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.