I’m now well into the colorwork on Crispin:
The different colors (and the fact that there are only two of them) are definitely working up to give these a look distinct from the original pair. This difference is one of the neat things about patterns–you can tweak the materials by a very small bit and wind up with a very different appearance, even if you are otherwise following exactly the same pattern. Every finished piece is completely one of a kind.
Epiphany the day of the year, that is. In honor of the 12th day of Christmas, the for serious final end of the holiday season, and the taking down of all the Christmas decor, I bring you:
A shot of one of my Christmas presents to my mother. I made a set of these ornaments, using this pattern. I used size 10 crochet thread and #1 needles. I also carried a length of silver thread along in half the snowflakes, which doesn’t really show up in the photos, but gives a nice little sparkle. I’m thinking of doing some more with gold thread for the tree next year. They are a really beautiful little ornament and from cast on to weaving in the ends, I find that each one takes only a little over an hour to make.
I’ve been working away on the sleeve for Deirdre:
A couple more increases to go and then I’ll be onto sleeve #4. I was thinking maybe next thing I make should aim to do the next number up in the two to the x equals y sequence, so perhaps I’ll start scouting around for an octopus in need of a sweater.
That’s right, the baby cardigan is done:
Adorable, no?
I actually then started swatching for a new project immediately–we’re having some warm weather here and the idea of working on any of my current projects (wool, wool/alpaca, huge and unwieldy afghan) is not appealing. So I’m going all summery and making a halter top. Pictures as soon as there’s anything worth photographing!
So, the baby sweater is going to require some reworking. When I started, I was a little nervous about whether or not I would have enough of the gray yarn. It was the end of a cone, the yardage was….who knows?, the yarn was four years old and had been a closeout on Elann, and I’d grown to dislike the sweater I’d made with the rest of it so much (BPT, if anyone cares. Nice cardigan but with waaaaaaaaay too much bulk around the underarms) that I’d given it to the thrift store two years ago. So, the yarn on the cone was It. And it appears It is, in fact, not going to be quite enough.
*sigh*
Time to rip the yoke and reknit with some stripes, as I suspected I was going to have to do all along.
On a less frustrating note, I made more cupcakes last night:
These are maple cupcakes with a walnut butter-maple syrup topping. Delicious.
