Friday 23 May 2014

Two new projects

Thank you for the lovely comments on my Rays of Gold cardigan. I thought today seeing as I posted a finished project on Wednesday I'd post some WIP's on Friday. I'm such a rebel lol.

My main knitting project at the moment is a Grace cardigan. I've wanted to make one of these ever since I saw the one Truly Mrytle made last year. I'm making mine with yarn I got from frogging another cardigan that wasn't getting much wear. I think I'm going to like it much more in this incarnation. I like cardigans which button up :-)
 
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So far I've finished the lace sections and now I'm on to the stockinette. Nice gentle knitting, just what I need right now :-)

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I love the lace pattern. It's so simple to work and looks so pretty. I did muddle myself at one point with a yarn over in the wrong place, I undid that section and picked up the stitches again and made exactly the same mistake. What a muppet! I fixed it properly after that :-)


I also have another pair of socks on the go which I can work on in the car. These ones are for Mr Soaring Sheep, even if they do have pink in! He chose the yarn :-) I've told him they are for Father's day next month but I think I might be cutting it a little fine. Hopefully he won't mind if they are a few days late!

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The pattern is Jeck which is a free pattern on ravelry. I've tweaked it by changing to my preferred needle size and method of knitting toe up. Ignore the safety pins, the bottom one marks the 1st row and the top one marks the 30th row. I need to knit to 82 rows to fit Mr Soaring Sheep's feet :-)

Linking up with Fiber Arts Friday and Creative Friday. Have a good weekend everyone! It's a bank holiday weekend in the UK, Mr Soaring Sheep hasn't realised yet, shall I be mean and let him get up early on Monday? :-p

14 comments:

  1. I love the color of the socks! I have never tried knitting socks on circular needs (I always use double-pointed-needles.) I will have to try that sometime.

    And don't feel embarrassed about the safety pins! That is smart. I did use a paper clip as a marker the other day. Not fancy but it worked.

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    1. Thanks :-) I tend to leave my knitting around the place so circular needles are less risky than DPN's ;-)

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  2. I think those socks will be awesome!

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  3. I do that too! Making the same mistake while trying to correct it, so you are not alone ;-) ... cool socks!

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    1. Hehehe glad it's not just me, thank you :-)

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  4. Love that purple color and the lace pattern on the sweater. Great job!

    The socks look like fun, too.

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  5. love the new pattern you are using for the twice around yarn. Lovely! and socks on the needles is always a good thing :)

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    1. It's gorgeous isn't it, really looking forward to wearing it :-) Thank you!

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  6. ooooh, love how that cardi is working up! Those socks will be awesome!

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  7. The cardigan purple is powerful and makes a lovely statement. Neat socks. A real man can handle pink.

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    1. Thank you :-) I dunno if he's a real man but he does like pink lol

      (he's sitting next to me, I should probably be polite lol)

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