November 07, 2005

Look where I am with my Butterfly camisole:




I'm on my way to a completed front for my Butterfly camisole. Oh, yeah! And look what I finished up after my English [!] test* today:




It's the completed right front piece of my son's Letterman Jacket. Once you get past that ribbing on 3.5mm needles and change to size 6mm needles for knitting the stockinette stitch in the main yarn, the piece practically flies off the needles. ZOOOOOOM! Frankly, I love knitting on small needles but I'd be lying if I said that I didn't get a decadent little knitter's rush when I hit that armhole shaping so quickly thanks to those 6mms. So go right ahead and give me a big knit every once in a while, skippy.

*I love that I have to take English as a course. Gee...I sure hope that I passed the test I had today. [Har, har.]



Before I head off, it's a meme! (I don't usually post memes, but Whispering Pine asked and it's a knitter's meme):

What is your all time favorite yarn to knit with?

Right now, KSH. But I'm so fickle I'll probably have a new favorite next month.

Your favorite needles?
Addis and Clover bamboo. Circulars, bay-bee!

The worst thing you've ever knit?

Frankly, I can't think of one. I currently like everything I've knit and if there has been a project I didn't like I usually ripped it out before it was even finished. I always frog things I am not enjoying or that are not coming along because I am a proud member of the Rip Out The Crappy Knits Club.

Your most favorite knit pattern? (maybe you don't like wearing it...but it was the most fun to knit)

Up to now, the Flowery Cardigan and matching culotte I knit for my niece. Working that flower intarsia was waaaaaaaaay fun.

Most valuable knitting technique?

Tubular cast-on. Mattress stitch. Free-loop backstitch on the right side of the work.

Best knit book or magazine?

Montse Stanley's Knitter's Handbook.

Your favorite knit-a-long?

I rarely join knitalongs and I'm gonna be partial: My Bucket Hat Knitalong. Fab design by a fab designer and everyone who joined knit great hats and shared some excellent pictures.

Your favorite knitblogs?

The blogs you see me commenting on frequently/those by my friends are my absolute faves. Even at my busiest I'll stop by and see what they're up to. (I also tend to visit blogs by knitters who regularly comment on my own blog and I enjoy reading them, too.)

Your favorite knitwear designer?

The entire Phildar design team, Kim Hargreaves and Bonne Marie Burns.

The knit item you wear the most?

My Elfin, my Bobbly Cotton Jacket, my Debbie Bliss Fiery Bolero and my Hagrid Beard scarf.

And that is all for today as dinner is a-calling!

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