I can produce blankets

I can produce blankets

Tweed Baby Blanket pattern by Jared Flood in Cascade Eco Wool. Pattern and yarn available at the shop.

yet I can’t seem to product sweaters. I have half of the left front done on the plaid fair isle thingy that I managed to convince several of you to knit with me. Are you doing any better on it? In the meantime, I finished the top secret blanket project for my uncle and his new wife. The natural wool colors and blanket itself were picked out by a good friend of theirs who has seen their condo and knows their taste better than I do. I am pretty happy with the finished results, although picking up the one million stitches around the outside for the feather and fan border was not my cup of tea. And it was only two months late…

Wool Leaves by Jared Flood in Berroco Remix. Pattern and yarn available at the shop.

I also knocked out the Wool Leaves pattern in Remix for my friend in England who is due…well, right this moment. I think she is now overdue. (a good thing since it has to fly the whole way to England…) I used two strands of Remix held together and dropped the needle down to a US #10.5. While it worked out really nicely, holding two strands of a cotton blend yarn together wasn’t super fun. It doesn’t have a lot of give. The second time around on this one, I think I would probably switch to lace pointed needles so that the PSSO and K2tog weren’t as annoying. The yarn is wonderful though and will be machine washable and super soft for baby. It will blend nicely with Katie’s sheep themed nursery. I did soak it for quite awhile and dried it flat but the leaves still wouldn’t lay flat. So I brought it into the shop and steam ironed it on one of those handy Block and Roll mats. That seemed to do the trick! So it went out in a nice little box to Katie and her new little one. I also sent along two fabulous sheep from the Spud and Chloe on the Farm book!

Spud and Little Brown Sheep in Spud and Chloe Sweater.
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Danielle

Danielle is the owner of the fibre space shop and has been knitting since the age of six or so, when she completed her first project – a Cabbage Patch doll scarf.
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