I think I’ve been in a knitting slump. Here are two sweater projects that I tried over the summer:
Nancy’s Vest:
Now 2 giant balls of lovely yarn, because I cast on a million more stitches than I was supposed to and didn’t notice till I was at the armholes.
Unnamed Cardigan:
Now many small balls because after I put the shoulders together and tried it on, I realized that the modifications I made didn’t work out. The proportions were wrong and nothing could have made it right. It would have been an insult to a great yarn to finish it, so after I wavered for a week, out it came.
I was about to send myself down to the minors. Instead, I took a vacation from sweaters and worked on the afghan for the knit-along – which is full, I’m delighted to say – and have enjoyed it immensely! It’s like working on dishcloths (the fallback project for many knitters when they don’t want to be challenged too much), only it will end up being a much more impressive finished product! I’ve also done a few other small projects along the way which have turned out fine, so I’m not totally useless yet. I just had to wait for an inspiring sweater design to come along, and it did. I just started and feel pretty confident about it.
Meanwhile, the shop is full of new yarn already!
Here’s the latest entry in Zen Yarn Garden’s Artwalk Series:
The colorway is a perfectly balanced rendition of the colors in Norman Rockwell’s Saturday Evening Post cover called “Walking to Church:”
We received a lovely bunch of Fino from Manos del Uruguay, with 3 new colors, including Ascot which is the little peek of dark blue-gray in the photo below:
Fascinator, an in-your-face I-love-PINK!
and Storm Glass, a nuanced dusty jade with hints of olive:
Juniper Moon Farm sent us some fabulous shades of Moonshine, one of our favorite worsted weight yarns. The colors can’t help but be vibrant; even the neutrals shine in this combination of wool, alpaca and silk:
And here for its good-bye tour is Tenzing, the lovely dk weight blend of extra fine merino and yak that we have fallen in love with and that would have been discontinued last year except someone found a bunch of un-dyed yarn in a warehouse. If you love it, now is the time (unless this is just a new type of sales pitch they’re using. It worked on me!)
Which one is coming home with me?
Okay, off I go to see another yarn rep this morning. Enjoy this beautiful day!
