bizarre dancing. How he became a hit star continues to be a mystery to me. But I gotta share it with you folks –
Anyway, here’s something else I started yesterday:
It’s the Cobblestone pullover from Interweave Fall 07, which I adapted to a women’s shaped style after seeing Impulsiveknitter’s gorgeous version. The yarn is the rather promiscuous handdyed yarn that you might recall has flirted with many other patterns and projects already and left them. Am hoping this one will be a lasting relationship! Gauge has been adjusted – mine is 5.5 on bates 4, so I’m knitting a much larger size to get a good fit.
oooh – that cobblestone will be amazing in that yarn – a totally different look!
That choreography looks like an aerobics class from the 1980s.
On a more positive note, you choose great colors for your projects!
I’m so anxious to see the Ogee, because I’ve toyed with knitting it since the book came out.
But I’m torn, because that Cobblestone is going to be breathtaking. I *love* it as a woman’s sweater. I don’t know which to root for!
Hi Desiknitter:
I came across your blog via Amardeep’s and I am simply blown away by your expertise. I am a knitter too, but nowhere near your league! You seem to be an expert and so I have a question for you. I see that you knit on circulars. I have tried and tried but cannot seem to get the hang of it. So, first, which brand of circulars do you recommend? And a book to go with it? to teach me? How do you keep the wire from twisting into a curl away from the needle points? If you could share a few tips I would be eternally grateful?
You choose beautiful colors and most of all, your work has such a beautiful finished look – you must get rave reviews whenever you wear your work!
sincerely, rajkonya
Good Bollywood fun… 1980s style. I echo the comment above, definately a product of the 80s “dance scene” — which was a rather painful time/thing to go through as a dancer. Its much more fun to look back on it today. Made me grin.
I am so excited for your ogee. I am on pins and needles waiting to see it. I thought it was one of the most beautiful sweater/tunics I had ever seen when you posted that picture and had us do the yarn poll thing.
And Jared’s sweater… You really know how to pick ‘em!
Andree said it best, the choreography *does* look an aerobics class from the ’80s. Hilarious!
I can’t wait to see how your Cobblestone knits up. You chose a gorgeous yarn for it.
Don’t worry. the west has its share of Bad Music!
Ouch, that clip! I recognize Anil Kapoor from “Mr. India,” yes?
I have high hopes for the new Ogee, in spite of the unappealing name. And this is the first Cobblestone I’ve seen in variegated yarn — should be lovely, especially in those deep colors!
Loving the new projects… go, new Ogee, go!