July 16, 2010

3 more sleeps

I'm trying not to hyperventilate about my vacation ending in a few days. I'm in full denial by staying up super late every night listening to knitting podcasts, catching up on blogs and knitting. (Oh wait. I do that all the time normally. But without the sleeping in part.)

I'm dividing my fibre time between spinning some merino I dyed a few years ago...


(I have 4oz and I'm shooting for a fingering 3 ply. Sorry about the blurry pic.)

and my incredibly fun and lovely testknit. (Should testknit be hyphenated? 2 words? I keep wondering)

It's as-yet unblocked and armless but I think you can see its charm. Thea is such a fabulous designer. You can tell I'm in the finish-as-you-go camp. It breaks things up a bit and I hate doing all the finishing at the end. Even with seamless construction.

I'm also doing tons of sketching and swatching for new stuff. I will eventually need testers, if anyone's into it.

Now I should probably go and round up something for supper, since I don't think slurpees count.
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10 comments:

  1. knithound brooklynJuly 16, 2010 at 6:36 PM

    Hi Chris, thanks for your sweet comments. That green sweater is really nice. And oh man I wish I was on vacation between the oppressive heat and the Tour de Fleece. Milk every minute!

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  2. AnonymousJuly 16, 2010 at 7:26 PM

    Every once in a while slurpees could count, especially if you had veggies/protein earlier in the day...
    Tamaram

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  3. WollgutJuly 16, 2010 at 7:27 PM

    That is a gorgeous sweater indeed!

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  4. KarJuly 16, 2010 at 8:11 PM

    I'm not sure, but when it's Africa hot out, I think Slurpees count. At least in my book.

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  5. barefootroosterJuly 16, 2010 at 10:22 PM

    so pretty -- both of these. hope you enjoy every last ounce of vacation!

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  6. AnonymousJuly 17, 2010 at 8:55 PM

    Hi you -- checking in from my vacation and it's looking good! I so love that green.....

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  7. AnonymousJuly 17, 2010 at 8:55 PM

    Thea, not really Maya -

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  8. AnonymousJuly 23, 2010 at 9:58 AM

    Just curious, how in the world do you finish as you go? Kind of give me a run down of what you do when if you could. Also, what yarn is this? It is FANTASTIC looking!~Jan

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  9. ChrisJuly 23, 2010 at 11:20 AM

    Hi Jan

    I mean that, in this case there are no side seams so I wove in the ends periodically once I was a few inches past the joins instead of doing them all at the end. With a seamed garment I can't do that so easily. I did the collar now instead of the end and I sewed on the buttons so I could see what they look like.

    This is Knitpicks Swish Worsted in "Dublin".

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  10. AnonymousJuly 26, 2010 at 6:22 PM

    Ahhhhh, great idea! This would sure help the dread factor I get at the end. Thanks! ~Jan

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