I started Slanting Gretel on 1/28/10 using a Rhinebeck purchase. I'm 29 rows away from completion. Another day of knitting! Originally I was going to knit this in a peacock blue Sheldridge Farm Soft Touch DK wool yarn (also bought at Rinebeck '09 for the intent of knitting Gretel), but this Solo Silk was a better choice for the pattern at hand. I fell in love with the 50/50 wool/silk blend at the Brooks Farm booth. Had no clue what I'd make it up into, but couldn't resist the sale and scoffed up the last two skeins knowing the perfect pattern would eventually appear. And so it did. (Not to worry, the Sheldridge was way to many yards for this top, & will become a nice Nordique Swing cardi!
See IWK Fall 09, pg. 44)
My hubby took me to Charleston, SC for our 20 year anniversary (March 17th, St. Patrick's Day.) It was the best three days I've had in a long time. We walked at least 8 miles each day sight-seeing, shopped til we dropped, ate great food, & even took a Carriage Ride tour. What fun! He "allowed" me to sneak a stop at my favorite lys,
Knit of Charleston, where I made this purchase. I couldn't deny the lure of Louisa Harding's brand new pattern booklet
Bijoux (call it the French Quarter of Charleston influence!) and bought the Merletto yarn to do the Moonstone tunic (the right-hand pattern pictured.) The shoulder straps are silk ribbon and the upper back closes with 7 small buttons. I'll make a day trip to buy the buttons when I'm finished as the shop has a great selection to pick from. (Yippee another expedition to
Knit!) I also purchased two skeins of Nashua Creative Focus Linen to knit up a summer tank-top. As a side note, I thought I was getting a very unique color for the linen, but you can see this color was compelling to me once before, LOL!
I started Slanting Gretel on 1/28/10 using a Rhinebeck purchase. I'm 29 rows away from completion. Another day of knitting! Originally I was going to knit this in a peacock blue Sheldridge Farm Soft Touch DK wool yarn (also bought at Rinebeck '09 for the intent of knitting Gretel), but this Solo Silk was a better choice for the pattern at hand. I fell in love with the 50/50 wool/silk blend at the Brooks Farm booth. Had no clue what I'd make it up into, but couldn't resist the sale and scoffed up the last two skeins knowing the perfect pattern would eventually appear. And so it did. (Not to worry, the Sheldridge was way to many yards for this top, & will become a nice Nordique Swing cardi! See IWK Fall 09, pg. 44)
My hubby took me to Charleston, SC for our 20 year anniversary (March 17th, St. Patrick's Day.) It was the best three days I've had in a long time. We walked at least 8 miles each day sight-seeing, shopped til we dropped, ate great food, & even took a Carriage Ride tour. What fun! He "allowed" me to sneak a stop at my favorite lys, Knit of Charleston, where I made this purchase. I couldn't deny the lure of Louisa Harding's brand new pattern booklet Bijoux (call it the French Quarter of Charleston influence!) and bought the Merletto yarn to do the Moonstone tunic (the right-hand pattern pictured.) The shoulder straps are silk ribbon and the upper back closes with 7 small buttons. I'll make a day trip to buy the buttons when I'm finished as the shop has a great selection to pick from. (Yippee another expedition to Knit!) I also purchased two skeins of Nashua Creative Focus Linen to knit up a summer tank-top. As a side note, I thought I was getting a very unique color for the linen, but you can see this color was compelling to me once before, LOL!
3 comments:
Slanting Gretel is looking great! I can't wait to see you and Deborah with your matching tops. Nordique Swing is pretty, I still haven't decided what to do with my Shelridge. The Huz and I are having our 15th anniversary and heading down to NY for a couple of days to re-visit the scene of the crime.
Uh Hello?!?!?! I love that Tunic Pattern. I wanna make it too! (Hint Hint). Your Slanting Gretel is looking awesome. I took a picture of mine yesterday so I could blog about it this weekend. Got too busy and now too tired. Be on the lookout for mine maybe tomorrow or Tuesday. I so love the pinky tones in your yarns! Look forward to visiting so we can got to the lys together!
Love the color. Off to see part 2. :)
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