Slowly, slowly, my sweater on no. 4 needles is growing.
At least this is a sweater where I started from the bottom and work on the whole body until the armholes. Goes quicker, I start and end a row with the lace pattern, and plain stockinette in between.
At this point I’m almost to the armhole. This should be a cute small, fitted cardigan. That is the plan at any rate. With knitting you never really know.
The pattern called for a smaller lace along the front, and this lace on the back. I used this lace along the front. The back will be plain and I will probably use the small lace down the length of the sleeves.
Front and back view of the lace. This is the merino possum from New Zealand. I get why they add the possum. They are trying to use the fur of an animal that is a complete pest. It does add a certain halo to the yarn. In this case, the yarn is very nice to knit with. The white shawl I knit also had some acrylic and it’s not quite as soft.
Both fronts are done. There is an interesting heather look to this yarn that I like very much. Is it because of the possum? Maybe. In the dye process the merino and the possum have probably taken the dye differently, which gives this sweater a lovely weathered look.
Now that I am done with this lace, I know I’ll miss it as I knit the sleeves. I got into the rhythm.
I made this bag years ago, I still use it for knitting projects. Here I just put it on the table and shot into the sun.
Then to get a better image, I moved it into the shade.
It was my birthday this week. Had a lovely lunch with Joel, sorry about the guy in the background. He was there.
It was a lovely lunch, then we went and also had dinner out. That is really a splurge, two meals out! Well it was my birthday after all.
Leah