October 3, 2003
Almost to the Neck Shaping
I'm still pretty fascinated by how this shadow thing works. At some level it just feels a little magical. Even though the knitting is mostly garter and stockinette stitch, watching the patterning keeps pulling me forward. Where the Raspberry starts is the edge of the center color panel panel. There's a little bit of neck shaping that starts soon.
I also got something nice in the mail from my mom. On my last visit, I placed a special order at Knit A Round for some yarn to start Elsabeth Lavold's fabulous Culdesac from the Fall 2003 Knitter's.
The beginnings of culdesac
I think Culdesac will be the right combination of interesting detail and standard stitches for me to get accomplished this fall. The Matchmaker is Mmm Mmm Soft! It's almost an exact match for the Debbie Bliss yarn suggested for the pattern. I think there's enough sheen in the yarn that the cables will come out well. One more project to add to my "to do list". But I am going to make myself finish something before I get started on this one. Anyone else out there going to do Culdesac and want to knit along with me?
So neat... so interesting... I can't believe the optical illusion happening in Shadowboxes. Very cool!
Steph... when would you want to get started?
Shadowboxes = magic indeed ! It looks amazing.
Matchmaker is fab yarn & will show the texture beautifully.The Jaeger Matchmaker range ,DK,Aran,Chunky and 4ply,is a good basic range of quality merino yarns.Great colours,and I love the one you've chosen.
I'm looking forward to seeing you knit that - it's a lovely pattern.
I find shadow knitting fascinating and I've never even done it. I know of your pattern and the hats Mare did (pattern from Cabin Fever) but none others. I'm going to try to search for more shadow knitting patterns.
How about if I'm already knitting it... does that count?
I'm done with the back and have started on the first of the fronts, but an incident with my cat getting into my yarn has stalled me out for the past several days. I can wait until you get through with the back before starting work on mine again, so we would be on the same page... how's that sound? :)
That said, if you run into any trouble with the pattern (I found the armhole/neck shaping a bit confusing), let me know and I might be able to help decipher.
Wow, you work so quickly and you're always doing such fabby stuff, darnit! That's one of the many reasons why I love coming in here to see what you're doing...you've always something new and different.
(If I got some of that Matchmaker in the mail, I'd hug the post person.)
Great Idea. My yarn is in the mail and I would love to knit along on cul de sac. Sign me up. And the shadow boxes are tres neat--optical illusion knitting.