Cobblestone Pullover

Cobblestone Sweater

Cobblestone Pullover
Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed / 12.5 balls / 43.5 chest size
Size 7 needles
Raveled

I love this sweater! It's been stupidly warm here so he probably won't be able to wear it until we hit Yosemite in May, but I like to cuddle up in it on the couch.

I had a bit of a dyelot issue that I didn't notice until I started photographing it. Oh well. Let's just hope he never gets photographed in this thing.

One word of advice is to reinforce the neck. Both M and I thought it was way too floppy and loosy-goosey, even though I followed the directions to a T. I wove some heavy elastic through it a few times and it made it much more to our liking.

The sleeves turned out too long for his tastes (damn Silkroad Tweed grows like CRAZY), so he's going to fold them up for now.

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Next WIP: The backyard

Warning: Blocking Sweaters in Fog is Not a Good Idea

So did I meet my Cobblestone deadline for Cambria?

Yes and No.

Yes it's done:

NO it didn't dry in time. On Friday I finished it in the car, dunked it that night, and on Sunday I had to lay it out in the trunk on the way home because it was still damp.

There's also a minor issue of the sleeves being too long and the collar needing some reinforcement, so I'm calling this one a bust. Too bad though, it was windy as HELL and hubby could of used a nice, cuddly sweater.



I'm happy with the results, and I'll give it some proper credit when I can convience Matt to put on a wool sweater in 78+ degree weather.

It really was a nice weekend, despite some family issues I don't care to discuss on here. We did some wine tasting, ate some osyters and crab, and I'm still sore from this:


Very impressive at 28, I like to think. Nevermind my sister had bruises behind her knees and I had some issues lifting my arms over my head.

3.17.08

LOVE WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

I highly recommend this show if you are in Vegas anytime soon. Made me fall in love with the boys all over again. Major kudos to my hubby for such a great birthday gift!

The rest of the trip was really fun - the weather was awesome, I did some shopping, Matt didn't lose too much money, and there was Patron.


I love Patron.

And didn't have too hard of a time getting out of bed this morning.

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I finished another sweater, but these photos aren't that great.


Black A-Line Jacket // DROPS Design
Size Large
Knit Picks Wool of the Andes, Doubled, in Coal - 14 balls
Size 11 + 9 needles.
Raveled

I love it, but it's hard to photograph black in the AM with no natural light, so my new Beatles Tee-Shirt got the honors. Will try for a better one later this week.

Cobblestone is plugging away - I didn't get as much done this weekend as I wanted to, but only because I wasn't taking the chance of doing math when mas tequila had been consumed. So here she sits:

I've got 12 days to finish this. Send some love, people.

The lack of Cobblestone knitting yielded this:

I started that when I got on the plane, and finished it on the car home from the airport. If you're doing the math, I did NOT finish this in 50 minutes, we just had that long of a delay sitting on the runway.


I just discovered my camera has a marco feature. Who knew.

To Vegas, With LOVE

I am plugging away on Cobblestone, despite the fact that my inner cast-oner is screaming at me to start something new. My goal is to have this bad boy finished by next weekend when we are in Cambria, so Matt can wear it at least once before the 10,000 degree summer hits.

And I'm going to say it again: I LOVE Jo Sharp Silky Tweed. LOVE IT. Going to buy more for the Central Park Hoodie ASAP.


[snapped before I headed home from work last night, got a tiny bit done before going to bed]

We're flying out to Vegas this weekend (oh, I am already dreading Monday - I'm getting too old for weekends like this!), so hopefully I can get in some good progress in the airport/on the plane. Yes I know it's only a 50 minute flight from here, but I get so damn nervous about flying I will be stitching non-stop to keep me occupied and not thinking about how the plane could crash into a mountain or something like that. /drama.

All sarcasam aside, I am SUPER excitied because Matt got me the most AWESOME birthday gift this year! Two tickets to see:



For those of you who don't know me in real life, I LOVE, LOVE (no pun intended! Ha!), LOVE the Beatles. There are photos of them all over my office. "In My Life" was my father-daughter dance. I wanted to marry George Harrison when I was little and I cried when he passed in 2001.

Oh yes, I can't wait. Makes me sort of ok with braving the not-so-FRIENDLY skies.

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One more wedding photo:


YAY! We're OFFICIALLY Mr. & Mrs. C!

2.27.08

I feel like posting today, but I don't have a lot to say. We'll see where this goes.

We've been settling into post-wedding life (38 days ago!) and all the cardboard boxes and PACKING PEANUTS (oh, the packing peanuts) are finally out of the house. This is the first time we've been able to focus on actually getting the house put together, and it's been SO satisfying to complete these little home projects (putting away the china in felt covers, sanding down and painting a desk for the spare room, planting some grass and freesia plants in the backyard, organizing the garage). My newest obsession is what to do to add some visual appeal to our living room. I've been LOVING patterns - and I think curtains are the best way to do this:


I just LOVE these from Pottery Barn but even on sale, I don't feel like dropping that sort of $$$ for my vision. So fabric.com it is:




Since I FINALLY have place for my sewing machine (see home projects; above), this may come to be. I've been totally inspired by the mysterious subscription to Domino that started showing up 2 monthes ago.

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As seen in a previous post, I started a sweater for Matt. It's Cobblestone, in Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed (which is SERIOUSLY my favorite yarn EVER). I love how rustic it is turning out - very different from anything else in my sweetie's closet. I finished the body and am about 1/2 way through the 1st sleeve. Goal finish date is the end of March, in time for our weekend in Cambria. Working on a pillow for the spare room and a Linen top, too. The WIP's never stop.

Terror

Matt and I like terrorizing our dog, apparently.

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Sweater updates soon: