Misc Pics., WIP, FO & On the Needles


I finally got the Rowan 34 magazine with the sweater pattern I'd been lusting after. My LYS didn't have it, but had a knit sweater sample in the store, I tried it on, fell in love and that's how I got the idea of knitting this one. It took much work to track down the magazine, but alas, it is in my collection.
I've done my guage swatch, thought I was ready to go, then dang it! It appears that the I'm having difficulties transitioning between knit & purl. Go figure, I haven't seen this problem on anything else. I've tried knitting looser, tighter, counter clockwise, clockwise and tomorrow I'm taking this mess to my LYS to see if they can help me figure out the problem. It really is frustrating.

Taking photos of socks on your own feet is terribly difficult. Besides the gapping holes in the sides where I missed in the pattern that I was supposed to wrap & turn, I'm really happy with how they came out.

The photo of the toes shows where I messed up my counting on the left sock, but I'm still thrilled they came out as good as they did. The pattern is from from the new Debbie Bliss home book.

I blocked, wrapped & sent them off to dear mom who upon receiving them gave me the praise I was seeking and then asked me what they were made of to which I replied "Merino wool, cashmere, blah, blah...". DO'H!!! How come I never new she is allergic to wool???


My dear friend Jo'dster gave the girls fabulous Xmas presents: a catnip knitted frog & poodle (not shown). They LOVE them!

Here are a few photos of the blocked & finished Pinwheel blanket and of course, my trusty helper monkey.













You can see both the RS & WS in this photo. I like the extra stripes that were formed on the WS.




2 Responses so far.

  1. The pinwheel blanket is amazing! I kept thinking about that pattern for a friend whose baby is due in April, and I think you just inspired me to go for it.

    As for the knit-purl transition, do you knit more tightly than you purl? If you're not already, try to make sure not to completely release the working yarn when you switch from knit to purl and back again. Does that make sense?

  2. Jason says:

    I love your pinwheel blanket! I wonder if I can make a meditation mat with this pattern using a different yarn.

    By the way, thanks for stopping by my blog!