Dear Ellen,
While Marie and Heidi were here, Marie’s interest in knitting seemed to pick up again. We made a trip to the Lancaster Yarn Shop and picked up the yarn to knit the Origami Pullover. This was prompted by our friend Heidi’s willingness to let us all try on her Origami — doesn’t it look great on Marie? Reminds me of Audrey Hepburn in a funny way. That’s 68 inches of K1P1 ribbing in the main body piece — slog knitting at it’s best. The fact that this piece is just two rectangles cleverly pieced together made Marie feel very confident about her ability to make it. She was less confident in how quickly she could make it. I agreed that if she knit the smaller of the two rectangles (about 1/3 of the knitting), that I would knit the large one. We picked out some lovely 100% alpaca in a charcoal gray, a color she can wear at work and we cast on that night. Progress is being made….I’ll keep you posted.
A far faster knit is this little fluffy shawl. I made it from the limited time Rowan Creation yarn. It took about an hour to knit up and will be a nice little donation scarf for our workplace charity silent auction. It’s fun to wear too!
I finished one other item — the Rocky Coast Cardigan that I’m calling Foggy Coast. It’s going to take a long time to dry — that wool really soaked up the water. It christened my studio sink and blocking area. I look forward to many more knits making their way through that sink and onto that table.
Well, I’m going to run…I’ve got some ribbing to knit!
Love, Jan
Jan and Ellen are identical twins who have always had an innate fashion sense. Crafting is an integral part of their lives and they stay stitched together sharing their love of knitting, family and community.
November 27th, 2011 at 5:45 pm
I was a tad worried about that sweater in alpaca - great drape, but would it weigh too much? So I checked the Rav page. Doh! It is a Frog Tree alpaca designed pattern. I guess alpaca should be perfect - and it will look perfect on Marie. I love the color!
Crazy scarf. I think that counts for knitting like slice ‘n’ bake cookies count for baking. It’s cute, though, and perfect for charity where you couldn’t come close to the value of something that takes longer.
That Rocky Coast, however, is fabulomundo. So is having a studio with blocking sink - now hurry up and give us a modeled shot!
November 28th, 2011 at 6:57 am
Fabulous work area! Beautiful creations.
I was at Lancaster Yarn Shop last month, blowing through with the kids on my way home from NYC and my (not twin) sisters. Wendy sure is nice! She actually put my pic on her (fb?) site, because of my sweater!
November 29th, 2011 at 7:13 pm
I love the idea of a co-knit sweater - and that one is lovely! Your work space also looks exactly as it should now, with that sweater drying there - perfect.
November 29th, 2011 at 7:41 pm
I do like the look of that sweater, but that much slogging might do me in. (Or not, I suppose, if I hit one of my mindless knitting phases…) Great idea to split it up!
Your Rocky Coast looks like the perfect project to kick off a long tradition for the new blocking studio. Hope it dries quickly!