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FO: Featherweight Cardigan
Yesterday I got to unpin my newly finished cardigan and go get some photos in the sun and wear it to KnitSoc all in one go. It's very warm even though it's so light (I've been told that alpaca is seven times warmer than standard sheep) and I love it so much! I've got some more details on the Ravelry project page.
The finished cardigan in all its glory! Photo taken on North Bridge, Edinburgh, with Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat in the background.
Blocking is both my favourite and least favourite thing about knitting. It's frustrating to do, but it's absolutely magical as a finishing touch: this time it really made the fabric drapey, opened up the lace, relaxed the roll of the stockinette, and evened out the length difference in the sleeves. Amazing!
Detail of the blocking. In my vain attempt to defy not gravity but the nature of stockinette (i.e. rolling) I put a pin every inch or so along the collar. It didn't really help, but it turns out I really like the rolling anyway!
I might ask my grandmother to buy me a shawl pin as a graduation gift, because I love the look of the rolled collar when I pinch the sides together at my waist. Yay variety!
I've started spinning again, and it's great fun but very slow. I expect to have finished spinning the fibre I'm working on right now into singles by the end of the year... I've also cast on the Nennir cowl to use up my last 2.5 balls of alpaca. It's high on complicatedness and thinking but sooo pretty, so maybe a good complement to non-thinky spinning?
The finished cardigan in all its glory! Photo taken on North Bridge, Edinburgh, with Salisbury Crags and Arthur's Seat in the background.
Blocking is both my favourite and least favourite thing about knitting. It's frustrating to do, but it's absolutely magical as a finishing touch: this time it really made the fabric drapey, opened up the lace, relaxed the roll of the stockinette, and evened out the length difference in the sleeves. Amazing!
Detail of the blocking. In my vain attempt to defy not gravity but the nature of stockinette (i.e. rolling) I put a pin every inch or so along the collar. It didn't really help, but it turns out I really like the rolling anyway!
I might ask my grandmother to buy me a shawl pin as a graduation gift, because I love the look of the rolled collar when I pinch the sides together at my waist. Yay variety!
I've started spinning again, and it's great fun but very slow. I expect to have finished spinning the fibre I'm working on right now into singles by the end of the year... I've also cast on the Nennir cowl to use up my last 2.5 balls of alpaca. It's high on complicatedness and thinking but sooo pretty, so maybe a good complement to non-thinky spinning?