Warning: the photos in this blog post are a little bit shit.
On Friday evening I finished the knitting on Warriston. On Saturday
morning I sewed the ends in and put it on. I wore it until I went out
on Saturday night. On Sunday I got up and put it on again. Normally I
block my finished items immediately, but I
think I'll wait until the weather warms up again. I'm too busy wearing
this to block it. Last night the house was 17
degrees. While I normally like the house at 20, wearing Warriston and
handknit socks kept me toasty.
I do think it came out a little bit big, which was a shock to me,
because my stitch gauge was smaller than the pattern called for. Gauge
lies! The only modification I made was to change my rate of decreases,
as my row gauge was also
out.
It is incredibly comfortable and was such a fast and fun knit that I might make another, smaller one, some time in the future, perhaps with some waist shaping.
After I finished Warriston I wanted to cast on
something quick, because the new Cookie A sock club patterns came out
four days after, and I'd really like to get them on my needles. I chose
the Jewelled cowl, a beaded pattern I got obsessed
with the moment I say it. It was very simple, but after 4 days of
knitting the same two row repeat I was ready to be finished! The beading
was slow, because only about half the beads fit on my tiny 0.75 mm
crotchet hook. Also, with tiny beads flying everywhere,
this was not really suitable for public knitting, but I didn't let that
stop me. I suspect I left a Hansel and Gretel like trail of beads behind
me this week.
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| Why yes, I do wear a name tag at work. |
I wore it to work today - also unblocked, and
took self portraits, because right now all the people with whom I am
friends enough to ask them to take photos are away. I also think it
would look better over a black dress.
So there it is, two finished projects, neither of them blocked, both of them illustrated with lazy happy snaps.
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