Sun 21 Feb 2010
End of February already?
Posted by Melissa under Home Improvement, Sewing, Working on, knitting
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I hate writing blog posts when I haven’t kept up on the blogs I read. I feel like I’m in my own little world totally disconnected to what is going on in the craft blogosphere. I’ve kept up with sewing blogs a little bit because that’s related to my job, but I’ve not a clue what’s going on in the knitting realm. I think it’s the Olympics now (I don’t have network TV either), so I imagine there’s lot of fun knitting-related challenges, which I never managed to participate in before, so that’s nothing new.
Anyway, I have been knitting. I started this cute dress for Alice, but it’s with a new spring Knit Picks yarn, so I can’t show my progress on that yet.

"Elvira"
After I finish the dress, I’m planning on the Vine Yoke Cardigan with another new yarn.

"Vine Yoke Cardigan"
I’m a little hesitant about it though. I love the way it looks in the photos, and the construction seems fun, but there are some notes about the fit on Ravelry that give me pause. Apparently the garter stitch grows considerably, so people are making these with a ridiculous amount of negative ease. Hmm. Anyone have experience with this kind of sweater? I’m feeling sweater shy from my last disaster. Alternately, anyone have suggestions for a cute spring/fall sweater that would be good in worsted weight cotton? I am really digging the vest/short sleeve sweater layering look lately. There were a couple of nice looking vests/tops in the latest Knitscene, though they all had button fronts like the Vine Yoke sweater.

"Helleborous Yoke"
The button fronts also make me hesitate because I like negative ease, and in my experience buttons gap or don’t close with negative ease.

"Loretto Vest"
On a side note: Is it just me or is Knitscene much more appealing than Interweave Knits lately?
Now that I’ve rambled on and on about random knitting stuff, I’ll show you what I originally wanted to talk about. A few weeks ago some kind relatives took our old oak bookcases off of our hands, so I got to replace them with new ones from IKEA. I got a narrow Billy unit with a glass lower door to keep Alice out of my craft stuff and hooked a CD organizer to it to hold my thread.
The best part is that this aluminum framed glass door allows you to put something flat between the backing and the glass for decoration. I jumped at the chance to show off a large print focal fabric that I love and bought on impulse. The CD shelves are perfect for thread, though unfortunately only the top half of it is useful, as my tall walking toddler can reach really high. It’s worth it though because I love being able to see all my thread out in the open. So pretty!














