Maryland Sheep and Wool or Bust!
With MS&W less than two weeks away, I'm working hard to try to get my Phil Eponge sweater finished. I know this is a bit of an artificial deadline, because if it is as warm there this year as it was last year, this top is likely to be much too warm to wear while wandering around at the festival. But a girl never knows, so I am going to try to hold myself to the original timefame I set for myself. After all, I have another very texturally interesting pile of Phildar yarn sitting very close to my desk, and I have told myself that there will be no interaction whatsoever with it until the Phil Eponge sweater is finished.
I'm now done knitting all the main pieces of the sweater. This is my attempt to get a sense for how it will look when put together. The sweater is really beginning to come alive for me now, and that really helps push me onward. While the front piece gets subjected to a spot of blocking, I'm working on the two pieces that will make up the neckband. I debated for a while whether I would just pick up stitches or whether I would follow the assembly instructions for the neckband a la Phildar. I ended up deciding to go the Phildar instruction route, because I think it might give the neckline a little more structure. With a squooshy-stretchy yarn like Eponge, I'm thinking this could make the difference between a garment that gives me several summers of enjoyment and a garment that gets mis-shapen and gets to live at the bottom of one of my dresser drawers.
Blog of the Day
Today I'd like to encourage everyone to go to Jeanette's blog and welcome her to her (relatively) new blog home (Jeanette - I hope I've gotten your name right, since I see that your blog is titled "Miss Janet's Knittings", but you left the name Jeanette in my comments). Jeanette is working on her Ph.D. in the biological sciences in Denmark -- in between knitting some lovely socks and a non-Noro version of Karalund that is quite lovely. She also has a nice collection of links to other Danish knitters for those of you looking to add more Scandinavian knitters to your daily reading list.
Wow! I love it. It's bold, yet feminine.
I love it! The color is terrific. We'll be able to recognize you.
And to think, you have an extra week since this coming weekend wasn't a FULL weekend in May.
;-)
Take Heart Theresa! If it stays as cold as it has been the last few days, you will be glad to have your lovely pink sweater. We've been having colder than usual weather lately. It was in the 40's/low 50's all weekend. Honestly it would be nice to have a cool weekend for S&W.
I hope you enjoy your visit to MD! :)
I am inordinately fond of v necks and ribbing! I bet it's going to look marvelous on you.
Hi Theresa,
what an honour, thank you for letting me be the Blog of the Day. As I just said in a post, never have I seen as many hits in a day :-))
And yes, my name is Jeanette, but due to very different ways of pronouncing it in Danish and English, I've always felt a bit ackward saying it in English - but like the sound of Janet instead, hence the blogs name.
I can't wait to see the end result. It looks great just laying there. Can't wait to see it on you. I think you will make your deadline and hopefully you get to show it off at MDS&WF.
It's looking fabulous! That color is amazing. Have a wonderful time at the sheep and wool fest...
Hope to see you at Maryland Sheep & Wool--there is a knitblogger meetup at 12:30 on Saturday... if you are interested, sign up at Cara's blog (www.januaryone.com)
Your sweater looks great!