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March 01, 2006
Electra issue
My last post was Feb 22, just one week before from now as usual. It is my usual pace for the blog posting but this time it contains something unusual for me.
First, look at this:
This is Electra, the cover photo design of Rowan #38. Around a week ago, suddenly I was hooked by this, and decided that I had to knit this. I have knitted a that kind of stripy slipover last winter, so I want to make a Electra cardigan(there is both pattern for slipover and cardi), with this cover's colorway. I love this looks. So I went to my local Rowan shop to get the exact yarn.
When I first tried to find out the actual yarn for the yarn A, I was stunned. the yarns called by this colorway are:
yarn A Yorkshire Tweed DK Revel 342(under rib and biggest part of this slipover)
yarn B Felted Tweed Midnight 133(blacky dark part)
yarn C Kidsilk Haze Splendour 579(pink narrow stripe)
yarn D Felted Tweed Melody 142(whity light part)
I thought the yarn A should be kind of deep rose, with a bit red-burgundy scent, from the cover photo. The real yarn is SO MUCH purplish strong pink, like cyclamen's pink. The shop even had the very sample garment and showed it to me, it is so, so far away from my image. The slipover is completely pinky-PURPLE, not burgundy. That is NOT what I want. Definitely I cannot use that Yorkshire tweed yarn for my cardi.
So far I tried to construct a colorway which suits my own image of the garment. The below is this:
yarn A Felted Tweed 144 (deep red)
yarn B Felted Tweed Midnight 133(same as original)
yarn C Kidsilk Spray Regal 574(pink variegated)
yarn D Felted Tweed Melody 142(same as original)
How do you think? I am quite happy with these, actually so happy and excited, it made me do that:
Normally my post makes excuses why my project doesn't show any progress or why I cannot find time to knit, but this time, my WIP is really less than one week old. I didn't hide it before. I had casted on last Friday and knitting this is SO enjoyable, and miraculously my DS team gave me a good time to knit calmly last Saturday, as a result I now reached to sleeve decrease. And lt looks as I expected.
Besides, this design looks like fair-isle, but actually it is just a combination of simple stripes and so-little fair-isle. The yarns normally calls US#6(4mm) needles but this pattern requires to use US#7(4.5mm) for the body. The knitted garment is very light weight and soft, I love that too.
When I bought the yarn I've got an idea somewhere in my head that it might not the appropriate time to start a new winter project, since I am the person who knit other fiber than wool, for being suitable to the actual season. Now I should start for spring and summer seaason...
This time though, I just cannot stop myself and the urge was so overwhelming. But this is progressing now very fast, it makes me a bit relieved. Of course you cannot know in advance what is happening next, you know....
BTW I am showing my hourglass sweater's progress:
Now I have just passed tne second increasing round. It is easy going knit so I knit it in bit moments sneaked from day's errands. Slowly progressing.
After the Bobby sweater off the needles, even before joining them, I have casted on it:
My Jaywalker! with the new yarn from Etzy shop. Now this is my WIP on the go after Bobby. Oh yes, I have to join it...(lazy me!)
Other than that, I frogged a WIP scarf and some others to tidy up my WIP's sloppy status. Adding to the above, OF COURSE I am now planning my spring projects!! Yeah, I am hopeless. I know.
Posted by trico at March 1, 2006 11:12 AM
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All your projects are in beautiful colours today.
Posted by: erin at March 2, 2006 11:49 AM
Hi, I've been reading your blog for a little while and had to come and comment about Electra. I'm so glad you're doing the cardi version as it's been on my list since I got the magazine. I've seen people do the vest version on some blogs, but never the cardi version. Look forward to seeing your progress, and by the way your sock looks gorgeous.
Posted by: Chrissy at March 2, 2006 03:18 PM
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Posted by: naganasu at March 2, 2006 06:54 PM
I love the Jaywalker sock. What a great pattern. Thanks for sending me the link to the pattern! I am going to try it soon... but first I have to finish another pair of socks. I have too many WIP's!!
SP7
Posted by: Secret Pal 7 at March 14, 2006 07:58 AM