My husband started a fire in the wood stove last weekend and suddenly I had an urge. It was time to put down the lace knitting of summer and start on something warmer.
Welcome Gaia. My friends Cygknit and nittinmama3 have lovely versions of these. I’m using the Noro Taiyo – color way S1. It has been fun waiting to see what color comes up next.
I did rip back twice and I’m glad I did for both times. Once was early on where there was a long section of plain black. I ripped back and cut the yarn to take out more than half of that color section. A second time I missed the color change to start the transition row. The resulting stockinet section looked too wide. I ripped back to put in the transition rows where they should have gone and it has a more consistent look that I like better.
This pattern – A modified Juno Regina in Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud – Tango Heather [disc color] will go on hiatus until after the snows melt next year. It’s a lovely pattern and yarn, but my deadline isn’t until August next year so I’ll be okay.
I have a long list of warm and cozy items in my queue. Thanks to the Ravelry shopping list I also have the yarns to match! I had taken the list with me to Rhinebeck and I’m happy to report that I only bought yarn for projects that are on my list. Long gone are the days when I would buy yarn and say to myself that I’d eventually find a pattern to match. I’ve also sold several items from my stash this month through the listings on Ravelry. I’m getting better at estimating the postage. I took a huge hit on the shipping for some of the first sales.
I hope to post a lot more in the coming months. At Rhinebeck this October Gothknits and I were discussing how so many of us write blog posts in our heads but just never seem to get them typed out.
