Progress Update
I keep feeling like I have nothing to post about because I haven't finished anything recently! So at least I can show you the progress I'm making on my top-down yoke sweater and my Dubbelmossa.
The top-down yoke sweater seemed to be taking forever but I had to keep reminding myself I was working on the widest part with the greatest number of stitches. It has (finally) been separated into 2 sleeves and a body - Hooray!!
Now for those of you who have been reading about this sweater from previous posts I'm sure you're thinking "THAT is the color pattern she absolutely loved???" No, no, no, it's not. About the first 1/2 of it is ... but as I was knitting I was thinking (yes, yes, a good habit to develop). I still have my reservations about this Mission Falls 1824 superwash I'm using. The fabric is fairly tight right now but when I wash it, just how much will it relax? (NO! I didn't wash the swatch, OK?) If I use my favorite pattern on this thing and then have to let one of my DDs have it I'm going to be slightly annoyed .... well maybe not totally .... but the point is, this sweater was supposed to be a test run for using Elizabeth Zimmerman's formula in a top-down sweater. So far so good but then I'm not wearing it yet either.... so I thought, why not save that special pattern for later - and so I just made up the rest as I went along. I think it still looks fine, it's just a deviation from the original plan, that's all.
And I'm still picking away at my Dubbelmossa hat. Anyone who has this pattern or video will see that I'm altering the color charts, but I'm actually enjoying knitting this. It's a bit of a surprise because the needles are itty bitty 3.25 mm. I think what surprises me the most is how quickly the rounds go. It seems I hardly get the rhythm of the row and it's done. The hearts are the second last chart I plan to do - I only have 2 white stitches between them not 3 like the original chart but it was easy to re-draw. Then a band of checkerboard, then big flowers. After that I'll have to measure and try to decide what pattern I'm going to do to finish it. I might just do something really lazy and checkerboard the rest of it ... we'll see what mood strikes me! All that matters is I'm hoping to have it done around the end of the month so there's still lots of winter left to enjoy wearing it! Dream dream dream!
The top-down yoke sweater seemed to be taking forever but I had to keep reminding myself I was working on the widest part with the greatest number of stitches. It has (finally) been separated into 2 sleeves and a body - Hooray!!
Now for those of you who have been reading about this sweater from previous posts I'm sure you're thinking "THAT is the color pattern she absolutely loved???" No, no, no, it's not. About the first 1/2 of it is ... but as I was knitting I was thinking (yes, yes, a good habit to develop). I still have my reservations about this Mission Falls 1824 superwash I'm using. The fabric is fairly tight right now but when I wash it, just how much will it relax? (NO! I didn't wash the swatch, OK?) If I use my favorite pattern on this thing and then have to let one of my DDs have it I'm going to be slightly annoyed .... well maybe not totally .... but the point is, this sweater was supposed to be a test run for using Elizabeth Zimmerman's formula in a top-down sweater. So far so good but then I'm not wearing it yet either.... so I thought, why not save that special pattern for later - and so I just made up the rest as I went along. I think it still looks fine, it's just a deviation from the original plan, that's all.
And I'm still picking away at my Dubbelmossa hat. Anyone who has this pattern or video will see that I'm altering the color charts, but I'm actually enjoying knitting this. It's a bit of a surprise because the needles are itty bitty 3.25 mm. I think what surprises me the most is how quickly the rounds go. It seems I hardly get the rhythm of the row and it's done. The hearts are the second last chart I plan to do - I only have 2 white stitches between them not 3 like the original chart but it was easy to re-draw. Then a band of checkerboard, then big flowers. After that I'll have to measure and try to decide what pattern I'm going to do to finish it. I might just do something really lazy and checkerboard the rest of it ... we'll see what mood strikes me! All that matters is I'm hoping to have it done around the end of the month so there's still lots of winter left to enjoy wearing it! Dream dream dream!
I admire that you are sticking with two colorwork projects, and seem to make progress too. I have abandoned my socks and mittens for the tiem being, in favor of comfort shawl knitting. I tell myself, they are needed more urgently right now. :o)
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Both projects are looking lovely! I especially like the hat. You are tempting me to knit one...not that I need another project on my list.
Those are both good books you have for the dyeing. I do quite a bit of nature dyeing, and here are some good plants:
marigolds, cosmos, onions, evergreens, goldenrod, zinnias. All will grow well there. Another thing to try is going into a florist shop when you are in town, and asking them if you can have the stuff in their discard bucket. Most places are pretty generous with this, especially when you tell them why you want it. I loved what I got from Eucalyptus leaves.
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