TRUNK SHOW MEANS YARN ACQUISION
Some knitters that I meet with weekly while in Naples made a road trip yesterday to visit A Good Yarn, a yarn shop in Sarasota FL for a trunk show of Miss Babs yarns. It was fun to have a “girls trip” to shop for yarn and enjoy lunch together at a French cafe. We got to meet Miss Babs and definitely bought a lot of yarn. I did pretty good on my haul. Only 4 skeins. 3 skeins of mohair to go with yarn already in my stash to make projects I already had in mind (Promenade Blouse, Lace & Fade Boxy, Ranunculus). The “slurge” was a skein of cashmere/silk that I will use to knit the Sophie Scarf.
BUTTERCUP TEE
HahHa. Not surprisingly I didn’t do either thing I thought I would last week with this tee. The neck was indeed too big to just add a few garter rows so I frogged it. I was only 5 days into the project so not a lot of lost time.
Instead of moving to a pattern designed for my yarn I decided to give the Buttercup Tee one more go. This time I reduced the cast-on from 58 stitches to 38 stitches to match the reduction in the lace panel I did last time by eliminating one pattern repeat due to the thick yarn. This means I’m really winging it when it comes to how often to do raglan increases. I’ve measured the desired sleeve width and back/front widths so that I can make increases to get the needed measurements before splitting for sleeves. I do like the yarn and the colorway. (Butter Ball – not sure I like being a Butterball. I think Sweet Corn would be slightly more appealing.) It will be a wonderful summer top if I can figure out the sizing.
SOCKS GOT MINIMAL ATTENTION THIS WEEK
I do love the fall colorway of my Vivaldi Spring socks so I’m tickled I’m ending up with a pair of shorties from it. To prevent one sock syndrome, I force myself to knit both toes, then both feet, followed by both heels, both legs, and finally both cuffs. No finish a sock and start all over again with the second one hoping they match. Not much to see this week so I’m not going to post a picture. Similarly the Fixation socks got a little attention this week but not enough to justify photo.
FINISHING UP
Sadly our friends from Cincinnati just called to say they were headed back to Cininnati after driving all the way to Atlanta yesterday. They were supposed to join us here in Naples, FL for a week but the hubby experienced a medical issue last night. Nothing life threatening but best to go home for medical attention as needed. We head north on the 31st. I’m looking forward to spending an evening with my son and his wife in Gainesville, FL before heading to Charleston, SC to spend an evening with my daughter and her husband. Plus I’m already making plans to connect with knitting friends back in Cincinnati in April.
Hope you have had a good week and have fun things to look forward to in the coming week.
This has been a Ravelry Year of Projects post. Bloggers are encouraged to share their fiber plans for the year and then post weekly updates. Sticking to the plan is not required. 😉
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Your new yarn looks lovely and the new buttercup tee looks great – you can call it whatever you want – sweetcorn sounds good to me!
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Haha. Thanks. I’m excited about knitting with my new yarns so I need to get that Buttercup Tee finished ASAP.
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What a fun trip. You did purchase some lovely yarn. Your butter cup is really giving you some fits. Hopefully it will all work out as you go along
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My buttercup tee is certainly a lesson in why it’s not simple to just substitute a different yarn weight into patterns. Definitely should have put more thought into how the gauge would affect the needed stitch counts and rows so that I could better plan my increases.
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I hate winging it, my math skills suck lol. Glad you’ll be able to catch up with your friends in April and that he wasn’t seriously ill.
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Yeah, I think I’m learning my lesson about using the wrong size yarn for the pattern.
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You certainly picked some beautiful yarns to add to your stash. I really do wish you the best with the raglan on your buttercup tee, fingers crossed it works out well now and you are happier with the finished neckline. Safe travels back north.
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Thanks. I tried it on this morning and I think it’s going to be good. Big unknown is how much the linen yarn is going to stretch with time.
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Always reassuring to know that others do the same as me – rip it out and wing it! Not every time, of course, but every so often it seems the best thing to do.
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Certainly worth a try. I’m getting better about accepting ripping out as part of the making process.
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