sophy's knits, notes, etc.

Twice, today, I pulled up Webs to browse their yarn closeouts. Both times, I added a monstrous amount of yarn into my shopping cart and then removed everything. Some of my choice picks were: Classic Elite's Skye Tweed in Rosey Glow (#1225) and Jaeger Sienna in Blue Grey (#430).

You see, I don't really need to buy more yarn. I have shelves of yarn waiting to be knit, and you can see my queue for yourself... That's a long list. And of course, I did just recently purchase some new yarns from Webs... There was the Valley Yarns English Tweed which will be made into Eunny Jang's Tangled Yoke cardigan. And, there was the box containing (my moment-of-insanity purchase of) 15 skeins of Debbie Bliss Donegal Tweed Chunky, which will be made into Anna Bell's Flicca this winter. Let me not forget the 5 skeins of Elsebeth Lavolds' Silky Wool, which I bought on sale at Imagiknit and, honestly, because I thought it was Silky Tweed. (I am quite obsessed with tweed, if you couldn't tell.)

 

I thought to convince myself that I needed the Skye Tweed to make the Tangled Yoke cardigan, just in case I didn't like the Valley Yarns. And the Sienna would be a cotton Arisaig cardigan. In the blue grey color, I could use these cute little frog clasps I just recently bought at Imagiknit.

Now I'm trying to convince myself that I would not wear the tangled yoke cardigan nearly as often were I to make it in the bright pink Rosey Glow and not the more muted softgrape color. And, in fact, the English tweed isn't so muted. It's covered in flecks of bright pinks and lavender and, even, gold. Don't you think that would be much more lovely with the tangled cable motif and for the coming autumn?

Oh no! Don't you think the Rosey Glow would look wonderful as the Demi cabled pullover from Rowan's Vintage Knits? Have you seen Elliphantom's version? Must not go there...

And, ah—Arisaig. The more I see Hilary's amazing progress on this beautiful lace cardigan, the more I just want to cast-on immediately for it. But sadly, I just do not have the yarn for this at the moment. And, will it work in Jaeger's Sienna, a cotton yarn? Or should I indeed find a soft fingering-weight animal fiber? I've already missed the chance to grab Webs' closeout of Jaeger's Matchmaker 4-ply in a color I would want. Would Dale of Norway's Baby Ull be a good substitute? Jaeger's Baby Merino 4-ply? Recommendations?

The Silky Wool? I have no idea what I can do with only five skeins of it and in color Petrol (#35). Perhaps a vest? Well, regardless... I definitely don't need to add to my stash. Today, at least, I will be good.

And, if you're wondering what I've been up to these past few post-less days, here's a picture of my latest start on Adam's sweater. Do you remember this yarn? Rowan Summer Tweed. (Yup. Another tweed!) This time, I'm starting from scratch. No more modifying patterns to fit Adam's measurements. (I didn't do a very good job of it when I tried to knit him Kim Hargreave's Jarret.) And, for simplicity, I'm knitting it all in one piece on circular needles. (As much in one piece as is possible.) The sleeves will be knit separate and attached at the armpit... Raglan yoke... You get the idea. Since I didn't even want to have to pick up stitches for the button and buttonhole bands or collar, I'm knitting those as I go. Yup. The only finishing I want to do is grafting the armpits together... and I guess weaving in ends. *sigh* There are some things that can't be avoided...

In a way, I'm preparing myself for knitting the tangled yoke cardigan, since that is knitted similarly. And, I'm definitely preparing to knit a Flicca similar to Craftoholic's lovely version. (Although I've wanted to knit Flicca since Anna Bell made the pattern available on her site, I did not buy the donegal tweed until I read this post, perhaps the day I read her post, even.)