another beginning

Thanks everybody for your thoughts on knitted skirts. I would like to try one someday. I'd probably line it; maybe that would take care of the bulging seat problem? And it could be made with neutral shaping, so that any side could be worn in back to even out the wear. Of course I am thinking about this just as spring is about to burst forth.

While that idea simmers, I have started another Big project:

A Fisherman's Sweater by Alice Starmore. It is either Inishmore or Inishmann, I can never keep them straight. The one with seed stitch diamonds all up the front. The yarn is the same yarn I used for the recent yellow beastie, in a color called sage which to me is gorgeous. At the point this picture was taken, I was unsure about continuing. The yarn is not smooth; it's a bit rustic. To look at it in the skein, you might wonder whether it would obscure all the intricate cabling. Now that I've gone a little farther, I am reassured. The pattern reads well from all the way across my living room. I will carry on.

I tried a swatch for a self-designed Aran

Realistically, it will be a long time before I have the mental space to sit down, chart everything out and make the calculations. Maybe I can do it in the late summer and knit it next fall. It would be nice to think I'd knit it over the summer and have it ready for the first cool days, but I am never that organized! I have old sewing books of my grandmother's which say to always sew a season ahead. I've never been able to follow that advice.

Comments

[Charlotte]

All the skirts I knitted were done in the round so they could be rotated when wore to avoid the "butt springing" that happens if you sit on the same spot every time. Back then, it was possible to buy taffeta slips and that's what I wore under them to keep them from clinging to me. If you knit more than one skirt, you might want to make a taffeta or non-cling slip which you could wear under all of them rather than line each skirt.

[diana]

Love the colors for the new beginnings!

[Wendy]

It's Inishmore . . . and yours is gorgeous!