Recently in Cable and Rib Category
Thank you for the comments on the shawl, everyone! It made the recipient very happy indeed. I had me a good little cry just now because our friends--our upstairs neighbors--just left. As in, they're moving into their new house in Northern Utah. As in, they're going to have breakfast tomorrow in their new kitchen with a view of the mountains. As in, we're not going to hang out and play scrabble and go on night hikes and walk to dinner anymore. Ohhh, I'm going to miss them and their little boy! *sniff*
Another finished object. Can you spot it in the picture? (Note: I'm usually color-coordinated and my pants aren't rolled up in preparation for the monsoon season. And normally I carry a pink hobo, not a 25-pound, bright blue backpack. But it's the outdoors. And if I'm ever lost in the wilderness, I want Search and Rescue to spot me from far, far away. [Note note: You should see my chartreuse green down jacket. In my outdoor gear, I could pass for an Ishihara color blindness test.])
Can you see it yet? (BF took the pictures. He obviously follows the philosophy of spontaneous photography, so I've had to sift through a bunch of images of me eating "trek" mix to find one where I don't have my mouth open, or puffed full like a blowfish. Sometimes I wish he'd coordinate his shots with me, like this duo, you know?)
There! No, it wasn't that thong-like harness. Let's leave that stuff to the Interweave team, shall we? Hee hee. Joke, okay?
Pattern: It's very similar in style to the hat featured in Rowan Plaid, but it's my little recipe: knit from the top down, with a 3-stitch knit column and 4-stitch front cable cross separated by 2-stitch purl columns. The increases were made in between the 3-stitch knit columns; can you see how the cable starts off from a point? Six repeats all around, knit until the yarn ran out.
Yarn: Rowan Plaid in 163 Soft Kelp
Needles: US10.5 bamboo dpns
Finished Size: To fit my 21" head
A few notes. This is a loosely plied yarn of 3 6-ply yarns. The tweediness comes from the light blue, heathered brown, and sage green yarns. It's soft. And quite warm from the alpaca content (the heathered brown yarn). It wasn't difficult to knit with three separate yarns, but I suspect that it may be one of the reasons that it was discontinued. Still, if you want to try it, the entire color line is available at Webs.
Even though climbing is all rough and tumble, and I can never keep a mani/pedi intact for more than two days, I still get to be girly and have my Pink Quickdraws. (BF is going to have a cow when he sees this picture, because you can practically identify him.)
Fab Five Friday: Europe
1: While in Germany 2 years back, BF and I smirked at these license plates.
2: Cute little Smart cars. In downtown Munich it took us 45 minutes to find a parking spot for his mom's Beemer 3 Series (considered a big-sized car in Europe). Then we found one. As soon as we stepped out of the car, one of these pint-sized Smart cars zipped into the 3-foot space behind us. It is *tiny*.
3: Speaking of tiny cars. Do you have a Mini Cooper? I've seen these "Actual Size" stickers on a few cars down the road. Too cute! Too cute for you?
4: I'm drooling over Danish designer Hanne Falkenberg's Diva jacket, in colorway #7, dark olive and cyclamen. It turns out there's a knitalong, too. UK-based Cucumber Patch has the best price for it, about $133 with shipping. Belgian knitter Dominique blogged that Miss Falkenberg's yarn is very similar to Jamieson's of Shetland's Spindrift yarn. Useful to know if you already made a HF design and want the same in another color. Hmmmmmmmm......... should I or shouldn't I break my stash diet?
5: Greengate is a Danish "lifestyle" site. Very pretty stuff. Cath Kidston, too; this is her English/American site.
