Wednesday 1 June 2011

Another new project you say?

I started another new project...yes I know I have oodles of WIPs but I DON'T CARE. Nope...not one bit. Knitting is not the boss of me and I shall knit whatever I like whenever I like so there.


It's OK to knit new things anyway, I'm "stash-busting" and that's a good thing. The current bit of stash I've decided to bust is the bit that expanded last October when I went to Loop in London. One of my purchases there was a divinely soft skein of Old Maiden Aunt Alpaca/Silk Sport in "Last Night's Red Dress" now I'm not sure what was done in this red dress as the yarn is quite definitely purple to me! Still it's beautiful and soft and I bought it entirely on a whim then had no idea what to do with it.


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Well I found a pattern in my latest copy of Simply Knitting and decided that this yarn would be just lovely for it. The pattern, Aqua Ripples, is for a simple lace cowl and matching fingerless mitts. It's written to be knit in Natural Dye Studio Queenied Love which is double knitting weight and a bit heavier than the Old Maiden Aunt but I decided to give it a go anyway and see how it went. It seems to be going well so far but when I come to the mitts I'm going to use a smaller needle as I think 4mm is really a little big for the yarn I'm using and my hands and wrists are stupidly skinny compared to the rest of me anyway so a tighter fit on the mitts would be better.

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Anyway I'm happy. I'm using up yarn and the magazine purchase was actually worth it as for once I'm knitting one of the printed patterns! Amazing.

10 comments:

  1. It's a lovely colour. You'll be all set for winter. I've never knit anything from a magazine pattern yet.

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  2. Fabby colour NM. It looks really squishy.

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  3. Gorgeous yarn - but I had the same reaction as you when I saw the name of the colourway - what the hell happened in that dress! It looks so lovely to knit with (alpaca silk is my favouritest blend)

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  4. I agree there is nothing wrong with starting new projects x Here's to stash busting!!!!

    Leah x

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  5. Last Night's Red Dress got grape kool-aid spilled on it ;-)

    Pretty ... can't wait to see it done.

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  6. Maybe it was a white dress that got red wine spilled on it last night!?

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  7. Yay for being the boss of your knitting - this looks very pretty

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  8. Yeah ... there's nothing read about that yarn! It is beautiful though. I felt bad for casting on new socks with all these other wips, you reminded me ... who cares!

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  9. I just love the colours in that yarn - gorgeous!

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  10. By NO means should you ever feel guilty about new projects, especially not ones made from stash yarn, and ESPECIALLY stash yarn in that colour. WOW!

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