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May 20, 2006

From Susan — New Knitalong

Filed under: Sunrise Circle Jacket — lv2knit @ 6:32 am

Sally and I are starting a “Sunrise Circle Jacket Knitalong” for the two of us (any joiners?).  We have tried this before, with the Hanne Falkenberg Mermaid.  One of us did not finish, but I’ll protect her identity. 

I bought the yarn for both of us yesterday — we decided on Cascade 220 because it is very similar to Wool of the Andes, if not identical, and I could get my sweater started ASAP!!!

Choc Cascade 2403

Sally’s Color: Chocolate, Color # 2403

Cascade 2450

My Color, Mystic Purple Color # 2450

There are really too many colors of this yarn to choose from, but my color actually said, “Pick me.”  I had no choice.  Sally wanted a dark, rich color and this one is absolutely gorgeous.  It is dark brown with a hint of eggplant.  I could have picked a classier color, but my knitting friends said get a COLOR (not gray, etc.). 

You really need to look at the pattern to understand that this jacket is an architectural marvel (see link below).  The back is knitted normally.  The sleeve starts at the wrist and then the front, a semi-circle, is attached and made as one piece with the sleeve.  I started yesterday, but have not gotten far due to many time commitments.  And poor Ballerina is going to have to sit it out a while on the back burner.

May 6, 2006

From Sally — The Icarus Shawl

Filed under: Current Projects,Icarus Shawl — Sally @ 8:12 am

The Summer 2006 issue of Interweave Knits, just out in the past few days, has a beautiful shawl pattern designed by Miriam Felton. And, as I keep saying, I’m quite taken by shawls lately. She knit the Icarus Shawl in Suri Elegance, a very fine Alpaca. I decided that it would look beautiful in Rowan’s Kidsilk Haze. I had enough of four different colors in my stash to make it; therein started hours of indecision. Here is a photograph of the back of the shawl (scanned from the magazine).

The four colors I was debating over were a pale green, a deep chocolate brown, a grey with lavender undertones, and a deep rose.

I love the deep rose, which is less fuschia than it looks here, but kept worrying it was too bright. My husband and some of my online friends preferred the pale green. Susan’s knitting group all went for the grey.

I started knitting with the green and then finally switched to the grey. It’s beautiful, but then again I think it would be beautiful in any of these colors. Opinions welcome. I may knit more than one!

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