Warm and Fuzzy In Several Ways
For some odd reason I keep going back to the idea of a knitted dress. I found a machine-knitted dress in Monsoon (British clothes shop) which I absolutely loved (apart from the fibre make-up) and then I saw some jaw-dropping Briars and lengthened Dusty tunics. I just sit here in my cold flat and imagine how wonderfully soft, comfortable and warm they would be to wear. Then I remember how traumatised I get when knitting more than one sleeve or a slightly lengthy body. Maybe I would not go nuts knitting a dress or tunic, but the jury is definitely out on that one.
Plus, you know, I had the following exchange today: "Can I talk to the lady in charge of this?" - "That's me. " - "No, I want to talk to the slim one." Ouch. Maybe a soft, clingy knitted dress is a very bad idea, full stop.
Anyway. Finished object: my Kaiti shawl knitted in Rowan Kidsilk Haze (shade: Liqueur). I used just a smidgen over two balls (and you could totally get away with just two balls) on 4.5mm and although I really wanted to knit Sharon Miller's Birch, I used the top-down version, Kiri, to maximise the shawl-to-yarn ratio. This is a supersoft and very, very warm shawl.
(I'm not-so-slowly getting addicted to Kidsilk Haze - I'd love to knit a cosy jumper in KSH and have fallen in love with yet another Kim Hargreaves design: Veer from Rowan 32. The simple lines plus the quirky little details just stole my heart. )
Photo taken at the Kelvingrove Museum which is my favourite Glasgow museum, hands down. No matter how often I visit, I see something new and interesting. They even have a small, but exquisite collection of Early Modern Period art (one of my favourite ages). Afterwards we headed towards the Hunterian Art Gallery where, be still my heart, we saw a special exhibition on Albrecht Dürer in Italy and printmaking (including an incunabulum, phroawr). Seriously, seriously good stuff. I love my neighbourhood.
February 20th, 2010 - 20:47
i love dusty, hadn’t seen veer before, but love that too. i want to knit a dress, too, but am afraid i might go mad from boredom.
February 20th, 2010 - 22:49
Wow, someone said that to you? That is incredibly mean!
The thing that makes or breaks a sweater-dress is the fit, and if you knit one yourself, you can get the fit exactly right. You can make it cling to you assets and skim what you want to hide. And yes, it would be a project, but I dare say you’ll end up with the fit you want.
February 21st, 2010 - 01:15
I think you’d look great in a knitted dress.
A warning about Veer – my sister cast it on a few years ago, and never finished it: it’s a lot of stocking stitch on very small needles. Which is a shame, because I agree it is so pretty.
February 21st, 2010 - 05:47
eek. Not a very pleasant exchange. People don’t think.
Love love love your shawl. Amazing colour. The shawl I made for my sister out of Kid Seta which is the same yarn was incredibly light and warm! I was surprised!
February 25th, 2010 - 11:00
Oh no, now you made me look at knitted dresses on Ravelry. Quite a few nice patterns there, I’d say.