Amid all the excitement over finishing the vest and wanting to share it with you, I completely forgot to mention that my Knit Picks Options set arrived last Thursday. I supplemented the set with extra cables in the 40, 47, and 60 inch lengths. I broke in several sizes of tips by swatching for my next two sweaters, one of which has already been cast on:
This would be the beginning of the saddle/yoke for The Mister's Big Thaw pullover, started at Hurricane Knitting last night. After all that knitting with fingering-weight yarn, it's rather fun to be working with size 9 needles!Meanwhile, a little bit of knitting time tonight should see me through to the completion of my secret design project. Here's a little peek:
You didn't think I'd show you the right side, did you?
Are you ready to toss all your other needles yet? I actually prefer the Options to Addis. The tip of the Addis is nice but the cords are much stiffer (although I've heard that's a recent thing).
ReplyDeleteI'm also quite thrilled with my Options. And OMG, I need to get back to my Big Thaw. Or cast it on. Or something. ::sigh:: TGIF!
ReplyDeleteoooh, that's cute! what is it?
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