I have been working kind of weird shifts at work so by the time I get home I don't feel like doing much of anything. The things I do feel like doing are knitting and watching the Knit Girllls videocast. I have been working on two projects.
The first one is a baby sweater/dress. This is a project for a friend/coworker of my mother's who is kind of like an older sister to me. She just recently gave birth to a beautiful baby girl. I was secretly hoping that she would have the baby on my birthday which is Friday (the 14th) but she was a week shy. I guess that is still pretty cool. But I am doing it in brown and pink with Cascade 220. My LYS does not carry 220 superwash so I am hoping she doesn't mind having to hand wash it. I did consider offering to hand wash it for her anytime it needed washing. I assume being a new mother is probably a tad time consuming. We'll see what happens when she gets it though. I am also thinking about making some booties in the same brown and perhaps a jumper. It depends on how much yarn I have left over though.
Obviously the bottom of the dress won't look sinched but I am only 16 inch circulars.
OK on to project #2
In the spirit of my knitting resolutions for 2011 I decided to start a pair of socks. This, if completed, will only be my second pair. I have attempted some other pairs but for various reasons had to quit. This pair is using another Cascade yarn called Heritage Handpaints and I am really enjoying using it. The pattern is Hermione's Everyday Socks. I first saw Carin on Round the Twist use this pattern and she had nothing but good things to say about it. It is a super easy top down pattern. Just a 4-row pattern repeat for the cuff then do the heel and use the same pattern for the top of the foot. I have never actually completed a top down sock so I am a little nervous the heel and picking up stitches.
I have noticed that the stitch definition is better when the fabric is stretched so once the sock is being worn you will be able to see the actual pattern. The picture that is used in the pattern has the sock being worn so you get the idea of what you are actually going to see.
So that is good I think. Happy knitting!
<3@abby
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