January One -- Noro Silk Garden Wrap

November 12, 2004

Progress

The Shedir is coming along nicely. I'm just about finished the second pattern repeat - it's going pretty quickly now. I had some trouble on round #25 - I must have purled where I needed to knit or something - but it was easily remedied by taking out the equivalent to one round. All fixed now. Here are some pictures:

I've decided to give the hat to Jen's friend who starts chemo next week. I figure if I like it I can always make another one, but I'd rather this one is used in the spirit with which the pattern was written.

I was in the mood for pictures this morning, so here are a few more. This is what I've been doing with my Noro Silk Garden #84:

I found the stitch pattern on the web, but soon realized I had it at home in one of my Harmony Stitch Books. It's about 21" wide pre-blocked - I'm thinking it will stretch out a little bit more after blocking. I also have visions of lots of fringe. I'm hoping it will be quite elegant when it's finished. I have about two skeins left to go.

I decided to throw caution to the wind and go with the Peruvian Collection Highland Wool for the Ribby Cardi. Here's the color palette I chose:

grape heather	antique blue

I'm excited about it. I read a rumor that there will be a Ribby Cardi knitalong in the New Year, so there's an ETA for the sweater.

It's rainy and cold today. Perfect for knitting.

Posted by Cara at 03:05 PM