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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

WIP's

Hello! This is my first WIP Wednesday post in quite some time.  I didn't even know if I'd make it this week, since I was up in Petoskey for a few days for work. Wow, it sure is pretty up there! However, I found this post I had started with only this picture, back before we left Australia:
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I had put the Alice in Wonderland on hold until we got to Arizona, where I had another ball of yarn waiting for me. Well, I have drastically underestimated how much yarn I would need. I'm almost at the bottom and you guessed it, I think I need another ball. Sigh. I don't really want to make an order unless I need more than one ball, and I JUST got an order of yarn to make two sweaters. However, I also don't want this top to languish when I could be wearing it right now. Tough choices.
I finished the sleeves and neck edging

With some lovely cascade 220 I cast on a Lempster sweater. It is a gorgeous pattern and free! It has also been a headache for me. In all honesty I think I just read it wrong, and I also had it twisted. By the time you are joining in the round the last thing you are thinking about is twisting. Eventually I just frogged it and started again. It is much better now. Creeping along slowly. This is my first sweater working mostly with charts, so a bit ambitious for me.


Lastly, the other WIP that isn't on the ship is this:


It is cute, and I love the colors, and it is boring to knit. I also think I may run out of yarn so it worries me. I think, honestly, I will finish the Alice, and then get back to work on this one. Both could be worn now, so I need to get on it! Of course, our belongings arrive this week, and I started a Braid Hills cardigan before we left that has been on my mind a lot these days. I think I want to frog that one and start over (I made a wee mistake that is bothering me) but luckily I didn't get very far. Can you tell I'm obsessed with knitting warm things for next fall/winter? It starts now people!


Happy crafting, see you  next time!

7 comments:

  1. Sorry about the frogging, I like all your projects, I see beautiful stitch patterns and stripes. Good luck with working on them!

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  2. you have some lovely projects on the needles! I am working on a shawl and a scarf while daydreaming of other projects to knit !

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  3. Urgh frogging sucks. I like the projects you've got on your needles, how irritating about being a ball of yarn short, it will be worth it when it's finished, it's knitting up beautifully and you're so close now

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  4. Its one of the most annoying things ever to run out of yarn so close to the end. It looks delightful.

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  5. What a darling top - I hope you can finish it and wear it soon!

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  6. Arizona? Thought you were in MI?

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    1. We are in MI, but the journey started in Arizona, where my parents live.

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