I know I said I’d never knit a sock and suddenly I’m sitting here with the first twelve rows of Cookie A’s Marlene socks knitted in The Yarn Yard’s Bonny on Knit Pro sizes 2s. Gosh, just typing that made me feel like a real knit blogger.
Honestly? I love the intricate nature of the pattern: lots of twisted stitches and clever decreases. I’m not too hot on the colours, so I think I’ll rip it all out and begin over with some green merino I bought in Copenhagen last year. If I am to knit a sock, it might as well be in a colour I’d potentially wear.
To the right you see my actual current project. I decided to go for the Garter Yoke Cardigan (incidentally from the same magazine as the sock). The yarn? Ah, the yarn.
Seeing as I am currently knitting from stash in a desperate attempt to downsize it a tad, I dived deep into my boxes and unearthed some of the nicest stuff I own. About a year ago, a very dear friend sent me some of her handspun yarn. I am using her green handspun in the yoke (and also as a delicate accent to cuffs and buttom band). The rest of the cardigan is in Berroco Ultra Alpaca. I have a mind to take my time with this cardigan because I’d hate to rush it and mess up the detailing. The design is so minimal that I want the finishing to be exquisite (or as close to as exquisite as I can get).
When I’m not knitting, I’m reading Let the Right One Come In by John Ajvide Lindqvist as Other Half was insistent that if I liked Faber’s Under the Skin (oh yes I did), I’d really enjoy this one. So far I’m not so sure but I’m only 120 pages into a long-ish novel.
(In other words, yes, I’m still under the weather. I’m bored out of my skull, miss Denmark immensely and Chez Bookish is an absolute mess. Woe.)
I love the garter yoke cardigan, hope you enjoy knitting it. Let The Right One In has just been released as a film (well, may have been out a while in Sweden but it’s new at the Cameo in Edinburgh).
I see the sock fumes finally got to you. The garter yoke cardigan looks great.
I hope you feel better soon.
@Paula: Er, well. Maybe. I’ve pulled it out again (I really can’t see myself wearing pink/lilac socks) but i did enjoy those nine rows. I shall have to dig around my stash to see if I have any other suitable yarns. The merino I had in mind didn’t have good stitch definition – which would be a pity for that pattern! And WELL DONE YOU for finishing CPH!
@Katherine: So far it’s a very simple knit – but that’s good for knitting groups and the like. Hmmm.. I’d be interested to see how they make it into a film – there are certain aspects which might be slightly too provocative for a mainstream film..