I’m just hopping in here quickly for yarn along as I’m cherishing the last evening with my family before they fly back east.
This week I finally finished the Rae. It’s so lovely. Warm, soft, luxurious alpaca. I may forget it was going to be a gift. The body of the Green Tea is nearly done. I’m excited for the change from the stockinette…but sleeves are my nemesis so wish me luck.
In new knits, I’ve cast on another Gaptastic Cowl – a commission of sorts from a friend of the friend who received the first one I made. I’m actually timing myself on this one to see how long it takes me. It will be interesting to see – I pay so little attention to how long I spend on a project but Dan has an app on his phone which may help me keep track. I do enjoy this knit. Seed stitch with chunky wool on big needles does lose its appeal after a while but I love how quickly it progresses.
Wildwood is still following me around the house. I’m enjoying it quite a bit although its magic hasn’t pulled me in (I should probably blame the post-Christmas brain numb for that). My geekiness appreciates that the author is the lead singer/songwriter behind a favourite band and that I’ve noticed some similar vocabulary between the album and the novel. The illustrations are beautifully done by the author’s wife, Carson Ellis (no wonder I love her illustrations so much she also did the illustrations for this wonderful book). They are so lovely and compliment the story so well.
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joining Ginny for yarn along
I hear you about the sleeves! GOOD LUCK!!!!!
The cowl looks so cosy and warm. And I’ll have to check out that book 😉
Love the look of the cowl, and I’ll be interested to hear how long it takes too 😉
An app that keeps time of your knitting? When you get more ‘time’ I hope you will post more about it. Oh those sleeves…I understand! xx
Love the cowl! I hope you have fun with your family 🙂
I always like doing something chunky in between, although seed stitch is not one of my favourites…
Good luck with the sleeves – I just love the colours of your tea leaves!
Yeah for finishing a project. I had to laugh at your comment – sometimes projects are so hard to let go of even when you intended for them to be a gift in the first place. Hope your sleeves go well.
I have to admit, that I ended up taking back Wildwood to the library (someone else had the gall to place it on hold!) partly because it needed to go back and partly because its ‘magic’ didn’t grab me completely. The first few chapters were great…and then I fizzled. I’ll have to order the book again and retry.
I knew I noticed the illustrations somewhere. Woo Hoo on the finished Rae. Very nice. I would love an app that showed length of knitting time. People always ask. Two months doesn’t really explain how long something takes nor does two days. May have to hunt for one myself.
That’s the second or third Gap-tastic cowl I have heard about in a week. I think I need to try it. I would be interested to know how long it took you. I never keep track either.
I saw what you meant about the sleeves on your Ravelry notes. Good luck, Rachel.
I’m sure the recipient of that cowl will really appreciate it. Makes all that miles and miles of seed stitch worth it, huh?
ooooh, you’ve finished it! I’ll bet it’s gorgeous. Do you have any full pics? I’m still nervous about trying a seed stitch on such a large project. I have a hard time going back and forth from knit to purl. I can handle ribbing, but 1k1p is still pretty tricky.
I haven’t been able to get “into” wildwood yet either. I love the illustrations, (OBVIOUSLY, who wouldn’t?) and it’s a fun little story, but so far I haven’t hit that “can’t put it down” phase yet. I really hope I do!
I’ve never heard of that book but my brother-in-law loves The Decemeberists, so maybe I should go check it out…
just looked at Rae on Ravelry and now I am thinking that I might frog a scarf that I have been working on for far too long and make Rae instead?? Hmm, decisions decisions…
Oh, the Rae is fun! I wear the one I made for myself all the time. It’s such a simple design but I really like it. 🙂
I love the color of the tiny tea leaves, just beautiful. I so wish my 10 year old would wear a handmade mama sweater. I can’t wait to see it finished.
I have considered the Gap-tastic cowl a few times , but I am so slow at seed stitch that it has put me off a bit. I really like the yarn you are using for that as well. And you are so good at updating your Ravelry account!
I’m squeezing in as many mama-knits as possible. My three oldest are very opinionated about their clothes…I’ve knit them a couple of sweaters that hide in drawers. 🙁 Sad. At least there are little siblings to try them on in a couple years. 😉
Good luck with your sleeves. Your book keeps catching my attention, I think I need to check it out 🙂
Looking great! I’m impressed by how much you have gotten done this week. (From one mom of a young baby to another 🙂
Love that chunky yarn, anything comes together so quickly! Molly wants to knit herself a sweater, ambitious I know so I told her it could only be done with bulky yarn so it gets finished sometime before she heads off to college.
I hope you enjoyed every minute with your family. Mine is not close either so it is really special when we can see each other. That yarn makes me want to take a nap.
Does this mean I’m 4001? Woot woot!
Your cowl looks great! I didn’t find Wildwood as easy to get into as some people have… don’t know if I will pick it back up or not! The illustrations were great though!
Wildwood AGAIN! I see it everywhere lately. I have GOT to hurry up and read this book.
I like the cowl and the chunky wool is just perfect for this project.
Funny- I am working on the same cowl, for a friend! 🙂
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