Been Rusted, Now I'm Rooted

I have finished the 'Rusted Root'. I love this top and for my next one I plan to modify it a bit to use a pattern I used in socks that I think will look very cool on a sweater. Who doesn't love a sweater that can be knit from the top down with no seaming?

Details:
Pattern - Rusted Root by, Zephyr Girls
Yarn - Cotton Fleece, 2 1/2 skeins in Wolverine
Needles - 6's and 5's
Mods - Tubular cast on for the neck - great video in the link above about how to do this. Great for socks too.




Jason and I went for a walk today and came across some really nice photo opps so here are a few of those...thankfully it seems that Spring has sprung again here in Boston.

I'm Rusted on an Isle

This week has been a learning experience. I was always scared of Fair Isle, that is until my star pupil decided to try her hand at it. So I too decided to bite the bullet and jump on board. The pattern is from Son of a Stitch and Bitch it is called, Skull Isle. Working with two colors so far hasn't caused me too many problems it is more of a question of where I am in the pattern. Now I just hope it fits.

My Rusted Root is going much better now. After ripping out for the 7th time, I cast on with a scrap piece of yarn to do the lace pattern. I did each row and wrote down the number of stitches that I should have at the end of each row. Now I am well on my way - it is looking great. But will it fit? I read up on those who were making the pattern and most of them said that they wished they had CO for the smaller size because the cotton/wool blend is super stretchy. So I cast on for a small rather then the medium so lets hope that it works for me otherwise my sister will be getting it for her birthday.


Off to knit...

Rusted Root: A Practice in Patience

Hi my name is Devon and I love to knit and I am a perfectionist. Therefore the amount of things I knit is very low. Rusted Root is a great top - knit from the top down. I love the color of yarn I have chosen and once I really get going I think I am really going to love it. I especially love that it is knit in the round.

I have cast this top on at least 7 times and never made it past the 8th row - What is wrong with me? (on second thought, don't answer that). Now that I have ripped it again I picked up my needles and knit just the lace pattern. This seems to be my main problem. It occurred to me that I also like to make things far more difficult then they need to be. I learned a new technique with this which is pretty cool, it is called a tubular cast on. It is perfect for casting on in ribbing and it is really stretchy. The funny thing is that this is not the cast on originally called for - but I would rather learn something new then pick up stitches for a color later. BO never looks very nice at the neck line when I do it.

I wish I had more to show and report, but that is life as a knitting ripper.
My next sock project, are these wonderfully gorgeous Azure pattern on knitty. Aren't they gorgeous?