Progress?
Let’s see. I started my Chai shawl which, at the moment, doesn’t really look like much of anything. I may have to rethink some of this, though. The way, at least, that I’ve got this charted out, I have to move the markers every other row, and as we remember from my comments about Peacock, I don’t like having to move my stitch markers. And, every other row for the entire shawl? Ick.
The lace pattern, of course, I got from the Heirloom Knitting book, but I pieced it together for the triangle shawl myself . . . so any difficulty is my own fault. But also, therefore, theoretically fixable by me. So what you see here in this picture may be history in another day or so!
I did get a decent picture of my Calmer colors (at least not so glaringly pink and blue). In fact, this is a picture of my knitting bag . . . the bag that I adore not least because it holds a lot and stays w-i-i-i-d-e open. All in all, it’s a remarkably coordinated knitting bag at the moment–doesn’t the sock yarn from my KRSecretPal go perfectly with the NbaT colors?
And, oh yes, the first yarn contestant for my Union Square Market Pullover arrived today. It’s this incredibly soft, very nice Alpaca from Misti in a nice, mossy green, with deep purple as the potential accent color.
Did I not explain? Well, I’m kind of out of control where the yarn for this sweater is concerned. I’ve ordered yarn from three different places and am waiting to see which one will give me the gauge I need . . . and I’ll figure out what to do with the “rejects” later. Do you think this means I have a problem? Maybe I should have just gone with the Plassard Alpaga in the first place and saved myself all this guess work . . . and really, if I end up being too lazy to return the yarns I don’t want, it would have been cheaper after all! (Though, it was hard to find a source for it….)
The thing is, with this one, I bought lace-weight . . . I’m not exactly sure why, except that that’s closer to Fingering weight than the Sport weight version would have been. The sweater requires a gauge of 27 stitches over 4″, and since I tend to be a loose knitter, I figured I’d have a better chance with thinner yarn rather than thicker. Hence the lace weight. I’ll knit up a swatch later or tomorrow or something.
Incidentally, if you haven’t checked them out before, please do visit the YarnDex, an online index of just about every yarn out there, that can be sorted by manufacturer, weight, fiber . . . extremely helpful when looking for a specific (or a specific kind of) yarn. Useful!
Oh! I almost forgot. Thanks, Natalie, for adding the Union Square Market Pullover Knit-Along to your site of 2005 Knit-alongs!
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I’ve got that very same misti alpaca green for some socks! I’m also loving your knitting bag and will be searching Google for a uk supplier with a similar collection.
Yes but even if you spent more money in the end then the original yarn would have cost, think of all that extra lovely yarn you’ll have for something else. It all works out in the end. Love the colors by the way, 2 of my favorites. But then again I’ve almost never found a color I didn’t like.
Just responding to your comment today, Deb. That link worked fine for me, so I don’t know what the problem might be. In any event, it’s http://www.stamfordhistory.org/cc_mcastle.htm if you want to see a picture of this place. It kills me that the owner is 44….
Having clicked on the photo and seen the upclose of the Chai shawl beginnings, I have to say it looks gorgeous.