The Knitters Thread

Savvy_Sue

Well, here it is, and I have to say I'm pleased: 

alicef

@Savvy_Sue I think the trace of blue in the ribbing is genius.   

I'm still sewing in ends on my vest but only the front to do, then blocking and the rib.  Have started my KAL but haven't been lured in to the first pattern ...quite.  Plus I don't have the yarn from stash and I'm not going to add to stash without a GOOD REASON, (aka my b/day).    

Savvy_Sue

alicef said:

@Savvy_Sue I think the trace of blue in the ribbing is genius.   

Ah well, the flash of colour in the rib is 'traditional' cricket pullover! Different clubs go for different colours, but England have royal blue, so that seemed safest! Fortunately no-one who knows about these things has criticised the actual cabling, which can be far more complicated ... 

alicef

@Savvy_Sue - of course club colours!    That's such a lovely touch!   Do clubs have their own vest pattern?

Savvy_Sue

alicef said:

@Savvy_Sue - of course club colours!    That's such a lovely touch!   Do clubs have their own vest pattern?

Now that I'm not sure about: when DS3 was playing cricket and my mum knitted him one, it was just the colour she asked about, and he didn't seem too fussed about that. 

Great Nephew needs to grow a bit before that one can be passed on!

PipneyJane

The cricket vest is lovely @Savvy_Sue.  I’m sure your great-nephew will be overjoyed to receive it and will wear it with pride.

- Pip

Savvy_Sue

The cricket pullover has had its first outing to the Oval today, although apparently a bit warmer than really required today. DGN looks very cheeky in it, and there is plenty of room for growth. 

I'm now wondering what to knit next ... I have wool for a cardigan, and for socks, neither of which I actually need. I am pondering a triangular shawl for which I have a pattern and would use up some mohair, but it starts at the long end and decreases, whereas my instinct is to start at the thin end and stop as soon as it's big enough ... 

alicef

@Savvy_Sue - an outing to the Oval - that's lovely and very appropriate.

Well I have a big pile of colourwork project finishing off to do - aka weaving in ends/blocking/sewing up etc. My next project will, most certainly, be in a single colour.

Katiehound

Savvy_Sue said:

  I am pondering a triangular shawl for which I have a pattern and would use up some mohair, but it starts at the long end and decreases, whereas my instinct is to start at the thin end and stop as soon as it's big enough ... 

 my aunt used to knit raglan sleeves from the top downwards so that it was easy to replace worn cuffs  so I should imagine it can't be too difficult to reverse the shaping on a shawl except mohair doesn't lend itself to being unpicked as you experiment!

PipneyJane

Good idea @Katiehound.

@Savvy_Sue I had a look on Ravelry for a shawl knitted point up, and came across this one which was published in Knitty in 2012.  (The link is to Knitty.). Might be worth a try. 

I have a couple of FO’s to share, two pairs of fingerless mitts made from leftover stash:



(No idea why my hands look so blue.).

The pink ones are for a very good friend, who requested a pair.  It was hand-dyed by the Natural Fibre Company and bought in ? 2007.  (I made a pair of socks in it, which promptly shrank.)  There wasn’t quite enough to make mitts long enough to cover my friend’s hands, hence the 5-rounds-deep white borders.

The grey ones are another pair made from the leftovers from knitting a pair of socks.  I actually started them first for my friend, then decided they were more me than her, so had another hunt to find something in pink to go with her wardrobe.

Also completed is a Five Hour Baby Sweater, which I knitted for one of DH’s ex-colleagues, whose baby is due any minute now.



(I love the ladybird buttons.)

Searching for the yarn to make that has put me on a serious yarn diet.  It made me realise just how much I have stashed away.  I’m probably at SABLE.

- Pip