Model pics of Beau

As promised, here are the model pics of Beau. Enjoy! ;-)

There is much happening on the knitting front but since I am leaving for India tomorrow, there is not enough time to talk about everything.

Here's the start of my Tree Jacket in Karabella Aurora 8:

I have finished the cowl neck and is already at the body. However, I have no time to take an updated pic of the Tree Jacket.

As you might have noticed on my sidebar, I have also started on Shifting Sands because this is an easy project to bring around while I travel. I would like to work on Tree Jacket but I think that's just too much yarn to cart around.

Have you seen the latest pattern from the ZehpyrGals? Juliet looks absolutely charming. I am thinking to knit this with the Adrienne Vittadini Trina I have in my stash. The long version and maybe with a 3/4 sleeves to make it more practical for me. Can't wait to get cracking on this.

Ok, that's it for now. Very tired so am heading to bed soon since I have an early flight tomorrow. Please be patient with me. If you have left a comment and have not heard back from me, I might only be able to get back to you when I am back from Singapore.

A Beau for my Beau

Pattern: Beau
Source: Rowan Vintage Knits
Yarn: 11 skeins of Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed in Enamel
Yarn Source: WEBS
Needle: US6 & US8 24" Circulars
Size: L
Made for: My beau

This is a long time in coming. I started last November and strictly speaking, this is not even 100% done yet. I still have to add on the buttons. I will have to go to the store on Monday to get them. Talking about that, I found a few more yarn stores in Munich. One of them stock Rowan and Noro. I tried to go to that one on Sat but got there too late and the store was closed. Maybe I will try that tomorrow.

I cannot believe that I finally finished a sweater. It's been so long since I finished such a BIG item. Now that this is out of the way, I am working full steam ahead with Orangina. Hope to finish it soon!

The only modifications that I had done with the pattern was the yarn substitution which is not really a modification anyway. Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran is an absolute heaven to knit with. It's not scratchy on the hands or on the body. I like the yarn content even though the silk is not apparent at all.

The only issue I had while knitting this is that it's really hard to knit this at night (and naturally hard to capture with the camera too). The color is just so dark! But this is THE color for my beau. I know he will love it. He had seen the yarn and the pattern but he had yet to see the complete thing. I make this for his birthday which is at the end of this month. Maybe then, I will be able to convince him to pose for some model shots that I can upload here. Till then, hope you will be satisfied with the 'lay-flat-on-the-table' shots!

ETA: Model pics can be found here.

A little bit of this & a little bit of that

I was almost done with the back of Beau. Got to the neck shaping part and somehow thought that I messed it up so I frogged back 7 rows only to realise later that I was right before. Oh well, all that frogging for nothing. Anyway, I finished the back of Beau and is already knitting on one of the sleeves.

The weather here has turned really warm and knitting it is not as enjoyable as before. I can only knit this in the evening when it's cooler but then the color is so dark that it's a bit tough to knit it with limited light as well. It's a no-win situation. But the forecast predicts that the weather would be much cooler this coming week and perhaps I will be able to finish up both sleeves during that time. I am on a roll, baby!

And this is how far along I am with Orangina. Looking good so far. When it gets too warm or too dark for Beau, I switched over to Orangina which is why it's going much slower than Beau. I am eager to finish up Beau asap cos I want to start on the Indigo Ripples skirt soon. I really love how Eunny's turned out. The yarn I am planning to use is also dark and I think I can only handle one dark project at a time.

I got these 3 books recently and I loved all 3 of them. There is so many patterns in each of them that I want to knit. And the best part is, I have yarns for all the patterns that I want to make. I think I have way too much yarns... :P

In my last post, I mentioned about pink and red being my current favourite colors. So here's a pic of the yarns that I had bought since I arrived in Germany that are in that color theme. From the left to right, 1 skein of handdyed YarnPirate Sock yarns in Neopolitan, 2 skeins of 2 ply silk & wool from The Knittery in Roses and 6 balls of Rowan Cotton Glace in Sh822 which is currently being made into Orangina.

I am thinking of knitting up the Flower Basket Shawl out of the 2 skeins of 2 Ply silk and wool. It would look great with the halter sundress that I have in my wardrobe! Hehe. Oh well, too many Knits-in-progress so I will have to finish a few more knits before I start on more.

WIPs

This is the back of Beau from Rowan Vintage Knits. This is what you saw last of it at the beginning of this year. It sure has taken me a long time to get from that to this. I am very pleased with how it is turning out so far. I am making the L size of the pattern.


I binded off the back yesterday and immediately started on the front and this is how far I had gotten so far. At the rate I am going, I think I will be done with this right at the start of summer!! Crazy isn't it? But then I am on such a roll now that I don't really want to leave this aside in case I never get back to it again.


And this is Orangina in Rowan Cotton Glace, Sh 822 if you are interested to know. It would be nice if I can finish this in time for summer...


Wow, it's been a while since I have so much photos of my WIP on my blog and I hope you enjoyed it. More to come soon, I hope.

A picture speaks a thousand words

Now that I am no longer in a knitting slump, I seemed to have thrown myself totally into knitting!

Sarcelle in Handmaiden Seasilk Glacier
(This appears as landscape on my laptop, no idea why it's potrait when uploaded.)

Simple Ribbed Scarf in Malabrigo Brown Berries

Pomatomus in KPPM

Secret Project in Jo Sharp Silkroad Aran Tweed Enamel

And yes, I had bought a new camera. =)