Thursday, April 05, 2007

A combination of new yarns


A combination of new yarns
Originally uploaded by iamsalad.
So I thought I'd update on some of my new yarns since I don't have much Finished or In-Progress knitting to show you. These are some yarns I bought from Knitpicks.com and Handpaintedyarn.com

The thicker stuff will probably be used for felting while the violet is for a new Tivoli tee to replace the one I lost and the top two on the left are lace-weight yarns for some shawls or wraps.

Although I am working on something now I doubt there will be any progress pics, just a grand finale picture.

Oh and I'll try to post some of my finished swallowtail in-use as well.

In Knitting related news I went to Loopy for a book signing party last night and met Amy Singer of Knitty fame. She was really fun! Just the kind of knitter I'd want to hang out with! (although admittedly that is MOST knitters). Upon meeting her she instantly pointed at my wrap said "COZY!" and snapped a picture. Moments later she saw my knitting bag and insisted on another picture, so I was seeing spots the whole time I was yarn shopping.

YAY!

My former college roomie Mara just had a beautiful baby boy named Liam! I'm so excited!



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Saturday, March 10, 2007

Lily of the Valley Detail

I'm so in love with the lily of the vally pattern. I don't know what it is about those nupps, and find it especially odd since I don't like bobbles, but am loving these nupps.


...I've been sitting around knitting murmering "nupp, nupp, nupp" over and over...is that bad?

Lily of the Valley Detail
Originally uploaded by iamsalad.

Swallowtail near completion


Swallowtail near completion
Originally uploaded by iamsalad.

Monday, March 05, 2007

Swallowtail progress


Swallowtail progress
Originally uploaded by iamsalad.
Here it is, almost finished with the tedious boring part

Detail


Detail
Originally uploaded by iamsalad.

I have a new camera ...


Detail
Originally uploaded by iamsalad.
So now it's time to share my current project: the Swallowtail shawl from the Fall 2006 Interweave