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Cute Little FO

I spent the last couple of evenings working on this:

A scarf to go with the leather coat - it's Colinette Isis chenille, same as what I used for some Christmas gifts. The colors in this picture look very obnoxious whereas in real life they seem much more subtle. This digital photography is tricky, isn't it?

I also finished My Little Companion but I don't think it got felted enough. I'm going to send it back through the washer again this afternoon and see if I can get some more shrink out of it. I'll post a picture of it when it's done.

Last night I got out the yarn that I bought to make a sweater for my husband and just played around with it a bit. It is a DK weight yarn; size 5 needles seem to knit up a tad too tight. I'll probably use size 6. I'm fishing around for a pattern or some other source of inspiration. I don't want to take on a guernsey or a similar style with lots of heavy patternwork. On the other hand, I'll go nutty with just plain stockinette. I will get out all my magazines and books tonight and see what I can come up with.

I might try to get in some swatching this weekend for the TKGA thing. The weather is supposed to turn nasty on Sunday so I'm hoping for a good knitting day!

Comments

I really like the scarf. Even the colours in the picture and I think it will look great with a leather coat. Have fun playing around with the yarn for your hubby's sweater. I'm dabbling with some of my yarns right now, too trying to decide which is the next big project I want to add to the WIPs.

Posted by: UliUli at January 23, 2004 11:09 AM

Beautiful scarf. WRT digital photos, the software can (or should) help quite a bit. If you don't have PhotoShop, there's a consumer version of it (of course I forget what they are calling it) for under $100. It has most of the bells and whistles of P/S versions up to 4.0 or even higher, methinks.

Posted by: Patricia Tryon at January 23, 2004 01:33 PM

I like the scarf, and I think the colors are pretty. But then I just bought a handbag today (Vera Bradley) that is a peachy-orange, pink, and yellow paisley. I love "girly" colors...my fav nail color is hot pink.

You and I will both be knitting forever and a day together on these hubby sweaters. Mine is also on 5 and 6 needles. At least we'll have each other to commiserate with. I'm already planning on having a small project going at the same time so that i can switch back and forth when boredom sets in. My pattern is stockinette, but it does have some striping, so at least I get to change colors ever so often.

Posted by: Lisa at January 23, 2004 07:01 PM