I came, I saw, I knit it again....

Those Thuja socks are being knit with Artyarns Merino, the yarn called for in the pattern. I went down to a size 3 needle, which made them the perfect size for a woman's foot. I am sitting here finishing them up as we speak so completed photos will soon follow!

However, last night about 20 hours of worthless knitting met its demise:

You may remember this stack of Knit Picks Shine Worsted in its previous form, as the Karabella sweater which I had been lusting over for months. Neat pattern, CRAPPY choice of yarn on my behalf - WAYYYY too heavy.

So I set out with a pair of scissors, a darning needles, a glass of wine and a lot of patience, and I ended up with this. Can anyone out there suggest a good summery pattern for 16 balls of Shine Worsted? I'd like to turn this into something as quick as possible so it doesn't continue to taunt me there from the dresser.

Also, I FINALLY figured out this set-in, top-down sleeve thing, with a little help from a post Lauren made a few weeks ago.


Viva supervised the entire process

Summer, Summer, Summer Time!

Happy Belated 4th of July!

We have our own way of celebrating here in the 'No
Thank you thank you THANK YOU for all the nice comments on Manresa. Putting a pattern out there on the Internet these days seems to be an open invitation for criticism (hi, don't want to wind up on 'You Knit What?'), so hearing positives is a big sigh of relief.

It's been a crazy week/end: the Cabin, Kaci's departure for Michigan, 4th of July Parties that included moving a bbq onto my deck & highly-illegal bottle rockets, planning trips to Italy, eating sushi for breakfast, surviving a couple rounds of shots called 'Beatle Mania', and still staying up WAY too late (but it's a good thing, rememeber? ;] )

Last night I finally crashed out and spent the ENTIRE night (by entire, I mean from 3:30pm until 9pm) crashed on my couch, watching the Discovery Channel, eating pepperchinis, and knitting away. Results below.

My weekend picks up again tonight @ the baseball game, then tomorrow at a friend's family party, then some day drinking on Saturday leading to who knows WHAT.... can you tell it's summer?????

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Knitterly things
Finished:


Prarie Tunic from Spring 06 Interweave Knits
Rowan 4ply Cotton, in Bluebell, about 4.5 balls
Size 3 needles
This is the pre-blocking, pre-real strap, photo I took last night as soon as I sewed it up. Better ones to follow...

Knitting Today:

Thuja from Knitty

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Pattern here.