The answer: not much, apparently! I have not been doing enough knitting to brag post about so Sally has been doing the heavy lifting. I have done a little knitting on the Modular Purse I am working on for my class at Amazing Threads. Here is part of the first large square:
I did it differently this time and it is much improved. I started with a provisional cast on and then joined the last small square to the first using a ssk (slip last st of the row you are working, slip corresponding provisional stitch and join like a[n] ssk).Â
In the original pattern, you do a knitted cast on and then seam the last square to the first. It was bulky and unattractive (at least mine was!). This join is seamless and when you’re done, you’re done!
I was very enthused about knitting the purse WHILE making the large Modular Tote. However, it is not so enthralling now. I’m not really in the mood, and I have many other things I would prefer to be working on. Like this:
As mentioned in a previous post, Sally said she would get this for me for my birthday — I just could not pick a color. Yesterday, I asked her to go on line with me and help me pick one out. We pulled up the color cards and BOTH of us said immediately, “Color 98 jumps out at me.” It’s called Lagoon:
Since I really don’t care which color it is, just that it’s pretty, I ordered #98 on the the spot. Thank you, Surly!!
Surly & I also ordered and received enough Rowan Calmer in off white for both of us to knit Whisper:
This is a summer sweater so it will have to wait until Spring. And, of course there is the Chinese Lace Pullover which I plan on making next in Cascade 220 in a Chinese lacquer red.
I am also working very slowly on my Kauni sleeve. Nothing to show there as yet but soon — ???? ;) So, I’m not making any progress on anything but I sure have BIG PLANS for the future! ;) Am I biting off more then I can chew — but, of course!
PS to Marina: You are CORRECT! I do have the Large Lace Collar kit from Sweden — that will come after Chinese Lace Pullover and will be my fall knitting project.
PS2 to Elizabeth: The jacket is a Hanne Falkenberg design called Plisse. I purchased the kit from Cucumberpatch. Sorry I did not include the details :).
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Isn’t there something missing? I could have sworn I saw your name on the Bohus KAL list.
Comment by Marina — August 18, 2007 @ 10:11 am
Wow! I love the green jacket, but you didn’t mention the name of the pattern, the yarn, or where I might purchase both. Gorgeous! I, too, am knitting the Kauni cardigan, and will be starting the sleeves this weekend. Have you made any decisions if you are going to repeat the garter stitch squares design on the sleeve hems and the front bands and neck?
Comment by Elizabeth Risch — August 18, 2007 @ 10:17 am
‘Take me Back to Bohus’….I can hardly wait to see you progress on it! I’m seriously considering telling my husband that I want ‘Wild Apple’ for my September birthday present…or do I want ‘Blue Shimmer’….hmmmmmmm….
Comment by Nancy — August 18, 2007 @ 11:28 am
Very nice sweater – love color #98! Do they sell just the pattern? I have a bunch of shetland wool – brown and black – and don’t know what to do with it?
Comment by Connie — August 18, 2007 @ 4:36 pm
Susan- There are so many gorgeous projects out there- and
I WANT TO KNIT THEM ALL!
((clunk- forehead hitting keyboard))
Comment by Lorraine — August 18, 2007 @ 6:12 pm
Biting off more than I can chew, future knits, that’s the story of my life! 😉
Comment by Carol — August 18, 2007 @ 6:32 pm
I totally understand the BIG PLANS thought process. I too have the Plisse and it is on my short list- well sort of short list. I am knitting some small wraps (mindless knitting) purchased from Stitches Midwest. I’m so bad that I decided to work part time at my LYS (it is 50 miles from my house!!) and image my days unpacking box after box of the latest and greatest from the TNNA trade show. I really need to figure out how to function on very little sleep so I can knit everything that I want. Any suggestions?
Comment by Tonia — August 18, 2007 @ 6:58 pm
I can see where knitting the modular purse would pale in comparison to Plisse………but good for you for knitting (slogging) through it….
Comment by Carrie K — August 18, 2007 @ 11:49 pm
Thanks for the info on the modular knit purse… I did some “windmill” squares for a log cabin afgan, and clearly a provisional cast on could have made “coming back to the beginning” less traumatic. Your ambitions leave me breathless.
Comment by PainterWoman — August 19, 2007 @ 3:12 am
*Love* the colorway of the modular purse. And I can’t wait to see the Falkenberg knitted up! 🙂
xo!
Comment by Romi — August 19, 2007 @ 1:06 pm
Hello Susan,
I just knit the plissee jacket for my daughter also in Lagoon.
She choose the colour. I knit now the under plissee and I hope it will be ready this week. It looks great.
I knit with 3.5 needles, I need it for the length.
Have a nice week and fun with your plissee.
Greetings from Dorothea from Germany
Comment by Dorothea — August 19, 2007 @ 6:45 pm
You have such lovely projects picked out. I have so many projects in the waiting just from my visit to Stiches last year. Another closet soon will be taken over soon. .You and your sis are so lucky to have this knitting bond. Your purse looks adorable.! Amazing Threads has so many classes going on!
Comment by katomliz — August 20, 2007 @ 10:55 am
I love all of your knitting. The colors on the modular purse are gorgeous! Where did you get the pattern for Whisper? I want (need) to knit that!!
Comment by Rachel — August 21, 2007 @ 11:38 am
Where is Whisper from? It is lovely and one of those knits that you’ll reach for over and over.
Comment by Michelle — August 21, 2007 @ 3:21 pm