Finally got my feet under me and my Rug, which sounds funny, shouldn't a Rug should be under my feet???? I completed the colorwork rows last night. I'm (sort of )on a straightaway to the hem, there are some short rows coming up.
Color accurate! Unlike the earlier view here This is my first Junko Okomato design I am loving her writing style: no chit chat or overexplaining, she breaks it down into bite sized "sections" with a bit of chart in each. The shaping uses short rows to create sort of an oversized bubble. Risky choice, Japanese clothing styles frustratingly fail on me. I tried it on and I *think* it's going to be cozily oversized and drape well. After a good block!
There are some very long floats back there.I was slowed down trapping the floats until the very last 4 rows of colorwork when my brain finally kicked into gear. I realized it'd be sooo much easier if I'd just do what I usually do: hold one color in left hand and the other in my right. DUH?! I...forgot ? I guess its been a while since I knit a colorwork pattern! So that totally takes care of the tension and ease of trapping for my particular knitting style. I read that some knitters have used ladderback jacquard to knit the long float areas .That isn't in my skill set yet!
I say yet because one of my fellow KnitsStars Season 11 , Alice Hammer is teaching exactly that. The season is being offered for purchase later this week ! Have you tried any of the seasons or classes? I wasn't sure about Knitstars until I watched past seasons to familiarize myself. I am super picky about online classes, podcasts and YouTube channels. It is honestly worth it. The production quality is high, the way the classes are presented is professional and you own them, it's not a timed thing.
If you are at all tempted, check it out via my Knitstars /link -it's a waitlist until Sept 27th and then they remind you when it goes for sale live. If you have any questions at all about KnitStars please ask me!
In other news last weekend I helped my neighbor artist friend (and fellow beachcomber, we do a lot of beachglass hikes) Sarah Sorenson with a pop up seaglass jewelry sale event. You can find her on Instagram Ye of course I went home with a fabulous pair of earrings!
I was surprised to learn lots of folks around here never find any beachglass, since recycling and awareness around littering have changed habits. I think it's an eye thing--I pick up beach glass literally every day right down the street, my eyes are trained to see tiny details from knitting! Does that happen to you?
Yes I am a cliche, thankyouverymuch, coastal granma knitting and hoarding jars of seaglass....
Reading: this is Unraveling so I cant leave out my book , I am on the last part of James by Percival Everett. I slowed down because it is afterall, a chase, and the growing danger is making me stressed! The author deserves all the accolades received.
8 comments:
Ladderback jacquard is easier than you'd think and is just an ingenious solution to long floats!
I am nodding along with Sarah on Ladderback Jacquard... it is truly magic for those long floats! The beach glass! wow... so beautiful!
LOVE your sweater! It is a PERFECT cozy kind of sweater. (I'm another Ladderback Jacquard knitter -- and you can SO do it. Just sayin.) I do find that I can find little bits of things out in the wild that most of my friends totally miss. I always just thought it was a me-thing, but maybe it IS the knitting??? Regardless, I adore sea glass and wish I walked beaches more often to find it! (We can find it on Great Lakes beaches, but mostly it's special rocks there . . . )
I am looking forward to learning it! I’m not really intimidated by any knitting technique, although I do find some too fiddly for my knitting enjoyment.
I look forward to learning it!
A knitwear designer told me that she finds four leaf clovers and tiny little things in nature all the time, and she realized it started when she began designing and was staring at knit and stitches all day, and I tend to believe that is true for all of us! It’s nice to have specialized skills along with our specialized skills!
What a great sweater. I have some jars of sea glass on my kitchen counter. My daughter and I did a little sea-glass hunting this past week along Long Island Sound. She lives nearby and so has a much better eye for it than I do. She also remarked she doesn't see the pieces well when wearing sunglasses.
Oh my goodness, that jewelry is fabulous!!
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