So, I finally settled on a project to follow my
knitted snake success. It's the Fuzzy Capelet from
Speed Knitting by Kris Percival. I went to the yarn shop last weekend to buy yarn and to
finally book my knitting lesson (that I've been talking about forever but only just now got around to scheduling). The pattern calls for acrylic "fun fur" yarn, which of course they don't sell at a yarn shop and I wanted to work with a natural fiber anyway, so the lady at the shop led me to this chunky baby alpaca yarn. I know nothing about yarn fibers but this feels fantastic. My capelet won't be fuzzy like in the picture, but it will feel like a cloud. And how awesome is it to be knitting a garment for myself? I'm just so excited.
{the picture from the book. Cute, huh?}
{knitting outdoors while the boys play}That said, I've already ripped this out 4 times now, for various reasons. It's okay, though, because my lesson is in a few days and with how chunky this is, it knits up fast. I still think I can have it done by Christmas. Hooray!
So, I finally settled on a project to follow my knitted snake success. It's the Fuzzy Capelet from Speed Knitting by Kris Percival. I went to the yarn shop last weekend to buy yarn and to finally book my knitting lesson (that I've been talking about forever but only just now got around to scheduling). The pattern calls for acrylic "fun fur" yarn, which of course they don't sell at a yarn shop and I wanted to work with a natural fiber anyway, so the lady at the shop led me to this chunky baby alpaca yarn. I know nothing about yarn fibers but this feels fantastic. My capelet won't be fuzzy like in the picture, but it will feel like a cloud. And how awesome is it to be knitting a garment for myself? I'm just so excited.
{the picture from the book. Cute, huh?}
{knitting outdoors while the boys play}
7 comments:
It is cute!
Looks like you will have it done by Christmas too
Super cute--and wearing a cloud sounds fantastic!
Yay for knitting! I'm gifting 4 knitted scarves this year, 2 to my parents, 2 for a couple of best girls! The experience has been immensely satisfying!!! Hope to be done with the last one soon, then onto the little last minute embellishments! Good look with your capelet, look forward to your updates! Avril
That capelet is going to be so cute! I love to see you sitting outside knitting while the boys play!
How fun, I bet it is going to be so comfy, I love working with big fat yarn, it goes so quickly.
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yummy wool....I have popped mine away (beacuse it felt the right hting to do with the weather getting hor)...but find myself staring at it longingly, so for the time being knitting will indeed continue-YAY...enjoy sugar!
I can't wait to see how it turns out!
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