reentry. left front x 3. catching up.

I was in Tortola last week. It was warm there. I wore bare feet for days in a row.

Before I left, I finished the left front of the yellow cably sweater. That's it there on the left. The ribbed button band is a definite improvement over the seed stitch. I hope I can remember what I did and duplicate it on the right front. Soon.

It's warmer in Tortola, as I mentioned before, so I brought cotton knitting with me and made a sweater back (or front) up to the armholes.

The yarn is an Elann special I bought a year or so ago; it's 100% cotton and feels like string but I washed my swatch and it turns out a nice fabric. The sweater pattern is from Vintage Knits; I've always liked the ribbed lace and wanted to try it, just needed a week's vacation to get around to it. Also on the needles in the past few days a long sock has been taking shape

I am dreaming up all kinds of stripe combinations to amuse me on socks. These will be up to my boot tops, if not up to my knees.

The final bit of current knitting news is receipt of the "New Style of Heirloom Knitting" book which has the pattern for the Crossed in Translation KAL sweater. I love the book. I love it almost enough to want to know some Japanese characters. I would not recommend it for the faint of heart, as the instructions for the sweater are a maze of charts, schematics, and unfamiliar characters. But love is blind, and I am nosing around for yarn in a suitable weight and color to start swatching.

Hope all the omnivores and carnivores out there will go eat some pork sausage in honor of the day.

Comments

[diana]

Carrie, the sweater is looking great and those socks are too cute! Glad you had a good vacation.