Need some pattern suggestions

Okay, I have this lovely yarn, which is a bright red, with yellows, and pinks in it:

But I will never make socks out of this colorway, while beautiful, it’s a bit bright for socks for my tastes. It is sockweight merino yarn, approximately 400 yards. I was thinking I would like to do a small scarf, shawl type thing with it, but as I’ve not done much lace, I don’t know if that’s possible with this or not. So I’m looking for something to do with it. Not as if I don’t have enough projects on my plate, but this one is special. One of my cousins was diagnosed with ovarian cancer last week and that’s been weighing on my mind. There was a Family Prayer Day this week for her and I did of course pray for her well-being and health. At this point, she is 37 yo, she and her husband have been trying to get pregnant for the past 2 years, she had a surgery to remove fibroids and hoped that would help and she’s always suffered from endometriosis. Now she’s told she will have to have a full hysterectomy and possibly more surgery, if the cancer is operable. This has really affected me and I want to do something, but I’m not near where she lives, so of course my thoughts turn to knitting.

A couple of years ago at a family reunion she asked me to knit her something, it didn’t matter what it was, something she could have at her house and that she could take to school (she’s a 1st grade teacher) and show them. I never made anything and now I feel I should make something. I think this yarn would be perfect, something vibrant and alive, as how I want her to feel as she struggles with this life and death issue.

So, whatcha’ got?

My only thought at this point was the Lace Leaf Shawl, but I don’t know if that lace would show up in the bright colors. My other thought (guess there’s more than one) was while I was browsing the LMKG book was the Chevron scarf. That’s looking like a strong possibility in my mind. All other suggestions are welcome.

Need some pattern suggestions

Okay, I have this lovely yarn, which is a bright red, with yellows, and pinks in it:

But I will never make socks out of this colorway, while beautiful, it’s a bit bright for socks for my tastes. It is sockweight merino yarn, approximately 400 yards. I was thinking I would like to do a small scarf, shawl type thing with it, but as I’ve not done much lace, I don’t know if that’s possible with this or not. So I’m looking for something to do with it. Not as if I don’t have enough projects on my plate, but this one is special. One of my cousins was diagnosed with ovarian cancer last week and that’s been weighing on my mind. There was a Family Prayer Day this week for her and I did of course pray for her well-being and health. At this point, she is 37 yo, she and her husband have been trying to get pregnant for the past 2 years, she had a surgery to remove fibroids and hoped that would help and she’s always suffered from endometriosis. Now she’s told she will have to have a full hysterectomy and possibly more surgery, if the cancer is operable. This has really affected me and I want to do something, but I’m not near where she lives, so of course my thoughts turn to knitting.

A couple of years ago at a family reunion she asked me to knit her something, it didn’t matter what it was, something she could have at her house and that she could take to school (she’s a 1st grade teacher) and show them. I never made anything and now I feel I should make something. I think this yarn would be perfect, something vibrant and alive, as how I want her to feel as she struggles with this life and death issue.

So, whatcha’ got?

My only thought at this point was the Lace Leaf Shawl, but I don’t know if that lace would show up in the bright colors. My other thought (guess there’s more than one) was while I was browsing the LMKG book was the Chevron scarf. That’s looking like a strong possibility in my mind. All other suggestions are welcome.

Need some pattern suggestions

Okay, I have this lovely yarn, which is a bright red, with yellows, and pinks in it:

But I will never make socks out of this colorway, while beautiful, it’s a bit bright for socks for my tastes. It is sockweight merino yarn, approximately 400 yards. I was thinking I would like to do a small scarf, shawl type thing with it, but as I’ve not done much lace, I don’t know if that’s possible with this or not. So I’m looking for something to do with it. Not as if I don’t have enough projects on my plate, but this one is special. One of my cousins was diagnosed with ovarian cancer last week and that’s been weighing on my mind. There was a Family Prayer Day this week for her and I did of course pray for her well-being and health. At this point, she is 37 yo, she and her husband have been trying to get pregnant for the past 2 years, she had a surgery to remove fibroids and hoped that would help and she’s always suffered from endometriosis. Now she’s told she will have to have a full hysterectomy and possibly more surgery, if the cancer is operable. This has really affected me and I want to do something, but I’m not near where she lives, so of course my thoughts turn to knitting.

A couple of years ago at a family reunion she asked me to knit her something, it didn’t matter what it was, something she could have at her house and that she could take to school (she’s a 1st grade teacher) and show them. I never made anything and now I feel I should make something. I think this yarn would be perfect, something vibrant and alive, as how I want her to feel as she struggles with this life and death issue.

So, whatcha’ got?

My only thought at this point was the Lace Leaf Shawl, but I don’t know if that lace would show up in the bright colors. My other thought (guess there’s more than one) was while I was browsing the LMKG book was the Chevron scarf. That’s looking like a strong possibility in my mind. All other suggestions are welcome.

And the cardi wins it

Thanks everyone for your votes. The Bless cardi won, not by a landslide, but won nevertheless. I was still debating about Libby, but in the end decided against it. It is a nice design, but I am no longer excited by the pattern and feel that while the pattern is cute, I’m no longer feeling love. Bless it will be, but it will have to wait a little while.

Because I joined the Knitting Olympics hosted by the Harlot. Yes, I’m a joiner:

And I’ll be competing for Team USA in the sweater event:

In my event, the sweater, I will not be knitting Bless, but rather the Hourglass sweater, instead. The point of the Olympics is to knit something that would be a challenge to you (personally, whatever that is for you) and complete it in 16 days. Knitting Bless wouldn’t be that much of a challenge as it’s on large needles in bulky yarn, we’re talking sz 10.5 and sz 11 needles. It won’t take long for that sucker to get done anyway, except for the zipper! Anyhow, I will make the Hourglass sweater, and it’s done in a dk-weight-ish yarn and that might be more challenge appropriate and it’s all the round for me, which is fine and I’m not using the Felted Tweed that I mentioned might become an Hourglass sweater. Instead, it’s yarn from the stash that’s been waiting in the wings for its moment. I present to you,

Jaeger Luxury Tweed in the colorway 827, china pink.

And in other yarn disclosure news (no, don’t get excited, I didn’t buy yarn!), but this was one of my exceptions when I signed up for the Stashalong, that I had 2 yarn purchases to pay for that had been on hold for quite a long time. One was the Felted Tweed yarn a few weeks ago and the other was some Jo Sharp Silkroad (worsted weight) from
Zenifer. We met up at Cathi’s a few weeks ago and I received the yarn, but Jenifer refused any sort of payment! So it wasn’t an actual yarn purchase, but a gift! Thanks so much Jenifer. I love the color, Ricepaper and can’t wait to make a sweater out of this yarn.

EDITED TO ADD: I somehow added buttons that dropped by KAL buttons down to the bottom of my screen and at this point, I can’t figure it out, but I will eventually.
Thanks. Unless of course any of you have suggestions, always open to suggestions. Oh and the poll has been closed to any new votes for the cardi vs. sweater.

P.P.S.: I removed the two buttons I added just for aesthetic purposes, but still can’t figure out why the template dropped down like that.

And the cardi wins it

Thanks everyone for your votes. The Bless cardi won, not by a landslide, but won nevertheless. I was still debating about Libby, but in the end decided against it. It is a nice design, but I am no longer excited by the pattern and feel that while the pattern is cute, I’m no longer feeling love. Bless it will be, but it will have to wait a little while.

Because I joined the Knitting Olympics hosted by the Harlot. Yes, I’m a joiner:

And I’ll be competing for Team USA in the sweater event:

In my event, the sweater, I will not be knitting Bless, but rather the Hourglass sweater, instead. The point of the Olympics is to knit something that would be a challenge to you (personally, whatever that is for you) and complete it in 16 days. Knitting Bless wouldn’t be that much of a challenge as it’s on large needles in bulky yarn, we’re talking sz 10.5 and sz 11 needles. It won’t take long for that sucker to get done anyway, except for the zipper! Anyhow, I will make the Hourglass sweater, and it’s done in a dk-weight-ish yarn and that might be more challenge appropriate and it’s all the round for me, which is fine and I’m not using the Felted Tweed that I mentioned might become an Hourglass sweater. Instead, it’s yarn from the stash that’s been waiting in the wings for its moment. I present to you,

Jaeger Luxury Tweed in the colorway 827, china pink.

And in other yarn disclosure news (no, don’t get excited, I didn’t buy yarn!), but this was one of my exceptions when I signed up for the Stashalong, that I had 2 yarn purchases to pay for that had been on hold for quite a long time. One was the Felted Tweed yarn a few weeks ago and the other was some Jo Sharp Silkroad (worsted weight) from
Zenifer. We met up at Cathi’s a few weeks ago and I received the yarn, but Jenifer refused any sort of payment! So it wasn’t an actual yarn purchase, but a gift! Thanks so much Jenifer. I love the color, Ricepaper and can’t wait to make a sweater out of this yarn.

EDITED TO ADD: I somehow added buttons that dropped by KAL buttons down to the bottom of my screen and at this point, I can’t figure it out, but I will eventually.
Thanks. Unless of course any of you have suggestions, always open to suggestions. Oh and the poll has been closed to any new votes for the cardi vs. sweater.

P.P.S.: I removed the two buttons I added just for aesthetic purposes, but still can’t figure out why the template dropped down like that.

And the cardi wins it

Thanks everyone for your votes. The Bless cardi won, not by a landslide, but won nevertheless. I was still debating about Libby, but in the end decided against it. It is a nice design, but I am no longer excited by the pattern and feel that while the pattern is cute, I’m no longer feeling love. Bless it will be, but it will have to wait a little while.

Because I joined the Knitting Olympics hosted by the Harlot. Yes, I’m a joiner:

And I’ll be competing for Team USA in the sweater event:

In my event, the sweater, I will not be knitting Bless, but rather the Hourglass sweater, instead. The point of the Olympics is to knit something that would be a challenge to you (personally, whatever that is for you) and complete it in 16 days. Knitting Bless wouldn’t be that much of a challenge as it’s on large needles in bulky yarn, we’re talking sz 10.5 and sz 11 needles. It won’t take long for that sucker to get done anyway, except for the zipper! Anyhow, I will make the Hourglass sweater, and it’s done in a dk-weight-ish yarn and that might be more challenge appropriate and it’s all the round for me, which is fine and I’m not using the Felted Tweed that I mentioned might become an Hourglass sweater. Instead, it’s yarn from the stash that’s been waiting in the wings for its moment. I present to you,

Jaeger Luxury Tweed in the colorway 827, china pink.

And in other yarn disclosure news (no, don’t get excited, I didn’t buy yarn!), but this was one of my exceptions when I signed up for the Stashalong, that I had 2 yarn purchases to pay for that had been on hold for quite a long time. One was the Felted Tweed yarn a few weeks ago and the other was some Jo Sharp Silkroad (worsted weight) from
Zenifer. We met up at Cathi’s a few weeks ago and I received the yarn, but Jenifer refused any sort of payment! So it wasn’t an actual yarn purchase, but a gift! Thanks so much Jenifer. I love the color, Ricepaper and can’t wait to make a sweater out of this yarn.

EDITED TO ADD: I somehow added buttons that dropped by KAL buttons down to the bottom of my screen and at this point, I can’t figure it out, but I will eventually.
Thanks. Unless of course any of you have suggestions, always open to suggestions. Oh and the poll has been closed to any new votes for the cardi vs. sweater.

P.P.S.: I removed the two buttons I added just for aesthetic purposes, but still can’t figure out why the template dropped down like that.

Sweater vs. Cardigan

I’ve been thinking how many of my sweater projects as of late have been cardigans, although I really prefer to have more pullover sweaters. I’ve been going back and forth in my head about my next knitting project and whether or not I should do another cardigan or do a pullover sweater. As I’m working on a sweater for M right now, to start another sweater, I am thinking it should be something quick.

My thoughts on cardigans have been, I love being able to take one on and off, especially being in variable climates, such as over-air-conditioned offices, in the basement of my house where I’m always freezing. Those type of areas make me enjoy being able to take a sweater off or quickly put it back on. The dilemma I face is that while I love wearing sweaters, I am fearful that with handknit sweaters I will get too hot wearing them, unless perhaps knitting a dk-weight sweater will give me moderate warmth, but I can’t really say at this point. Fingering weight would probably be closest to what a machine-knitted sweater feels like in warmth to me, but I don’t have a great desire to knit sweaters on 2s and 3s. So-o-o-o, all of this to say, hmm, not sure which sweater to knit next.

And there are certain sweaters that I will definitely knit, no matter what (provided they aren’t bulky) and I have purchased more yarns (not lately, Stash-along of course) that are dk-weight, rather than worsted. Definitely a dilemma, but only in my mind and it’s obviously not that critical.

I purchased some yarn in ‘03, Rowan Cork, which is now discontinued. The color I purchased is called Heather, a pretty magenta color.

Originally when I saw this sweater, Libby, I felt like I had to make it. Now I’m not so sure.

The other choice is Bliss:

Now this yarn knits up on big needles, size 10.5 and 11 needles are those that are called for to get gauge.
Stephanie of A Cunning Plan blog knit the Bless cardi and mentions that the yarn, while chunky, is lightweight. So if I were to make a pullover, it shouldn’t be overly warm, despite a (kind-of) bulky knit, which I am usually opposed to. So whaddya think?

EDITED TO ADD, I’m not able to put the blog poll on my blog, as I wanted to, so here is a link to the poll itself. Sorry.
Take My Poll

Sweater vs. Cardigan

I’ve been thinking how many of my sweater projects as of late have been cardigans, although I really prefer to have more pullover sweaters. I’ve been going back and forth in my head about my next knitting project and whether or not I should do another cardigan or do a pullover sweater. As I’m working on a sweater for M right now, to start another sweater, I am thinking it should be something quick.

My thoughts on cardigans have been, I love being able to take one on and off, especially being in variable climates, such as over-air-conditioned offices, in the basement of my house where I’m always freezing. Those type of areas make me enjoy being able to take a sweater off or quickly put it back on. The dilemma I face is that while I love wearing sweaters, I am fearful that with handknit sweaters I will get too hot wearing them, unless perhaps knitting a dk-weight sweater will give me moderate warmth, but I can’t really say at this point. Fingering weight would probably be closest to what a machine-knitted sweater feels like in warmth to me, but I don’t have a great desire to knit sweaters on 2s and 3s. So-o-o-o, all of this to say, hmm, not sure which sweater to knit next.

And there are certain sweaters that I will definitely knit, no matter what (provided they aren’t bulky) and I have purchased more yarns (not lately, Stash-along of course) that are dk-weight, rather than worsted. Definitely a dilemma, but only in my mind and it’s obviously not that critical.

I purchased some yarn in ‘03, Rowan Cork, which is now discontinued. The color I purchased is called Heather, a pretty magenta color.

Originally when I saw this sweater, Libby, I felt like I had to make it. Now I’m not so sure.

The other choice is Bliss:

Now this yarn knits up on big needles, size 10.5 and 11 needles are those that are called for to get gauge.
Stephanie of A Cunning Plan blog knit the Bless cardi and mentions that the yarn, while chunky, is lightweight. So if I were to make a pullover, it shouldn’t be overly warm, despite a (kind-of) bulky knit, which I am usually opposed to. So whaddya think?

EDITED TO ADD, I’m not able to put the blog poll on my blog, as I wanted to, so here is a link to the poll itself. Sorry.
Take My Poll

Sweater vs. Cardigan

I’ve been thinking how many of my sweater projects as of late have been cardigans, although I really prefer to have more pullover sweaters. I’ve been going back and forth in my head about my next knitting project and whether or not I should do another cardigan or do a pullover sweater. As I’m working on a sweater for M right now, to start another sweater, I am thinking it should be something quick.

My thoughts on cardigans have been, I love being able to take one on and off, especially being in variable climates, such as over-air-conditioned offices, in the basement of my house where I’m always freezing. Those type of areas make me enjoy being able to take a sweater off or quickly put it back on. The dilemma I face is that while I love wearing sweaters, I am fearful that with handknit sweaters I will get too hot wearing them, unless perhaps knitting a dk-weight sweater will give me moderate warmth, but I can’t really say at this point. Fingering weight would probably be closest to what a machine-knitted sweater feels like in warmth to me, but I don’t have a great desire to knit sweaters on 2s and 3s. So-o-o-o, all of this to say, hmm, not sure which sweater to knit next.

And there are certain sweaters that I will definitely knit, no matter what (provided they aren’t bulky) and I have purchased more yarns (not lately, Stash-along of course) that are dk-weight, rather than worsted. Definitely a dilemma, but only in my mind and it’s obviously not that critical.

I purchased some yarn in ‘03, Rowan Cork, which is now discontinued. The color I purchased is called Heather, a pretty magenta color.

Originally when I saw this sweater, Libby, I felt like I had to make it. Now I’m not so sure.

The other choice is Bliss:

Now this yarn knits up on big needles, size 10.5 and 11 needles are those that are called for to get gauge.
Stephanie of A Cunning Plan blog knit the Bless cardi and mentions that the yarn, while chunky, is lightweight. So if I were to make a pullover, it shouldn’t be overly warm, despite a (kind-of) bulky knit, which I am usually opposed to. So whaddya think?

EDITED TO ADD, I’m not able to put the blog poll on my blog, as I wanted to, so here is a link to the poll itself. Sorry.
Take My Poll

My current obsession

has been the fair isle jazz scarf from Scarf Style. Michelle hosted a few of us at her house last weekend so we could all work on Fair Isle Jazz together and especially to get a couple of us, myself included, up to speed on the fair isle section. There was a group shot of the scarves all together.

And this one is mine of course:

It was fun working on it as a group, at home, I find I have to not be doing anything else to work on this scarf, so that part isn’t so fun, but I do love the scarf and being able to see the next motif emerge. Don’t mind my puckering, I’m hoping some of that will block out when it’s done.

Last weekend I had a long weekend and wanted to start something quick (famous last words, right?!) and started on this cabled scarf pattern, which is easy to memorize, although the scarf is cute, it is a tad bit skinny, but I love the changes of color in Noro.

Sorry about the photo quality, it is pretty crappy, you can’t see the cable pattern, although you can in real life. I will try to take another picture in daylight later.

I’ve put a few more rounds in on the sock, although not too much time has been spent on it. I cast on for M’s sweater and have been working the interminable twisted ribbing on this sweater on size 3 needles and am close to the 2.5 inch mark. This is the boring part to me, not the miles of stockinette with no shaping, that part is great to me. I’m soon hoping to get to the stockinette part.

And I finally cast on for my i-cord gloves, pattern courtesy of Nona. These gloves are addictive. You start out knitting the fingers as i-cord tubes and then connect them to the body (hand) of your glove. It sounds liked fun to me and a more top-down method, if you will. So I finally cast on yesterday. The picture below shows one finger, but after the picture was taken, I was on the second pinky finger and am now on to the next finger and it’s finished too! Whee! Just 7 more to go!

I got some new books in and I’ll post over the weekend about them.

Gotta run to work, so that’s all you get now.