Here’s the MustHave as finished as it’s going to be for a while.
Ya’ll just pretend that the safety pins are really Buttons. Wal-Mart didn’t have much to offer me as far as closure. Boo. But it’s not like I could wear it anyway: Spring is here! The azaleas (and pear trees and Japanese magnolias and confederate jasamine and wisteria) are blooming and last weeks highs were already brushing 80°. Monday was a little chillier, but things should be back in the upper 70s by the end of the week. Just in time for Spring Knitting! But I have been having a little bit of trouble with yarn supply.
Previously, on Yarn Miracle…
Three of the four colors for the Short-Sleeved Striped Sweater arrived from The Handworks Gallery. The fourth was on backorder. Due to a roof accident, the Lamb’s Pride from Lorien was backordered. In order to preserve Continuity of Knitting, Emily quickly ordered a backup project from The Wool Connection…
That yarn arrived just as I was pinning out the band on the MustHave to dry. Seemingly just in the Nick of Time. But upon closer inspection, there was not enough yarn to make the project that I thought I was ordering the yarn to make. An email and a phone call later it turned out that the “kit” they had was not for the sweater pictured. Why they did this I don’t know. So (feeling Very Misled and cranky) I have packed up that yarn to send it back. I have ordered the yarn for that sweater from Ram Wools for an excellent price (that was why I bought a “kit” in the first place, it seemed to be a good price). The Continuity of Knitting was endangered again. In despriation, I whipped up a little lacy blanket out of MustHave leftovers for Betty’s bed. Then, yesterday afternoon, the Yarn Fairy came through and the last color for the Short-sleeved striped sweater arrived.
All of this to say that the Short-sleeved striped sweater from the book Vintage Knits by Sarah Dallas, (henceforth known as S4) will be my First Spring Project of 2004.
The colors, in order of appearance: nautical, zing, ice water, celery.
Your Must Have Cardi looks great. Maybe you’ll have a chance to wear it once, non? Sorry about your misadventures in wool ordering.
Now, I’m also into Vintage Knits (in French) at the moment, but I can’t seem to find the short-sleeved striped sweater in it.
Wowza! That Must Have looks amazing Emily. I am scared to even start seeing all the trouble everyone had. I can’t wait to see the striped sweater. Your sweater knitting ability really blows me away!
Your Must Have Cardigan looks fantastic! I was wondering if you had to make any adjustments to the size since I had heard someone at my LYS comment that the pattern comes in very small sizes. Did you have any problems with that that needed adjustments to the pattern? I definitely have this sweater on my To Do list (which is miles long!)
Your MustHave turned out wonderful! I can’t wait to see S4 take shape; those colors are going to look great on you. I’ll be curious as to how you like the dk cotton. The only project I used it for called for it to be held doubled, and I found it to be really rough. Maybe working with one strand at a time will be better.
I like the colour of your must-have.It will be a nice colour for the fall too.I’m gonna have to make one of these.
Wow, the must have looks amazing. I have the wool and pattern, but am a bit scared to start plus it is *spring* 🙂 It seems you need more of a stash, all these mail order problems 😉