As promised

Here's the Sienna Cardigan in progress. First, the right front piece, very nearly finished (instead of doing the back first, I started with a front -- and this matters because the length of the armholes for the fronts is supposed to match the back) and on my custom stitch-holder, which is a large DPN with point protectors on each side. This photo pretty much captures the correct color.


The color on this photo is not even close, but that's what I get for taking pictures in my living room on a gloomy morning. This is the back, at the point where the armhole decreases have stopped and knitting straight for a certain distance has begun. I've got about thirty rows to go before this part is finished.

Finally, here's the Truly Tasha' s Shawl, begun from three stitches at the bottom point and knitted up, adding one stitch via two yarnovers balanced with a decrease. The different stitches make that nice holey edge, and the garter stitch makes the shawl squooshy and probably warm while remaining light and even delicate-looking. That's that Knitpicks heathered yarn, in "Sapphire," I think it was -- not so much a heathery yarn as a nice subtle combination of a deep blue with some green highlights. My mental definition of "heathered" is a little more pronounced than Knitpicks', but this is still a very pretty yarn and somewhat improved in quality over the yarn I bought about fifteen months ago.

This project will be a long haul but I can already see which outfit it will go over so the incentive to keep on plugging away is there.

The i-cords for Ms. Poppins' bag are almost halfway done. I peck away at them in odd moments because it makes me crazy to do i-cord. They go quickly, though, so I think that bag will be finished up this weekend.

I ordered Deb Menz' Color in Spinning and if you're a spinner and you ever want to use color well, you need that book. Menz shows the technical side of getting what you want in a colored yarn, from using a color wheel to mixing dyes to using tools. Using color scares me a little, and I know that's silly as I have a college degree in art, for pete's sake! I admire artists who have a command of interesting and sometimes surprising color work, and why can't I join their ranks? Here's to fearless future fibering!