My latest knitting project
As I've mentioned before and most of my friends know, I've known how to knit for years. My mother taught me to knit when I was in high school and I made a couple sweaters and then got so busy (and poor... heh.) in college that I pretty much gave it up altogether. That is, until I went to New York for a family reunion with my mom and step-dad about three years ago. Mom had brought a number of knitting projects to work on (packing light is not exactly her forte) and I found myself just the tiniest bit jealous that I didn't have any knitting to do.
While on the trip we stopped into several yarn stores in various places along the eastern seaboard, and I picked up a pattern by Ann Norling for a child's hat that could be made to look like a little strawberry.
Upon returning to Portland, I went racing to the yarn store straight away and came back with yarn to make up a little hat and get my hand back into the knitting game. This is what my first attempt looked like:
It actually turned out really cute and I ended up giving it to my team's VP who had a baby girl called Olivia. (She told me later that she was once walking down the street and met some 20-year-old guy wearing the very same strawberry hat Olivia was. I wish she'd gotten a picture!)
Anyway, so my latest project: a white cable-knit sweater that I started a couple years ago, set aside to knit a birthday present for my grandmother, and then picked up again after leaving my job in Boston. My goal was to finish it before I left Boston on August 13th, and - shockingly, given all that was going on - I managed to reach that goal. (It's probably the only one I'll reach all year, but I digress.)
I'm very pleased with how it turned out; forgive the less-than-flattering photo of Rennie and I:
Cabled Hooded Jacket from Debbie Bliss Cotton Knits for all Seasons. Cotton Classic yarn
Of course, I ended up leaving this in a hotel room in Mitchell, SD during the drive home, forcing dad and I to turn around - after having headed west for 15 miles at that point - and go racing back to the hotel while I frantically called them to see if they could check our room and find it for me.
Genius.
Fortunately, they found the sweater and I was able to easily recover it. I could have kissed the guy behind the counter!! But now I'm project-less. As soon as I get [some money and] a minute to head to the local yarn store, I think I'm going to start this sweater:
From Vogue Knitting. Not sure which issue, because it doesn't say on the page I ripped out of the magazine. Oops.
And in the meantime, it's back to making booties for me, because god knows I have enough baby cashmerino laying around!
Comments
Lovely hobby! I wish I could knit, I tried my luck when my son (now 17) was little so he couldn't complain about the sweaters I made for him. Haven't done it since then, the Vogue sweater is precious! Happy knitting! Michele sent me.
Posted by: mar | October 9, 2005 11:50 PM
Very nice sweater. I have been wanting to learn to knit for some time now. I am very jealous. Wit three kids, it's hard to learn anything new. Except new ways to pull my hair out.
Posted by: buffi- now with blog!! | October 10, 2005 06:26 PM
Thanks for visiting my blog! =o)
The hat is adorable. Knitting is one thing I've always wanted to learn how to do. Gosh maybe I should try it? Hmmmm......something to think about, for sure!
Posted by: Suzy | October 10, 2005 09:09 PM
Very impressive sweater! I also like your choice for your next project; it's both sophisticated and elegant.
Cheers,
Michele sent me
Posted by: Tracy | October 10, 2005 10:44 PM
Wow! You MADE that sweater? I'm impressed! I have no idea how to knit, it looks hard!
Posted by: emaleejayne | October 11, 2005 02:05 AM
Thanks for stopping by my blog this weekend. Its always nice to see a fellow portlander in the mix. Tom yum soup is so yummy. My husband is asian so we eat a lot of asian foods. I agree the asian markets are so much cheaper! Oy I've been trying to learn how to knit for months but I just suck so bad at it :(
Posted by: fatty | October 12, 2005 09:03 PM