There are many aspects of having the yarn store that I like very much: you, yarn, knitting, having the dogs with me. But every now and then the other aspects, that I don’t like very much, take over. It’s the part where I have to sit in front of a computer for hours at a time, paying bills and recording those payments, calculating sales and costs and updating reports, downloading statements, updating prices, and on and on. This time of year taxes get thrown into the mix, and it eats at me until all the information is gathered and sent off. I remember fondly the days when I received a W-2, figured my own taxes and mailed them off to the IRS the same day. So yesterday was a lost day, when I finally sent off the information to my dear brother-in-law, then paid all the bills that could be paid. Today I should be working on the new class schedule, but I’m giving my brain the day off. Today I’m going to knit a little, cook a little, do laundry a lot, and not much else.
So I’m going to show you a couple things I’ve been knitting, and then get right to my couch-sitting interrupted only by dryer buzzes.
Last time, I think I had pictures of the new sock yarn for kids’ sizes from Regia, designed by Arne & Carlos. The colors are so much fun that I really wanted to use them for something, so I decided to make these cute Tenaya mitts. This is a favorite pattern for me; I’ve made them before in plain yarn. It only takes about 200 yards of fingering to make a pair. This is how they turned out in the Kids’ Pairfect yarn:
They don’t have to be so long, of course, but I like them to cover most of my fingers:
Cute, right?
And when Gail Corvaia showed me a sweater pattern she wanted to make, I fell in love. Thea Colman’s sweaters are always so wearable and this one, called Fog Cutter, looked like a great beach sweater. Gail’s was turning out to be beautiful in Worsted Merino Superwash, but I wanted a spring sweater so I made it in Noro’s Sonata, and love it for the texture and subtle color variations that it adds to an already beautiful design.
Front:
Back, which I like a lot and would be happy to have the front look just the same:
Shoulder and neckline, cleverly shaped by short rows:
An easy drop sleeve, picked up and knit flat, then a continuous side and sleeve seam done in mattress stitch:
I’m working on another sweater for spring/summer that I love, but I think I need to do a few mods. I hope I’ll be able to show you next time, along with pictures of a great new yarn that will be coming in this week!
