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Friday, June 29, 2012

FO friday!

...yep, fully deserving of an exclamation point! this week I finished a sweater and a hat (and all the preparation for tomorrow's double knitting workshop*).

first up the sweater. it's making waves by jamie thomas (aka "imagine knits"). I was thrilled to meet her at stitches south where she debuted the pattern...and get to try on her sample. honestly, if I hadn't tried it on, I doubt I would've knit it since it's very oversized (finished width is about 52"...for the small!). but I did, and I did. and I love it.
making waves
raveled here
making waves
thank you to my sister karen for the photos!
I knit it as written except that when I blocked it, I tried hard to add length and not width. I succeeded a little; my piece is about 23" long and 50" wide. It's still very oversized and cropped, but it works.

I wore it again today and katie admired it. (she said it would be cute over a bikini...yeah she's still in her 20's!)
lunch at bistro vg
katie & mary - lunch at bistro vg
I do, however, think it will be a great layering piece for spring, summer and fall. I chose a gray/green/tan colorway that should look good with more than the white I've paired it with. I picture black and brown and - of course! - jeans. once the temperature dips back below 100 degrees :-)
226:365 charity hats.
raveled here (love that these are holly-approved too!)
and the hat. this is the seventh for my fifty for 50 and the second one in this pattern. I have a third planned for july (in the lighter gray but with the double buttons). this is the perfect pattern for my suburban car knitting. simple design, easy to figure out where I am...and light worsted yarn on size 7 needles means even 50 stitches knit from home to the grocery store makes noticeable progress.

*thank you all for your kind comments on yesterday's post - I am happy to report that I now have 30 tiny balls of yarn wound and paired and color copies of all the handouts assembled. in other words, I'm ready!


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4 Comments:

Blogger Carole Knits said...

You look great! Have fun with the class tomorrow.

Friday, 29 June, 2012  
Blogger Beth said...

Great projects and cute shoes! Are those your new ones?

Friday, 29 June, 2012  
Blogger Lydia said...

reporting on FOs is ALWAYS a great thing. i've got quite a bit done, just need to give a report.

Monday, 02 July, 2012  
Blogger Honoré said...

All these projects...so much fun to see what you're doing next. And how *was* class?

Wednesday, 04 July, 2012  

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