Hi, all. Well I did decide to go with Option #1 on Oregon: leave it be. For those of you who have knit fair isle sweaters designed by A S****more, you know that most of her designs are the traditional “T” shape: the body is knit as a straight tube without shaping and then the sleeves are picked up and worked down. With a FEW of her designs, she did some minimal shaping at the underarm. Oregon is the first of this type that I have done. Unlike some of my idols (Marina and Wendy) I have only made three other fair isles and they were of the traditional type. So, my lil Oregon will be a hybrid of sorts.
My knitting of the past couple of days is two lace tams — one for me out of lime green Tahki Jolie angora and one that is a shop sample. More on these when the second is finished.Â
I will just say that the yarn I am using for the shop is absolutely scrumptious!!!!!!!!! It is Sublime extra fine merino (75%), silk (20%), and cashmere (5%). At my LYS it is $9.50 a skein, but this link shows it cheaper. I’ve not seen it before — anyone used it? It is a heavy DK weight. They call it DK, but it borders on worsted. Extremely soft. I mean luscious. I am using the Sage green and will post a picture when more is done. These lil tams are my portable project for now. They are tres easy to carry with.
PS — Wendy finished her black Bohus and posted a picture yesterday. It is absolutely awe inspiring and makes me want to drop Oregon like a pimply-faced teenager for the hunky college guy!!
PS — I think I had an incorrect link to the Sublime — it showed an Aran weight. I replaced the link.
