Saturday, August 31, 2013

Stripes and such...

Stripey

 

Autumn term has started and life is getting back in its routine. Schooldays are here again and in a way everybody was kind of looking forward to it. It is funny that, at the start of the holidays everyone loves it, at the end, everyone want to go back to routine…. Well everybody is back into a routine, except me that is. I was in the UK last week and next week of to Germany. I don't think I will be able to knit much the coming weeks, but I do have a little project finished.

When in Tokyo, I did buy a little yarn. A nice cotton spoke to me, so I bought it. It was very hot that day, and wool just didn't appeal, but a crisp cotton, oh yes. It was DMC Natura Just cotton, in an off-white and navy blue colour so I thought "stripes". And so this little cardigan was born, an easy stripe pattern, a round yoke and no shaping. Easy to wear and good for the late summer/early autumn… It is a nice cotton, maybe slightly finicky since it was quite a loose twist and thus a bit splitty. Not too bad though and the colours are crisp and fresh. 

Stripey

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Summer is not yet over...

Harrow

 

Just before the end of the summer (normally there is already a chance in September to cooler weather), a nice cotton top. I thought it would be a quickie, it was indeed so. I had to change the decreases and increases a bit, I did one more decrease and the increases come at a smaller distance from each other as I had a slight difference in row gauge. It worked out neatly, now just hope for some warm weeks to come...

Harrow

Monday, August 12, 2013

Watsonesque

Watsonesque

 

As Joan proves in Elementary, Watson can be female…. 

I am actually very pleased with this sweater. The cables pop, the fit is good and S is very very pleased with it. It was fun to knit too and the cotton I used was a nice find. It is Tahki classic cotton, I do think I will use it again some day, since it was nice to knit with and it does have a good stitch definition. A good sweater for the Autumn… I didn't make any notes though…I do feel that this one is really a modified sweater and not my "own" so to speak, so I never took real notes. Not that I have time for pattern writing these days anyways….

 

Watsonesque