I like doing both sleeves at the same time. Makes the going slower, sort of - but when you're done, you've got both sleeves and they MATCH without having to make notes and measure a bazillion times. Just like the attraction of doing 2 socks at the same time. Not that I've tried that yet, but I like the idea.
I definitely have a ways to go on the sleeves, plus they're - what's it called? saddle shoulders? where they come up the arm and across the shoulders and end at the neckline. I like the cables and stuff. Must work on this sweater....
Meanwhile there's a few more socks that have been started because, well, I could. The first one is Lacewing from Fly Designs in color Desiderata. It's a dream to work with! I also have some in Halogen, with thoughts of combining the leftovers from both colors in a scarf... It may be a while, having not cast on the Halogen socks yet!
And then these ones below are in the merino/tencel blend that I dyed - boy howdy did it take the dye nicely, or what? I started out doing a pattern from Favourite Socks, but the colors were competing too much so I switched to regular old Helen's Favorite Sock from Fiber Trends. This would have been a really handy one to do both socks at once, since now I have to remember just where I left off from one pattern and switched to the other! Ah well.
What are you knitting these days?
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A gift-knit baby surprise jacket, which is more than halfway done. Next I'm going to make two half-size sari silk Himalayan totes for a friend's teenage daughters, who happen to be Indian (adopted from Fiji). I also need to find a good pattern to knit my boy a cardigan; he's about outgrown his modified BSJ and wants another sweater. Figured I'd better oblige that request before he outgrows the desire to wear what Mom knits!
Well Diane, pretty as the sweater color is, and as neat a texture as you're getting from the cables, well - they just can't compete with the KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF colors and textures in the other pictures!
What am I working on? What year did we take Nura to Illinois?
Love the lacewing socks. I am going to try to find the pattern, unless you have a link for it? Great dye job on the other as well! Kathy aka knittin'cacher.
Hi KC - the pattern for the Lacewing socks comes from the book Sensational Knitted Socks - http://www.woolworks.com/Shop/Sensational-Knitted-Socks?q=sensational+knitted+socks&x=20&y=14&match=all&min=&max=
called Oblique Openwork. I like it a lot!
Diane
Thank you sooo much. I have that book at home. I just love the pattern and will cast on asap! Yee Haw!
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