Monday, February 20, 2006

Three day weekends rock!

I haven't had much time to knit the past three weeks, but I started a project yesterday that I've been trying to get to.


It's the beginning of Eunny's Deep V Argyle Vest. I'm having so much fun knitting this - it's my first Fair Isle. The yarn is Rowanspun DK in mouse and sugar almond - got it from cucumberpatch.co.uk. I originally got some beautiful Louet Opal yarn in dark brown and pink, but the yarn is superwash and my swatch came out wonky. So I thought I'd try it with this yarn first.

I also managed to buy fabric for the sewalong.

Hopefully I'll have time in the next couple of weekends to cut and sew.

7 comments:

MinaG said...

cute fabric! love it!

Anonymous said...

Love the fabric! I want! =) Your swatch is lookin great too!

Anonymous said...

I missed seeing your blog.

j a r e d said...

great fabric! can't wait to see how the sewing adventure unfolds

winnie said...

hey mari.. how's the experience with the rowanspun? i find that some parts are abit thick-n-thin.. and you can't tug at it too much.. but i really like the resulting tweediness of the fabric. i hoping that when it comes time to block the piece the wool will bloom somewhat and cover up the thinner areas of the knit sts.

PutYourFlareOn said...

The fabic is great! I should join a sew-a-long but I'll need a sewing machine first! :)

I love Eunny's deep V pattern and for a first Fair Isle it's not too hard? I'll have to keep that in mind.

Carin said...

That fabric would make a really nice skirt, good choice.