An unexpected surprise
Jun. 3rd, 2018 11:36 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
janestarzAfter finishing the Miranda I picked up the near-vanilla sock I was knitting to do while traveling to my mom's place by train. By the time I got home on Friday night I was through the first heel and making good progress.
However, on Saturday I realised that on my weekend days, when I need something a bit more challenging to occupy my mind, a vanilla sock is just too easy. So I cleared away the final bits to do on Miranda (weighing yarn, attaching the wrapper to the remaining skein of yarn, putting the finished jumper in the donation bag...) and went looking for a new project.
I wasn't really in the mood for the Bagtanker, a little scared to set up the Tempest Cardigan in Malabrigo (what if this, too, won't fit???) and still haven't made up my mind about the Batik shawl and the eucalyptus Unikat yarn.
Everything at the top of my queue in Ravelry has a pattern & yarn all picked out and those are in ziplock bags in a bin. So I opened up the bin and found this little surprise:
I had completely forgotten about the Strandwanderer! It was a tip from TUDBspinster, back when I bought a 35 euro skein of Socks that Rock yarn. The pattern is knit in stripes, first one way, then the other way. It's a little complicated but it's a lot of fun, but the colour fade on my StR yarn was to fast, so the effect that makes this pattern so great wasn't there.
When I was helping out Tyldak at the Handwerkbeurs in Rijswijk I went looking specifically for a yarn that would work and I picked up this gorgeous 100% merino. It's a sport-weight, high-twist yarn and it's so soft it makes the picture look out of focus.
The pattern starts with "cast on 2 stitches" which is always a fun way to start a project.
The colour will probably work nicely with my planned new summer coat in Vlisco fabric, although it might be too blue. But that specific summer coat is 3 years waiting now, so who am I kidding...it might be another couple of years until I get around to making it.
After a rocky start on 3.5 mm needles, I started over after dinner on 4 mm, and I'm getting a gorgeous drape. The colour fade is perfect for this shawl and I'm getting a nice tiled effect too. I'm thinking this will just fly off my needles.
Ravelry challenge progress: 13 out of 15 projects completed, 3 projects still on the needles.
However, on Saturday I realised that on my weekend days, when I need something a bit more challenging to occupy my mind, a vanilla sock is just too easy. So I cleared away the final bits to do on Miranda (weighing yarn, attaching the wrapper to the remaining skein of yarn, putting the finished jumper in the donation bag...) and went looking for a new project.
I wasn't really in the mood for the Bagtanker, a little scared to set up the Tempest Cardigan in Malabrigo (what if this, too, won't fit???) and still haven't made up my mind about the Batik shawl and the eucalyptus Unikat yarn.
Everything at the top of my queue in Ravelry has a pattern & yarn all picked out and those are in ziplock bags in a bin. So I opened up the bin and found this little surprise:
I had completely forgotten about the Strandwanderer! It was a tip from TUDBspinster, back when I bought a 35 euro skein of Socks that Rock yarn. The pattern is knit in stripes, first one way, then the other way. It's a little complicated but it's a lot of fun, but the colour fade on my StR yarn was to fast, so the effect that makes this pattern so great wasn't there.
When I was helping out Tyldak at the Handwerkbeurs in Rijswijk I went looking specifically for a yarn that would work and I picked up this gorgeous 100% merino. It's a sport-weight, high-twist yarn and it's so soft it makes the picture look out of focus.
The pattern starts with "cast on 2 stitches" which is always a fun way to start a project.
The colour will probably work nicely with my planned new summer coat in Vlisco fabric, although it might be too blue. But that specific summer coat is 3 years waiting now, so who am I kidding...it might be another couple of years until I get around to making it.
After a rocky start on 3.5 mm needles, I started over after dinner on 4 mm, and I'm getting a gorgeous drape. The colour fade is perfect for this shawl and I'm getting a nice tiled effect too. I'm thinking this will just fly off my needles.
Ravelry challenge progress: 13 out of 15 projects completed, 3 projects still on the needles.
