Fast forward to two and a half weeks ago. I'd swapped two balls of Debbie Bliss Cotton Angora for a green variegated yarn that had been purchased in Bulgaria. (75% wool, 25% acrylic) First I tried it on size 7s (4.5mm), but it came out way too stiff and nasty, so I switched to size 8s (5mm, Knitpicks Options). Then I knit the damn thing for two and a half weeks straight.
It looked like this at the two week point:
Before blocking, it made really cute "mountains":
Last night I blocked it:
And today it was dried and ready to wear!
Huzzah! If only all FOs were as quick and as painless. :)
7 comments:
oh yay. i love the trees, and look at you!
you model in a way very similar to another of my friends, which is rather startling.
yay new blog!
i'll admit that "7s" and "8s" confused me at first ("75? she tried 75 what?").
xo
Beautiful! Beautiful! Your Kiri came out wonderful and you are a beautiful lady. I'd like to say "girl" because you look so young and pretty but I'll say Lady. :)
Nice dress too! I miss my dress wearing days. *sigh* Just popped in as I was browsing through the Sockapalooza4 participant list!
looks beautiful!
Aren't you a cutie. I will have much fun fun fun knitting you some socks!
hi frog princess!
Your kiri looks marvellous!
by the way - I am knitting you some socks!
bwahahahaha
Looking good! You might want to wear that today! It's a lovely day so I think we'll be knitting in the pub garden, but it's quite breezy out!
Beautiful Kiri! Wow, looks like spring has arrived where you are.
I popped over from Sockapalooza.
Gorgeous shawl! And it suits you well.
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