sweaters and stuff
i've been avoiding posting because i don't like to write lengthy messages without photos and i don't have my camera at the moment, but then i don't like to disappear for too long either so i thought i'd better just pop by and say hello!
i've been a busy little knitter! i've finished the hoodie and have started seaming it up. it's casuing my no end of worry about the hood, though, as it looks like there's FAR too much hood to successfully attach to the back of the jumper. i'm trying not to worry about it, hoping that the impossibilities of attached 28 and 43 stitches together will just magically work out when i get to that bit : ) (anyone else knit this and have any tips??)
immediately after casting off, i cast on for gloria from noro. i have been advised that this pattern has it's tricky points too, so we'll see how that goes! i'd love to show photos, but as i say, no camera, so you'll have to hang on. i'm really pleased with it so far though. it's amazing how colour can be lifted by just a little other colour: the rusty orange of the main body has been transformed by the orange, pink, purple and green of the silk garden. i love it.
other than that, i also picked up a copy of the latest rowan magazine. i've spotted a lot of future jumpers etc in there! i think it's a good one... i'm also in love with the new tapestry yarn - luciously soft! and i thought the photo shoot they did with normal people normally wearing the patterns was BRILLIANT. i wish they'd do that every time. i completely understand that it's a magazine and they want to do wacky arty creative things like put beautiful people with orange curls in the forest and then make them wear a tartan skirt, crazy tights, three jumpers, knitted braces, gloves, ankle boots and a head band - but come on. do you really think that's going to make me knit that??!! do they think all knitters live on a pebbled beach / in the depths of a dark forest, or do they just not care whether we can really see ourselves wearing their knits? who knows...
ok, monday rant over! roll on tuesday...
becks xxx
posted by becks @ 9:13 PM
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Hey there you. I totally agree with you on the Rowan Mag thing - it puts me off buying them because you can't see what the garments are actually like until you sit and throughly read the pattern - a bit of a bore I think.
Kiddie jumpers with hoods always have far too much width on the hood part - you have to "ease" it in to fit so that you can fit a big childs head in there - they really do have much larger heads than you would think ! Just take your time - I usually stretch out the back neck of the jumper a bit so that it all fits together better - it will look lovely when it's done.
Gloria sounds fab - I wish I had more call for snuggly knits - I've fallen in love with the Rogue pattern and I think I'm going to knit it anyway even though I'll probably not be able to wear it for years !
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