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Summer is my favorite
season. Even though we now live in a
tropical-ish hot and humid clime, my enthusiasm for summer has not diminished
in the least. And while summer has not officially
arrived, summer weather is definitely here on the Gulf Coast
<-- I finished my Aurelia and I
just love it! Wore it this weekend. The bamboo really is comfortable for warmer
weather and it feels nice too. Very
happy with this pattern, this yarn, and this project. Not so much with the picture. I don't know why there are weird swirlies in it. They are not on the garment. I blame pixels. My luck with pictures continues...
What I’m not happy with is
this:
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| Not Happy! :o( |
As you can see, I’ve
completed one of the Honey Badger socks I’ve been making with some Colinette Jitterbug yarn I had left from my Ashton Shawlette. The yarn was great for the
shawlette. For socks? I’m so not lovin’ it. SO not.
There’s no stretch. I can barely
get this thing over my foot, my toes are squished (even though I went as long
as my measurements said I should for the length), and the ankle is baggy. I’m not sure if the problem is entirely the
yarn or if the pattern plays into it as well – although the pattern is so cute. It surely couldn’t be my knitting, could
it? Don’t tell me. I don’t want to know. Bottom line is, I probably won’t knit the
mate. I’m not certain that I have enough
yarn left anyway. Perhaps I’ll just sew
eyes on the thing and make a sock puppet.
And then I’ll put on a show…
My next summer project is
the Regatta Tee from the latest Interweave Knits mag. I’m using bamboo from my stash once again and
if you don’t count how many times I had to tink back a row (or 5 - uh…twice) because I forgot to do the
decreases, it’s going very well.
I have
two or three other summer tops in my queue that I’d like to do this year. But then there’s this…
Deanne from my LYS recently reminded us all that now would be a good
time to plan our Christmas knitting.
This is a very valid point for me, especially after my race against the Christmas clock last year. But…but…
SUMMER. JUST. GOT. HERE.
*sigh*
I’ll start next month, Deanne, really I will.
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Oooo! Aurelia is lovely! I knit with bamboo once, it does feel dreamy, but the darn thing grew so much over time, I couldn't continue to wear it. I should be forgiving and try again.
ReplyDeleteOh, I really hope my Aurelia doesn't grow!
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