Oh YAY - spring is here... happy happy joy joy! nothing puts me in a better mood than the thought of being able to wear flip flops every day for the next several months! yes, it's the simple things in life.... come the weekends, the kiwi fun bus steers straight through the canyon to malibu... or, on the perfect weather days, up the road a piece to santa barbara... where free time is spent enjoying the scenery, and... setting up on a patch of grass in a lovely park - overlooking the Pacific... to do a little knittin' ...
the yarn stash is bursting at the seams these days... and i've got several projects on the needles... hoping to get a lot of holiday gifts made this year!
The PeaPod Cardi is finally a real, wearable sweater! (yes, my neighbors do stare at me with a puzzled look when they see me hanging sweaters in trees...) ... this was a fun, but laborous project, as it called for size US 1 and US 2 needles throughout... the gals in my knitting circle give me the hardest time when i use those tiny needles.... but for me, US 7 and 8's seem HUGE. This was one of those on-again-off-again projects, picking it up every once n' awhile over many months... once all of the pieces were complete, it sat in a bag for some time... and then finally, last week, i brought it to seamstress-naomi and she assembled it into a garment. a finished sweater always inspires me to get started on another one... which i have... a cute, short-cropped, red cardi... let's see how long this one takes!
cables n' bobbles seem to capture my fancy these days.... here is the back of the Ballerina Sweater (that's what I call it....)... i'm just at the armhole shaping. this pattern was what first inspired me to learn to knit just a few years ago... it was the cover photo on an issue of Interweave Knits... i saw it, loved it, and had to learn how to make it! made with Debbie Bliss Cashmerino, it is a bit heavy (but ooooooh sooooooo soft!) and probably a bit to warm for the surf city climate... but we'll see how it turns out in the end... as i have an inkling it will be a perfect gift for someone in my life who is a big fan of pink!
came upon a louisa harding scarf pattern that offers some "beyond basic" knitting in the design... and I've opted not to use the "suggested yarn" and instead am working in velvet and llama... the taupe colored scarf is in a beautiful Prism Velvet... super soft and thick... and the firey orange scarf is in 100% Llama!
... and, in keeping with the bobble/cable obsession... another cashmere capelet... this one in Debbie Bliss 100% Cashmere... a fun, lively lime green!
...lemme tell ya' - i spend a lot of lunch hours sittin' in the kiwi fun bus beside the lake near my office knittin' away... and for the record... the current "sweater in process" doesn't have a cable or bobble in sight! yes, it was time for a break and a little "mindless" stockinette knitting!
to all you enthused (obsessed) knitters out there... happy thoughts... and happy knitting!
love.leigh.knitz
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