pattern: the ever-so popular chunky foliage.
yarn: some neon purple worsted acrylic, held double stranded.
needles: US 10.5
dates: cast on and off 30 may 2008
modifications:
an extra half pattern repeat
didn't change needles for ribbing, just decreased eight stitches
first row of ribbing was twisted, for stability
seven rows of ribbing instead of five
notes:
this was inspired by geeyouknit's version.
mine looks like a raisin if you turn it inside out so i'm tempted to wear it inside out. it's much more purple than it looks in the pictures.
(and yes, that is my unfinished thermal lying in wait inside my bag.)
i also bought some baskets to hold all the yarn. i bought enough yarn for five sweaters and three baskets (i bought another one to hold the newspaper but i think it might become a purse instead). my entire purchase was less than eighty dollars. the yarn was fifty. ten dollars per sweater is really good!!
the yarn will eventually become: (ravelry links)
twiggy tunic
mrs. darcy cardigan
demi
sideways spencer redux
and a mini cardigan
finally, i finished my may sweater. i'll blog it once i have decent pictures of the child i made it for wearing it. right now it just looks like an ugly orange monstrosity in my blocking pictures.
2 comments:
you bad girl, you!
first of all, noone's allowed to make the darcy cardigan but me.
second of all, big city knits are mine.
and third of all, damn you and you shopping basket full of yarn.
how about you take me with the next time?
see, that's what hurts me about ireland or poland for that matter. we don't have big craft shops like that. my cheapest option is to order yarn on the internet.
i'm kinda considering moving back to london, and it being the big city it is, i expect it to be a knitters heaven. but until then, sob.
knit picks, you say? *wink wink*
we can both make these things!
and, oh hush. you live in ireland. (maybe poland too?) i'm stuck in america. not that america isn't great, but ireland is romantic and full of a turbulent history.
i will admit though that i would be lost without my craft superstore. pathetic, i know. i shop there far too often. the kid who sells me all my yarn was able to draw an almost accurate picture of me from memory. we haven't hung out outside of that store.
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