March 28, 2007
Ready for the Beach
Carla is finished, but strikes me as more of a beach cover up than a sweater...
...on me at least. I've seen it look awesome on
other people, but it turned out a lot bulkier than I expected. (Oh yeah, I chopped off all my hair too)
Design: Carla from Rowan's
It's a Tape Thing
Yarn: Rowan Cotton Tape, which is unfortunately discontinued...
Needles: US 11s & 13s
Begun: January 1, 2007
Finished: March 1, 2007
Carla pretty much jumped off the needles. It was so much fun to knit. However, I'm not so thrilled with the final product. I don't know if I should maybe have made a size smaller (or maybe 2 sizes smaller...) to reduce the bulkiness. Like I said above, it reminds me more of a beach cover up more than a sweater I'd wear on a regular basis. Or maybe I like my clothes a lot more tailored than this fits me. In the end, I think it's a so/so finished product. The sleeves are really pretty though...
Good thing I have another
knit in progress, which is much more tailored and right up my girly alley:
I'm using the same cherry red Jo Sharp yarn she used in the pattern and it is really, really lovely. It's been working up so fast that I'm almost finished with the back now! I've found that using the non-cable needle cabling technique really fast-forwards the process. Hopefully a new sweater will be debuting soon...
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February 19, 2007
Back from Oblivion
My, my, what could this be?
Why, a pile of Carla waiting to be finished and seamed! But unfortunately, I have not been working on Carla as of late. Something else entirely has occupied my time completely (which is also why I haven't posted in ever so long). I've been somewhere between deadlines for a multitude of projects, all of which ended last week and left me totally stressed out. But now I am completely (well, almost totally) stress free and I get to work on knitting for fun again! This brings me back to Carla. She's a lady of the
Spectrum for the next few months. I better have her finished before the end of March! If not, I'm even more of a slacker than I thought!
These past few weeks have really shown me a lot about how I deal with stress. In the past I have prided myself on being an even-keeled person. Not being overly stressed out or reacting poorly to stress. However, lately I have just been overwhelmed. It has gotten to the point that I'm considering dropping some things from my schedule. It is never a good thing when stress overtakes your life. I'm breaking out, I'm being snippy and generally not nice, and on and on. I need a deep soak in a bubble bath about every other day! I'm slowly breaking out of this and moving back in to my normal pace of life, which still might be too hectic. But bring on the herbal tea and soothing smells since I have at least another semester of craziness to go! Knitting is calming though and now that I'm through a big project it will be thus again.
And maybe it will be warm enough soon to wear Carla out and about!
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