Make Hay While the Sun Shines
Thank you all for your suggestions and support for my Snow White sweater!
My comments are not working as usual so I haven’t been able to write you back but I have been thinking about what you’ve said and how I want to proceed with Snow White.
I put a life-line in and I think I am going to go with my first instinct (half as many increase rows) and see what happens. I can always rip back if I need to.
In the meantime I have been giving a lot of attention to my Thermal Sweater. I figure that I had better knit as much as I can on it while I am feeling motivated to do so (hence the title of this post). This plan has been working very well! In fact I wrote most of this post and I kept having to re-write this section as I knit more and more of Thermal but took no pictures. I finally took pictures so here ya go!
Thermal lacking only the right front and collar
I have also started some knitting for Winter Holiday. Unfortunately I think most of the people I plan to knit for read this blog so at the risk of ruining their Winter Holiday surprises suffice to say that I have been knitting. There will be pictures on Ravelry (my name is alligator) so you can follow my progress over there if you’re not a member of my immediate friends or family.
However, I have been working on one present the recipient of which I am fairly certain does not read this blog.
Orange mohair + beads = pretty
This is an Odessa hat in some sort of laceweight orange mohair held double. This was a really fun project, what with the mohair and the beads. I don’t think I would ever wear something like this but it was so much fun to do! I was absolutely certain I would run out of yarn (but kept knitting just in case as this yarn would be impossible to rip out anyways) up until about 10 minutes ago when I got to the last row and still had a few inches of yarn left. Hooray!
I have quite a bit of Winter Holiday knitting planned and I’m taking it as an opportunity to knit exciting things that I wouldn’t bother with for myself.
I wonder if anyone else I know likes beads..
Oooh! Look at your Thermal – it’s almost done! Don’t lose steam now…
I love my Thermal and wear it more than any other sweater I own; I hope you’re half as happy with it!
P is for progress! Way to go on your thermal! It looks great =) I love the almost-kelly green.
i’ve never knit with beads, but i love the way it looks in shawls and hats! i’m sure the recipient will love it. thermal’s almost done! YAY!
Your Thermal is looking great! I can’t wait to see the finished sweater.
And the orange mohair is really yummy with the beads.
Wow! Way to motor through thermal – it won’t be long now
The hat does look like fun!
You know I hadn’t even give thermal a second glance before, but now that I saw yours, I love it! You chose such a gorgeous shade of green.
Hi!
I have been thinking of you in this cold weather we have been getting, are you surviving OK? Any Alaskan survival tips? (besides covering everything in knitted warmth)I heard it has been as cold as -80 out there!?? Crazyness.