What do you do on a Saturday? I sometimes do housework, play with the kids, do some more housework, catch up on the internet, take pictures of yarn and knitting progress and sometimes manage to update my blog. Today is a Saturday I get to do just that.
I recently started the
Gilmore Vest. It seems to be a quick knit, so far I have completed 1/3rd of the back.
The yarn is an unusual choice for me, I don't usually chose yarn with a lot of non- natural fibres . I saw this in a
wool shop in Newtownards and fell for it, despite its acrylic content. I seem to be in a Vest phase at the moment, I am definitely not knitting the same number of socks as before.
The colourway is 3406, a deep purple with little coloured flecks
Riana is a flecked 50% Wool 45% Acrylic 5% Viscose Yarn
This picture shows the stitch definition better but there is a loss of colourA parcel arrived this morning. A lovely Raveller swapped some of my sock stash to send me 4 skeins of Apple Crumble. I now have 6 and am sure it will be enough for another vest.
Would
this vest look good in it? I think so......
This is the first of a pair of Pomatomuses by CookieA. I started a pair of these a few years ago but never made it past the heel of the first sock! I am since then a more confident sock knitter and felt able to tackle the pattern again.
I also used a really soft yarn blend because that much twisted rib can be harsher when knitted on the skin.
It is slower knitting than other patterns such as Kai-Mei but I still feel such a sense of personal achievement with the end result. The second one is already on the needles. What have you achieved recently that gives you a real sense of accomplishment?
