Aug 31 2004
Busy as a Bee
I start out the weekend with high expectations about all the knitting I’ll be able to accomplish, but never quite manage to do as much as I hoped. Taking care of the kids and doing all the chores that were neglected throughout the week eats up a lot of time! I didn’t make any progress on sewing together Claire’s little cardigan. Giant holes developed where I worked the short rows for the shoulder shaping, so I ripped that out and redid the shoulders. Hopefully, I’ll make some headway on that project tonight at the PurlyGirls get together.
I did knit a little bit on Klaralund:
This sweater is going to go really fast! It’s no wonder since I’m using size 10 needles…those logs make the fabric grow faster than the speed of light. This is just the kind of knitting I’m in the mood for right now: fast, easy and pretty.
At first, I wasn’t sure that I liked the colorway I picked out. (The flash makes the colors appear more washed out than they really are. Unfortunately, the natural light photos I took were even worse as far as color fidelity is concerned–the yarn appeared predominantly blue!) I believe I’m the only one in the Klaralund knit along using 65. It’s much darker than the more popular colors like no. 8 and no. 84. However, now that I’ve got a substantial piece of the back knit up, I’ve decided that I really like it. The black, purple and greens will coordinate nicely with much of my work wardrobe.
I can also appreciate why Noro’s slogan is “the world of nature.” When I look at these colors, the image of granite rocks speckled with moss comes to mind. So very pretty…
