New, new, new!

 A much better set of pictures for the Scrappy Quilt, and a brand new sweater!

And my deliciously warm, woolly sweater.  Cascade 220 in a rust.

The bottom pictures shows off the cables better than the other ones (although the color is way too light).

A new raglan

 

Top down, again,but with the addition of a broad cable flanked by my favorite fake cable (which doesn't show up all that well in these pictures.  This is a dark purple yarn and also a bit nubbly, so stitch definition is there but not easily seen in photographs.

You can see the cables much better in this close-up.

 Here it is in more of the actual color, so rather dark.

The yarn is Rauma Finull Garn in color 4126, a heathered yarn over a grey base.  Sort of between a fingering and sport weight.  I used a size 4 needle for everything.  The neck and sleeve rib was done with a size 2 needle.

I'm not thrilled with the neckline; next raglan, I'll go with a shaped one; i.e. the back higher than the front.

It's warm and cozy, but probably not warm enough for Jan weather.  I do love this yarn, and will use it again and again.

What's New

A finished sweater, a sweater with 3" to go on the body, and the last full row of the Whirligig quilt.  That's enough for the moment.

A cable sweater for me.  Started toward the end of Aug and finished about 4 weeks later.  Ordinarily, a sweater like this takes me 2.5 - 3 weeks, but we were away, so very little knitting done.  This top picture is the sweater before blocking.  Notice how different it looks once it's been wet blocked.

Me, being silly:

A new sweater for DD2.  Fingering weight yarn with a lace panel.  When blocked, that panel will measure a bit over 5".  It just looks small here because all those stitches are on a 24" circular needle and squooshed together.  Trust me, a good wet blocking will open it all up.

And of course, the Whirligig quilt!  I'm on the last full row, with 2 more blocks to be attached.  Then I have to do the borders to square it all up.  Finally, it will get a solid border of something or other that I need to buy.

And a pretty leaf on my deck.  Don't you love the veins?

Kids knits

The latest sweaters (and a pair of socks) for the little kid, who will turn 6 at the end of the month. 

A close-up of the slip-stitch pattern:

This blue sweater was knitted in my usual fashion:  bottom up in the round, with the shoulders joined by knitting them off together.  Sleeves picked up from the armhole and worked down, also in the round.  I have to say that I much prefer working with stranded knitting than with slip stitches, but it is an interesting technique and the stripes have a texture to them that stranded knitting would not do.

This is a top-down yoke sweater, which may not fit him well.  We shall see.  The sleeves may be too long.  If it's too big, he'll grow and maybe use it later this season.  If it doesn't work at all, then his mom can donate to a charity. I love making yoke sweaters, but the fit confounds me (and I've made a lot of yoke sweaters).  Without him here to try on, it may not work at all.  Still, it was fun and I love stranded knitting.

And a pair of socks for him.  Again, I'm making them without trying on, so who knows if they will fit.

And finally, a sweater for me that I finished just before Thanksgiving. 

I've been on a cable binge, and this was the 3rd one I made.  Loved every minute of it.

Since July, I've made 7 sweaters, the ones not shown were not photographed.  I'm now taking a week or two off from them and knitting shawls.  Sweaters are very fast knits for me, but lace shawls take time and go slowly, and my hands need slow work.

Quilting?  What's that?  Do I remember how to sew?