I'm SO Over The Failure Of You-Know-What

Because I'm SO enamored of this:

It's the beginning of Bianca's Jacket and so far I'm loving the knitting. :) Loving the yarn so much, in fact, that when I realized I'd probably need a couple more balls of "Sand" to lengthen the sweater, I decided to order another bag - of Charcoal this time. I've no plans for it, but the yarn is too nice to pass up. :)

I'm lengthening the sweater because the pattern calls for only 9 inches before starting the armhole shaping. That is just way to short for me! I should be able to get at least  5" of extra length out of each ball of yarn. The piece you see in the picture is at 5" already and I haven't finished the first ball yet.

Plus, it's just nice to work with yarn that isn't cotton for a change. ::wink::

In other news, these came in from eBay:

And this:

I'm planning to use the Peaches & Cream cone for autumn kitchen things. :) The two dishcloth/potholder books should keep me busy for awhile. After all, who can resist this?:

And this one will be great for my Christmas gift stack:

I finished this up yesterday:

It's probably more of a facecloth, though. I can see threading ribbon through those eyelets to make a pouch & putting a couple of nice soaps in the middle for a gift.

I also made what is possibly the brightest dishrag known to man:

I'm tempted to keep it for myself, but I'll wait until I see what colors my kitchen swap partner at Fiber Freaks likes. :) The neat thing about this cloth is the way the textured bumps were made. It was a new stitch and I really like how it looks. (If you look closely in the above pic, you can see two rows of what look like cluster stitches, but they're actually sc, dc, sc in the same stitch.) I might have seen that method years ago, but I'd forgotten all about it.

I'm still debating whether I should start another new project. I'd probably like to have something to work on that's crocheted...we'll see what I can find. If those new TSC books come in, there won't be ANY doubt as to what I'll be working on next.

Comments

[amysbabies]

I love that bright dishcloth! What great colors

[Daniela]

Dear Bron!
The charcoal is very nice! When you put the link to LittleKnits in the other day I had a look at it and just couldn't resist! I already received my two bags. There was just a little surprise, because the black is freckled with red, purple, green, blue... something I could not see at all on their photo. But, nevertheless, very nice. I will design a sweater to go with my new Dr. Martens boots :-)))
Daniela

[Kristen]

Drat about the pink cardi. I'm enjoying your round dishcloths and may copy that idea of a facecloth and soap for gifts.

[Bron]

Thanks, Amy! I think I need to keep that one for myself, the more I think about it. ;)

I'm so glad to hear that you liked the Charcoal, Daniela! Can't wait to see the sweater you design.

Kristen - Thanks for the sympathy. :) I'm glad you're liking all the different dishcloths. I don't want to be boring people!

[Terri]

Glad you've moved on and all enthused about the new knitting project. Love the colour, it should be very nice. :o) You really are the dishrag queen you know! (g) And I LOVE that new crochet sweater design you are wanting to do next. It's really lovely. Looking forward to seeing that one on the go.

[Wanda]

Umm, can I just tell you that you are evil for putting that link to Little Knits up? I immediately clicked on it to see what type of yarn you're using since you noted that it wasn't cotton. How does the Silk Tweed knit up? I ask b/c I used Rowan Summer Tweed before and it was not very nice to work with. The tweedy bits were very rough on my hands and knitting felt like knitting burlap, so I wouldn't use it again. I found a cardigan by Norah Gaughan listed on the site that I really like. I'm very tempted to buy it in the tea color, as it says I would only need 12 skeins. Very nice and affordable for that price.