A monster of the best kind, of course! Two of my friends have taken up knitting, largely due to my influence. Not a bad thing, it’s nice to have people to knit with. A couple weeks ago, my friend K *forced* me to take pictures of some of my knitting FOs. Since I have nothing else to share right now, I will share them here.
First up, my very first completed knitting project EVER! When I first decided I wanted to learn how to knit, I bought a couple skeins of some cheapy Wal-Mart yarn to practice with. I got halfway through a cabled scarf and decided I didn’t want to finish it, frogged the whole thing and decided I wanted to make something I would actually wear. It didn’t help that the scarf was REALLY wide (5 6-row cables plus some ribbing). This was back in April. My mom was getting married in June and I wanted a shrug to match the dress I had planned on wearing. Her colors were shades of purple, so off to my LYS I went. This is what I came up with. It’s the Little Lacy Jacket from Blue Sky Alpacas. I made it using Pure in Vivid Viola from SouthWest Trading Company. This yarn is actually pretty neat – it’s a fiber called soysilk and is made from soybean waste. Tres cool, no? Here are a couple shots of the finished product:
And a closeup of the lace detail:
The second FO I have to show is actually going to be ripped out and re-done. This one is Green Gable made from Brown Sheep Cotton Fleece in Robin Egg Blue. It’s a really pretty Tiffany blue color. Here is what it looked like before I started ripping it out:
That’s all I have to share today. Life has gotten in the way of my sewing, but I have been planning and knitting.
More later!!
