Confessions from a knit-aholic
Cool knitting graffiti spotted in Amsterdam.
All the good things knitting graffiti supports:
* Ensuring towns are soft, warm and fun places to be in
* It is reusable
* It takes control of the aesthetes without being intrusive
* Not expensive to remove (council can use the money on libraries…instead of removing painted tags)
* Of the moment (rain a couple of days and…)
I can only recommend reading “Yarn Bombing” by Mandy Moore and Leanne Prain or watching this youtube video on the topic…
Knitting this sweater came as a surprise even to myself. When I first saw the Venezia Pullover pattern by Eunny Jang in the magazine Interweave Knits – Winter 2006. I was not tempted at all. Than one evening I was looking through my faves in Ravelry and guess what ?! I had faved the Venezia pattern twice – without noticing…. The trigger for me was that the pullover designs in Ravelry only used two colours. This I think makes the beautiful figurative pattern stand out.
Well having faved it twice in Ravelry had to be sign. I have really enjoyed knitting this sweater and I though that figurative pattern was really nice and easy to do.
The yarn I used for this version of the Venezia Pullover is Palino – soft merino wool Superwash from Hjertegarn. This is really nice yarn to knit with…But and there is a bit BUT the garment will grow after wash with this yarn – and blocking is not an option (so take this into consideration before starting out).
I have changed the neckline from the original pattern and waist is made by scaling down the needle size twice.
This is my first Baby Surprise Jacket, but not the last.
I followed the pattern from Elizabeth Zimmermann’s – The Opinionated Knitter. I found the pattern was a little difficult to follow and I therefore had good help from Dawn Adcock’s notes.
When my dear mother in law saw my project – she gave me these lovely buttons. The yarn I used was Superwash Wool. The green wool: Lorna’s laces, color: 3507.
All that is needed now is a child to test the jacket on as I had no child to measure on while knitting… Does this make me an exploring knitter – just focusing on the pattern and not the use of the final product? Or just a knitter who also wants to be able to write Baby Surprise Jacket on her knitting CV…
This pattern is fun and truely surprising…
I love reading…and I have a compulsion for knit-litterateur. I therefore started reading “Crazy Aunt Purl’s Drunk, Divorced & Covered in Cat Hair” by Laurie Perry with great hopes.
Not to happy about the book because:
My search for knit-litterateur = enjoyable reading continues…
Knitting for people one cares for adds a quality to the whole process I think. Selecting the yarn type, deciding on the colour, trying out different stitches and determine which garment it is to be.
I wanted the garment to express our relation. It had to be warm; therefore a shawl of mohair silk haze was chosen. We have a history of travelling together and have known another for a long time. I therefore wanted the project to be long lasting both in the time the garment would last and the time it would take me to make. The yarn was bought while I was travelling (Artfibers in San Fransisco – I can only recommend this shop). Support future travelling: It had to take up very little space but at the same time be warm and elegant. The only thing I used no time on was the choice of colour – as I know blue is one of her favourite colours.
What did I acknowledge once more?
Amazing what blocking does to a garment like this.
Knitting for people I care for = greater enjoyment.
This stitch is really easy and nice to knit.
Flying to New York can take a looooooong time – especially if one is a bit jetlagged… to mend this – a nice sock project can come in handy.
Visiting New York was fantastic.
On the agenda was of course seeing all the sights, eating some nice food and as a knitter one that was non-negotiable – visiting Purl. I can only recommend visiting this shop.
The yarn and knitting accessories in stock was a true treasure, the atmosphere was friendly and the staff was very helpful – even though not all the knitting advice I received was the best. I would not hesitate to visit Purl again when I come back to New York.
Princess Leia: “I don’t know who you are or where you’ve come from…..”
Winter has official arrived and that is good new for a knitter like me. Latest project is a new neck warmer. Not that I need yet another neck warmer, but I was not able to withstand Insaknitty’s neck warmer: Wham bam thank you lamb. Look up her pattern it is very easy.
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