Mara

08/27/2008

Finished :




08/13/2008

Ready for the neck band :



07/31/2008

Halfway through the body :


07/27/2008

Officially a WIP :

Suzani

08/13/2008

Ready for the neck band :



08/11/2008

Row before I begin the front neck steek :



07/31/2008

Halfway (for my purposes, that's just after the armhole steeks) through the body :


07/??/2008



Since the other company does not have Deep Aqua, I'm using J&S's FC41 (discontinued) which was Deep Aqua in The Scottish Collection.

The border pattern in shade :

Rambling Rose

08/13/2008



08/01/2008

Got it to the armhole steek last night :



1/26/2008

According to the instructions, I’m supposed to knit 9 repeats starting with stitch #1. Doing that, I will get this :

Back ..... ½ repeat (st 19-36) II 1 repeat II 1 repeat II 1 repeat II 1 repeat

Front .... ½ repeat ( st 1-18) II 1 repeat II 1 repeat II 1 repeat II 1 repeat

With some motifs, that might be OK, but with Rambling Rose, it would mean you'll have :

half a downward facing bloom and then a full upward facing bloom on your left side and on your right, you'll have a half an upward facing bloom and then a full upward facing bloom. This is for the front.

Added much later :




To me, that looks a bit cockeyed. The motif is asymmetrical and nothing I do, short of messing around with the motif, will make the garment more symmetrical. And the neckline? But I can change the placement of the pattern to make it more pleasing to the eye :

back(R->L).. ¼ rep (st 28-36) II 1 repeat II 1 repeat II 1 repeat II 1 repeat II ¼ rep (st 1-9)

front (R<-L) .... ¾ rep (1-27) II 1 repeat II 1 repeat II 1 repeat II ¾ rep (10-36)

The front will now begin and end with a full upward facing bloom ...



Beginning the rounds on stitch #10, I get most of an upwards facing bloom on both the right and left. The front neckline now falls between two upward facing blooms.

Shoulder joint? Rows 1, 28, 29 & 46 will give you matching shoulders.

Hmm!

What's up Jamieson? Did you find an underweight ball and decide that the easiest way to deal with it was to stuff a bit more yarn in the middle?



Guess I should be grateful that you didn't cheat me this time, eh?

Stash diving for the Arans, ganseys & other textures

Memo to self :
- take pic of Karabella Aurora 8
- find out where's the Harrisville Highland
- take pics of the Jo Sharp DKs

Fingering/4 Ply

Rowan True 4 ply Botany :


14 balls

Rowan True 4 ply Botany :


8 balls which should be enough for Heraldic Lion?

Sport/DK weight

Bendigo Woolen Mills 8ply/DK :



Bendigo Woolen Mills 8ply/DK :



Jo Sharp DK :



Jo Sharp DK :



for Norway or Faroe? :



Jo Sharp DK :



Jo Sharp DK :



Alice Ass-tarmore's Scottish Fleet in "pink" :


13 balls

Alice Ass-tarmore's Scottish Fleet in Sea Green :


13 balls

Worsted weight

Karabella's Aurora 8 :



15 balls. Since it is so squishy, I'm going to knit whatever with this on a much tighter gauge.

Cascade 220 :


10 hanks. For one of the "everyday" sweaters.

Cascade 220 :


10 hanks. For one of the "everyday" sweaters.

Cascade 220 :


10 hanks. For one of the "everyday" sweaters.

Cascade 220 :


10 hanks. For one of the "everyday" sweaters.

Blackwater Abbey :


9 hanks

8 hanks, Harrisville Highland



Aran weight

2.2 lb (900 yards/lb) of Brora Soft Spun :



2.2 lb (900 yards/lb) of Brora Soft Spun :



2.2 lb (900 yards/lb) of Brora Soft Spun :



Briggs & Little Aran :


20 hanks

Rowan Magpie :



14 skeins. It's actually camel.

Alice Starmore Scottish Heather :

14+ hanks

Jamieson's Shetland Heather :


19 balls

Jamieson's Shetland Heather :


18 balls

Jamieson's Shetland Heather :


21 balls.

20 hanks of Jamieson's Soft Shetland in Autumn :



20 balls of Jamieson's Shetland Heather in Hairst/Autumn :



9 hanks of Goldenrod for Columbia :



10 hanks of Chestnut for Malin :



11 hanks of Wedgewood for Golden Gate :



Mystery yarn sold to me as vintage Mission Falls :



At 110 yds per 100gm, it's chunky but "feels" lighter. 12 balls

Rowan Cork :


20 balls

Yarn acquired in 2008

04/15/2008

20 hanks of Jamieson's Soft Shetland in Autumn :



20 balls of Jamieson's Shetland Heather in Hairst/Autumn :



03/14/2008

::: imagine 47 balls of yarn from Jamieson & Smith :::

2/07/2008

8 balls of Spindrift from Karen's February (pink) sale :

::: img - use your imagination as I've put them away ;-) :::

for Reef, Alba and Lindasy.

1/25/2008

I must have done something good as out of the blue Gale offered me some yarn. I tried to resist. Ask her how I ignored her email for weeks and only responded after she PM'd me. Thanks, Gale.





According to the Stash Down 2008 group, gift yarn doesn't count ;-)

1/16/2008

Got 3 lbs of Jo Sharp DK :



for 3 lbs of Jaggerspun Zephyr :



Shouldn't count, right?

01/08/2008

Purchased from She Ewe Knits :

9 hanks of Goldenrod for Columbia :



10 hanks of Chestnut for Malin :



11 hanks of Wedgewood for Golden Gate :

Dalriada

My first "practice" piece before I move on to the more "fussy" Arans and ganseys :

Alice Ass-tarmore's Scottish Heather :


14 hanks



As at 01/04/2008 :



As at 01/28/08 :



Finally its time to think about the front neck shaping!

As at 02/29/08 :

Golly! Did it really take me that long?

poor Cold Duck

02/05/2008







01/25/2008



01/12/2008



April? 2007

Stash Knit Down 2008 - February Goal & Challenge

February Goals :

- not be one of the first at Karen's February sale

- not be one of the first at Anne's February sale

- not be one of the first as Jamieson & Smith's discontinued colours sale (in bold, so assume the rest are gone) :

Discontinued in 2006 :

* 38
* 55
* 128
* 207
* 1291
* 1481
* FC8
* FC59
* FC63

Your local LYS might still have some.

Being discontinued :

* 15
* 16
* 17
* 19
* 25
* 26
* 30
* 31
* 33
* 44
* 45
* 46
* 48
* 52
* 58
* 68
* 70
* 71
* 73
* 84
* 90
* 92
* 95
* 96
* 124
* 127
* 129
* 130
* 135
* 136
* 143
* 1279
* 1282
* 1286
* 1287
* 1288
* 1289
* 1290
* 1293
* 9097
* 9143
* FC11
* FC13
* FC21
* FC39
* FC41
* FC46
* FC48
* FC49
* FC53
* FC54
* FC57
* FC60
* FC61
* FC78

and new to me :

*28
*32
*61
*83
*120
*1284
*1295
*FC7

Oops! Too late! Maybe it shouldn't count since they already have my order and it is still January.

- finish Cold Duck

- work on Dalriada to the point where it is ready for February's Challenge

- work on Tokyo Rose

February Challenge :

- learn how to do shoulder saddles

not VY's Laleli

Tokyo Rose

01/21/2008

Note :

If you follow the instructions for the bigger size, you are going to end up with shoulders that do not match. Just like the picture :

::: picture goes here :::




The "red" is duplicate stitched. Since I haven't done that, I coloured it in :

Stash Knit Down 2008

As the name suggests ... end 2008 with less yarn than when you started the year.

There will be "planned" purchases :

- Jamieson's Shetland Heather for two sweaters IF those colours ever go on sale.

- Jamieson's Aran for a couple of those patterns that are knitted with 5.00mm needles ... Columbia, Malin, Rockall, Golden Gate, Port Arena, etc.

- enough Spindrift to complete these designs.

- belated and/or early Mother's Day, birthday and Christmas presents from here, if the USD strengthens. Hmmm, USD1.90? USD1.80 to the £? A girl can dream ;-)

- yarn to complete a W.I.P.

How am I going to record all this?

Let's keep things simple. Since I only knit sweaters, let's calculate it in terms of a sweater.

If I buy 18 to 22 balls of Heather Aran or 9 to 12 skeins of Jamieson's Aran, it is one sweater.

If I use only 14 skeins of Scottish Heather to make Dalriada or 22 balls of Heather Aran to make Cecily of York, it is also one sweater.

For Jamieson's Spindrift and J&S's jumperweight, when buying for a "new" project, 30 balls is equal to one sweater.