Extra Yarn

The Cardigan's coming along. But I'm starting to get anxious about Holiday gifts. I love the yarn I used to made the cardigan with (Plymouth Superwash Worsted Wool) and now I have too much. I only used (will need) 5 skiens and I bought 10. So I'm using the yarn to make gifts for the holidays. First is this WIP - a plastic bag holder. 

I like the basket weave stitch because I like the idea of the bag holder looking like a basket. More pictures to come. 

Progress and Instagram

After seeing several of my friends taking awesome pictures with instagram I finally jumped on the wagon and joined. The app, particularly it's website, still confuses the hell out of me; but I am taking a lot more pictures that I'm happy with now.  I also don't have to drag out my d-SLR every time I want to take a progress picture of my current projects, which, of course, means I'm taking a lot more pictures of my knitting. 

Last I wrote, I mentioned that I was trying to make a cardigan based on the following drawing:

It's my heavily modifying version of Carol Feller's Iced made from Plymouth Superwash Worsted Wool. I've been trying to make a cardi for myself for years now. Actually, I finished all but the wrist of one sleeve using the same yarn before I admitted to myself that it was really poorly fitted. Still, it took me a year (maybe two!) to bring myself to frog it. 

I started this iteration of the cardi at the beginning of the month. Overall it's been a pretty easy knit. The sleeves, which are vine panels from Knitting on the Edge, were the hardest part.