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April 28, 2005
I'm Knitting as Fast as I Can
I got my order of yarn from Webs today. Yum yum yum. I got a couple of balls of the ever-popular (around here, anyway) Lana Grossa 127 Print, one in a lovely watermelon-pink and the other in a juicy tangeriney color. I also got some Blue Sky Organic Cotton and some Artyarns Supermerino. Since I'm so in love with their Ultramerino, I thought I'd try this, since it's superwash. I got color 104, and the picture on Webs' site doesn't even come close to doing it justice.
I've been making plain 'ol socks from a super easy pattern in Weekend Knitting, which I like because it calls for worsted-weight yarn on US6 and US7 needles. I got the Blue Sky cotton in the hopes of making Rob a pair of socks (He apparently hates wool. He claims that Artyarns Ultramerino is "scratchy". Clearly is a "lunatic"), but I'm not sure it'll work for this. It's on the chubby side of worsted. But I'll give it a try. Of course, I must use the Supermerino first. It's laying on the table shrieking "Knit me! Knit me! Hurry up and finish that sock you're working on! Knit me ! Now!" Really, it's deafening.
Backyard Leaves has seven pattern repeats completed, if anybody cares.
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I care! Look at you, Backyard Leaves Queen! 7 repeats is pretty much half of the scarf! I'm glad you were able to decipher the pattern - not so bad, right?
127 print is really popular here, too, and it's a lovely yarn, good luck with it.
Posted by: grumperina at April 28, 2005 9:33 PM
Well, I thought *you'd* care. :) Yeah, once I got past the initial couple of stumbling blocks, it's not bad at all. I've memorized the edges, and can actually knit and sort of watch tv at the same time.
I actually think I may be obsessed with 127 print. The hat on the needles on my head in that photo up there uses it, and I just made a nice olive green one. I just loooooove the unpredictable way it stripes.
Posted by: Kate at April 28, 2005 9:55 PM
Lunatic is right! Holy cow, that stuff is super soft.
Posted by: Wendy at May 6, 2005 6:01 PM