Tuesday, February 26, 2008

swatching

i have a problem. and the first step to recovery is to admit you have a problem. so here goes - i am a pathological starter. oh you know what i mean. you spy a cute sweater/hat/scarf/socks in a new magazine or on someone's blog and suddenly you need one, too. nevermind that you have 10 other projects on the needles. you need it now! and half the time you're not even using stash yarn. and then one day you wake up and realize that you're cold and that you have nothing to wear because you never finish anything. sigh. i am trying to be better about starting too many projects. i really think it's best if i only have a few things on the needles at once so i can actually finish something. that being said, i started swatching tonight for a shrug/sweater from knit 2 together. when this book first came out, i thought some of the projects were cute but i wasn't dying for anything. but then i saw this post and just had to make the shrug from the book. happily it's only $7 (dang - i just looked and the price has dropped to $5.50. get a copy now!!) on amazon right now so you bet i ordered it. the patterns in it are actually really cute and i can see myself making a bunch of things from it. so i started swatching for it tonight.

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i am using a lovely gray-green shade of malabrigo (another problem i have) merino worsted called vetiver. i think i am pretty close to gauge here but i am going to try a swatch one needle size up, too, just to be sure. malabrigo march is starting soon on ravelry and i want to be prepared.

anyway, if i keep my word, you'll be seeing some fo's on the blog soon. :)

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

swatching

i have a problem. and the first step to recovery is to admit you have a problem. so here goes - i am a pathological starter. oh you know what i mean. you spy a cute sweater/hat/scarf/socks in a new magazine or on someone's blog and suddenly you need one, too. nevermind that you have 10 other projects on the needles. you need it now! and half the time you're not even using stash yarn. and then one day you wake up and realize that you're cold and that you have nothing to wear because you never finish anything. sigh. i am trying to be better about starting too many projects. i really think it's best if i only have a few things on the needles at once so i can actually finish something. that being said, i started swatching tonight for a shrug/sweater from knit 2 together. when this book first came out, i thought some of the projects were cute but i wasn't dying for anything. but then i saw this post and just had to make the shrug from the book. happily it's only $7 (dang - i just looked and the price has dropped to $5.50. get a copy now!!) on amazon right now so you bet i ordered it. the patterns in it are actually really cute and i can see myself making a bunch of things from it. so i started swatching for it tonight.

DSC06967

i am using a lovely gray-green shade of malabrigo (another problem i have) merino worsted called vetiver. i think i am pretty close to gauge here but i am going to try a swatch one needle size up, too, just to be sure. malabrigo march is starting soon on ravelry and i want to be prepared.

anyway, if i keep my word, you'll be seeing some fo's on the blog soon. :)


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