The Silk Garden Grows

Not the best picture, but it gets the main point across. I completed the two fronts for the sweater and am now onto the sleeves. So far, I've used just under 3 skeins of Silk Garden (the sweater is supposed to take 4), so everything is working out the way it is supposed to.

One of the things that makes this sweater special is that it is finished with a pretty crocheted edging. At the rate I am going, I though it would be wise to see if I had the right crochet hook. The pattern calls for a 1.5 mm hook (I have no idea how this is going to work with worsted weight SG, but Debbie Bliss hasn't steered me wrong so far.). This is a very small hook. So small that I couldn't find one at any of the LYS that I would usually run to for a quick purchase. But I'd been looking for an excuse to go back to Mosaic Yarn Studio. Not only did they have the crochet hook, but they also had the AddiTurbo circular that I needed for another project. So off I went. Determined only to get my "justafiable" knitting supplies... and maybe, just maybe, a copy of the new knitters if I liked a few of the designs up close as much as I did over the net.

Of course, with that kind of set up, you know I didn't behave myself.

I wasn't so bad. In addition to the hook, needle and the magazine (which yes, I do like very much), I also picked up Sally Melville's The Purl Stitch and 3 skeins of Silk Garden in colorway 87. I haven't had time to thoroughly digest The Purl Stitch, but the thing that struck me most about it is that there are some good template patterns in it to go along with some excellent technique visuals.

The Silk Garden...I'm just addicted to the stuff. For me, it's like heroin. There's something about the silk-based yarns that just sucks me in. I couldn't see making a sweater out of that rainbow colorway, but I thought it would be perfect for that scarf I've seen everyone making. I should've added it to my order with Rob and Matt (it would have been cheaper) but a girl has to support a good LYS. At least that was my justification this time...